The state chronicle., 1893-04-15
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN wEDNES-
DAYS STORM.
Revised List Of Dead ard Injured In the
Devastated Missouri Villages.

ST. LOUIS, April 13 Though two t
nights have passed since the tornado .
occurred il Missouri the reports of c
damage and loss Of life are still ,
coming il. The towns which suf-
fered most are comparatively small,
and nearly al located in the north
western part Of the State on strip
lying to the southeast Of Kansas
City. A summary OF the casualties
shows the following result, the list
Of dead and injured baiug corrected
and verified to TIE best possible
extent:
At Hawkins Bank. No, tie fol
loving are dead Mr.. and Mrs
William Asher and their infant child,
Andrew Day, Mrs. James Wilson,
John L. Day, John Dill, and an III
known three-months old child.
Tie following are injured seri-
ously: David Williams, Dr.. H. Fl
Browne, Clarence Jacob, Mrs. Clar-
ence Jacob, fatally; Henry Lay, |
| John Gondray and daughter, James
| Shumate, Mrs David Williams, 4
Jerry, Mrs. S Jerry, fatally; Mrs.
". Condray, Ira Lease, Mrs. Ira
Lease and her mother, Mrs. John
Dill, L |. Dabney, John Wilson, Lis
two boys, fatally; Mrs. Joseph Shu-
mate, Mrs. Henry Brown and child,
Andy Handy, his wife and six chill
dren.
At Lexington, No, the killed are:
! Anne Walker, Mrs John Luke, her
: brother, Farris Walker, negro
. boy, and the following are fatally
injured William Fountain, Mrs.
q Joseph Hutchinson, and \ Walker.
h At Higginsville, Mo, eight per-
! sons were killed outright and three
= more will probably die from their
!. wounds. Twenty-Five were wounded.
. Those killed outright were Mrs.
h Mary Lake and two brothers, two
;s children Of William Walker, Hugh
- McIlroy, Mrs. A. II. Kelly and j los.
a Breuggen. Ars. John Breuggen is
- reported killed. but no definite in
~ formation about her is obtainable
"A The fatally injured are Mrs Will
,e liam Walker, Daisy Stanford (col
ored) and Mrs. William Williams.
81 At Stanbury, Mo, Mrs. Ward anC
,;s two unknown women were killed
e's and John Ward and Johnson Shell
GO ton fatally injured.
.er At West Plains, Mo, John Tomp
H. kins and boy were badly injured
an At Steelvilie, Mo, Charles Adail
ire d. NJ. Green, and five others, name
on unknown, are dead.
itv At Page City, Mo, Daisy Stanle,
ne colored, was killed. Mr. and MIR
for A. II. Kelly may die. Hugh McE
aaa roy, Mabel Hutchison, and Mr
his William Powers are fatally iniare'
as Mrs. William Williams was terribl
itv burned under stove.
At Hawkins Bank the destructic
tba was terrible. About fifty persol
SO. from Salem, including all the do
tore, went there as soon as VOL
oor came Of the disaster, and many
ito them nave remained as tney q
of needed to nurse the wounded al
in. to dispose Of the dead. When 7
The lief reached the place not a pers
sti- IN the village had had anything
tsr- eat for twenty four hours, as pr
;co visions, cook-stoyes, etc, were
,ro- blown away. At one farm-hou
teg there were thirteen persons wou
- ded.
con Aspecial train from st. Lol
his Bringing W. F.. Lee, President
,ate the Midland Blast Furnace Co,
by pany, and a corps Of doctors FIX
90 Steelville, arrived at Hawkins Ba
it'll last evening, and are doing all th
ana- can for the sufferers.
Mr News has reached here frc
, on Texas County saying much dana
un- has been done and several liz
init lost there.
7 to TO the southwest Of the terrific
rev from which reports are given i
pro large stretch Of country wIthc
the rapid communication, and it is fe
ad- ed that the mails may bring stor
Of great destructions there.
5 Of -ae.