The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-05-22
MISSOURPS CYCLONE.
Further Details Of the Disaster at
Bean Greek.
noUsEs AND BARNS SWEPT AWAY.

Names of Some of tho Victims-A
Horse Lined by the Wind, Carried
Half a Mile and Dashed to Death.
A Moving Machine Torn to Pieces
by the Force of the. Wind,
MEXICO, Mo-, May a2.-Further de-
tails of the cyclone which struck in the
vicinity Of Bean Creek, three miles from
here, say: So far as heard from fifteen
houses in the vicinity of that place were
destroyed, some ten or twelve persons
Killed, and equal number fatally and
large numbers badly injured. At the
house of farmer named Duffy John
Dorger and family were living. James
Dorger, aged 9, was killed outright.
Lizzie Dorger was fatally hurt and died
IN a few minutes. Her skull was crushed.
and large piece of timber penetrated
her side. Mrs. Dorger was crushed to
death by falling titnbers, and Mr..
Dorger was fatally injured. The house
was entirely swept away. Nothing has
been heard of Mr.. Duffy, and it is sup
posed that his body was carried away
BY the cyclone. The Duffy barn was
blown down, and two horses We're killed.
Houses Swept Away.
At the house of William Stranbcrg,
William Yostranger and family were
visiting. The house was swept bodily
away. William Yostranger was killed;
his wife was badly injured and his little
girl was fatally hurt. William Stran-
berg was also fatally injured.
At the house of Ed Norris, Gertrude
Fletcher, daughter of b. s. Fletcher,
was instantly killed. L. d. Norris was
fatally injured. Caleb Norris was badly
hurt and his wife seriously so Willie
Fletcher and his sister Kate were in
stantly killed and their bodies terribly
mangled. AT the same place Mrs. Emily
Saal, widow aged 60, was fatally hurt,
and Mrs. Norris, the mother of Il. b.
Norris, was killed. +. s. Norris was
badly hurt
A Horse Carried Half n Mile.
The house of Valentine Erdle caught
fire during the first gale and was COM
pletely destroyed. The inmates had va
Gated the house and nobody was hurt.
The house of I. B. Hall was blown
down, but the family escaped. A horse
standing in the road at that place was
picked mp by the wind, carried half a
mile and dashed to death on the ground.
The house of Boston Kunkel was swept
away and Mr. Kunkel was instantly
killed. A farmer named Rogers was
also killed at that place; also a farmer
named Crane. Several farm hands in
the vicinity Of the Kunkel and Rogers
farms are also believed TO have been
killed. Their names are unknown.
A Moving Machine Torn TO Pieces.
Joseph Kendalls house and barn were
blown down and Kendall had narrow
escape. He had just left the house and
gone to the barn as the barn blown down
or lifted up, leaving him unharmed. The
barn was scattered all over the fields
James billiards. house was blown down.
A moving machine was carried about
100 yards and literally torn to pieces. A
large iren roller, weighing 200 pounds,
was taken up and blown to pieces. A
calf was lifted from the ground and car
ried over quarter of mile. Several
horses were killed, and twenty five
chickens wereplucked clean of feathers
Spokes Of wagon wheels were twisted
and broken.
The cyclone passed on to the east, car
rying destruction everywhere. There is
no doubt that great destruction of prop
erty and life has occurred in that direc-
tion. Great trees were taken up by the
roots and blown off. The scene at these
places is horrible.
The width of the cyclone was about
300 yards, and as far as heard from
about twelve miles long. Tho loss will
be over S350,000.