Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-08
CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
The Southwestern Part of the State Agai
Visited by q Disastrous Wind Storm.

The Southwestern Part of tho State Again
Visited by a Disastrous Wind Storm.
A severe cyclone passed over Carthage,
Mo-, and vicinity on Saturday evening
from southwest to northeast. South of
Joplin fences were prostrated and houses
and barns torn down, but nobody is re-
ported hurt.
Ten miles south of Carthage the resi-
dence and all the out-buildings Of William
Bayman were demolished, as were also
the buildings of Mr.. Forsythe, near by,
but no lives were lost. Four miles to
northeast Of Bay Wamhu the buildings of
Mr.. Quimby were all destroyed, and Mr..
Quimby was fatally injured.
At Sarcohie the storm ragged with great
fury. A blacksmith shop was totally de-
stroyed The Masonic hall was twisted
off its foundations and ruined. Many
other buildings were badly damaged, and
fences and Outhouses carried away. On
Round Prairie the school house was dc.
stroyed, and every stone in its foundation
was carried several rods.
The house of John Mccoy, near by, was
house was blown down and his two little
girls were fatally injured. The timber in
the;track of the storm was all torn up.
The town Of Marshfeld, which was
nearly destroyed last summer, was visited
by this storm and great damage said to
have been done, nearly all the northern
portion Of the city being blown down
again. The storm was accompanied by
thunder and lightning. the electric shocks
being very violent.
A Twice Des0lated Town.
The section Of country devastated in the
,k0 oh tod k1,nr k1>o
spring of this year, Of an even greater ca
lamity. On the 10Th of April that part of
Missouri was visited by one Of the most
destructive cyclones on record. After
passing through several miles OF country
destroying everything in its pathway, lev
cling houses, barns, mills and timber, the
tornado struck Marshfield about o'clock
in the evening. Eye witnesses of the ap-
preaching storm say it was frightful
looking black cloud, lined with tleecy
white, funnel shaped, and moving
in the manner of q screw propeller.
1t moved with wonderful velocity, literal
ly destroying and blowing away every
thing in it's path, which was about half a
mile wide. Trees were twisted off, tele-
graph wires snapped, and the bark was
literally peeled from small trees houses
were blown from their foundations cattle,
hogs. sheep, horses and poultry were
whirled into the air and carried a great
distance. The noise of the storm, the
crash OF falling houses, ard cries and
screams ofterrified people, made a scene of
horror that beggars description. What was
beautiful, peaceful town Of 800 inhabitants
became in few moments waste Of desc
lation. Out Of 200 dwelling houses not
more than twenty were left standing, and
few of those remaining were uninjured.
OF business houses around the public
square all but three were utterly demol-
ishcd, and their contents blown away,
burned Or badly damaged. As rapidly as
the bodies Of the dead and wounded could
be extricated from the ruins they were
prepared for intevment. Tho wounded
were conveyed to the only available
structure left standing, the public
school building, which was not
badly damaged. 1t was turned into hos
pital under the care of women from Leb-
anon and Springfield, who did all in their
power to alleviate the sufferings of those
under their charge. Nearly 100 persons
were killed Or grievously injured by the
tornado. The money loss was estimated
from $3.50, 900 to $400.O00. Marshfield is
the county seat Of Webster county, and
215 miles from St. Louis, situated on a
plateau Of the Ozark mountains, but not
of great altitude or particularly exposed.
Great damage was done by the storm else
where in Missouri, and also in Arkansas,
| Wisconsin and Illinois. There was loss
Of life in various localities.