Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-07
sPRINGFIELD's wHIRLwIND.
seven Lives Probably Lost and Much
Property Destroyed,

seven Lives Probably Lost and Much
Property Destroyed.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Nov. Ga special
from Springfield, Mo-, says: shortly
after , o'clock yesterday afternoon this
city was visited by destructive cyclone.
The storm struck the wooden mills. de-
stroying a portion of the building and
doing great damage to the machinery.
1t then passed little to the north. de-
mOlishing a number Of residences. Strik-
inc Division street at the corner Of Boon
vile street. the storm followed a line be-
tween the city proper and North Spring
field for three blocks. leveling dwellings
in both towns. Then tending a little to
the uorthward. the tornado passed
to Bridgetown, "a suburb of North
Springfield. The total loss is esti-
mated at between Slj0,000 and
S25O.OO0. There were probably seven
persons killed and many injured. The
new cigar factory of +. o. Stricken and
his residence We're completely demolished
The family were absent ut the time. 4
number of the employees Of the factory
were injured. St Mary's Catholic Church
was wrecked. Great damage is reported
to h we been done at BrOOkline and Repub-
lie, i'm the northwestern part OftEe county.
Telephone communication between those
points and Springfield is DESTROYED.
HAZEL Dell school house, west of this
city. was blown down. There We're 30
children in the building, but none of them
We're seriously hurt. Their escape was
most miraculous. The pathway of the
storm was very few yards in width, but
wherever il struck the rum was complete.
A public meeting for the relief of the suf-
ferers has been called for to-day.
\ special from Springfield, Mo-. says
that 30 buildings were destroyed and
nearly 200 others damaged. The total loss
is from Slj0,0OO to 100000. At BrOOkline
about 80 small houses were blown down.
The loss there is not very heavy.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Nov. ca special
dispatch from Republic says: The cy-
+. clone passed about a mile north of this
place. The house of John Ingles was
blown down, not one stick being left on
another, and the contents were scattered
to the winds.
4 new house and barn belonging to
Jefferson Wallace were entirely demOl-
ished. The house Of Mrs Linda Young
blood was blown down. No person was
killed outright at these houses. but nearly
all the inmates were severely injured.
The Herald correspondent at BrOoklm,
reports as follows: "Ihe cyclone passed
this vicinity at 2:10 O'Clock in the after
noon yesterday, sweeping everything in
its course. 1t passed west of the town.
Its path. was about 800 yards wide. lt
/ blew James Garlins' house entirely away.
The family We're UuinjuTed except
Mr.. Garlins. who was severely wounded.
The top Of Philip Garlins house was
blown OF and his entire crop of wheat
was blown away. Isaac BOOne's house
was blown down. Mrs. Boone was bruised
and injured Grandma HabnrlV WAS
killed and John Haberly injured.
James McCalFs house was demolished.
George Haberly's house was blown down.
J. Walters house and barn were blown
down. Alfred Raddall was severely in
iured and his house and barn were
blown down. The following is a list
Of the casualties in Springfield:
hiHed-AIrs. Andrew AruguIst. Mrs. Dun
lop. Mrs. Holheiles, Mrs. Fienney and Miss
>allie EdmOndsOn.
Seriously IRjNr6d-AIrs. w. II. Pennells Mrs.
Mary jackson, !. 4. Walter. Young cousin of
Miss EdmOudson. Mrs. Pennington. Miss
Emma Berry. Mrs. Aiken, Mrs. Van Huntel
auI two of her children.