The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-21
TELEGRAPHIC
THE CYCLONE.
Extending Through Several
States.

Extending Through Several
States.
WrecEiBg Hundreds of House.
and killing Hundreds
of People.
Partial List OfIhe Killed and
Wounded.
Later Particulars of Sundays
Terrible Blow.
st. Lious, ia special to the Post
Dispatch from Lebanon says the tornado
which caused such frightful havoc al
Marshfield last night passed entirely
through Green and Webster Counties,
following the course of james River, in a
northeasterly direction. 1t struck the st.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad in four
places, and left it near Franks Station,
ITO miles this side of Msrshfeld. The
latter place presents q terrible appear
ance, there not being more than a dozen
houses unframed in the entire town.
|
iDgs took fire. and the scene and effects
were of dreadful character. At one
| house two children were found dead and
another badly mangled, but still alive.
The parents could not be found. In an
other case a woman was lost entirely; she
seems to have been carried away bodily.
No details of the calamity have yet been
received. The force of the wind stripped
! bark from trees, and lifted others entirely
out of the ground, and telegraph poles
and wires were carried hundreds of rods
into the woods and tied and knotted
among limbs of trees like cotton strings.
Everything possible is being done to
| assist and succor the wounded, not only
at Marshfeld, but at other places. Ply
slcians throughout the country are
docking to the points most injured, and
doing sIl they can to alleviate the suffer
ing. Doctors went from Springfield to
the James country. six miles south, as
well as to Ma-shfed, and scores of kind
hearted people hSve volunteered as
nurses. Captain Rogers, general man
ager of the st. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad, is sending special trains with
relief wherever good can be done, and
all are doing everything possible to aid
the injured aud dying.
The storm did no serious damage in
this city, but caused a general shaking
up.
Telegraph communication with Marsh
field was restored tonight, but only one
wire is working, and Captain c. W.
Rogers, general manager of the st.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad, has
just received the following from d. IL.
Nichols, assistant superintendent: Ad-
vices coming in constantly from differ
ent parts of the country show that many
were killed or injured in remote districts.
1t is believed many farmers families are
destroyed and not yet reported. Seven
of the wounded on James River died this
afternoon, and five at Marshfeld. At
the latter place all is confusion, and the
people are in such an excited state
that it is almost impossible to get
any Ineligible report. Many families
are homeless and have taken refuge in
the depots and empty cars standing at
stations. The front rooms of the court
house are still standing and have been
converted into morgue. The school
building is used for hospital. Up to z
o'clock this evening they have death
list of seventy-eight, and the prospect Of
increasing 1t before morning. Many are
y
buried, of whom no record is kept. 1t is
impossible TO get list of the dead, but
the following names are of some promi-
nent persons and their families, who
were discovered early in the day: Mrs.
Judge Fyeu, Dan Wright and wife,
Rev. E. Condo, Matilda Widemeyer,
Fred Widemeyer, Henry Ballenger, j.
w. Leeds, wife and two children, Sheriff
Johnson's wife, a child of J. l.. Rush,
Mrs. Todd, DR.. Bradford, Sidney Brad
ford, Mary Ray and child, Mrs. Charles
Holley and child, Mrs. Malinda Potter,
Mrs. Florence Moore, Hugh Kelse.
Eighty-fYe of the wounded are in the
schoolhyuse, among whom are the
following seriously injured: Addie
Widemeyer, Mrs. E. Condo, James NJ.
Hicks, Mrs. Dodge, four children of Mrs.
f. Moore, F. N. Moore, Fannie Rush,
Bette Rush, Mrs. j. l.. Rush, Nathan
Smith, Sam Smith, Samuel Crismsn,
wife and six children, G. G. Smith. This
list includes the most serious cases and
many Of them will die. A great many
colored people are killed or injured, but
no list has been prepared. Only fourteen
buildings are left standing and there is
not q house in town but is more or lass
injured. A large number of citizens
from Lebanon and Springfield are doing
all they can to relieve the suffering.
A car load of provisions was sent from
Springfield to-day, and contributions are
coming from all towns along the line of
the road. Clothing of sll kinds is needed
badly, as many families lost everything
they had in the way of wearing apparel.
a child was found ut Marshfeld,
lodged in the crotch of tree thirty feet
above the ground, but slightly hurt.
-Four hundred dollars was raised to-day,
at Rolls, for the sufferers at Marshteld
and twelve doctors and nurses left here
for that place tonight.
At Gray's Greek four miles from
jefferson City, seven houses were de-
mollshed and several of their inmates
injured. A log house was blown into
deep cut cut on the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road at that point, and passenger train
from the west ran into it, ditching the
engine and severely wounding the engi-
neer, James McCourt, and James
Murphy, the fireman.
A special from Fulton, Galloway
County, to the Republican, says a terri
Bile storm passed through that country
last night, doing an immense amount of
damage to farm property, besides destroy
ing numbe: of houses. At New Bloom
field Mrs. MoTtz was killed by falling
house, and negro girl was killed by
| lightning.
Another special to the same paper,
from California, says q terrific storm
visited the southern part of Monte
County last night, doing great injury to
properly and killing and wounding a
number of persons. The storm frat
struck the little town Of Barretsville,
destroying almost every house In the
place; then passed down the valley to-
wards the North Moran, demolishing
nearly every building IN its track.
Following is partial list of those killed:
a. G Campbell, two children of Henry
Mckinney, Reuben Reaton Mrs.
Schaffer, two children of Cordrian Green,
a son of George Hsrtex, and Jack Will
son. Several others were killed, but the
names are not ascertained Between
twenty and thirty are wounded but the
names are not reported.
The first dispatch direct from Marsh
vile was received last night, by the
Globe Democrat 1t gives the following
description of the storm: This town and
country were visited by one of the most
destructive cyclones on record last even
ing. After passing through several
miles of country, in Christian, Green and
Webster Counties, destroying everything
in its pathway, levelling houses, barns,
mills and timber. it struck this town