The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-04-14
DESTRUCTION MMISSOURL.
Terrible Destruction Wrought BY
Tuesdays Tornado.
HEAVY DoWN-PoUR OF RAIN


LEXINGTON. Mo. April IA most
destructive tornado passed through this
city Tuesday night accompanied by q
violent electric storm and q fearful
down-pour IL rain In the path or Tho
storm. about three hundred yards Vide.
everything wns destroyed Tile storm
first struck about quarter ~ mile
east Of Mnyvicw. whore tho house Of
MI Keller was destroyed. but the fam-
ily not injured The house IL Mr.
Wentxel WINS next acmoliahed. but no
ono injured w = Fountains house
was tsrn into kindling wood. and Mr.
and Mrs Fountain were both Seriously
hurt, the HITTER probably fatally. The
house of VIM Walker, county assessnr.
q tworsiory brick. wins bnt straw hc-
fore tho force 81 the wind Mr. Walker.
his wife, three children and hired man
we're buried Ia the debris Mrs Walker
sncueadcd IN freeing herself. then went
70 the assistance Of her husband. whom
she succeeded In cxtricating. Tho
hired man had in tho meantime freed
himself, and togethor with MIR. and
Mrs Walker and Nh John Walker, his
wife and q hired man, who lived near
by, and Ind arrived 20 render aasist-
anee, sncceeded h extricating ono Of
the children alive, bnt probably fatally
injured The other two were dcnd be-
fore they could hc gotten ont
"A tnnnnt house upon tho farm Of
Capt Todbunter wns next IN tho path
~ the Storm Tho roof was blown on
and small negro child killed. Tho
house 81 John Luke In the Immediate
neIghhorhood, wna blown 70 atoms, and
Mrs Luke and hcr brother killed. A
barn on tho Josiah Dixon place
came ncxt Tho barn was blown
down. but tho three muiea which
Il contained wero loft pninjured Tho
samo wns tho result upon the Corbin
place. whore barn waa demolished
and Che animals therein were not hurt
In the least Chickens have all their
feathers picked on. md At the Waller
place an iron pump was taken from q
thirty-ciRht-fo foot well and deposited in
IN adjoining field Tho storm, after
arriving II the vicinity 81 Doscr, seems
10 havo risen from the Garth, as no
damage IN this county Is reported north
of that place. II WAS by FAR tho worst
and most fatal storm which has over
visited this county
81. LOUIS April isAa telegraph
and telephone wires arc repaired and
communication once moro restored, re.
ports begin 70 como IN Of death and dc.
struction BY Tuesday storm, each ono
seemingly moro fearful than its predc-
ceasof. Wires all over Missouri are still
prostratcd. butenough has boon learned
70 show that no section Of the state On
capped tho storms fury. Salon, Stan.
berry, Steclville, Rolla, Page City and
other places report not only destruction
Of property but loss Of lifc. Al cond-
ray, small mining village. great hav-
oc was wrought and ninc people were
killed.
Tho latest report from there shows
six killed outright three have since
died Of their injuries, and 81 the fifty
Or more injured IL Il thought at least
twelve will die. Nevada, Mexico and
various other places report trees, out
houses, fences and roofs blown away
the damage being small to individuals.
but aggrcgating many thousands III
each place.
Tho same Is true Of southern and CEN
trial Illinois, Springfield. Quincy, jack
sonyilic, Danvillc, Centralia, Olney.
vandalia. Cairo and various other places
reporting barns and other small build
Ings destroyed and much live stock
killed. No loss Of human life Is re-
ported
Trains from all sections we're from
ono 70 three hours late Wednesday. havz
ing been delayed by washouts and land
slides Prostration Of wires also pre-
vented, 70 great extent tho giving 81
orders BY dispatchers and consequently
on several roads only mail trains werc
run. and these very slowly The death
list for the state now reaches twenty
Ave. and 1t can not be foretold how
much It may DO increased. A. coinfnnni-
cation Is re-established