The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-11-16

- 0ntrIrhe. MANY Seriously 1njureds
and About o>oo.0oo Damage Done -
rropersy-.Thirty Dwellings and the
large Woolsn ,lill Demolished
SrnlxoriELp. Mo-. Now
A disastrous tornado swept across tho
western portion 81 Greene County shortly
after two o'Sock this afternoon. leaving
ruin and dczoIation In IL course. II came.
- usual. from the southwest. bearing
mainly % the northeast The village 81
Rrooklinc. on the Frisco Road. west q
here. = reported as totally destroyed, and
ruincrs Of similar disaster reach u from
Republic. twelve miles west. Wires arc
down. an teleSraphic communication n
that direction cut On. and al the news Is
Hazel Dell school house, four miles west o.
this city. on the Carthage Road. was totally
destroyed. and the building razed % ~
foundation. Although full Of children .
tho time. none were fatally injured. and
but few are seriously hurt
The storm-cIoud struck Springfield At
2:.0 o'clock. about TWO blocks south o. the
west end Of Division street. and swept
clear across the city boundary a. the line
or the Frisco Railroad. The course d the
storm across the city varied but two 81
three blocks from due east line from
where Il struck % where Il passed out into
the open country east or the machine Shops
The time Of its passage could not have cx-
cteded three Or four minutes, yet the Dc
fan much below <3lO.0oo. Four women
are known % have been killed Two other
women are supposed 10 be fatally injured.
The recovery q three men Il doub:ful, and
the list OF minor accidents and injuries
viii run into q. hundreds. \.
ing-houses are totally demolished and
nsfeiy Tor the Underwritcrs. the tornado
swept across tho residence portion Of the
city lying along the boundary line between
further apart, and in some instances were
cheap temporary structures. A strip AZ
eraginx about one block In width marks the
track 81 the storm. and nearly every build
ing within is limit was more Or less dam
aged.
The south line Of the storm crossed Ben
fon avenue . few feet north of Mr.. Har-
woods new <l5,O0o house. doing him no
further damage than tearing down bark
fences. 1psettin< 0ut-h0uscs and bending
down the lightning rods which projected
above his dwelling.
Prof; Oliver Browns house. next north.
dashed IN and out-building~ destroyed.
A new house. partly completed. opposite
Prof. Browns. was not only blown down
but totally wrecked. Mr.. William House.
the contractor. was IN Il when the storm
came. and saved his life by dropping down
between the foundations as the crashing
building went 70 windvard.
Mr. n. b Trantham. Of the Southwestern.
next north 81 Prof. Browns. nad many oak
trees torn up BY the roots In his yard. hut
his dwelling stood firm- He also found
two Or three oak trees six inches in diam
elsewhere and deposited there BY tho
storm.
The fine residences Of Alfred Harwooi,
Will Crntcher, y, n. Nichol. and others
suffered only broken glass and demolished
chimney tops: -,- =.
Headley. corner Benton avenue and Divis-
ion street, had the second story carried
away. Miss Moore, II the upper story AZ
the time. had her foot badly crushed and
was severely bruised BY the fall, but the in-
mates were otherwise nnhnrt.
was blown away
Passing eastward . number Of small
houses on Washington avenue were badly
wrecked. including those IL Dr. Weir, Ma
aud Deniscn streets Vas blown into ! mass
or broken brick and plaster.
a half block west Of this the house Of
Mr.. A. b. Campbell was totally DESTROYED.
and Mrs. Arnquist. Swedish woman. who
happened 70 Be there. was instantly killed.
Aionxa Walt was badly injured hy the
fall II his house, ana dis nose and face
crushed out Of al sembiance o. humanity.
Between RoonvilIe street and Robertson
avenue The most notable destruction was
that OF Hccker's cigar factory and the resi-.
dence of DR.. Whitworth. Scarcely vrS-
tige u left IL the former. and the debris Or
the latter a scattered all over the neigh
borhood- Several college students In the
latter building were blown into the street
and the wrecked house piled upon chem.
SingularIy. nothing wors. than bruises and
contnsions resulted.
East Of sherman street Mrs. Dunbar and