Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
THE WILD WINDS WORK.

LEAvENwORTH, May 12.-Shortly after
eleven O'Clock yesterday morning a ter
rible wind and rain-storm struck Kansas
City and caused great loss of life and
property. The following is the latest re-
port received here:
The space between the clouds and the
earth presented an almost perfectly
white appearance, made by rain and
blown in every imaginable direction OF
the wind as the storm advanced. II
swept every small object away from its
path. These filled the air and fell to the
ground, only to be lifted up again and be
carried to still greater distances.
Many people in the city, not aware OF
the seriousness of the storm, were
caught in it and lifted bodily from their
feet. Many were hurled fifteen or twenty
feet away, receiving terrible bruises.
In the suburbs of the city a large num-
Der of frame houses were blown down,
and the inmates barely escaped with their
lives.
The scene around the Second Street
Courthouse is one terrible to describe.
The full force of the wind fell upon it
with terrific effect. Among those injured
at the Court house were:
Ed Hedges; back broken.
Will Hedges; leg broken.
Jos. Walden; dug out from under the
debris in front of the Courthouse, bruised
and bleeding.
- Stenburg, young man living at
7l9 Main street; badly injured about the
body.
Henry Dougherty, deputy sheriff;
missing.
Jas Chase, clerk in Stover's court;
hurt about the head.
Todd Hiles jumped from second-story
window and escaped.
The clerks III the recorders office
jumped through the windows, and the
books were not put in the safe, but were
not injured.
Opposite the courthouse, the old San
ia Fe Company's building and the Smith
& MOffatt spice mills were totally demol-
ished. A large number were rescued
from this building. Several girls were
pulled out in semi-conscious condition.
A little boy by the name of Ed Mullen,
was picked up with his back very badly
injured. Mr.. Smith, one of the proprie-
tors is now reported dead.
None of the prisoners in the courthouse
were injured.
At twelve O'Clock during the heaviest
part of the great storm, the factory of
Thos. Herr, ITO West Third street was
completely destroyed. 1t was soon dis
covered that twenty-five employees, male
and female, were missing, and search was
Immediately begun. BY one O'Clock five
dead bodies and fifteen dying and wound
ed people had been removed from the
ruins, leaving five still missing.
no Tifu foctnru
fell, burying the following persons in the
ruins:
Jennie Phipps, West Bottoms.
Minna Crane, Grand avenue.
Willie, German boy, engineer, who
fived in the bottoms.
Besides these, there are two others
dead. There seems to be trouble about
the Identification of the bodies taken from
the ruins
Kate Moran, a girl, who worked in the
building, is missing.
Willing hands are still digging at the
ruins, and the wounded are either being
removed to their homes or to a livery
stable close by.
The Lathrop School was entirely de-
stroyed, burying in the debris many of
the children within its walls. Following
are the names of those dead and in ured:
Margaret Houser, daughter of the
proprietor of Tivoli Hall, aged eleven;
injured about the head and internally, not
fatally.
May Bishop, aged fourteen, 3o3 West
Twelfth street; taken out dead.
Nellie Ellis, residence unknown, aged
twelve, taken out dead.
Katie Smith, l01 Broadway; aged III
teen; cut and bruised, not fatally.
Eva Hartzelle, 735 Washington street,
aged thirteen; hurt about head.
Ruth Jameson, 916 Washington street,
taken out dead
Beatrice Ferry, Ninth and Jefferson
streets, limb broken.
Nellie Carey, living next to the school;
head, face and wrist, not badly hurt.
frankie Matterson, Eleventh and Penn;
extent of injuries unknown.
Jimmie Bailey, West Seventh; wrist
NUT.
little boy, unknown, was brought in
dead
at present fifty-six have been taken out
of the ruins above mentioned, and seven.
teen of them are dead.
Bessie Incho, taken out dead.
Robert Sprague, son of Mr.. .Sprague,
of Fort Scott, taken out dead.
Mertie Moore, of Gardener, Kas.
eleven years old, dead.
Robert Sprague, taken out dead.
Alice Frock, missing.
1T. Moore, Jr., son of l.. I. Moore,
of Bullene, Moore & Company; taken out
dead.
A little girl, taken out dead, has not
yet been identified.
All imprisoned were removed and taken
to their homes in carriages or attended to
at DIR. Kellogg's natatorium.
No sooner had the rain ceased and the
storm blown over than the streets became
crowded with curious sight-seers. Friends
of the injured and dead arrived at the diff
ferent scenes of death. gentleman,
whose name could not be learned, en-.
deavoring to remove his little boy from
the ruins, was struck by falling piece of
the timber, and, it is thought, fatally
injured. At the same time that he was
removed from the ruins his little boy was
taken out dead. The shock, combined
with the blow, will probably kill him.
One span of the Hannibal & st. Joe
bridge over the Missouri river was
washed away, and all traffic over the
same is now transferred via the Missouri
Pacific through Leavenworth. The dam
age will reach an enormous sum.
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A Peculiar Predicament.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The President
sent to Congress to-day message call
ing attention to the condition of affairs
existing in Utah, owing to the Governor
of that Territory vetoing the last appro-
priation bill which appropriated money
for the support of schools, courts, chart
table institutions, etc; referring to the
fact that under the existing law, the Leg