The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-29
THE WESTERN WINE DS
Particulars OF the latc storm. Th Q
Loss OF Life and Destruction of
Property.

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ber of killed have been buried with
out Identification, and as no record i
kept it is impossible TO obtain an &C
curate list of the dead. The citizen
have organized into committees fol
various purposes, with E. M. Barnel
as treasurer. A relief committee will
j. w. Thompson as superintendent
and j. r. HudRall as corresponding
secretary was also formed. Telegramt
offering assistance have been received
from Chicago, Philadelphia, st. Louis
Oswego and Columbus, Kansas. One
hundred and twelve residences were
destroyed, besides numerous out
buildings. The loss on buildings is
estimated at 100000; on business
houses 100000, covered by fire policies
amounting to $1,000 in Springfield,
Mass, Lycoming, New York, Under
writers, Pheuix and Hartford.
A report comes from Panther VAL
ley, fifteen miles from Marshfield, of
seven persons killed by the storm.
Numerous deaths are also reported
from Green county and Henderson.
TEXAS COUNTY.
ST. Louis, April 2l.-Latest advices
from Texas county, Mo-, say the town
of Licking was entirely destroyed, ex-
ceptiug three houses, by the Sunday
storm. Three hundred persons are
homeless. One life was lost and sew
enteen persons wounded, five of them
seriously. The damage is fully $780,
600. The tornado did immense injury
to all kinds of property in the county.
MISSOURI, ARKANsAs AND KANSAS.
Dispatches just received say the
storm of Sunday was very severe in
Morgan county, its track being strewn
with demolished houses, barns, and
other farm property. The little town
of Barnesville was torn nearly to
pieces, and several persons killed and
wounded. The names of the killed
have already been telegraphed.
1t is now estimated that in Webster
county, of which Marshfield is the
county seat, fully one hundred people
were killed and over two hundred
wounded. Among the killed in the
county are John Rose and daughter,
Richard Hale, John Carsons, wife and
two children, and three members of
the Scott family. Loss to property in
county estimated at 81 100000.
The tornado of Sunday last seems
to have extended over a much greater
breadth of country and was more
deadly and devastating In its effects
than any storm that has occurred in
the West for years. Reports show
that it dealt death and destruction not
only over nearly half of Missouri, but
ragged with fury through the northern
half of Arkansas and considerable
part OF Eastern Kansas. AT Shawnee
Mission, in tho latter State, q number
of persons returning from a funeral at
3 o'clock in the afternoon were over
taken by the storm and took refuge in
a shed adjoining large brick store of
Mr.. Routt. Shortly after the party
had taken shelter part of the store was
blown down upon the shed, burying
dozen or more persons in the ruins,
and very seriously injuring D. q.
Campbell, Mrs. T. J. Wilson, Mollie
Brown and Lille Strong, and more
or less injuring the remainder Of the
party.
At II 80 p. m. the regular tornado
struck Fayetteville, Arka nsas, and fur
rowed track through the city from
southwest to northeast, destroying, or
badly damaging, almost every build
ing in it's track. Every house on the
south side of the Square excepting the
Democrat office was demolished, and
barns, outhouses and trees swept out
of existence. Mrs. Victoria Glass and
q colored girl were killed, and ten to
fifteen persons and q number of chill.
dren wounded more or less seriously.
About twenty business houses and
several residences were either destroy
ed or very badly damaged. The loss
will probably amount to 100000.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April 21.-Ad-
vices from Fayetteville report the
storm of Sunday night last as unpre-
cedentedly severe. About 8 p. M,
from the southwest, it struck and de-
stroyed the residences of Mr.. Kilton,
DR.. Paddock, Mrs. Croch, j. E..
Vaughn, the Masonic Hall and the
fremont House, killing Mrs. Glass,
the wife Of the proprietor. The DEM
ocrat office is badly damaged. DR..
Boles and Baum Bros stores, the east
end of Mountain Home, jennings
stable and Coffey's two story bricks
are utter wrecks. Eight or ten frame
dwellings east Of town were lifted
from the foundations and torn to
atoms. Many houses are unroofed.
Quite number of people were wound
ed and one child killed. All the horses
in jennings stables were killed. The
citizens turned out in the pelting storm
to care for the wounded and protect
their property. The storm prevailed
with startling severity as far south as
johnson county.
OBSERVATIONS BY PROFESSOR TICE AND
OTHERS.
ST. LOUIS, April 2l.-Prof. John III.
Tice, the well known meteorologist OF
this city, who went to Marshfield to
investigate the phenomena connected
with the storm Of Sunday night, tele-
graphs the Republican as follows
Everywhere along the track of the tor
nado there ia evidence Of a wave OF
water flowing in tho rear of the cloud
spots. At some places there are only
faint traces of such wave, at others
the debris is carried up and oyer OBJ