The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-14
CYCLONES WAKE, /
Reports Of Disaster to Human Life
ana Property Continue 70 Be u
Received.
Over Score Killed IN Missouri, and
. Large Number Fatally
Hurt

kObbinsvilie, Miss, Badly Damaged
I: and Loss u Life Repertsd- -oahsr
Storm News
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81. LoUIs, April IA Though nearly
three days have passed since thecyclon6
tore ITS way, through Missouri from
southeast to northwest the. reports of
damage and loss Of life are still coming
IN The towns which sufIsrsf most Are
comparatively sfnalf, ana nearly an
located IN the northwestern partof tue
state, on ! "trip lying to the southeast
Of Kansas City. A summary Of the
casualties shows the following result,
the list Of dead and injured being cor y
rected and verified to the best possibls.
extent:
Some or the Casualties.
At Hawkins Bank, mo-, william
Asher was found dead with baby ii,
hisf sfarms. ANDREW Lay, Mrs. James
Wilsoh. Mrs. William Asher. John b.
Lay. John DIN, and an unknown s.
months-old child, were also killed. Four
others were fatally and over thirty
seriously injured a.s
At Lexington, No., Anna Walker.
Mrs. John luke, her brother, Ferr1s
walker and a negro boy were killed,
and William Fountaine. Mrs Joseph
Hutchinson and d Walker boy were
fatally injured sa tl ai9
At Stanbeffy, No., three women were
killed and two men fatally injured. st
At Steeleville: Mo-. seven were kfllsd.
!. A6 Page CITY, Mo-, one was killed and
three Or Four others viii die from III
fs,ri6A T4 ssIs E1ssf 3s. ..*
As II this horrible ron were not
enough; 81 isk'tsa s7s
Eii Tho storm Len Little
Tor the survivors ID begin HE OYER h again
with. Houses, barris, stock, evsrythftik
was swept before the fury of the storm.
AT Hawkins Bank the scene was most
horfibIs. s 81 4
About 80 citixens from salem, includ-
ing all the doctors, went down as soon
as word reached there Of the disaster,
and many Of them are there stiil, ID
they are needed there to nnrss the
wounded and care for the dead. I
.., ~.,s Provisionns Blown Away.
I, When the relief reached there not q
soul in the place had had . morsel TO
eat for twenty-four hours, as provisions,
cook stoves, etc, were Al blown away.
u Farmers from the surrpunding coun-
try came nobly to their assistance and
many are now being cared for Ia the
immediata vicinity Of the Bank
!. At one farmhouse there were 1y per-
sons wounded. 44sss
y d one Of the cottages left standing .
saA scene was enacted Mra Wilson
was lying in sight Of her dying baby,
and ealing ron ths doctors u saye its
lifA not thinking Of; herself, Or that
when the little ones life went ont hers
would % shortly Join Il.
Help From ST. Louis. ],
A special train from st Louis bring
ing w. H. Lea, president Of the Mid
land Blast Furnace company, and 1
corps Of doctors from Steelville arrived
there at 8 o'clock and are doing all they
can for the sufferers
A call signed by the mayor OF Salem
has been issued asking the people to
meet to take steps toward aiding the
sufferers, and there is no doubt that the
people here viii promptly respond.
News has reached here from Texas
county saying that much damage has
been done and several lives lost there
DEMOLIsHED MANY BUILDINGS
Ypsilanti, Mich. struck by ! Terrific
Tornado.
YPsIIANrI Mich, April 14.-A tor
nadp struck this city, during the night,
coming from the southwest and sweep
ing everything IN its path through the
principal part of the city IT was !
quarter Of 4 mile wide. Houses were
moved from their foundations Prob
ably t1O0, 900 damage was done. Every
store Ia the city was damaged. The
The opera house was swept to tlse
ground, the Curtis carriage factory has
both ends gone and carriages are PILED
np III the street, The pcatofdce was
blown. to pieces and tho man scattered
everywhere. The Ceary business col-
lege, large brick structure, vas blown
cof above the first door. No one u be-
lieved to be killed, but many MANY
were injured. Probably some bodies
win be found ID the ruins.
Rubbish is piled in the streets 10 feet