The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-21

While the path OF the storm through tbt
/ city is marked its entire length by dam
aged buildings and in some cases injury tC
people, the greatest fatality was in the
northern end o. the city. When the ex
citement, occcasioned by the terrific sweet
OF the cyclone across the territory between
Cass avenue. Tyler street, Broadway aud
! Twelfth streets, had abated 10 some extent
a search of the ruins was inaugurated for
the dead and injured. Those who saw The
funnel shaped cloud, accompanied, as il
was, by a solid wall of water, were satisfied
that somebody was hurt. Along Mound
street, from Broadway to Tenth street, the
excitement was absolutely indescribable.
Men. women aud children ran across the
debris which e led the streets shouting at
the top of their lungs. Those who were
caught ubder the ruins could be heard ye.-
ling for help above the din. 1t was just
4.a5 o'clock, less than two inmates after The
cloud swept fron the southwest TO the
northeast, wreckiug everything before it,
when a young man jumped out from a
pile of debris where a two story brick
house had stood and shouted for somebody
to call the fire department for Goods
sake" A box was tried but the wire was
n
messenger then ran at full speed to the
No. 8 engine house al Eighth and Mullsn-
ply streets, and gave an alarm. The
hook and ladder truck almost flew to the
corner of Tenth street and Mound, where
they learned that fully half a dozen per-
SONS had been buried under the ruins of a
story and half brick house at 922 Mound
street. John J. Fitzgerald, a young man
living in the neigbborhood. was at work
on the ruins with might and main 10 res
cue those beneath. The cries of the i'm
prisoned could be hesl appealing for sue
cor.
TAKING OUT THE VICTIMS.
The 6remen with the help of volunteers,
cleared away the debris as fast as possible,
and soon had tine dead and injured out
ready for removal. Three dead bodies were
found, those of man, woman and little
boy in knee-pants, who looked to be but 8
years Of age. They we're at once recog-
nized IS Mrs. Maggie Connors, 40 years of
age, wife of Jane: Connors, an employe of
the Lacede gas works; Bernard Mcconnell.
80 years of age and a mechanic. The lit
tie boy was Joseph Weaver, Syears of age,
SON Of Samue. Weaver. Lying at 1l9 How
dIu Street, lney were horribly crushed
and must have been instantly killed.
The wounded were Maggie Connors, Is
years OF age; Annie Connors, 10; Frances
Cennors, years and Theresa Weaver, 8 /
gears. The last named was the first taken |
sut. She was struck by a ratter, which |
pinned her legs to the n.ass, but she sue
ceedei in crawling out to the top, badly |
:ut and bruised about the head aud body, |
bat is not bought to be dangerously in
dred. Little Frances escaped with few
cratches, but her sister Annie was less for
innate. She was found sitting in chair
With a mass of the debris on top of her =.
Still she may recover.
The greatest excitement prevailed in the
leighborhood all this time, and it was with
difficulty that the police kept back the
urging crowds. Although the streets
we're flled with wires and weakened walls
we're threatening to fall every minute the
,rowds continued to flock to the scene.
The bodies were removed TO the Mofgue
md tie injured children were taken In by
lind Beighbors and surgeons hurriedly
to dress their injuries.