The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-29


TORNADO RUIN.
A 1Sarfal Cyclone Sweeps Ovss
Audrain County. No.
D0eilisss Dessssyed ~ Psepse Rsns1
so GsJsreA -Devsssstssss % Crses-
Orchard $50 Grows SwsVe
MEXICO. Mo-, May STA tefsiAe ..
clone passed three miles northease Of
here about three o'clock yetcsda1
afternoon, striking the Reaa sesk
neigAborhood shDut ak miles Dogth-
east Of this city and eoine in . zigzag
Alfecf3ea pps1heast.. IL laid waste the
esu1lH - lar as discovered for Ten oe
tt9o3so mi1ess cssrytpg everything ~
6pssN Il wss The most tesvibb No.
nsdo that has ever swept over this
county and carrying death and do
struction in its wake.
The first ne ws Of the disaster vas re
ceived in this city about 5 o'clock in the
shape Of a call for doctors and help
Al the doctors OF the city reported
The first house visited MAS Mr., Duf's,
half q mile south Of the path Of tho
cyclone where were found ak victims
from one house in the storm district
the family Of John Doerser.
/, Tho s~ixIyeas-old ron was killed in
siantly. He was fearfully mangled al
most beyond recognition and covered
with mud
Nr. Doerger and his daughter. about
~ years of age, were In one bed. The
daughter is fatally injured with . large
hole in her side, one leg broken, several
severe cuts in the head and body.
Mrs Doerger was in another bed
with two children both very seriously
and probably fatally wounded Mrs
Doerger is seriously wounded and pre-
sents a terrible sight with head and
face cut and covered with blood Mr..
Docrgcr had cuts on the head. body and
arms and was probably internally iu-
jured-
Doerger's house was swept from ex-
~istence, nothing being left. The barn
was blown down and two horses killed.
The next house visited was William
Straubcrg's There were William Yost.
meyer and his wife. baby and little
girl. They were all seriously injured.
Yostmcyer's house and everything on
the place was swept away.
The next place vas +. Il. Norris.
There we found seven injured people.
The first was Miss Gertic Fletcher.
daughter of X. $. Fletcher. She Is fa-
tally wounded. her skull being broken
and her head laid open, producing con.
cussion of the brain.
Caleb Norris is badly, but mo- seri-
! ously, hurt and his wife is seriously
| hurt His son and daughter arc very
seriously manglcd. The daughters Lee
is broken and cheek cut to the bone.
Mrs. Emily Seal, widow. aged 60, was
fatally hurt and will die, and old lady
Norris is fatally hurt
AL JAlCSS INoIiO WIN Nv ~ ANos
ris' house during the storm, and the
house was swept entirely away. The
cyclone seemed "a be hardest there.
The house, bedding and furniture are
scattered over the fields for half a mile.
The house Of Valentine Erdle caught
| fire and was burned. His barns and
outhouses were demolished, but nc
ono was hurt
The residence of T. b. Hall was blown
down. but his family were all saved by
going into q cellar. A horse was car,
ried half . mile and dashed to pieces
The home OF Boston Kunkle wa
swept away, the wind being terrific
there. Mr.. Kunklc was picked mp and
thrown against . wagon and instantly
... -.ha, ws. rscxcd
completely up and carried several hun.
drcd yards and deposited in the creek.
A farmer named Rogers was killed
and several others whose names could
not Be learned injured or killed.
A farmer named Crane in . wagon
was caught in the storm and literally
blown TO pieces.
Joseph Kcndall's house and barn were
blown down. Mr.. Kendall had a mar.
row escape.
James billiards. house was blown
down rs was also Frank Carter's new
barn, wcrc there was n moving ma
chine carried about 100 yards and liter.
ally torn to pieces, while a large iron
roller weighing 1000 pounds was taken
up and carried 100 yards and broken 70
pieces, and . calf was taken up and
carried over . quarter of a mile. Sew
eral horses were killed outright TWEEN
ty.fivc chickens were pluckcd clean OF
their feathers A new wagon belong.
ing 10 Mr.. Kunkcl was literally torn "a
piece. the spokes being twisted and
broken
The width of the cyclone was abou,
800 yards and. a. far as heard from.
about twelve miles long. The people
of the peighborhood arc mostly Ger
vans Of modcrate means and ought Ia
receive aid at once. for their houses are
destroyed. fences blown away, house.
hold goods and wearing apparel all
gone, stock killed and wounded and
crops destroyed. The loss will be over
$50, 600.
HAVOC ABOUT CESTRALIA.
CENrRALIA, Mo, MAY eI.-About 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon q destruc-
tive cyclone passed a mile north of this
city, sweeping everything in its course.
Ten or twelve dwellings were totally
destroyed and many persons seriously
injured.
Horses mules and cattle were killed
and barns and fences carried away and
large trees torn out by the roots
The storms path vas q quarter OF q
mile in width and ten miles in length
A little son of John Harrison was
found a mile from the house with .
stick through his arm
l~mpea~hoent Recommended
MILWAUKEE Wis. May 2L-The
special committee appointed to invests-
gate Mayor Somers' charges against
the members of the board of public
works in a report TO the council econ
mends the impeachmcpt of Commits