The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28
CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
A Terrible Loss of Life and
of Property Is Re-
ported.
THE PATH OF THE STORM
THE TOWNS OF KIRKSYILLB AND
NEWTON STRICKEN.
At the Former Place 1t is Believed the
Death List Will Reach Between Fifty
and Sixty-FOur Hundred Buildings
LeveIed and Scattered in Ruins-A
Partial List of the Dead.

st. Louis, April 27.--A special to tbs
Globe-Democrat from Kirksville says
A storm that had been threatening all
the afternoon broke upon Kirksville al
$40 o'clock tonight in all the fury of
a cyclone. A path a quarter of mile
wide and as clean as the prairie was
swept through the eastern portion OF
the city, and four hundred buildings,
homes and mercantile houses were lew
eled to the ground in scattered ruins.
In the heavy rain that followed the
people who had escaped turned out to
rescue the injured. For two hours not
much was accomplished, as all was con-
fusion, but by o'clock twenty-five dead
bodies had been taken from the ruins.
1t is expected that the list of dead will
reach between fifty and sixty, if 1t does
not exceed that. Almost thousand
people were more or less injured. Day.
light will be necessary before an ade-
ouate estimate of the loss of life and
property can be had. The list of killed
SO far as known is:
William B. Howell, student American
School of Osteopathy; Mrs. w. I'll. Shef-
bourne wife of a student in the School
of Osteopathy; James Weaver, Sr., re-
tired contractor; Theodore Brigham,
merchant; Edward Beeman, boy; Mrs.
w. w. Green and daughter, Miss Bes-
sic: Mrs Henry Ellington; Mrs. A. w.
Glasee; Mrs. Benjamin Green; Mrs
John Larkin, Sr.; Mrs. T. Mahaney;
Mrs. C. Woods; Mrs. A. Little; Joe
Woods, Mrs. Joe Woods; A. w. Rains
chott: Mrs. A. w. Rainschott; c. A.
Gibbs; Mrs. C. A. Gibbs; A, C. Beal;
James Cunningham and Mrs. Mitchell
Reported killed: Mrs. Peck; Mr.. An
derson: Mr. Stephens; DR.. Billings; Col
onel Little and family; Mrs. Penschoot
and child.
known injured Mr. and Mrs. Denis
ton, Mrs. Hobson, Harry Mitchell,
Mary Mitchell Miss Evans, Sam Weav-
er. Will Parks, two ingalls, brothers,
Willis Kellogg, Hollis Kellogg.
Reported injured: Maud Waddeil,
Mrs. T. Bullock, Mr. and Mrs. j. Fl.
Kirk A. L. Peel, w. S. Smith, George
Hennons Mrs. Millien, Mrs. A. Miller,
Ernest Mills Andrew Roberts, Esther
Little, Ina Green, Wiliab Bragg, Mrs.
John Barley, A. c. Bowman Mrs. Mary
Rorahan, A. T. Cook, Beeman child, Au-
bury Green.
Intense darkness prevailed after the
cyclone and the rescuers were at a
for a short time until
fire broke out in a dozen places in the
she ;nIt ha
No attempts were made to extinguish
the fires, partly because the rescuers
had no time and partly because of the
need of light. On both sides the storm
path was filled with debris, piled high
and burning fiercely. In all probability
a number of bodies have been cremat-
ed, The storm first struck the eastern
portion of the city near that part occu-
pied by the boarding houses of the stu
dents of the American school of oesteo
pathy, state normal school and Nc
Wards seminary.
1t was supper time and it is thought
very probable that the list of dead will |
be welK filled with students as a large |
number of these boarding houses We're |
demolished. AS far as known tonight |
the three institutions of learning es-
capped the storm. The storm then went I
northwest and wiped out Patterson's
nursery, pulling the trees out of the
ground and hurting them through the |
,ity. A second cyclone followed the
1rst twenty minutes later. It came as
IN inky black cloud widely distributed
ind covered the whole town, but passed
,bove the houses, doing no material
lamage 1t undoubtedly struck the
yround a few miles out of Kirksville
1T NEWTON.