Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-04-20
BROWNSVILLE BLOWN TO BLAzEs.
The Entire Town Raxed and Several
Persons Killed Outright.

The Entire Town Razed and Several
Persons Killed Outright.
1t was reported in Mexico yesterday
morning that the wind storm Of Tues
day evening had done great damage
in Saline county, and that Brownsville
was literally leveled to the ground,
and that 200 people were killed.
The LEDGER at once telegraphed to
Brownsville, Sedalia, Marshall and
other points, and, as usual, was the
only paper in Mexico to spend monerl
for kilograms, and the first pap- TO
get any reliable news that oply eight
people were killed, By the means OF
bulletins, posted on the LEDGER bull
letin boards, we kept the people
posted until the st. Louis papers
arrived. From our special dispatches
and the St. Louis papers, We find the
facts to be about as follows:
A terrific cyclone struck the town
of Brownsville, twenty-one miles
northwest Of Sedalia about 1920
Tuesday, demolishing many build
ings, and killing eight persons and
injuring many others. The storm
was first noticed as a very dark cloud
coming from the southwest, and NOV
ing in a northeast direction. Before
the storm demolished any buildings it
was noticed uprooting and twisting
the tops of trees, but
AS QUICK AS THOUGHT ITSELF
it levelled a brick block of stores
filed with merchandise and one-hah
of the City hotel, leaving one-haf Of
the building standing. The breadth
of the cyclone was about three
hundred feet and RACED everything.
1t was all over in an instant and
nothing was heard but the fearful roar
of the storm in the distance on its
road Of destruction. The crumbling
walls Of buildings left lettering and
the groans and shrieks Of the wounded
and frightened people were fearful.
C. NJ. Kelly's drug store, w. D.
Rumburt, hardware; B. W. Robin
son, dry goods; c. Wahllers, con-
fectioner, and others are among those
who occupied buildings which were
completely demolished. Tbefollowing
named
WERE killed:
EdwinT Arthurs RI Pittsburg, Pa, an
invalid, who was sguest OF the City hotel.
John Scruggs q farmer.
]. Miller, sfarmer.
Claus Meyer of the firm of Meyer &
Duensfng, dry goods merchants.
Dick Ferguson, clerk.
Can. White is missing, supposed to be
Killed.
Geo. Payne, q farmer, is missing; sup
posed to be killed.
The following named are among the
INJURED:
c. NJ. Kelly, druggist, leg broken.
James Jackson, clerk in Smiths lum-
ber-yard, back broken, cannot live.
Perry Wilson, clerk, leg broken.
Dick Hickman, candidate for sheriff OF
Saline county, badly bruised. -
Schoelin Chapman, bruised about the
shoulders and head.
W. Fl. Steers of the firm Of Steers &
Nelson, badly hurt.
The Sweet Springs hotel, which is ON
mile away, was uninjrred.
An eye witness told a LEDGER reporter
this morning that he went out of the CitJ
Hotel, which is Just across the streetfron
the depot about4: 80, to take look at the
sky. In the Northwest he saw q large
white cloud with the sunlight shining
through it and in a moment heard . slight
murmur as if the wind were rising. He
said to a man who stood near him, seThere
is going to be a storm" The words ha6
scarcely left his lips when he said he heard
a roar which wa like the sound of Niaga.
"a Falls. The roar was deafening, and was
accompanied by two or three flashes o.
lightning. The next thing he saw was the
air filed with timbers, and the white
cloud which had seemed a great way of
from him a few moments before, right
upon him. He threw himself fat u his
face near a piece of sidewalk, which was
not neal any building, and grasped hold
OF the boards. Then in minute the
awful whirlwind swept over him. He saw
man start to run across the street toward
the spot where he lay, and one minnie
later, when the
AWFUL STORM KIM
had passed by, he saw the man lying quiv-
ering in the street, with his head crushed
by a flying timber. Another man, who
had been standing on the corner opposite
to him looking at the approaching whirl-
wind, lay struggling at the corner, and
when he arose from the ground and ap-
preached him he found him dead. The
whole air seemed filed with flying timbers
and the crash Of tumbling buildings was
inaudable amidst the awful roar of the
whirlwind.
Difference Of Opinion.
Public sentiment is somewhat divided
here, as to whether the means used te
compass the death Of the bandit chief,
Jesse James, justified the end. But / fee