Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-06-04
Mexico, County Missouri Thursday June a. 1906

beyond description. He says the loss
of life in st. Louis and East st. Louis
is very great, but that the storm did
little damage in the western part of
the city, where he resides.
AT LADDoNIA.
The Laddonia Herald, in describing
the terrible tornado as it approached
that place, says:
Suddenly people heard an awful
roaring; as of the sound of thousand
cataracts, and looking just to the north
and west there was genuine cyclone,
apparently coming right over the city.
But its course was rather more east,
and everybody escaped disaster but
Lou Clark He lives just in the north
limits of town and he and his family
were in the cellar. The cyclone passed
over him, scattering his five room
house, his barn and ali out houses in
to kindling wood over the fields a
half mile east.
Riley and Lee Hagan, about two
miles northwest of town, baching
on the J. r. Braden farm, had their
house blown away and both were
badly hurt. The first named cannot
live.
The Jim billiard house and barn,
about 200 yards east of the Dye school
house, known as the old John Dye
place, was swept away. The family
were at neighbor's in cellar.
All the physicians of Laddonia were
early on the scene of the disaster, both
at the school house and at Messrs.
Hagan's.
NO DAMAGE AT RENICK.
Advices to the LEDGER state that no
damage was. done by the storm at
Renick, and that the reports that the
town was destroyed are without foun-
dation. The storm also did but little
damage in Randolph and Macon coun-
ties and Atlanta was not swept away
as reported in the metropolitan pa
pers, but little damage being done
there.
Little Helen Eubanks, who was seri-
ously injured by the storm, is getting
along well and will undoubtedly re-
cover from the injuries she received.
The storm which devastated Audrain
county Wednesday was tornado and
not cyclone.
Riley Hagan, who died Friday
from injuries received in the tornado
lived about IL miles west of Lad.
donia and had his head and Jaws ter
ribly crushed.
Robert Davidson, travelling man
who lives on North Jefferson street
left Friday for Truxton, Mo. The
cyclone passed between Truxton an6
High Hill, killing Mr.. Davidson's sistel
and seriously injuring her four child
rem.
Miss Klamert's relatives in High
land Addition are very anxious abou
her. She is visiting in st. Louis ant
was expected home, but no tiding
have been received since the storm.
Two daughters of P. L. Morris wer
injured at the Dye school house wrecl
during the cyclone. Both of then
were attending school. Birdie, age,
Is, and Ella, II, had their collar bone
broken. Physicians report that the,
will probably recover.
Homer Bassford writes from st
Louis that his home was badly dam
aged but his family escaped from in
jury during the cyclone.
Tom Atchison wires his father from
st. Louis that he got through the cy
clone all right.
| G. G. Cunningham lost $500 worth o
personal property in the st. Louis cy
clone. About year ago Mr.. Cunning
ham lost all of his clothes and othe
personal property in a fire at Omaha
Neb.
THE SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS.
The st. Louis Republic of Frida
says the situation in that city is full.
as bad as reported in that paper O
Thursday, and prints the following
headlines:
Horrors Multiply With Every Hou
Than One Hundred and Thirt
Dead Bodies Recovered and Owe
Four Hundred Injured Persons Foun
l-Mangled Cadavers Found in Innum
erable Places Along the Path of tn
Storm-The Militia Have Been Gale
Out to Protect Property and $500
Has Been Subscribed to Aid the SUI
, ferers Beautiful Lafayette Park is
, Desolate Waste, and the Splendi
Mansions Around 1t are Great Piles {
, -Heartrending Scenes Anon
+ Those Who Gathered About the Res
i. cue Workers, Seeking Lost Love
!, Ones-Only Mere Guesses Can b
be Made at the Property Loss, bu
Mercantile Agencies Say 1t May Reac
Fifty Million Dollars.
Appalling List of Dead in East S
g | Louis Fully One Hundred Bodie
!, Have Been Identified as Victims
. Wednesdays Terrible and Destructiv
: Tornado Added to This List Thel
are at Least Two Hundred and TweT
ty-Five Persons Who Were Seriousl
a Injured - The Greatest Damage
Property Was in That Part of the Cit
n Called the Island-Kehlor's Mill, tf
n Vandalia and Virgins Ferry Com
f pany's Offices, City Hall and Polio
4 Station Among the Wrecked Buile
: ings-Governor Altgeld Has Ordere
Two Bodies of Troops to Guard tf
Stricken Homes-Work of the Repul
lie Relief Corps-Some Estimate of Il
Damages-An Appeal for Aid.
TRAINS NARROW ESCAPE.
While the storm was at its heigh
passenger train No. Z of the Chicas
& Alton road pulled out of the bridt
from the Missouri side on its wa
east. Engineer William Swoncutt hi
only proceeded a short distance WHIT
. he realized the awful danger whi,