The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-18
THE CYCLONE.
The Damage Wrought by the
Storm Saturday.
Reaches Thousands of Dollars
Incidents of the
Stern.

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cyclone Saturday. The disaster Is
far worse than first reported. TIE
damage done to the town exceeds
$4,000, while a great strip of country
In the track of the storm on both sides
of the city is laid waste so that it will
take years Of prosperity to repair
the ruin wrought in a
few moments. Houses blown
down, barns demolished and fences,
trees and growing crops stripped clean
from the land.
Four churches, the County Line
Baptist, the Dunkard, Prairie Chap.
pei, a Cumberland Presbyterian
and the Southern Presbyterian in the
track of the storm were completely
demolished.
The storm came in the shape Of two
huge clouds from the northwest and
southeast and met directly over the
town. They seemed to tear each
other apart and let out an appalling
deluge of water and hail which flooded
the streets fully II inches in depth.
The nail was so thick on the ground
that it had not disappeared six hours
later. The force Of the wind was ter
rife. 1t struck the town at the north
west corner and tore the roof of of
barn 40x60 feet. owned by Major
Pope, of ST. Louis, and used by
Beach 81 Mcfarland for storing
pressed hay. The new Southern
Presbyterian church next caught
the full force of the wind
and the entire building was moved
about ten feet, when it tum )led
over in fragments, crushing a cow
that had taken refuge c.ose 10 its
walls. The cyclone bounded upward
and after passing over some residences
it gave a swoop toward the earth
sgain striking the business portion of
the place, demolishing the store build
ing at the corner of Main Sand Mock
bee streets, occupied by j. n. Nc
Nees with general stock. The roof
was taken off in an instant and
the side blown in. A small
frame adjoining, used as shoe shop
by NJ. NJ. McGruder, was lifted up
several feet, turned half around and
dropped down within a foot of its
former location. A store building
owned by Mrs. M. @. Mockbee and
occupied by j. w. Smith for a gen.
eral store, was next attacked. The
front was ripped out in a second and
a half dozen men who had fled there
for safety, ran out, but the pelting
hail drove them back. Mr.. Tom
Murphy and little son were also in the
store. He seized the lad and started
out, but pane of flying glass struck
the boy on the knee, inhicting
a bad wound and forced him to stop.
They laid down by the side of a coun-
ter until danger was passed. The
mill and elevator at the railroad was
next attacked. the mill 26x30 feet was
destroyed and machinery ruined and
the elevator badly wrecked.
Nearly every building in the line
of the storm was more or less dam
aged.
The Christian church 36x4S feet,
was raised and moved about foot so
that it rested on the foundation
so that great ridge was made on
the floor from lend to end
in. the center. The gable was also |
wrecked so that the plastering fell off. |
The damage is estimated at $3.50.
The postotfice was in the McNees
store. The mail was scattered by the |
wind and much of it lost.
A barn at j. d. Rainey's residence,
26x30 feet, was moved about four feet
and the wind pressed SO hard against
the residence that the plastering on
the windward sid was ripped of.
A small building 12x16 feet on
Mockbee street was occupiedby a meat
shop was rolled over twice and then
demolished.
The roof on j. n. McNeese's resi-.
dence was raised few inches and the
window curtains blew up over the top
of the walls. The roof fell back into
place catching the curtains so that
portion of the curtain hung out side.
The dues were ruined and considera-
BILE minor damage done.
Henry Schmidt was in the city and
could not get home until the storm
had subsidized. He found his residence
gone and his family nearly drowned
in the wheat field. One child years
of age was wounded on the head
slightly but the others were unhurt.
His loss is about $500. The building
was owned by w. 81. Harrison, of
Silver City, N. M.
A vacant house owned by Stephen
Rains, 1882 feet, was destroyed.
Loss about 5000. No insurance.