The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-05-16
CAUGHTBY THE CYCLONE.
The Terrible Work Done by
the Wind at McAllister
Monday Night.
Seven Killed, Forty-three Injured,
Four Missing, and Fifty-nine
Buildings Destroyed.

great destruction of life and property by
the cyclone Monday night, at McAllister,
Indian Territory, but il was impossible TO
procure anything reliable, owing to the
fact that Geographic communication was
cut off
From Robert Flint, Pacific express mes
senger, who arrived here on his run from
Denison. this morning, a BAZOO reporter
learned nearly all of the particula lars, and
is thus prepared to give the first accurate
information yet published.
The cyclone struck Fort McAllister,
three miles from the railway station, about
o'clock i'm the evening, and is said to have
been the most terrific storm known i'm the
Nation since the white man resided there
The town lies i'm the open prairie and the
storm had a full sweep, which seemed To
vent its full force in that section.
At the hour mentioned a cloud was seen
to come from the southwest, rolling and
tumblig, accompanied by a terrific roar
ing noise. In an instant the track of the
storm was strewn with wrecks of houses,
deaths, shrieks of the dying and
wounded, commingled with the cries of
separated and agonized families.
OF course the most intense excitement
prevailed for time. and the widest ru-
mors were put in circulation, some placing
the loss of life at4torty, while fifty or
sixty persons were n re Or less njured.
This was, OF COURSE reatly exaggerated,
but it was bad enough, truly. Ii is now
known that seven persons were killed out
right and forty-three wounded. OF these
latter, it was thought that four would die
last night
The destruction of property was very
great, no less than ffty-nine buildings of
various kinds being scattered TO the winds,
while to the southwest of the town couriers
report that the storm swept away many
farm houses, fences and acres of wheat,
while the less of cattle was considerable,
and il is thought two or more lives were
lost
McAllister is the great coal supply de-
pot of the Kansas & Texas branch of the
Pacific road and the Nation. The shafts,
sheds and machinery of the various coal
mines are blown down and destroyed,
which will delay work for several days.
The property of the railroad named is
uninjured, with the exception that tele-
graph wires are down i'm many directions,
those going north being first repaired.
The town is full of visitors, with Indians
arriving from all directions.
An Associated press dispatch says
Chicago, May ia special from Par
sons, Kas., says terrible cyclone passed
oyer McAllister, mining settlement i'm
the Indian Territory, Monday night, and
the destruction to life and property was
terrible. Seven people were killed out
right, four fatally, eleven dangerously and
thirty-nine more or less hurt, while fifty
nine houses were totally demolished and
thirty others badly wrecked The cyclone
cut a path through the timber just as a
scythe would NOW through the grass. The
damage to the Usage Coal and Mining
company is very large. The population of
the settlement is only 800, and the suffer
ing is very great.
The extent of the death-dealing work of
the cyclone which struck McAllister, day
before yesterday, cannot vet be summed
up, as the victims are not all reported.
From w. h. Woodward, express mes
senger on the X. 4 T., who came in to-day,
a BAzoo reporter learned that up to this
morning there had been ten deaths and
seven more not expected to live. A stage
driver on the CaddO Il Fort Sill line was
killed by the storm, some sixty miles west
of the former place He was blown from
the stage and hurled several yards away.
The destruction 10 property was very
great, the crops i'm the track of the storm
being about destroyed. Great suffering
will follow this calamity and help will be
needed for those who have been the vic
Tins of the blow.
From Mr.. HI. L. enlist, who came in
from the scene of the wreck, the BAzOO
learns additional particulars. Instead of
only ffty-nine houses being blown down,
there were eighty-six, and i'm consequence
the greatest distress prevails. Especially is
clothing and bedding needed, and all who
desire to contribute can do SO by forward
ing their contributions to the Usage Coal
and Mining company, at McAllister.
The following is a correct list OF the
killed and wounded, as furnished by Mr.
IIemist:
Killed Monday night: Mrs. Philip
Kewley and baby, the latter aged Is
months.
Joe Bell, aged Ii years.
Mrs. J. o. Green.
X. Atkins baby, months old.
Those that died Tuesday are: David
and Willie Kewley, the latter
8 years old.
The following died yesterday: Maggie
Rossio, James Hardie, VIM. Stark.
The dangerously wounded are: Frank
Rossio; Bessie McAlpine, aged 9 years, leg
broken, eve injured and skull frac-
tured; Franc Galletto, arm broken
i'm two places and leg badly snagged
Mr.. VIM. Daniels, knee dislocated and
bad Commissions Joe Daniels, shoulder
broken Mrs. Chas. Little6eld, leg broken
and bad Commissions Mrs. VIM Patterson,
broken and bad wounds on hips
and ankles Clara Kewley, leg and head
injured Mrs. Jas. Desper, shoulder
broken Barbara Bell, aged II years, arm
broken in two places and bad bruises.
OF the badly hurt are VIM. Paterson,
ribs broken and head cut Joseph Rossio,
aged III years, Clara Rossio, aged years,
and Mary Rossio, aged years, bruised all