The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-21

Moore p. n. Moore, Fannie Rush, fSathan
Smith. 1. Smith. Samuel Chrisman, W lie ana
six children, and z. Z. Smith.
This list inc udes the most serious cases.
and many of them may die. great many
colored people are killed or injured, out no llst
of them has been prepared. Only fourteen
buildings are left standing, and there is not
house In town but what rs more or less IN
Jured large number Q. ctizens from o,S Leo %
relieve suffering. A car load OF PROVISIONS was
sent from Springfield to-day, and contr1ou-
tions are coming from all the towns along the
line of road. Clothing of all kinds is needed
badly, as many families lost everything tney
had in the way OF wearing apparel, ana Were
A child was found at Marshheld lodged in
the crotch of tree, thirty feet above the
ground, but slightly hurt. -Four hundred dol-
lars was raised to DAY at Rolla for the sufferers
at Marsh field, and twelve doctors and nurses
left there for that place to night. AT G,ays
Creek, four miles from Jefferson city,
SEVEN HOUSES WERE DEMOLISHED,
and several of their inmates injured. A log
house was blown into a deep cut on Inc Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad at this point, and a pas
senger train from the West ran into Ii, ditch
ing the engine. and severely woundlng the
engineer, James McCourt, and James Muir
A special from Fulton, Galloway County, to
through that County last night, dong i'm
mepse damage TO farm property, besides de-
stroying a number OF houses. AT New Bloom
field Mrs MartZ was killed by falling house,
and a negro girl was killed by lightning.
Another special TO the same paper from CAL
ifornia saws: "a terrific storm visited the
night, doing great injury to property and kill
ing and wOunding number OF persons Inc
storm first struck the little town OF Barretts-
willie, destroying
ALMOST EVERY HOUSE,
and then passed down the Valley toward
North Morean, demolishing nearly every
building in its track. The following is par
tial list of
THOSE KILLED:
A. G. Campbell, two children of Henry Nc
Kinney, Reuben RoutOn, Mrs. Schaffer, two
children of Cordean Green, son OF George
Hunter and Jack Wilson. Several others were
tanned, and between twenty and thirty were
wounded, but the names haye not yet been re-
ported"
FULL DETAILS OF THE TORNADO.
The first dispatch direct from Marshfield
was received late to 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 destructive cyclones on record, last
evening. After passing through several niles
of country IN Christian, Green and Webster
Counties, destroying everything in its path
way, leveling houses. barns, mills and timber.
IL struck this town about 8 80 o'clock. An eye
witness OF the approaching storm says IL was a
frightful looking black cloud, lined with
fleecy white. 1t was funnel-shaped, and NOV
ing In the manner of screw propeller;
destroying and blowing away everything in
its path, which was about half a mile
Tids At ttlas ths poiRt large wTe
snapped and bark literally peeled from small
trees, houses were blown from their founda-
tions, cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and poultry
whirled into the air and carried great dis
tance. The noise of the storm, the crash of
falling houses,
THE CRIES AND SCREAMS OF TERRIFIED
people made a scene of horror that beggars
description. What was a beautiful, peaceful,
quiet town of $40 people twenty-four hours
ago, is now a waste of desolat1on; out of
200 dwelling houses not more
than twenty are left standing, and but few of
those remaining are uniDjured OF the busl-
ness houses around the public square,
all but three are utterly demolished,
and their contents blown away, burned or
badly damaged. About o'clock freight
train from Springfield brought about 300
people. with provisions and medicines for the
wounded. AS
THE BODIES OF THE DEAD
and wounded could be extrlcated from the
ruins they were prepared for interment. The
wounded were conveyed to the only
available structure left standing, the
public school building, which was
not badly Damaged.