The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28
DESQLA!!ON.
A Tornado Strikes the Town Of
Kirksville, Mo.
Two Hundred Homes and Stores
Destroyed.
KILLED NUMBER 49.
The List of Injured Will Be
Large.
Fire Broke Out in a Number OF
Places.
Little Town of NeWtOWn Also
Sufferer.
KILLED NUMBER 49.
The List of Injured Will Be
Large.
Fire Broke Out in a Number of
Places.
Little Town of NewtOWn Also a
Sufferer.

which wrought terrible destruction
struck this town at $40 last evening
when most people were at supper.
The entire east side of the city was
wiped out clean. Over 200 buildings,
homes and stores. were levelled.
A heavy rain followed the cyclone,
and the debris of wrecked buildings
took fire in several places, lighting the
way for the rescuers.
The latest details show that the list of
known dead is 49, The number of in
follows:
DEAD.
MR.. ANDERSON.
A c. BEAL.
ED BEEMAN, boy.
DIR. ELLINGTON.
MRS. HENRY ELLINGTON.
MRS. BOWMAN.
THEODORE BRIGHAM, Merchant.
MRS. THEODORE BRIGHAM.
MRS. CONDER.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM.
c. A. GIBBS.
MRS. c. A GIBBS.
A. w. GLASEE.
MRS. A. S. GLASEE. st
MRS. BEN GREEN.
MRS. W. w. GREEN.
MISS BESSIE GREEN, daughter of
Mrs. w. w. Green.
MRS. MELINDA HEIMING.
MRS. HILLS.
VIM. B. HOWELLS, student Ameri-
can School of OsteOpathy.
MIR. AND MRS. KIRK.
MRS. JOHN LARKIN, Sr.
~COB.-LITTLE- AND FAMILY-0F,
FOUR.
HENRY LOWE AND DTHREE chill
DREN.
MRS. T. MAHAFFEY.
MRS. MILLER.
HARRY MITCHELL.
MIR AND MRS. JEAN PENsHOLT.
MIR. PECK.
A w RAINSCHOTT
MRS. w. H. SHERBOURNE, wife of
student of osteopathy.
MRS. G. F. STEVENSON.
JAMES WEAVER, retired contractor.
ALMA WILLIAMS.
JOE WOODS.
MRS. JOE WOODS.
MRS. c. WOODS.
MRS. LEONA WHALEY.
NIGHT FULL OF HORROR
Kirksville, Mo-, April 28-Desolation
and suffering almost indescribable has
been the portion of KirkSvilIe'S inhabi-
tants during the past II hours, the re-
suit of last evenings relentless tornado.
Many of the dead and dying remained
in the ruins of their homes during the
night; others who had been found and
taken to places of shelter died before
morning. A small army of doctors from
the OSteOpathy college, students and
citizens spent the dark hours in a
ceaseless hunt for the unfortunates;
the dead were carried awayto a select
ed spot to be cared for when the needs
of the injured could be satisfied.
All night lanterns darted here and
there among the debris. answering some
cry for help, or directed by the sight of
some struggling form fighting to escape
his place of imprisonment. Here and
there fires that had started soon after
the tornado passed and which were al
lowed to burn unimpeded, sent up a
bright glow and lent aid to the res
cuers 1t is possible that these same
fires incinerated some of the victims
who could not be reached and only
days of search can reveal the true state
of affairs.
Morning broke bright and beautiful
over the area of destruction and found
the chaos of the night slowly taking
the form of system
Newtown, in Sullivan county, which
shared a like fate at the hands of the
tornado.
Days must pass before a complete list
of casualties can be secured and before
the real extent of the damage to pro-
perty can be known.
Kirksville is the county seat of Adair
county and has a population estimated
a I 5000. The state normal school of the
First district and a business college
are located there. The town is best
known through the teachings of the
American school of Osteopathy. Per-
sons afflicted with many different dis
eases flock to Kirksvi1le to be treated
and it was among the students and pa
tents quarters that most of the ruin
was wrought. The town is located in an
agricultural region and is reached by
the Wabash and the Quincy, Omaha &
Kansas City railroads Newtown is a
small town of 600 inhabitants in Sulli-
van county, 40 miles north of Kinks
Vile
The tornado destroyed telephone and
telegraph wires out of Kirksville and
not till $50 o'clock this morning was
communica ton with the outside re-
sumed and then only in an unsatisfac-
tory sort of way.