Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-22
SUNDAYS STORM.
Damage Greater than ut First
SunpOsen.

ST. LOUIS, April q. The tornado Of
Sunday last seems To have extended
over much greater breadth OF the
country aud was more deadly and de-
vastatiug IN its effects than anv storm
that has occurred in the West ior years.
Reports show that it dealt death and
destruction not only over nearly the
half Ol Missouri, hut ragged with great
fury through the northern hall 0l
Arkansas, and considerable part OF
Eastern Kansas. At the Shawnee Mission
in the latter State number
of persons returning from a funeral at )
O'Clock this afternoon, were overtaken
by the storm, and took refuge in u shed
adjoining the large brick store OF MIR.
Routt. Shortly after the party had
taken shelter in the shed, part of the
store was blown down on the shed,
burying dozen or more persons IN the
ruins, and very seriously inluring ID. u,
Campbell, Mrs. J. i. Wilson, Muiile
Brown and Lllie Strong, and more or
less injurlng the remainder oI the party
At Fayetteville, Arkansas,
At $50 r. ". a regular tornado struck
Fayetteville, Ark, aud lurrowed track
through the city from the southwest
To the northeast, destroying OF badly
damaging almost every building IN It's
track. Every house on the south side
oi the square, excepting the Dtm0crW
office, was demolished, and barns, out
houses and trees were swept out ot ex-
istence. Mrs. Victoria Glass and col
orcd girl were killed and ten To fifteen
4 l,.r q gh1llrnn
wounded more or less seriously. About
twenty business houses and several res
idrnces were either destroyed or very
badly damaged The loss will probably
amount to Sl0OOOO
LlrTLE Rock, April 2l.-Adviccs from
Fayetteville, report the storm Ot sunday
night last unprecedenledly severe about
y o'clock =. NJ. Coming from the south
west, it struck and destroyed the resi-
dcnccs oi MIR Kilton, DIR. Caddock, Mrs.
Croch, j. T.. Vaughan, the Masonic
Hall, and the fremont House, three
story brick hotel, killing Mrs. Glass,
wife oi the proprietor. The Democrat
office is badly damaged. DIR. Bales aud
Baum Bros. stores, the east end
oi the Mountain Home, Jennings stable
and C0llry's two.story bricks are utter
wrecks. Eight or ten frame dwellings
east of town were lifted from their ioun-
datiuus aud torn to atoms. Many
houses were uuroofed and quite a mum
Der of people were wounded and one
child was killed. All the horses IN Jen-
nings stable were killed. The citizens
turned out in the peltlng RAIN TO care
for the wounded and protect property.
The storm prevailed with startling Sc
verify as far south as Johnson.
tAnother Town Destroyed.
81 LOUIS, April 2l.-The latest advl-
Ces from Texas county say that the CITY
oi Licking MAS entirely destroyet, eX'
cepting three houses, by sunday night 5
storm. Three hundred persons are
homeless. Onc life was lost and seven
teen persons wounded, tive seriously
The damage is lully S0,OOO. The tor
nado did immense damage TO property
ia the country.
Other Damages
Sr. LOUIS, April 2l.-DispatchcS Just
received say the storm OF Sunday was
very severe IN Morgan county, It's track
being sirewn with demolished houses,
barns and oaier farm property.
The little town OF Barnettsville was
torn nearly to pieces, and several per
sons were killed and wounded. The
homes of the killed nave already been
tclegraphed.
II is now estimated that Webster
county, OF which Marshheld Is the
county seat, had fully one hundred peoo'
pie killed and over two hundred wound
ed. Among those that were Killed IN
the county, are John Rose and daughter
Richard Hall, John Carson, vile ana
two children, aud three members OF the
Scott family. Loss TO property IN the
county is estimated At one million dot
lars.
The Marshfield Disaster.
ST. Lows. April 2l.-A Ttm's special
from Marshtield says: A number oil
killed have been buried without idenn-
fication. and a. no record is kept, 1t u
| impossible to obtain an accurate list oi
/ the dead. The citizens have organized
| into committees Tor various purposes,
with r. NJ Barnes as treasurer. 4 re-
lief committee, with J. W. Thompson rs
superintendent and ]. X. Hudnal as
corresponding secretary, has also been
formed. Telegrams offering assistance
have been received from Chicago, Phil-
adelplia. ST Louis, Oswego and CJium-
bus. Kansas. One hundred and twelve
residences We're destroyed, besides nu'
merous out buildings. The loss on
buildings is estimated at $4,000 and
business houses 1000, which is COW
cred 10y FIRE policies amounting to slf.'
600. in Springfield. Mass, Lycoming
New York Underwriters, PhGnix and
Hartford companies. Report come:
from Panther Valley, fifteen miles iron
Marshfeld, OF seven persons oeins
killed by the storm. Numerous deaths
are also reported from Green county
! and from Henderson.