The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-25

Red Bud. population 1000. situated
thirty miles southeast of st. Louis on
The Mobile Il Ohio railroad, was visited
by a tornado Mt $3.50 o'clock yesterday
morning Of wonderful Intensity.
Eighty-four buildings were demolished.
Two persons killed, twelve seriously
hurt and many injured. II II csti-
that si60, 600 worth of property
was destroyed.
THE EAD
Willie Keppie.
Mrs. Nobe keppie.
INJURED.
Mrs. Lewis lia,o.
Emma Crow.
Peter Dose.
Margaret Havermann.
Mr.. Heitman.
Mrs. Peter Kardcl
Mrs. John Manieriield.
Aldell Starr.
Mrs. Aldell Starr.
Charles Starr.
=. A. Specr.
Mrs. s. A. Spcer.
1t is believed several Of the Injured
will die.
THE ~ToRNApo's PATH
Entering Red Bud from the south,
the storm first unroofed and partially
demolished the Catholic church and
school and the residence of Herman
Drocgc. The German Methodist church
was then levelcd. destroying sew
eral barns. blowing in gables and tear
ing away all kinds of fences, il next
attacked the large two-story residence
II Peter kardcll. which is Of solid
stone. and crumblcd it TO fragments.
Mrs. kardcll was seriously injured.
The two-story frame house OF John
Hahn was unroofed and otherwise
wrecked.
A large double brick. owned by l..
K~afrcnbcrgcr, and occupied by ; ID.
Perry as a dwelling. Office and compos-
ing room of the Red Bud Democrat,
wa entirely destroyed.
BY n miracle Mr.. Perry's family Is
,aped serious injury. and crawled out
from the mass of brick which had
fallen on them while in their beds,
coming forth almost naked and pain
fully bruised.
The new brick house OF John Long
was the next unroofed. Claus Peter
sons agricultural warehouse had the
second story cut way as by q knife.
The residences Of John Landholdt.
Joseph voght and Mrs. ID. Oifarding
suffered.
The residences of Christ Yaeger,
Peter .Iennemann Ernest Budd and q.
Bolhofrner were destroyed, and a new
frame house belonging to Mrs. Jacob
Koch was blown TO pieces. Mrs. Koch
was injured so seriously that she will
probably die. Her son of IL years will
die Of his terrible bruises
HOUSES NOW IN RUINS.
The following is n list of the houses
destroyed:
Catholic church and school, German
Methodist church, the houses OF w
Perkins. II. u. Rocge, FIR. Il. Roege. Jos
Noght. John Lang. John I.andhalt
John Hahn, Peter Cardell. :. ID. Perry
l.. Kafcnbergcr, Ernest Budde
Mrs. Budde. Christ Jaeger. city Jai
and enpine-house Mrs. Hauermann, {
Grclow. J.. .J~ennemann. Mrs. Jaco'
Kobe. Mr.. Rosemayer. John kueker
Henry Wahlmann. William Bucttner
Henry Bion. DR.. Alley, John Barnes
NJ. Trierveilcr. II. w. Schmidt, VIM
, vores. John Mandcrfeldt. VIM. Mich
: ais. Il. Miller. Chas. Guebert. 7. En-
, zenauer. public schools, VIM. Stinde, :
. Just. Jacob Miller. VIM. Williamson
I Frank Lang. Geo. Rciss, Alden starr
: Mrs. Sophie Rathcrt. Henry Rather
:, porothca Rathert. John Wetzel, Mr.
: Wetzel. VIM. K~cllerhalz, Frank Lisi
Fred u. Guker. Continental hotel, Mr.
Dora Kaufman. c. BoedeclSer's ofic'
Lutheran church andaschool
n UTTER DFsoIATIoN.
Where Wednesday night stood a bcal
tiful little city, full of happy home
: there is to-day a scene of wreck an
dcsolation. Houses. barns. fences ar
I, orchards are lcvelcd to the earth m
spread over the surrounding countr
! Death and suffering. wounds and ma
! edness. cold and lack Of shelter met u
eve when day broke yesterday NOR
y ing.
The horrors Of an inky darkness
= lighted up ~momcntarily by iashes
F" lighting. added to the fear and ma
ness which oppressed all minds durlr
y this terrible visitation. Daylight on
3 made more terrible that which mig
- had hidden.
4, 4 TERRIBLE SCENE.
y The scene is difficult 10 dcscril
!. The streets when lit up by the I'll
= streaks OF dawn presented = pitiat
scene of ruin and utter desolation.
!, On every hand rose the means Of 7
" injured and the grief Of their frien
). and relatives. The streets we
- blocked with the debris of the storm
wreck and for some time il was imp'
- sible 10 get an accurate list of the s.
= ferers OF the terrible visitation. I
~ one given above Is believed TO cover
the casualties. and the number
~ houses wrecked by the storm IS ian
complete.
As soon as the more fortunate ot 7
~ people " the little city recovered fr'
". the first shock of the calamity cffo
~ were at once directed to caring for
-. injured, who were taken to the hon
~ of the more fortunate.
s,,aa &c tb. frnul Ire pf tho storm WI