The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-25

cape from his building, with only slight
bruises.
Miss Cora Rice, aged ten years, LETT
arm broken.
Miss Bette Rice, aged fourteen, foot
crushed.
Geo. T. Rice, father OF the above chill
dren, badly bruised.
Wash Rembert, badly bruised
Miss TObie Steers escaped with slight
injuries, although il was a close call for
death.
Mrs. W. p. Walton had her boy babe
i'm her arms and went down I'm the City
hotel wreck, but only received few
bruises.
John Shaw, slightly hurt.
AN INCIDENT.
The house in which Mrs. Wallet resided
was entirely destroyed, and 80 great was
the force of thu wind that the lady was
lifted from her let and carried Tor dis
lance of iiitv yards across Blackwater
river. Strange as il may appear, she had
no bones broken. and escaped with only
few scratches
TIKI PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Prof. Williams, ri the public school,
who had 100 pupils in his charge, noticed
the storms approach and dismissed the
school some FIFTEEN minutes earlier than
usual. Thirty minutes from that time the
structure was complete wreck, and the
loss of life must have been fearful had the
children been within.
NBTE-
The storm did not touch Sweet
Springs.
The BAzoo man noticed three dead
horses lying within the city limits. and it
was reported that quite a number oi
cattle and other animals were killed.
Conductor Lewis train. bound ior
Lexington last night, spent an hour at the
depot, the train men Being employed in
moving the debris from the track.
The Situation at Montrose.
Yesterday was a disastrous dav at Mont
rose. Henry county, small but enterpris-
ing and ambitious place fifty miles south
Of Sedalia on the n. & L. division oi the
Pacific road.
| The people are industrious and thrifty.
and by their irugality MANY have erected
homes which were RACED to the earth by a
fearful cyclone which swept over the place,
carrying devastation, destruction and
death
! FIRST SEEN.
! The wind maelstrom was frs,
seen about 4:lU p. M, coming from
! the southwest and going in Il
northeasterly direction and an eve wit
ness described To the reporter ~ looking
like the smoke from a locomotive in the
distance. IL came with fearful rapidity,
| terrible roaring and disastrous effect
! THE DAMAGE.
A reporter on the ground at daylight
this morning looked around and CLEANED
as follows:
The Christian church. :;0x41 ieet, was
completely demolished-not i splinter is
/ left on the foundation. the building being
a total wreck.
The Baptist church wa> very nice
building. i'm good repair and recently new
| " seated-total lOss-all but kindling
wood
| \ butcher shop belonging L. william
| Coleman-not occupied is wrecked.
The iues OF J. III. Nicker's new house l.
all blown off.
Montrose billiard hall. 30x60. new one
story building belonging {" William Gregg,
is wrecked. Mr. Gregg and hi, little boy
were inside at the time of the storm -both
are slightly injured
John PAYNE lives one and ..one- hall miles
north of the town. The house i total
wreck. and Mrs. PAYNE l. slightly cut
about the face and neck. Mr. Payne J. Il
son OF Simmeon PAYNE, of Petti> county
4 two-s,ory house belonging to Cleo
Dunn, attorney at-law, occupied by -
Miller, was blown down and scattered with
furniture, stoves, bedding, etc, all over the
prairie. Mrs. Miller, when she saw the
storm approaching, took babe in her
arms and went To a neighbors, and, oi
course, there was no one IN the house.
Pieces oi Dunns house were carried against
the Methodist parsonage occupied by Rev.
Thos. Pingrey, the new pastor. and large
hole in the gable end of the mouse wa, the
result The house is badly damagsd
Chas. Fennimore's barn was demol-
ished.
Willis Clusters two story dwelling
1870, was carried four feet off vi It's
Observation-Disclosures all broken in.
/ DIR. j. b Mackey's new drug store was
canted over-damage light
DIR. E. III. Watkins office. new and unoc-
cupied, is badly damaged. A board side
walk on the opposite OF the street was
blown against this office and one board
driven into the building.
A brick building belonging To Watkins
Il Carter, occupied by Leonard X Re rger
hardware merchants. had glass in the win
dows all broken.
ID. b. Watts, photographer. Is left and
the place which knew him before knows
! him M more The yrouud ON which tho
building was built Is still there Picture,
are all over that part OF the village.
j. W. Murfield, who keeps a coniec
tionary, was struck in the head with fly
! ing glass and cut-not seriously.
4 brick building belonging to J. -.
Thornton lost its 'oof.
The school house known a. Farmers
institute, :Dxi0 wooden building. story
and half high, very substantial.
three and one-half miles from
F.. IL