The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-27
FREGMTFGL VvWRK OF A sBUR.


s RnCANE.
Towns a.exeaRed With she 13rO0MA-
Terrible HDesar9csion 0f Property
mmd H.osu Of R.kEe-Masy vVSwnaed-
Greas saaerinG. kc.
Dispatches from ST Louis and other points. Of
the 18Th and Goth insis-, give the particulars OF
furious hurricane that visited some portions OF
Missouri on the 18Th.
1t struck Marsh6eld, on the 81. Louis and
San Francisco Rsilroad, at $50 O'Clock in the
afternoon and literally levelled the town, only
fourteen houses being Ieft standing. Brick as
we'll rs frame buildings were torn 10 pieces and
utterly demolished. The f,rce oi the wind hhed
trees entirely out oi the Vreund and telegraph
wires were carried hundreds of rods into the
woods and twisted and knotted about the limbs
of trees as though they had been coto- ST. ings-
The debris OF the town took fire i'll many
places to add 10 the herrors Of the suffering and
destruction. Eighty odd bodies have been taken
out and many more are missing, supposed To be
buried in the ruins or burned up. All the ply
sicians OF the town were killed except two, and
there was great need of doctors 10 attend the
wounded, OF whom there were more Than two
hundred, many of them imprisoned among the
fallen timbers.
relief committee was sent from Lebanon 10
Marshfied al daylight with about hffy doctors,
nurses and hers, and full supply Of provis
ions and Medical stores The place presented a
terrible appearance.
The courthouse and many other buildings
had taken FIRE and the scene was ef the most
dreadful character. Very few people were TO he
seen and the town seemed deserted. The doc
tors and nurses went from the depot alone To
hunt up the people, there being NO one at the
depot to receive them. At last accounts physi
clans from all paris of the country were flock
ing to the points most injured, and doing all they
could to alleviate the suffering. e-,
Contributions were coming in from all the
t0wns along the line OF road, and special trains
were sent with relief wherever good could he
done.
Scores OF kind hearted people volunteered as
nurses and succor was freely extended. The
storm is said to have been general in south
western Missouri, and many other pla es besides
Marshield suffered severely, and in some plaFes
violent hail and rain accompanied the wind.
AtGrey' screek, near jefferson City. Mo- several
houses were blown down and a number of per-
sons injured. One house was blown aeE,ss the
railroad track and, no warning being given, the
train run into it seriously injuring the engineer
and fireman and demolishing the engine
AT James river, five miles south of Springfield.
a number of persons were killed and injur' Il,
several of whom among the latter have since
died also; and more are reported missing. From
Northview seven miles west Of Marshdehl, To
the latter point. trees three feet in diameter were
pulled entirely out of the ground. The towns
of Warrensborro', CRANKY and Kansas City
also reported badly damaged
A special from Champaign, ILL.,, says The State
University suffered severely by the storm. A
large portion Of the new main building was un-
roofed The old University building nsed as a
dormitory, was wrecked the western portion be-
ing levelled to the ground The students just
escaped in time. Many Of the buildings in The
city were badly damaged.
| At Marshield many families are penniiess and
| have taken refuge in the depot and empty cars,
| For one hundred miles along the track OF the
storm evidences of the dreadful violence of the
wind and destruction of property are to be seen.
| Later dispatches give some interesting Incl
| dents and details in connection with the cyclone
As 1t approached, il had the appearance Of a
| frightful hooking black cloud, lined with feecy
| white funnel shaped, and moving in the manner
| Of q screw propeller, and with wonderful velOc-
ity. Cattle, hogs, horses, sheep and poultry were
whirled into the air and earned great distances
The noise OF the storm. the crash Of the falling
houses, and the cries and screams of the terrified
people made a scene Of horror impossible TO de-
| scribe. The day after the storm q babe about
| eighteen months cid was found IN rxviae north
of the town OF MArshfcld where il Ind lain all
night. 1t was unhaTmed, bat It's mother had
| been killed and ils relatives all wounded. An
| other child, Two years old, was found in tree
top, not seriously injured. II was claimed by its
| parents who live over tvs and u half miles from
the town, so that its aerial fight must have ex-
| tended over three nailes. wagon was carried
| eight miles by the Wind. and q section Of mills
| smoke-stack three miles and half
It's now estimated that over one hundred per-
sons were killed in the county Of which Marsh
field is the seat Il is also ascertainesl that many
other places than those mentioned suffered ffOm
| the storm, in nearly all Of which there Was
more or eas hsss Of hle wilA great lestRuetioa al
property.
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