The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-21

Standing, and but few of those remain
ing are uninjured. OF the business
houses around the public square all but
three are utterly demolished, and their
contents blown away, burned or badly
| damaged. About 8 O'Clock a freight
train from Springfield brought about 800
| people with provisions and medicines for
the wounded. AS rapidly SIS the bodies
of the dead and wounded could be extri-
Gated from the ruins, they were prepared
for interment. The wounded were con-
veyed to the only available structure left
standing. The public school building,
which was not badly damaged, wss
turned into a hospital. There are now
fifty wounded in the building, under
the care of noble women from
Lebanon and Springfield, who are
doing all in their power to alleviate
the sufferings of those under their care.
The loss by this terrible calamity
is estimated at from S350,000 to $780,
| 600. Every business house in the place
is in ruins, and stocks are all destroyed
except two. OF 500 inhabitants of
Marshfeld who yesterday had happy,
comfortable homes, seven-eights are
without houses, clothing, food, or means
to procure them. The destitution and
suffering are terrible. A great many
bodies are lying in the court house. OF
the total nnm Der killed, which is not far
short of 100, not more that dozen have
been buried. Nothing like a complete
list of the killed and wounded can be OBJ
tanned tonight. Marshfield is the county
seat Of Webster County, 2l5 miles from
St. Louis, situated on a plateau of the
Ozark Mountains. but not of great alti-
tudn Or narfIpularlv eYpOSp6
st. Louis, 20.-No complete list of the
killed snd wounded ct Marshfeld on
Sunday night has been received. The
following are additional names of the
most seriously wounded: Potter, Eliza
Widermeyer, Jas. n. Widermeyer,
fracture of the skull; Lon Fous, colored;
Polly Northern, samuel Chisman, Char
lie Chisman, Elizabeth ChismaD, Lon
Chisman, Benjamin johnson, Harry
Massey, John Payne, Rosa Kelson, Jas.
Smith, Jane johnson, colored; Benjamin
johnson, colored; Vim Goodall, colored.
N. +. Hampton, Cynthia a. Smith, j;
w. underwood, Fanny EULER, Harrison
Jarrett, w. n. Smith, Mamie A.
Smith, Lille Low, Lucy White, Mrs. j,
l.. Rush, Johnnie Rush, Bette
Rush, Hattie Smith, William Oates,
Lizzie, Hattie and William Moore,
Miss Maria Aldice, Charles and Presley
Dollinger, Andy johnson, DR.. VIM.
Jennings, Lucy Merrill two daughters Of
G. G. Smith, jeff w. Potter and three
children, Miss Maggie Kirby, Mrs. DR..
Bradford, Miss Ida Preston, n. T.
Sutherlin, w. Sutherlin and wife and
three children, Mrs. Jane Smith. Sew
eral Of the above will no doubt die from
severe internal injuries. 1t will be sew
ersl days before sn accurate list of the
wounded is furnished The number is
said to be 200, but many are only slightly
hurt. Many merchants suffer total loss
Of stocks. One hundred and fifty fam
lilies are left homeless, and need provis-
ions and clothing. The ueighboring
towns respond nobiy. Mayor Osterstolt2
and other prominent citizens have tele-
grams from Msrshfeld stating the
of their needs and appealing for
help. Money, shelter and clothing are
called for All box cars of the
st. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
that can be spared are on the track for
the shelter of families.
Chicago, 2O.-The following reports of
ravages by the storm were received by
telegraph In Rock County. Wisconsin,
the village of Shopiere was struck by
storm on Sunday afternoon, and torn up
fearfully by the wind for two hours. The
townships of Turtle, Laprairie,
Bradford and Johnstown, suffered also in
the loss of cattle, buildings, fences, etc.,
the total damage in the county reaching
probably 100000 Among the chief
losses are E. D. Mosley,s blacksmith uaS
shop and house, wrecked, $1,000; the
NJ 81 LET 4 2G0n.
George Sears large stone mill, torn to
horses, owned by j. d. Dole, 50, 900;
Hon. F. NJ. Stard's archard uprooted,
some Of the trees being carried q long
seventy hives of bees destroyed,
every window blown out of his house,
barns wrecked, and the contents scat
tered, and the family escaping destruc-
ton only by holding on to trees, and
lodging flying dibres with which the air
was filed; loss, $4,000 the house and
barls of Thomas Holmes were torn to
bits, and the contents utterly destroyed;
Mrs Fearnes and two children, who lived
in the house, were carried away in the fly
ing timbers, and landed forty reds distant.
with slight injuries. Fearns had $40 in
his pocket-book, which was carried off.
Part of the money was subsequently
found half mile away. The barns of
r. w. Schenck were RACED to the ground,
though built Of extra heavy stone walls.
Stones weighing tons were hurled shout
like chat. Two horses we're killed out
right and two wounded. The house and
of S. S. Hart were destroyed,
So, 900; Charles Youmsns was picked up
from tine barnyard, carried about in the
air like leaf, and final y landed, unin-
jured, on wood pile. Robert Lillburn's
orchard and barn were damaged 81, 900.
The cyclone demolished Mr.. Anderson's
house and badly injured his wife, who is
dying. The family of Lyman
b. Richardson, at Johnstown, took
refuge in 8 cellar and saw the house
swept from above them. No trace of
the contents of the house could be OBJ
tanned. The county building and poor
house were dismantled. The storm cut
swath as though of fire. destroying every
bit of vegetation in its way. 1t was &C
companied by rain and hail. At Mani
towere and Kossuth the storm was Sc
we're, but not so destructive as elsewhere.
Its path wss from one-quarter to one
eighth of q mile wide. The gale in Hi
nois was most severe in the central part
of the state, Champaign suffering most,
but only minor damages to roofs, trees,
ETC., resulted.
London, Ont, ia terrific gale
passed over the city this afternoon, doing
considerable damage to roofs, glass,
wires, etc.