The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-01
SWEPT By WIND.
rsuin and Death Marx the Path Of
Terrific Torn4does.
Portions of Several States Swept by Hur-
ricanes-Several Persons Killed and
Others Injured-The Property
Loss Enormous.
IN MISSOURI.

m MISSOURI.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, May 26.-Dis-
patches received from several towns in
Missouri and from one point in Kansas
report the occurrence Thursday after
noon of severe windstorm of almost
cyclonic proportions. The storm was
accompanied in every instance by
either hail or downpour of water
amounting to almost a cloudburst.
Meager reports from Ladonia, so
miles east, report twenty killed and
the town, place of 1900, demolished
No wire can be obtained there. al
though every effort is still being made
to that end.
Moberly, Mo-, reports three killed.
but only one name, George Robinson, a
Wabash engineer, can be secured.
At Mexico, Mo-, the earth is COM
pletely covered with water, crops are
damaged to an alarming extent. and
buildings have been unroofed and lifted
from their foundations. At point
8 miles north the residence of Henry
McCue, a farmer, blew in upon him and
crushed him to death.
At Sedalia, Mo-, the wind attained
terrific velocity. It surged under the
tent of Ringing Bros circus and
snapped five poles supporting it like
pipestems. The tent came down with
a crash, burying 1000 people beneath
it. They screamed and struggled and
several women tainted, but all were
finally safely removed from beneath
the canvas. Several received severe
bruises but no injury to life or limb re-
suited.
HARRISBURG, Mo-, May 26.-About 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon a severe
windstorm struck this place, leveling
trees, fences and outbuildings and do
ing much other damage. Nineteen
loaded freight cars were blown off the
Wabash track and their contents scat
tered about the fields.
IN ILLINOIS.
MAsCoUTAH, ILL.,. May GA cyclone
struck Rentchler, three miles west of
here, at 2:2O o'clock Friday afternoon.
Farmer Welz' house was blown
down and the family had narrow es-
cape The engine house at the Enterprise
mine was swept away, leaving the en-
CINE upon the ground uninjured. A
half dozen houses in the village were
damaged, but no one was seri-
ously injured. From Rentchler the
cyclone struck out northwest in the
Shiloh valley. and it is feared great
damage has been done there.
OLNEY. ILL.,, May pa terrific storm
passed over this city at o'clock Friday
morning, doing damage in all parts of
the city. Shade trees all over the city
were torn up and some carried
quite n distance. The damage re-
ported SO far is as follows: Carl
Palmer, barn blown down and
large tree blown across his residence:
William Saltzgaver, barn and all out
buildings, down; William Rhode, Jacob
Colmer and Garry Gaddis' store rooms
on Main street, unroofed. The Congre-
gational church roof was crushed in,
this being the second time this church
has been damaged this spring by a
storm. Reports from the country show
great damage to orchards.
IN KANSAS.
BLUE MOUND, Kan, May 27.-This
town was nearly destroyed by cyclone
yesterday. Houses were lifted bodily
and blown away, orchards were ruined,
fences blown down and vast damage
done. Thomas Higgins was killed.
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