The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-09
THE CYCLONE ONCE MORE.


Four Persons Killed and over Thirty
Others Injured, Some Fatally, by Cy-
clone at Springfield, Mo.-The Damage
to Property Over 100000.
SPRINGFIELD, No., Nov. CA terrific
cyclone swept across Southwest Missouri
Yesterday afternoon, spreading ruin in its
course. 1t was the oId-fashoned funnel
shaped cloud now so familiar in this section.
Ii strobe across the Ozark Mountains like a
roaring giant, and coming upon the city of
Springfield in its course seized upon it with
relentless grip, and crushed its OUT
lying suburbs like an egg-shell. When
the storm had passed 1t was found that
four were killed and thirty wounded.
and that damage to property had been
caused amounting to not less than $3.50, 0O0
The tornado struck the northwest part Of
the city little after two O'Clock, passing
easterly between North and South Spring
field, Wrecking in its passage Lord & Re
gan's wooden mills, Y. S. BaTtlett's house,
W. III. Pencils residence, the soda water
factory, Hackers cigar factory and dwell
ing, and the new Catholic Church, and a
large number of dwellings, some of which
were very good buildings. In most cases
the destruction was complete.
The list Of the killed and wounded, as far
as can be given, is as follows:
Killed-Mrs. Andrew Arnquest, Mrs. Dun
lap Mrs. Tinney, Miss Sallie Edmonson.
lnjured-Mrs. w. H. Parnells, hip broken;
Mrs. Mary jackson, back hurt, dangerously;
J. a. alter, scalp wound and otherwise hurt;
condition critical; a. Youngman, cousin of
Miss Edmonson. crushed and probably fatal
~ wounded; Mrs. Pennington, head hurt;
Miss Emma Berry bruised; Mrs. Campbell,
bruised; Mrs. Aiken, leg ampntated; recov-
cry doubtful; Mrs. Won Huntein head hurt,
thought fatally; two of her children were in
jured. gafs a4s 86iR 4hE
The track of the tornado was an average
of one hundred yards wide Occasionally
it would bound over building directly
in its PATH but generally it made clean
sweep, leaving utter destruction in its mar
row trail. At the east side of North Spring
field it spread out to three hundred yards
wide, demolishing about thirty small houses
and seriously injuring Mrs. Pennington,
Miss Emma Berry, Mrs. Aiken and Mrs.
Huffman.
North of BridgtOn the storm tore every
| thing in it's track to pieces. Here Mrs. Dun
lap was killed and Mrs. Beaman5 and Mrs.
Won Huntein seriously hurt. Two children
were also hurt. A remarkable feature of
the disaster was the number of women
stricken.
| 1t had been raining during the day, and
the clouds had broken and were moving
away to the northward when the storm
cloud rushed i'll. People were looking for
it to clear up, and in the central part of the
town, even after the crash, it was not known
what calamity had befallen till the fire bell
sounded summoning help to the scene.
Directly after the storm of wind had passed,
rain began to fall again, and everybody was
drenched in minute. Physicians from both
towns were on hand promptly, and did all
In their power. s
Late in the evening Mrs. Aiken had a
leg amputated, and it is thought she can not
recover @
Reports from the country about indicate
that more damage was done on the scat
tered farms. Near Brookline, eight miles
west of here, three houses were destroyed,
and Mrs. Halbertes was killed. A school
house, in which were fifty children, was
blown to pieces, but singularly enough only
three children were hurt. Two miles east
OF here ten or twelve persons were in farm
house that was torn in pieces, and one or
two of them were badly hurt
Springfield is supposed to have got the
weight of the storm, as reports from else
where do not indicate so much violence.
The Woolen-mills, which were first struck,
were unroofed and much damaged. The
wind then struck tWo-story frame dwell
| ing and blew it down. A one-story frame,
III which woman of fifty years of age was
| sitting, was demolished. The woman's thigh
was broken. The residence of j. NJ AlvahilI
was next partially unroofed. Passing east, a
number of houses were demolished. Miss
| Edmonson. a young lady, was buried under
| the side of house, and when taken out it
was found that her neck was broken. A
street car was lifted three feet off the rails.
| The cigar factory, residence and shops of P.
"a. Heacken were blown down completely.
A man named Smith, driving a bakery wag-
| on, had leg broken and received other
/ wounds.
G. G. Clarke, brakeman, on the Frisco
Road, who was asleep in an upper room of
a house, had his nose broken and his upper
| jaw broken in two places. A number OF
houses In this vicinity are blown down,
| chimneys torn down, and telegraph poles
snapped like pipe stems.
Passing east, houses were riddled with
| flying timbers, and at Bridgetown, in
| the eastern part of North Springfield,
lUuoOO W6A6 &uOiuOllSilGu Ill dill uIIGc-
tions. A Swede woman at the house
of a Mr.. Campbell ran out of the
| house, which fell on her and inflicted seri-
Gus, if not fatal, injuries. She was preg-
| nant, and will probably die Three car
| penters working in Hackers cigar factory
were wounded, one badly. The ffty-two
children at Hazel Dell school-house were
pushed out in the storm by their teacher,
| and moment after the house was demol-
| ished to it's foundation. The iron seats were
blown two hundred yards. About twenty
| five children were slightly injured, but none
L Hunrn killed =.