Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-01

idence was brick and part frame
Tho frame was entirely blown ava!
and the brick leveled to the ground
NJ. H. McCue is reported bette
to-day and is thought to be not dan
gerously injured.
The report circulated that Mrs
Atchison was fatally injured is with
out foundation.
John X. Browns barn on the ole
Hathaway farm was entirely de-
stroyed by the wind as was the
large sheep sheds belonging te
Albert White on the w. S. Hathaway
place.
A house belonging to Elijah Har
rison, south of this city, was de
stroyed.
Ben Canterbury northeast of Rusf
Hill, lost 60 head of sheep.
The new house of Jos. Ringo, Is
miles northeast of Mexico, and his
outbuilding and fences, also new
were badly damaged by the wind
and hail. Dick Jolly, who went te
help paint Mr.. Ringo's house, was
present when the storm struck there
and says the hail, nearly as large as
a mans fist, came with such force
that the weather boarding and shin
giles were cut to pieces as though
done with an ak. The wind blew
the buildings all out of position
The damage done Mr.. Ringo car
scarcely be estimated. His large
orchard was completely ruined.
At Littleby Station the barn o
Russell Dudley, who lives on The
Price farm, was wrecked and some
stock killed. Mr.. Dudley and hi
little son were coming in from the
field when the violent wind cam,
and sought refuge behind hedge
fence. The boy was slightly injured
Hail fell in great quantity, the stones
being very large.
Bob Johnson had large water
melon patch planted to which h
expected to invite his friends thi
summer. 1t was entirely destroyed
by the storm.
While Mexico had been injured
financially by the storms for the las
few years it has been at the sam,
time very lucky to have escaped ser
ious damage. The storms whicl
have visited this county with sucl
destruction would have laid Mexic'
low if we had been in the storm dis
trict.
Conrad Schultz reports his crop
entirely ruined by the hail. Wha
wheat he had before the storm i
now entirely lost.
| w. w. Johnson, who lives on tn
Robinson farm, lost several head O
hogs by the storm. Windows in hi
residence were broken by the hal
and the loss to plastering and furni
ture will be heavy.
Bob Johnson had eight COWS tt
drown on the Hubbell farm. They
were valued at $500.
Tom. H. Benning and Clarence
Peak are two OF the very best oars
men in this part of Missouri ane
were very active in rescuing VIM
Ford and in hunting for the body
of G. J. Mallory.
There is no question but what the
late storm damaged property mucf
more severely than did the cyclone
two years ago. The cyclone con
fined itself to a narrow strip while
the storm has damaged property
over a large portion Of the entire
county.
Philip Shire attended the funera.
of Mr.. John Wills: who was killed
by the storm at Laddonia.
| D. G. Barracks suffered a severe
loss from the storm. His orchard
wheat and oats were almost entirely
ruined. His outbuildings and fences
were also destroyed.
If the storm had occurred thre,
weeks later the loss would hav'
been much more severe, as the corr
would have been up and it woult
have ruined other crops entirely.
Josiah Martin, who lives nea
Molino, was severe sufferer from
the storm. The loss to his crops
orchard, house, barn and outbuild
ings viii! run up into the hundred
of dollars.
Charley Spotswood, who was il
the edge of Rails county Frida,
afternoon, says he found many hail
stones which had been laying ol
the ground since Thursday evening
1t would be hard to guess what siz
the hail was at the time of descen
sion.
| Taylor Berry who was in tow
Saturday and says buildings. fence
and crops are badly torn up fror
Molino to Rowena. The houses o.
the farms of Elijah Threlkeld, Bo
Peck and Thomas Vanlandinghar
are torn to pieces, while the damag
to wheat and oats is the worst to b
imagined. The ground on whlc
wheat and oats stood will have
be ploughed up and planted agair
Mr.. Berry was damaged to the exter
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