The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-04-21
TERRIBLE sToRMsl
One Town Entirely Destroyed
Many Killed and Wounded.

ever Witnessed in this country passed
over some Of the western and southern
States on Monday Of this week. Miss.
ouri and Tennessee seemed TO fare the
worst. AT Memphis several houses
we're destroyed and other damage
done. Marshfeld, Mo-, was entirely
destroyed by wind and fire, and
hundreds of lives were lost. The fol.
lowing report of the storm we CLEAN
from Tuesday mornings associate
press dispatches:
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 19.-It is re-
ported that nearly the whole town Of
Marshfisld, Mo-, was blown down by
terrific wind storm last evening and
then burned, resulting in frightfnl
loss Of life. The telegraph wires are
all down and nothing direct from the
scene of the calamity can be obtained
at present.
SECOND DIsPATAH.1
A man who come to the depot at
the edge of the town while the train
was there reported that at $50 o'clock
a furious hurricane struck the place
and leveled all that part of the town
lying west of the centre square fat to
the ground. The debris Immediately
took FIRE in several places, and the
flames could be seen at some half
dozen points by the passengers on the
train. Forty dead bodies had been
taken out and many more were sup.
posed to be buried in the ruins or
burned up. There were also many
living still imprisoned in the debris Of
the fallen buildings. All the physi.
clans Of the town were killed except
ing two, and there was great need of
doctors to attend the wounded. of
whom il was said there were some 200.
THIRD DISPATCH.
A telegram from Springfield, via
Vinta aud Kansas City, says A bur.
ricane passed a few miles south of
Springfield about seven o'clock last
night, doing an immense amount of
damage and killing large number OF
people. Fifty deaths are reported on
the James river, six miles south OF
Springfield, and a great many person
missing. The train dispatcher at Con.
way, fourteen miles this side of Marsh.
field, reports arriving there from
Springfield at eleven o'clock and says
he found terrible looking country
From North View, several miles west
! ! h &c q Marshfield. to the latter point, trees
out of the ground, telegraph poles
split off and ever ytbing wrecked. The
town of Ma.sh6eld is demolished.
brick as we'll as frame buildings are |
tors down. About dozen people
were all we saw as we came through |
that town, the place seemed deserted,
the doctors and nurses who came on
our train from Springfield, about
twenty i'll number, went from the depot
at once to hunt up the people, there
being no one at the depot to receive
them. We sent a relief train from
Lebanon to Mansfield about daylight
this morning with about fifty doctors,
nurses and helpers, full supplies of
provisions, clothing and medicine
stores, also material for repairing tel
ograph lines. The line is blown down
at different points between Springfield
and Conway, perhaps ten miles alto
gelher. The names of the killed and
wounded at Marshfield are not re.
ceived yet telegraphic communication
not being restored at this writing.
There are also reports here that the
city of CRANKY, one hundred miles
southwest of Springfield is greatly
damaged and that Warrensburg on
the Missouri Pacific railroad. sixty
Eve miles this side of Kansas City was
badly injured, but the reports are not
ueriGad