The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27
THE NEW S.
THE CYCLONE.
Further Particulars Of the Tornado at
Brownsville, Missouri.

: Further Particulars Of the Tornado q
+ Brownsville, Missouri.
5 SEDALIA, Mo, April 19.-Capt Harr
: Demuth, well known in SedaiIa, Al
: rived from Brownsville on the late 1rair
I His clothes were covered with dust an
mud, and he had an ugly cut on hi
forehead He was al Gnee Interviews
/, by a correspondent and gave the follow
/, ing particulars Of the cyclone: He SAT-
that he Was in Brownsville on business
During The entire day the sky wss cuy
cred by black anu omInous ioskin;
clouds. aud the sky had peculiar an
: threatening appearance. The peopi
Were expecting
VIOLENT RAIN STORM
and nothing m re. Acout 80 O'Clock
: Capt Demulh went out of the Gil,
Hotel, which is just across the stree
from the depot, To take a look at tht
sky. In the northwest he saw large
white cloud with the sunlight shinins
| through it, and in a moment heard ;
! slight murmur as if the wind wer'
rising. He said To a man who stood
near him, There is going to be storm.
The words. had scarcely left his lips
] when he said he heard roar which
was like the sound of Niagara Fall:
when he stood beneath ths - last sum
mer. The roar was deatenin.s and was
accompanied by two or three flashes o.
lightning. The next thing he saw was
the air filed with timbeis, and tsff
white cloud, which had seemed gEkai
way off from him a few moments
before, right upon him. He
threw himself flat upon his face
near = piece of sidewalk, which
was not near any building, and grasped
hold of the boards. Then in one min
ute the awful whirlwind swept over
him. He saw man start to run across
the street toward the spot where he lay,
and one minute later, when the
AWFUL STORM KING
had passed by, he saw the man lying
| quivering in the street, with his head
crushed by flying timber. Another
man, who had been standing on the cor
ner opposite 10 him looking at the ap-
preaching whirlWind, lay struggling at
the corner, and when Capt. Demuth
arose from the ground and approached
HIM he found him dead. The whole air
seemed filled with flying timbers, and
the crash of tumbling buildings was III
audible amidst the awful roar of the
whirlwind. The large row of fine brick
buildings containing the Central hotel,
at the extreme northwest corner of the
business portion of the town, are located
| on the highest portion of the town, and
were the first to go They were all laid
fiat OH the ground. The Central hotel
was a three-story brick building, forty
| feet front and $50 feet deep. Between
the main street and this block there is
an open common two squares wide, and
then comes the maiR street with a square
| of two-stOry brick buildings on the east
and west sides. The tornado sweep
and the two-story brick buildings on
either side of the street were blown into
the streets.
WORSE THAN REPORTED.
SEDALIA, Mo, April 19-The latest
advices from Brownsville more than con-
firm previous reports. The number of
buildings destroyed is estimated at fifty,
nearly all of which are bricks in the
business center of the city. Up to the
present time the following bodies have
been recovered:
Allen Scraggs, merchant, aged 20.
James Miller, aged 20, laborer.
Mathew Williams, farmer, aged 40:
leaves a family.
City Marshall Cornelius White, aged
30; leaves wife.
Geo. Payne, farmer, aged 80.
Claus Meyer, aged 30, merchant;
leaves wife and child.
Dick Ferguson, aged 30.
VIM. Parsons, aged 40.
Edwin Arthur, of Pittsburg, Pa, aged
81.
Among the wounded are Richard
Hickman, OF Slater, right leg broken.
Perry Wilson, leg broken.
John Wilson of ] Wilson s. Co, right
shoulder injured.
Mrs j. S. Edwards and Mrs. Gordon,
lN- F1rf
c. III. Kelly, left arm broken and in
jured internally. 1t is thought he will
die.
VIM. Steer, badly bruised.
John Lambin and John Owens, slight
ly hurt.
William Sturgeon, seriously wound
Cd
John L. Buckner, slightly wounded.
A son of ]. Rembert IS thought to be
fatally injured.
Schooling Chaplin. Taylor Wilson and
Geo. T. Rice, badly hurt.
Miss Cora Rice, foot crushed.
Miss Bette Rice had her left arm
broken.
Wash Rcmbert was bruised.
Miss Tobie Spears and John Shaw
were slightly hurt.
J. w. Wilson received scalp wound.
Court Yannis was slightly injured.
The principal buildings damaged are
Robinson's dry goods and grocery store;
Brownvile savings bank; Miss Ache
| meyers millinery establishment; City
| hotel; Bellamy's grain warehouse, store
house and Star mills; Hartman's saloon !;
Brite Sc Codes grocery, Woods cloth
| ing house; w. ID. Rembert's hardware;
| c. W. Kelley's drug store; J. I. Wilson,
general merchandise; HoSs. clothing
| ctr Tar q ~ rrp AN(zinnic1
taurant; Weakly & Smiths furniture
store; New York millinery store; Is.
| 7. Tooley's grocery; B T. Bellamy,
boots and shoes; Olympic hall; A. T.
MIlIen's store; Mrs. McConnell's millin-
cry; Bucrsinger's livery stable; Fro
| burg's barber shop; Shaw's carpenter
| shop; McGinnis' store; Brownsville
| Hotel; Dunsing, general merchan-
| disc; T. c. Andrews, furnishing store i;
| A. S. Elsias. grocery; a. s. Rembert,
| hardware, Mat. Richards blacksmith
shop, the new saw mill, Banks Touring
mill, w. ID. Roberts warehouse, Russell
& Beatley's livery stable, public school
building and court house.
| RESIDENCES.
| VIM. Weybrigh's Messrs. Sherrick's,
Wolletts, DIR. Vests, ]. G. Lamkin's.
| DR.. Petate's, Mrs. Harris, Jesse Jack
sons, Roger Cox's, Mr.. Wilcox's, Rev
| Wells, James Houston's, Capt MiIler's,
| Mrs. Whites, Mrs. Miller's, Mrs Mer
rill's and J. G. Callers
The total loss cannot be estim, ted,
but is among the hundred thousands
| A number OF the wounded il is thought
| will die. A special train went from
this city to Brownsville at three O'Clock
this afternoon. The proceeds of the
trip. $500, was donated TO the sufferers
Another train will be run to-day for the
same purpose. The Thespians will give
/ an entertainment this evening at
Smiths hall, the proceeds of which
! will be given TO the homeless.
| AN APPEAL FOR AID.
The mayor of Brownsville has issued
the following:
BROWNSVILLE, Mo, April 19.-Our
city has been visited by most destruct-
i've cyclone, resulting in the death Of our
best citizens, and great destruction OF
property, rendering homeless many of
good citizens, and temporarily prostra-
ting our manufacturing industries.
Many proffers of assistance are made Us
from different quarters. We can tempo
rarily care for the suffering, and if dona.
tions are made they should be II money
to rebuild the shelters for the homeless
Donations sent to G. NJ. g. Brown, cash
Ter of the Brownsville Savings bank, will
be turned over to the committee of dis
tribution, W H REAvRs, Mayor.
A subscription is being raised in Soda
liza. Two of the children injured al
Montrose have died. No new facts have
been developed. Eighteen dwellings and
J four churches arr in ruins
No damage is reported at Appleton
although number of farm houses two
miles west of that place were destroyed
Moutrose, Calhoun, Lewis, Clinton
Holden and Brownsville and the ada
cent country were in the track of the
hurricane, and all suffered more OF less
Incidents Of the Brownsville Cyclone.
KANSAS CRY, April 21-A grea
many peculiar incidents are related il
connection with the Brownsville CIV