Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-04-15
The Storm Plays Havoc in Many
Missouri Counties.
DAMAGE and LOSS OF LIFE SERIOUS
Lafayette, Crawford md Dent Counties
Peculiarly Unfortunnte-SO Lives
Lives Lost mt st.
Louis.

town of Mayvicw to the city of LeXing'
ton. distance of fifteen miles. The
tornado swept district was 100 yards
wide, and in the entire distance OF
fifteen miles not farm house nor Il
tree remains standing. Eight persons
were killed outright, four more will
probably die from their wounds and
twenty-five were injured. Those killed
outright were: Mrs. Mary Luke and
two brothers. two children of William
Walker, Hugh McElroy, Mrs. A. IL.
Kelly, Joseph Brueggen.
Mrs. John Brueggen is reported killed,
but no definite information about her
is obtainab!c. The fatally wounded
were: Mrs. William Walker. Daisy
Stanford (colored). Mabel Hutchinson,
Mrs. Joseph Hutchinson.
Physicians were summoned from llig-
ginsvillc Lexington and Dover to care
for the wounded. and the whole coun-
try is filled with carriages and other
conveyanccs from these places rcmov-
ing the storm-stricken people to hos
pitable homes.
The tornado swept down upon the
country ut exactly $40 o'clock. ltcame
from the southwest and travelled north
easterly from point one mile south OF
Mayview. distance of fifteen miles.
1t passed six miles north of Higgins
vile. two miles south of Dover and two
miles southwest of Page City.
1T crossed both the Chicago
* Alton and Missouri Pacific
railroads, absolutely shutting the
people off from communication with
the outside world. just before the
awful crash there was Il moment OF
dcath-likc silence. All along the line
the inhabitants of the houses which
were Just beside the dreadful path OF
the tornado agree to this. Then for Il
minute there was a frightful crash
which could be plainly heard as trees
and houses were swept away.
On the premises of Capt. Ryland Tod
hunter. six miles north of liigginsville,
the storm seemed to he at its strongest.
Capt. Tolhunter's residence was with
in few feet of the path of the storm.
but escaped. All his barns. however.
were destroyed. Capt. Todhunter Is
one Of the best known horsemen in this
section of the state.
Up about Mayvicw many outbuild-
ings were blown down and trees up
rooted. hut no loss OF life was reported.
One mile east of town the house and
barn OF William Powell were blown
down and Mr.. and Mrs. Powell were
slightly injured.
About half mile south of the Powell
residence lived Hugh McElroy and fam
ily of five children in two-story frame
residence The house was blown down
and Mrs McElroy killed. Every MEM
Der of his family, consisting of his wife
and four children, were injured but
none fatally. The residence of A. ii.
Kelly, half mile distant, was blowp
away and Mrs. Kelly killed outright,
although the other members of the
family escaped. The residence of Chris
Wolfe, in the same vicinity, was COM
pletely destroyed and Mrs. Wolfe
killed.
About two miles southwest of Page
City the tornado was especially destruc-
tive. Joseph NJ. Hutchinson and family
lived in large frame dwelling. Only
the ruins of the place now remain. 1t
was literally reduced to kindling wood.
Just before the tornado reached them
the family, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hutchinson and four children, had seat
ed themselves for supper. A cyclone
cave was near by, but the family did
not have time to reach it. Two OF the
children hastily rushed to the west door
and Mr.. Hutchinson was at another.
Miss Mabel Hutchinson, a young lady IL
years of age, was blown through the
door to an orchard fifty yards from the
house. Her left hip was dislocated and
she received other wounds.
Mrs. Hutchinson was found with some
timbers resting on her. Her face and
head were badly cut and bruised, three
of her ribs broken, and her chest
crushed. When the PHYSICIANS reached
her she was at once placed under the
influence of narcotics, but died early
yesterday morning. From the Hut
chason homestead the storm made a
jump of four miles, and struck the RESI-
.dence of William Williams. 1t was
completely destroyed, hut the only
member of the family injured was Mrs.
Williams, who was blown against the
stove and held there by heavy timber.
She was very severely hurt but will re-
cover.
The damage TO property is estimated
at 100000.
THE DAMAGE AT sTANBERRY.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April 1S.-Reports
from the cyclone in the neighborhood
of Stanberry are still meager. The
storm struck the country northwest OF
that place at p. m, moving from west
to east in track two miles wide, lay
ing waste everything before it. The
house and barn of John Briggs were