The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-16
SUGAR CAMP"
Sunday School Picnickers Hurled
Into Eternity

The following Is an authentic account al
The terrible calsmiiy which bci.l = l'iiv
company III : .niay school children. al ia"
l...th.rar church "f S!.arr-hur-, near Pitt
hnry. an July i,h:
\ picnic W. given by the Sabbath sci"":
&c m. ,;,rm,p Lutheran eharch a.: :;ha,I -
bur. a, the "SngT Camp. small s"v'
ten mics up the All-ghAnv ir"m Pii,~i ur.-
Til. ground does not "ccui'y above quarter
III am acre. and l. c"np'--si almost 'ntirriy
,i -iyaniic sugar :,..-. Ai' ut three "ei' OK
=, very h,ark cloud Vas oi-esv..i In ih'-
ue.,. approaching rapidly. Its Ir'crs%-
vas h.r,l,ied hv a furious wind. The
lightning glanced aIhvari ia. sky in graf
streass uf ziyzAg fame. =nd the Ira''rr
thunder r,.Il.,. and crashed almost without
.,,.Ss,Ii.n. Suddenly vr-a, i"Tk,-' chain
,i tb. electric ilIii was observed Ia descend
n,..n the Nrrn,l O;i Works IS" Il.r south slide
.,f the Ailcyhans, directly opposite II :r''r"
referred iu THE great sheet al nan- NJ
o,c, is.u,-l iron one ni ii:e m,mn"iE -;iiI-.
and I'm a moment eight large tanks :insi i"'r
-,iIl- hal isnit. 4 Hn.i ~er- iuIi"issls hnrn-
in.. Til. fire wa> n"i controlled Inr Three
b,ur-. and DESTROYED S1.0,n barrels, 81 all.
worth $1,000, md binding ah.i machinery
worth Sl5.O0c.
Less ,h IN tiv. minutes after this stroke.
! and whi.. the large crowd ai the sugar
camp f-om the half sheltered positions they
had sought hastily. wcrr loosin.: a; the
fierce wreck CAUSED by the fiery element. the
hurric sns suddenly struck their iii lie place
If shelter with terrific force. IL seemed
f,,m il. effect having extended ~ further
10 sny serious extent, that wiiriwint
mast have come into existence, jus; a; ,hi'
u,ir,. Giant trees, ioIr feet IN di'me,rr
snapped suddenly in twain, AMI i"agh sap
ling. werr twisted until their br.'ssn trunk
r.s-mhl.d bundles If wiihes. 4 large GOV
cred wsy.n belonging to Mr. Conari Rei'h
miller. afforded apparently good shelter
had keen taken possession oi by a numhe
l.dies and children inside 81 the vrhic''
! ard as MANY under il. Other vehicles hs
: been hastily driven into other quarters. br
this one was allowed Ia remain siar
ma,,le TODD Close beside IL, which snapped !
z twain the moment the wind came up, IN.
: falling directly acr.rss the E,ithm'ii'
!. wagon. cut il directly in Two anl accom-
plished a fearful work ri Slaughter.
. lasted scarcely an instant. The fierce gn
= WAS over aln,os, at a moments notice, m
u a, the end III that the whole storm la
i terminated. when th. mortified spectacle
: rushed to the rescue Of their friends.
horrible -yec' scle WIS presented. Al les
= twenty Law ie.i. dying or inSens:ble. Oh
d hoy. poor Willie Prayer, was recognize
Il only nv his linen clothes. III. head vs.
J. crushed into mass Of homes and brain n
y hair. spread out upon a surface two fe
v square. Rev. Waltz. pastor Of IN, churc
le vac laughing in an idio,ic way. and the
e was not a sign of injury upon him. L
poor man'- fright had craZ-d him col
al plei-ly. His son- MAS among the kills
I'd but he knew nothing Of that. Miss Gr
nj tleman, a beautiful young woman. was
he headed rs smoothly As though hy kn'
m Al. the dead and injured belong la Shar,
ed hury or Eina Harrongh>s. They W.
is taken to Shar,.-hurc church a,.l the de-
e, laid out in a hecoming christian mani
Ai for burial. None Of the injured have iii
~ since. hut at least two will.