The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-13
AWFUL WORK OF ACYCLONE|
Portions of Missouri and Kansas
Are Devastated.
ENTIRE TOWNS WIPED OUT.
Many People Are Killed, Others Blown
Away.
In the Mining Town of Coudray but Three
Homes Were Left standing-Kansas
Towns Suffer Likewise-A Tor
nadO in Indiana.

ST. LOUIS, April IL. Last nights storm
did widespread damage in this city and
vicinity. Hailstones demolished large
amount of glass all over the city. The
roof of the workhouse and the third dis
trict substation were blown off. For
tunately none of the inmates was killed
or seriously hurt. The poorhouse, city
hospital, the female hospital and the in
sane asylum suffered severely in broken
glass. chimneys overthrown, outbulld-
ings blown down and shrubbery demol
ishsd. The inmates rushed out in a state
of terror.
In addition to the boats mentioned in
last nights dispatches steam yacht be-
longing to an English tourist was blown
adrift, with half dozen small wharf
boats. 1t is not known how many per-
sons were aboard these vessels, but it is
not believed that they met with any SER
ious accident. From all over the city
and suburbs come reports OF houses I'M
rooted and other minor damage done. No
loss of life is reported so far. All boats
torn from the mornings have been re-
covered. None were badly damaged.
A destructive cyclone visited the coun-
try northeast of Stanberry, Gentry coun-
ty, covering a s1TiD two miles wide and
five miles long. Almost every building
in the path was destroyed. Several peo-
pie were killed and among them Mrs.
Ward and husband; John Shelton was
fatally hurt. An unknown woman was
also killed.
At Lexington the storm was most de-
structive, accompanied by a violent cleo
trical storm and fearful downpour of
rain. In the path OF the storm, about
300 yards in width, everything was de-
stroyed. The storm first struck about
quarter of mile east of MAYHEM where
many houses were demolished. w. S.
Fountains house was torn into kindIing
wood and Mr.. and Mrs. Fountain fatally
hurt. The house of William Walker,
county assessor, two story brick, was
crushed like an egg and the family buried
in the debris. Two children were killed
and one fatally injured. Mr.. Walker
escaped with severe wounds and Mrs.
Walker and hired man were not badly
hurt.
The railroad water tank at Page CITY
was next demolished. Then came the
house and barn of Mr.. Hutchinson. He
and his wife are probably fatally hurt. A
tenant house upon the farm OF Captain
Todhunter was wrecked and negro
child killed. The house of John Luke, in
the immediate neighborhood, was blown
to atoms, and Mrs. Luke and her brother
killed. Innumerable outhouses, fruit
trees, and fences were destroyed.
At Rolla, ten dwellings and barns were
demolished and many others damaged.
Nobody was killed.
The cyclone visited part of Lafayette
county last evening. Trees, fences,
houses and barns were demolished and
many peasons killed and injured. The
greatest loss of life is reported from
Coudray, mining town of about 300 peo-
pie. Only three houses were lett stand
ing there and nine persons were killed and
fifty injured several of whom will proba-
bly, die. Joe Woffard, Maley Mitchell,
Andy Aft and J. A. Pearman,
farmers on Dry Fork, lost their houses
and many of the occupants were injured
At Midland Bridge, Charles Adair was
blown from the bridge and drowned.
Completed details are not yet obtainable.
In Crawford and Dent counties last
night, besides doing great damage, the
storm killed many citizens. AT Hawkins
bank, William Asher and three men by
the name of Lay, were killed, and Miss
Lay was blown away and not found. A
small child was blown away and A. Will
son was seriously hurt. Superintendent
Coudray of the mines and wife were badly
injured. All the dwellings and a big
store was blown down.
At Jabwin's postoffice four men were
killed. At Dry Creek the residence of A.
NJ. Green was destroyed and the old gen.
tleman killed. Farm houses and barns
were destroyed throughout the country.
and reports are coming in every hour of
persons killed and damage done.