The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-05-03
CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
Fifty People Killed and Over a
Hundred Injured.
the Eastern Portion of the Town of
Kirksville Almost wiped Out of Ex-
istence - Two HLnd ed Families Rem
dered Homeless-tifteen People Killed
In a Tornado at Newtown, Mo.

In n TORNADO at NeWtOWn, NO.
ST. LOUIS. April 2S-A special to
The Globe Democrat from Kirksville,
Mo-, says:
A gathering storm that had been
threatening all afternoon broke upon
Kirksville at $40 o'clock in all the fury
of a cyclone. A path quarter of a
mile wide and as clean as the prairie
was swept through the eastern portion
of the city, and 400 buildings, homes
and mercantile were leveled 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
confusion, but by s o'clock 25 dead
bodies had been taken from the
ruins. 1t is confidently expected that
the list of dead will reach between so
and so, if it does not exceed that. About
1000 people were more or less injured.
The list of killed so far as known is
as follows;
William b. Howells, student Amer
lean School of Osteopathy; Mrs. w. H.
Sherbourne, wife of student, School Of
Osteopathy James Weaver Sr., re-
tired contractor; Theodore Brigham,
merchant; Ed Beeman, boy; Mrs W..
w. Green and daughter, Miss Bessie;
Mrs. Henry Ellington, A. w. Glasee,
Mrs. A. w. Glasee, Mrs. Ben Green,
Mrs. John Larkin, Sr., Mrs. I. Mahaf-
fey, Mrs. c. Woods, A. Little, Mrs. A.
Little, Joe Woods, Mrs. Joe Woods, A.
w. Rainschott, c. A. Gibbs, Mrs. c. A.
Gibbs, A. c. Beal, James Cunningham,
and Mrs. Mitchell.
The reported killed are: Mr.. Peck.
Mr. Anderson, Mr.. Stephens, DR.. Bill
lings, Colonel Little and family, Mrs.
Penschoot and child.
The known injured are: Mr.. and Mrs.
Denston, Mrs. Hobson, Harry Mitchell,
Mary Mitchell, Miss Evans, Sam Wea-
yer, viii Parks, two Ingalls, brothers.
Willis Kellogg and Hollis Kellogg.
The reported injured are: Maud Wad-
dell, Mrs T. Bullock Mr.. and Mrs.
j. S. Kirk, A. l.. Peal, w. S. Smith,
George H. Ennons, Mrs. Millien, Mrs.
A. Miller, Duane Mills Earnest Mills,
Andrew Roberts, Esther Little, Ina
Green, William Bragg, Mrs. John Bar
ley, A. c. Bowman, Mrs. Mary Rora-
han, A. T. Cook, Beeman, child, and
Aubury Green.
Intense darkness prevailed after the
cyclone, and the rescurers were at
disadvantage for a short time until
fire broke out in dozen places in the
ruins and shed light over the scene.
No attempt was made to eXtinguish
the fire, partly because the rescuers
had no time and partly because of the
need of light On both sides of the
storms path the debris was piled high
and burned fiercely. In all probability
a number of bodies have been incin-
Grated.
The storm first struck the eastern
portion of the city near that part occu-
pied by the boarding houses of the
students of the American School of
Oesteopathy State Normal School and
McWard's Seminary. 1t was just sup
per time for the students, and it is
thought very probable the list of dead
will be well filled with students, as a
large number of these boarding houses
were demolished.
As far as known these three institu-
tions of learning escaped the storm.
The storm then went northwest and
wiped out Patterson's nursery, pulling
the trees out of the ground and hurting
them through the city.
A second section of the cyclone fol-
lowed the first, 20 minutes later.
1t came as an inky black cloud widely
distributed and covered the whole town,
but passed above the houses, doing no
material damage