Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-06-04
Storm Stricken State
Hundreds Killed and Thousands
Injured By the Tornado
Of Wednesday.
FULLY 500 DEAD IN ST. LOUIS AND
EAST ST. LOUIS AND MANY
MISSING OTHER PARTS
OF MISSOURI ALSO
DEVASTATED.
Vandalia Terribly Wrecked-An Ad-
ditional Death Near Laddonia
News From Renick,
Paris and Bean
Creek.

ANOTHER DEAD NEAR RUSH HILL.
Special TO the Ledger by La Crosse Lumber Co.
Telephone.
LADDoNIA, May 29.-Rlley Hagan, a
young man % years old, who lives l. =
miles west of this city, died last night
from the effects of injuries received in
the storm of Wednesday.
FUNERAL OF ELIZA WARE.
The funeral of little Eliza Belle
Ware, the only daughter of j. G..
Ware, who was in the Bean Creek
school house when the storm struck it,
being killed instantly, was held at the
Presbyterian church in this city at II
O'Clock Friday. The church was
crowded with sorrowing friends and
relatives of the bereaved family, and
the services were unusually touching.
They were conducted by Rev. Linn,
of this city, assisted by Revs.N. 8.
Johnston, of Worcester, and A. A.
Wallace of this city.
The pail bearers were Charley
Bledsoe, Robert Ben, Edward Craw-
ford and Vaughn Crawford. A large
number of people drove in from the
Bean Creek district to attend the
funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ware are eart-broken
over the loss of their only daughter,
and to them the LEDGER extends sin
cere sympathy.
VANDALIA BADLY WRECKED.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
VANDALIA, Mo-, May 2S.-A cyclone
struck this place from the northwest
corner, coming out at southeast cor
ner, at the hour of 2:30 p. m. We'd
nesday, tearing up things generally.
Mr.. Bivan's large dwelling was un-
rooted and outbuiidings laid low.
Aaron McPike's residence was also
| damaged.
Cash Blackburn's large dwelling was
screened about and unroofed.
The Electric Light plant, large
brick, was leveled with the ground.
S.D.EIy's two story tenement house
was torn to splinters.
Sanders & Henegar's dwelling was
wrenched off it's foundation and turn
ed half around.
| A. L. Bungard's residence was left
just like Kunkers, north of Mexico
just after the storm a few years ago
c. E. Coons' residence in the south
west part of the town treated exactly
the same.
Mrs. Bungard and Mrs. CoonsN ant
one child each were seriously injured
Ed. Waters fine residence was lifted
off it's foundation and swung around
one corner being three feet in the
ground.
Five dwellings belonging to the 7
@. Cobbs estate were unroofed ant
wrecked, and also tenant house o
Ed. Waters.
Then the storm struck the hand
some home of V. l.. Beshears, tearing
off bay windows and stove pipes as i
went. Even the keys on the fine
piano were twisted and actual.
wrenched off. All the window light
were broken and the building wrench
ed about.
Then the storm struck G. B.Moore'
new residence (only recently com
, pleted.) This building was torn all t
: pieces and the roof taken clear off b.
the wind.
The brick block bland block, op
posite the new bank, was entirely un
rooted, large rolls of which now Ii
out in the streets.
= The water tank, tall frame, wa
blown into kindling wood.
All of the church spires, except tn
/, M. e. and Baptist, are gone.
! The M. E. Church, South, is tots
wreck.
All wires are down for some dis
tance on both sides of town.
The storm was about 100 to 800 yard
IN width and lasted about 80 minutes
At this writing rain and hail is comm
down in torrents.
The large frame blacksmith sho
across the street north of Jesse Bar
nett's residence was literally torn
pieces, and scattered all about tn
streets.
Richard Crist's dwelling, south {
the Touring mill, was made the de
pository of Daniel 8; Harris graf
ware house, the latter a frame build
ing 2OxsO feet. This ware house wa
. divided by the wind into blocks an
carried about 200 feet and then ws
woven in the roof of Crisis dwelling
Parts of the ware house. roof wer
setting in tree tops and others wer
taken blocks away.
Cash Blackburn's residence, one {
! the finest in town, is shattered an
torn as if Kansas cyclone had struc
it, and the inmates, Mrs. Blackbur
! and daughter, screamed as il eac
breath was the last
At John K. Smiths residence lare
, trees, one of which was IA inches
diameter, stood only 6 feet from h
buggy house and were torn up by tf
roots; but, singular as it may seen
, the buggy house received no injur,
except to be screened a little to or
side.
Mrs. Martha Bishops residence W,
! blown from its foundation, the ro'
was badly injured and outbuildini
torn away.
The windows were blown I'm Mt tf
Blackburn corner and that buildir
/ wss also unroofed.
u The large plate glass in the ne