Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-19
TORNADO
Sweeps Over Central And
Western Missouri.
Over One Hundred Houses
Blown Away.
Six Men Killed and Fifty People
Badly Injured.
Hail as Large as Goose Eggs-.-
Hail as Large as Goose Eggs.
Great Damage.

strucK nontrose, Henry county, at
$50 pm. yesterday, destroying
eighteen dwellings and four churches.
No lives lost. A schoolhouse four
miles east Of Montrose was blown
down, and all the inmates more or less
injured, two little sons Of John Farr
supposed fatally. One child was
blown across a twenty acre field and
lodged in an apple tree, uniDjured.
Two men in an adjacent field were
blown over a hedge fence ten feet
high, and both seriously injured. The
storm is said to have reached as far as
Appleton City, st. Clair county, and
blown down thirty -four houses.
At Clinton, Henry county, heavy
hail storm prevailed, and all windows
facing the west were demolished.
Hail fell as large as goose eggs at
Holden. A number OF houses were
blown down and Others badly dam
aged, but no lives are reported lost.
At 4 pm. terrible tornado struck
Brownsville. Saline county, demol-
ishing over one hundred and fifty
houses in the heart of the city, in.
Guiding the City Hotel and main bust
ness houses. The following I ersons
are known to have been killed: Ohas
Meyer, merchant; James Miller, John
Scruggs, Mr.. Arthur eff Pittsburg
Pa, and Mr.. Field, of Ferguson City
Marshal Con White is believed to
have also been killed. Thirty Others
are reported more or less injured
many Of them fatally.
CHICAGO, April l9.-Later advicet
concerning the cyclone which visited
Brownsville, No., yesterday, anc
which was mentioned in the Asso.
ciated Press dispatches last night, say
the storm struck the town at pm.
and two minutes afterward a most
fearful scene Of death and destruction
was visible on every side. Large two
story brick business houses were lifted
from their foundations and the ruinl
scattered in chaotic confusion in al
directions. Frame dwellings were
overturned and crushed into splinters
while large trees were uprooted and
carried long distances by the force Of
the storm. Hogs and other animals
were picked up and carried various
distances and dropped lifeless along
he track Of the storm. The first
intimation that the people Of the town
had Of the terrible disaster
impending was the appearance of a
low, whirling, blush funnel shaped
cloud rising in the southwest, which
seemed to be whirling and rolling in
all directions, assuming every con-
ceivable form and travelling at a most
fearing ratio of speed directly toward
town. People became intensely ex-
cited, and many sought safety in Gel
lars, but the storm came with such
velocity that no time was given people
who were out doors to seek places Of
safety. Just before the funnel shaped
cloud struck town a loud roaring
noise was heard, which was followed
by several loud electrical explosions.
At the southwestern limits of the
town the funnel seemed to strike the
ground and rebound few feet into
the air, and kept in close proximity to
the earth during its entire passage
through the town. Itseemed to move
in rapid rotary manner, and every
thing it came in contact with was
drawn up into its mouth, only to be
dropped again few seconds later,
twisted and crushed out of all shape.
Fifteen brick and two frame houses,
and the Missouri Pacific depot and
telegraph Office were entirely destroy
ed, and numerous buildings badly
damaged. The seven persons killed
we're L. Scruggs, a prominent farmer;
q. Mayer, leading dry goods mer.
ChaHt; Arthur and Williams, two
travelling men, residence unknown; s.
P. Payne, a Baptist minister; James
Miller, we'll known young man Of
this city; Marshall White, Perry and
j ohm Wilson, father and son, were
fatally injured. The names of the
others wounded are not obtainable.
An except City Marshal White
were killed by falling buildings. He
was upon the street, and was the most
mutilated and dis6gured of any. 1t
is supposed that be was drawn into
the funnel among the flying timbers,
which occasioned the mutilation.
The ground over which the storm
passed was worn smooth, and every
thing the cyclone came in contact with
was Charred, blackened and covered
with blueish sticky mud. Large