Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-07-20

others started for the front of the store
and she thought they were buried some.
where there. a short investigation
revealed the fact that they all escaped,
but were more or less bruised. Mr..
Henry, as stated before, was very bad
ly hurt. Mr.. Lowenstlen and Mr.. Nc
Ilrath the latter of whom l met as l
came from the hotel we're also more OF
less bruised.
AS soon as we ascertained that no
more persons were beneath the ruins !
looked at my watch and it was three
o'clock.
The citizens with one accord then
began to assist in removing the goods
from the demolished building to an
empty store room one block south.
Two hours later Mr.. Bloch, one of the
proprietors of the wrecked store, arriv-
ed. He lndulged in no idle bewailng,
but with cool, business grit, and
promptness, began to evoke order Of
chas, by asserting his damaged goods
and getting them in shape 10 resume
business. The firm of Burg & Bloch
is the leading firm of Milan, and they
have certainly met more than their
share of misfortune. Four years ago
they we're burned out at Milan, but re-
built, and went ahead with renewed
energy. The store demolished at
Humphreys was branch establishment
and carried stock of about SI2,o
all ofwhich is badly damaged.
There was no cyclone insurance on
either building or stock and the loss
falls heavily on the firm. MIR. Bloch.
however, informed me that they would
rebuild at once. He telegraphed to
his partner who resides at Chillicothe,
and as soon as he arrived they intend
ed to begin operation.
Messers berg & Bloch have the
sympathy of the entire community in
their calamity, and their courageous
determination to rebuild and go ahead
meets with the well merited applause
of their acQuaintances. The entire
population of Humphreys seemed to
vie with each other in efforts to help
those who had suffered by the storm,
and it will be long before the deeds of
friendship and christian reiglborly
helofulness of the citizens one for an.
other will be forgotten.
N L. PAGE.
HOW IT FELT.
The following is an account of the
destruction OF the store, given by one
of the men who were in it at the time.
]. c. Henry's account; McIlrath
and 1 were in my store when the storm
began, but left it and went into Bloch's
because his store had lightning rod
on it. There we're six other persons
in there when we went in. When the
wind first struck the building Mr.. Low
enstien locked and bolted the door and
put his shoulder against 1t to hold it.
In minute or two he called for help
to hold the door. and two other men
and myself went to help him. We
held the door but minute or so when
the force of the storm bursted the win
dows in, and the building went down
with a crash. We were all knocked
down. felt something strike me on
the back of the head. which knocked
me down, and then it seemed to me
that the whole building came down on
top ofme. / staggered to my feet and
attempted to cross the street to reach
a hitchlng post % cling to, but was un-
able to stand against the wind. Crooch
and Lowenstien were both trying to do
the same, but failed as l did. We
then clasped our arms around each
other and clung together till we got
across tie street, where we caught to
to the post and clung for dearl life. At
times it seemed that the wind would
tear the post up, but it held fast. l
saw McIlrath cllnging to an adjoining
post. He got out of the ruins just
ahead of me, and l think my foot
struck him as l was thrown over his
head. When the force of the storm
abated we all went over to the drug
store where l soon grew very faint from
loss of blood. 1 asked the boys to
help me home for l thought l was 60
ing to faint.
l think it was the glass that cut my
face so badly. l do not know what
broke my ribs or caused the other
bruises on me. l feel very sore all
over: There is scarcely spot on me
but what is more or less injured. (Here
Mr.. Henry showed me his arm which
was most terribly bruised.)
Mr.. Henry bore his severe suffering
with the utmost foltitude, and gave
his account of the catastrophe in
clear, straight forward manner that
shows that he must have been perfect
ly cool and collected throughout the
fearful experience. The courageous
manner in which he bears his injuries
commands the admiration of all who
saw him. He will recover, but his
wounds are numerous and very pain
full.
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