Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-04-24
Terrible Missouri.

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last night, give few facts concerning
n terrible disaster there. A man who
came TO the depot at the end of the
town while the train was there, report
Cd that at $50 o'clock furious hurri-
cane struck the place and leveled all
that part of the town lying west Of the
centre square fiat to the ground. The
dcbris Immediately took fire in several
,laces, and the flames could 0e seen at
some half dozen points by the passen-
GERS on the train. Forty dead bodies
had been taken out, and many more
were supposed to be buried in the RUNS
or burned up. There were also many
living still, impressed in the debris OF
the buildings. All the physicians OF tns
town were killed excepting t"o' auu
there was great need OF doctors 70 a'
tend the wounded, whom II was saiu tne.e
wore some two hundred. A relief tram
with twenty physicians aud nurses and
,nn Of supplies left Springfield, Mo-, this
,,,nrU;ng for Marshtield, and probably
",Her trains will arrive during the day.
The storm was general in Southwestern
Missouri, and other places probably snt-
Erred damage, but as the telegraph
wires are all Frustrated, no advlces have
been received. a violent hail and rain
accompanied the wind.
A telegram from Springfield, via 81
nita and Kansas City, to Z. w. Rogers,
General manager Of the St. Louis and
San Francisco railroad, says: "a hurrl-
cane passed few miles south OF Spring
field, about 7 o'clock last night, doing
treat amount of damage and killing
great lumber Of people. Fifty deaths
ATE reported on the James river, SIX
miles south of Springfield, and great
many persons are missing. The tram
dispatcher at Conway,l4 miles this side
of Marshfeld, reports that he arrived
there from Springfield at / O'Clock, and
saws he found the country in terrible
condition from Northview, miles west
of Mansfield, to the latter point. Trees
three feet in diameter were torn entirely
out of the ground, telegraph poles were
twisted off aud everything wrecked
The town of MarShield was demolished,
brick as well as frame buildings being
torn down. we did not see, he said,
more than half dozen people as we came
ihro that town The place seemed de
serted. The doctors and nurses who
came on our train from Springfield
about twenty in number-wcnt from the
lepo, alone to hunt up the people, there
being no one at the depot to receive
them. a relief train was sent from
Lebanon to Marshfeld at daylight this
morning, with about fifty doctors, nurs-
es and helpers, and a full supply OF pro
visions, clothing and medical stores, al
50 material for repairing the telegraph
line. The line is blown down at differ
crt points between Springfield and Con
way, perhaps ten miles altogether. a
new Catholic Church ut Cuba, ninety
miles from here was blown down. No
damage was done to the railroad, except
the destruction of one small station
'ouse. Telegraph communication Is be
ing restored.
A special to the Post-Dispatch from
Lebanon says: The tornado which
caused such frighful havoc at Marshhcld
last ni.h passed entirely through Green
and Webster counties, following the
course OF the James river,in anortheaSt-
" direction. 1t struck the st. Louis
and San Francisco railroad III four
places, and left it at Frank station, 10
miles this side of Marshfeld. The lat
ter place presents a terrible appearance,
there not being more than dozen nous
ca unframed in the entire town. The
courthouse and many other buildings
took fire, and the scene was OF the most
dreadful character.
"At one house two children were
found dead and another badly mangleG,
but it IS still alive. The parents could
not be found. Another woman Is missing,
it is possible she was carried away. NO
details of the calamity have yet been
received. The force of the wind Stripp-
ed the bark from the trees, lifted others
entirely out of the ground, and teIe-
graph poles and wires were carried hun,
dreds of rods into the woods and tea
and knoted among the limbs OF trees as
,houoh they were cotton strings. Every
thing possible is being done to assist
and succor the wounded, not only at
Marshfield, but at other places.
"Physicians throughout the country
are focking to the points most injured
and doing all they can to alleviate the
suffering. Doctors went from Spring
field to the James river country, SIX
miles south, as well as to MarShheld,
and scores of kind hearted people have
volunteered as nurses. Capt. Rogers,
general manager of the 81. Louis and
Gan Francisco railroad, is sending spe-
cial trains with relief wherever any good
can be done, and all are doing every,
thing possible to aid the injured ana
dying.
LATEST FROM THE MARsHFIELD DISASTER
St. Louis, April 20.-The first dis
patch direct from Marshfeld was recelv-
ed late last night by the Globe Demo
crat, and gives the following description
of the storm: "This town and county
were visited by one OF the most destruc-
tive cyclones on record last evening.
After passing through several miles OF
country in Christian, Green and WEB
ster counties, destroying everything III
its pathway, leveling houses, barns'milis
and timber, it struck this town about
o'clock Eye-wituesses of the approach
ino storm say that il was friGhttul-
looking black cloud, lined with tieecy
white, funnel shaped, and moved in the
manner Of screw propeller 1t moved