The evening times., 1899-04-28
STORM
/ HORROR GROWING
Desolation Equal to the Raw.
ages of a Battle.
A Path of Destruction Quarter of a
Mile Wide.
Four Hsndred BuildinEs LeveIed to
the Ground by the Hurricane. -
Several Miraculous Escapes.

Kirksville, Mo-. April 2S-Death and
-desolation reign in Kirksville today. The
weeping Of the orphaned and widowed
mingles with the means of the wounded.
while scores of surgeons. physicians. and
nurses are performing their missions OF
mercy. The search for the victims Of last
evenings awful cyclone continued through
the night, and with the coming of the
dawn scores of those who were fortunate
enough to escape the fury of the wind
Joined the faithful night workers in the
task of hurling aside timbers, stone and
brick in their endeavor to bring forth the
dead and wounded. Physicians and
nurses from nearby cities are coming into
Kirksville in all sorts of conveyances.
The actual number of dead is still un-
known, but it is believed that a fairly ac-
culite list can be prepared before the day
is over. patch quarter of mile wide
and as clean as the prairie was swept
though the eastern portion Of the city. and
400 buildings. homes and mercantile
houses. were leveled to the ground in
scattered ruins.
In the heavy rain that followed, the peg
PIC VIM huu SSSdptu, tuiuSu Jul " Ico-
cue the injured. For two hours not much
was accomplished as all was confusion. but
by O'Clock last night. twenty-five dead
bodies had been taken from the ruins. The
injured run into the hundreds, and many
OF them cannot survive their wounds. Nj
merous cases OF almost miraculous es-
capes occurred. One woman was carried
several hundred yards and received o;i,y
slight bruises.
Came Without Note of Warming.
The cyclone came without warning. 1t
struck the southeast portion of the city
near the State Normal school about s
O'Clock and inside of three minutes the
work Of destruction was accomplished The
State Normal School escaped injury. Near
ly everyone in the town was at supper and
few had time to reach refuge in their eel
lars
The cyclone came from the southwest
and was a characteristic funnel-shaped
twirler. The funnel dipped down when it
reached the edge of town and as it
progressed its path widened and spread
out over four or five blocks of the city.
Everything went down before its fury. and
houses on the outer edge of the path we're
unrooted. One house was carried several
hundred feet in the air before it was torn
to pieces. To add to the horror. fire start
ed In the ruins OF several buildings. A
complete roadway quarter Of a mile wide
now lies through the town. windswept and
with hardly a brick or board to mark
where homes stood.
Houses, trees. and. in fact, everything.
was demolished and swept away. Help has
been telegraphed for by Mayor Noonan all
along the line Of the Wabash Railroad.
Undertakers have telegraphed TO st. Louis
for collins. subscription has been start
ed for destitute and suffering, and outside
help will be sorely needed.
Partial List of Victims.
Following is the list of dead and injured
and the missing, so far as known:
Dead-A c. Beal; Edward Beeman, boy;
Mrs Henry Ellington; Theodore Brigham.
retired merchant; Mrs. Croder. James
Cunningham. C. A. Gibbs, Mrs. C. A.
Gibbs. A. w. Glasee, Mrs. W. w. Green,
Miss Bessie Green. Mrs. Ben Green: W.
B. Howell, student in the Schoo! OF Osseo-
pathy: Mrs John Larkin, ST.. Mis-. A. Lit
tie. A. Little. Mrs. a. 7. Mahafy. Mrs.
Mitchell. Mrs. Peck, Mrs. A. W. Rain
schott, A. W. Rainschott. Mrs W. B.
Scherbourne. James Weaver. ST. retired
contractor; Miss Leona Whaley. Mrs. C.
Woods. Joseph Woods. Mrs. Joseph Woods
Injured-Mrs. John Bailey. - Beeman
tchild), Mrs. Mary BoraXan, A. C. Bowman,
William Beagg. A. T. Cook. Mrs. Dennis
ton. Mr.. Denniston. Miss Evans. Aubrey
Green. Ira Green, Mrs. Hennons, Mrs
Hobson. - ingalls,. Halls Kellogg. Will
lis Kellogg. J. H. Kirk. Mrs. J. II. Kirk,
Esther Little, Mrs. a. G. Miller. Mrs. Mil
lion, Dusin Mills, Ernest Mills. Harry
Mitchell. Mary Mitchell. William Parks
A. L. Heal. Andrew Roberts. w. S. Smith,
Mrs. L. Bullock Waddell. Sam Weaver.
Among the missing are: - Anderson,
DR.. Nillings. Colonel Little and family.
Mrs. Penschott and child, - Stephens.