Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-20
ECHOES OF THE STORM.
Oeadly Work Accomplished by the
Storm Kings Carnival.


1nJared, and, In Some Instances,
Entire Towns Laid waste
BY His Unsuitable Fury.
Daasge cd Loss Of Life In Kansas.
KAHaAs CrrY. Mo-, April l2.-Fierce
storms Of wind and rain swept over
Kansas and Missouri yesterday after.
1ooa and last night doing an incalcu.
liable amount of damage and causing the
1oss Of many lives
In Kansas the town of Parker was
aad waste. nearly every house in the
'Reace being more or less wrecked, but
contrary to first reports. no lives were
Host and few persons were injured.
Near Garrett. the house ,of Henry
walter and Henry bikes were com.
'pletely demolished, but no one was in.
Jared A large column of dust and de-
6ris could be seen for nearly an hour
ut Garrett
At Walnut many houses were wrecked
and several persons injured.
= The worst is feared from the sur
rounding country.
At Muscotah several houses were I'M
rooted, and Mrs. Burns and her baby
were badly injured.
In Missouri the storm conferred in La
fayette county in the west and st.
Louis in the east.
Near Page City six lives were lost.
The section house at Stanberry was
also visited by disaster. At least two
women were killed and many injured,
while tho losses will amount to thou
sands of dollars.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock
u terrific storm swept down upon the
vicinity of Hiawatha, Kas. Scared
parents ran to the schoolhouses for
their children, but learned that they
had been sent home by the teachers in
order to escape the storm. Then came
. fierce wind. which crushed In weak
store fronts and awnings and
threw over outhouses and chimneys
Then it Quoted and was followed
by q fierce rain and hail, the
latter of which crashed through win
-dows and split the weatherboard OF
houses The damage was confined to
the breakage of window-glass and the
overthrowing of out-buildings.
The towns of Willis and Baker were
reported to have been destroyed last
might. but are not seriously damaged.
the only destruction being about such
IS is usual to most hard storms
At Powhattan, Peter Hoskinson was
struck on the mead by flying timber
and knocked senseless for time.
At Robinson, Owen Pelton was killed
by lightning while working in the field
near the house when the storm broke.
Much stock was killed by the storm.
barns were laid low and hay-stacks
scattered. The corn has not yet been
planted or it would have been drowned
out Fruit trees were broken and
twisted, but they had not yet budded,
and despite the wreck there is still
promise of plenty.
About 5 o'clock yesterday destruc-
tive wind visited the country north
west of Stanberry, Mo-, moving from
west to to east and covered a strip of
country two miles wide and five miles
long. Almost every house and barn in
its path was torn to pieces. Among
those who suffered the loss of all their
buildings are: John Briggs. John
Burnett. Mr.. Swearinger, Mr.. Shelton
and Mr.. Howeberger.
Mrs Ward and an unknown woman
were killed and Ward and John Shell
ton were seriously injured. Most Of
time to get into their caves and escape
injury. The loss will amount to thou
sands of dollars
A Terrific wind-storm.
HIaazNsvILLE. Mo-, April 13-This
county was visited Tuesday night
about o'clock by a terrific wind
storm, which swept everything before
it from the southwest portion of the
county TO the northeast line, leaving
the county by crossing the Missouri
river at Waverly. Near Page City six
deaths have so far been reported.
viii Y. Walker, a prosperous young
his wife and three children, when
his brick house was blown over, COM
pletely burying him and all the chill
-eren. His wife extricated herself, and
with great difficulty released him.
They were unable to rescue two of the
children. who were smothered in the
.de6ris. The third is fearfnlly man
gled.
~ W. Hutchinson, an aged farmer in
the same neighborhood, suffered the
3oss of his wife and the complete de-
moiition of his house, and was badly
crippled
Mrs II. ii. Luke and brother were
killed outright and their barns terribly
wrecked.
Further on Capt Todhunter's barns
were demolished and a small negro girl
killed on his farm.
There are numerous reports and ru-
mors about deaths at Dover and Wa
verify, but nothing authentic can be
secured
In the path of the storm between
MAYHEM and Lexington eight persons
were killed outright and three more
will probably die from their wounds,
=and twenty-five were wounded. Those
killed outright were Mrs. Mary Lake
and two brothers, two children of Will
liam Walker, Hugh McElroy, Mrs. A.
IA. Kelly and Jos. Breuggen. Mrs.
John Breuggen is reported dead, but
mo definite information is obtainable.
The fatally injured are: Mrs Will
Ham Walker, Daisy Stanford (colored)
and Mrs William Williams.
Physicians were summoned from
iHiRgiusville, Lexington and Dover to
care for the wounded, and the whole
s-country is filed with carriages and
other couveyances from these places
tfor removing the storm-stricken people
90 hospitals or to their homes.