The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-05-05
ATLEAg 50 ARE DEAD.
First Reports of KirksvIIe Tornado
Not Exaggerated.
OUTSIDE HELP is NEEDED.
uorrifyIng Scenes Followed the Awful
Storm-Wind Played Many Franks
and There Wero Some Miraculous
Escapes - Ghouls Worked
Among the Ruins
= Thursday Night

Escapes Ghouis Worked
Among the Ruins
= Thursday Night
KIRKs VILE, Mo-, April 29.-The
FIRST reports of death and injury from
Thursday nights tornado were not
exaggerated. At least fifty persons
are known to have been killed, nearly
that number of bodies having been re-
covered. Following is a revised list
Of the dead:
Theo Brigham, retired merchant.
Mrs. Henry Ellington.
A. j. Glasee and wife.
Mrs w. W. Green.
Miss Bessie Green.
Miss Lena Brown of Moberly.
w. b. Howells, student of osteopa-
thy.
Three children of Henry Lowe.
Mrs John Mahaffey, Sr.
Mrs. Blue Panschott and baby.
Seth Feather, S-year-old boy.
Samuel Weaver, former contractor.
Mrs. Joe Wood
j. b. Larkin, retired merchant
Mrs. A. r. Bowman.
Child of ]. L. Mahaffey.
Mother and niece of j. 7. Miller.
Mrs Ii. K Sherburne
+. McClay and wife.
Miss Cora Miller of Woodland, Mo.
Child of Rev. Mr.. Albert Burr.
Miss Leona Whaley.
j. X Anderson,
Mrs. Mary Rorabaugh.
Mrs Lou Mitchell.
Harry Mitchell.
DR. Billings.
Drew Bowman.
James Cunningham.
Mrs. Elliott.
c. A. Gibbs.
Mrs. Heaman.
Miss McClay.
Mrs. Anna Miller.
John C. Weaver.
Joseph Wood
The severely injured were: Miss
Della White, Mrs. Peck, fatal; Cal
Little's niece, fatal; W. R. Park, Mrs.
Theo Brigham, legs and chest crushed;
Robert Millay, Miss Weaver, Mrs.
Oliput, Miss Moss, fatal, broken back;
John b. Kirk and wife, Mrs. Forbes,
Mrs. D. d. Feathers, Elmer L. Denni-
can and wife, Harry Mitchell, Mrs.
Lou Mitchell, leg broken; Cal Little
aud wife, serious; Herman X. Sher-
burne, head injured; 0. II. Beemans
child, Mrs. p. Hill leg broken and
otherwise crushed; John Gender,
slight; Oscar Ingold and brother, Mrs.
w. y. Howell and child, dangerous;
Norman Yankee, of Sedalia; Mrs. w.
II. Vincent, Mrs. Ella Weaver both
legs broken; Daniel McGoniglc; John I.
Mahaffeys daughter, Ben A. Bowman S
daughter, L. j. Miller and family,
injured; Mrs. w. II. Phillips, serious;
Mrs. Munson, V. Brigham, serious;
Stella Weaver, Joe Weaver, George
Weaver, Ella Weaver, M. A. Romijue,
Price Romijue, II. e. Ayers, Miss
Cupp, j. E. Ashforth, j. w. Brown,
Mrs. Lulu Byrne, NJ. Shncy and wife,
Mrs. Glen, Thomas Dinsmore and
wife, Mrs. Wheeler Douglass, Charles
Douglass and sons, Mrs j. b. Hobson,
J. Il. Kirk, Willis Kellogg, Hollis
Kellogg, c, Kellogg, Mrs Oliphant,
Mr. and Mrs Peck, Mrs DR.. Howell,
Mrs Mary Rorabaugh, Mrs. Rowe and
daughter, D. Skraggs, p. B. Warren,
Mrs. O. Miller and child, Mrs. N.
johnson, Mrs, Sarah Rieger Miss
Belle Mahaffey, Coonfield and wife,
Albert Whaley. Mrs. NJ f. Hernon.
One or two families, with the homes
they dwelt in, are not accounted for,
but no one supposcs that these unfor-
tunates will ever be heard from alive.
-Four from the McClay household are
thus missing. These are Franklin
McClay and wife and daughter, Miss
Cora Miller, of Brashear, Mo, who
boarded with them. Mr.. McClay's
father is David L. McClay, of Tower
Grove park, st. Louis.
Citizen valor has been pitted
against anarchy and inhumanity al |
day in the blighted district With the
first flush of dawn, league of 200,
armed with clubs, lined the storm
area and prevented mobs OF
curiosity seekers and plunderers from
working 1t became evident toward
dawn that, in the guse of helpers,
many ghouls were at work in the
field, robbing the bodies they took
from the ruins. and hunting in the
foundations of houses for valuables
rather than for imprisoned persons.
This was promptly stopped by strict
policing, but before it was accom-
plished several men were knocked
down with clubs.
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