The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-29
Dead So Far Reported and the InfOr-
nation Incomplete,
MANY FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS
A Clean Path Swept Through the Res
idence Section of kirksvillc anu
Thirty Houses Demolished III
Ncwton-Firc Added TO the
Horrors of the storm.
Many Injured.

K1RKsVILLE, MO. April 2s.-As re-
suit Of the tornado that swept throus"
tho eastern portion Of this city yester-
day evening, demolishng half oil the resi-
dences and other buildings 20 iall'ii'S
ora homeless and nearly nifty dead oouleS
and seventy injured persons have Deeh
recovered from the ruins. More 'nan
aozen Of the injured viii die. Although
the rescuers have been searching '''0
ruins ever since the storm spent i'SeH'
many are stilnng missing, and II Is
thought that a considerable number Oh
the victims were consumed IN lAe N@iN.5 .D',
MT broke out soon after the storm hdu
| ceased. The work Of rescue coh''I'u-7'
but ii may be days before the lo'ai ''N'''-
| Der Of victims IS known.
THE DEAD.
| AZ Tar as known the names OF the dead
| are as follows; nm.
man, Theodore Brigham, eA-neI chant
| Miss Lena Brown, child Of Rev. Albert
| Burr. sem Feather. eight years Old MIS-.
! w. w. Green, \. j. Glasse and Vile Dr.
| ". B. Howells, j. B. Larln, retired
merchant. three children OF Henry Lowe
Mrs. John Mahaney, ST., Mrs. John 4.
! Alahaney child of j. 4. Mahaney, Il. NJ.
| McClay and wife. mother and niece OF
! j. c. Miller Miss ora MILAN, OF Noou-
! land, Mo. Mrs Blue PanchOtt and baby,
Mrs. H. *. Sherburne. Samuel Weaver.
ex-contractor. Miss Leona Wealey, DIT.
| Wheeler, Mrs. Colonel Little Mary
| Ronabaugh. Mrs. Lou Mitchell, Harry
| Mitchell, j. K Anderson, Drew Bowman.
James Cunningham, Mrs. Elliott, Miss
i
| Gibbs, Mrs. Heiman, Miss McClay. Ann
| Miller. Mrs. j. G. Weaver John G.
Weaver, Joseph Woods. Mrs. Woods. Or.
| Billings.
| When tho tornado struck the city last
! evening most Of the residents were at
| supper The tornado cut clean path
one mile long and six hundred feet wide
through the residence section leaving
death and destruction in it's wake. Build
| ings were demolished or twisted apart
and scattered 10 the four winds.
| A conservative estimate places tho ag-
| gregate amount of damage at 10000
The Individual losses range from 500 to
! $4,000 The wind played many pranks
and there were some miraculous escapes
! j. G. COonheld and his family We're eat
! ing supper when the tornado struck their
home. The house was picked nap and
! dumped against a hill The building was
not completely wrecked and the family
escaped without anything worse than
severe shaking up.
Houses on both sides of the residence
OF William Hull were blown into splint-
! ers. but the wind was content with twist
ing his house off it's foundation and leav-
ing il intact The house was in the centre
! of the district and IL was used as q
hospital after tht storm.
A THRILLING ESCAPE
p. r. Rieger. a prominent attorney, ran
into the path of the storm TO save his
family. who We're helpless with fear
Dashing into the house he carried ms
wife and children into the cellar. As be
stumbled into the place Of safety the
building was levelled TO the ground.
Among the first Of the buildings wreck
ed was the elegant $1,000 residence Of
Mrs. Mary Hensely IN the southeastern
part of the city Not a vestige of IL is
left.
The residence Of J. Lowell, just outside
the town. was twisted into a heap Of
ruins. and three OF his children buried In
the debris and killed. Other large resi-
dences were lifted from their founda-
tions and literally torn into kindling
wood.
TO THE RESCUE.
For a time the people i'm that portion
of the town not touched by the storm
were panic-stricken. but as soon as they
recovered their wits they Immediately
went 10 the aid OF their unfortunate
townsmen Calls for help were sent TO
surrounding towns, and were quickly re-
sponded TO. The wounded were carried
TO the homes Of hospitable neighbors ana
given immediate attention. Twenty-Five
points along the line OF the Wabash rail-
road came to Kirksville last night IN re-
Spouse 10 urgent calls FOR medical as
sistance The visiting doctors co-operated
with the local physicians, and the Work
of caring for the wounded was eXpe-
dited.
THE STORM IN NEWTON
CHILLICOTHE. MO. April 2s-scenes
of utter distress and desolation were pic
tured to-day In the little tornado-swept
burg of Newton. There are about ntteen
dead and over thirty injured while half
of the place is in ruins and hfty families
are homeless. The known dead
$. Desper, wife and three children; La
ban Evans and two daughters William
Hayes. wife and two children.
The storm struck Newton at 6:l5 In the
evening coming from the southwest. 10
came without warning and few were able
IN take advantage Of storm cellars. Strik-
ing the eastern end of the town. il cut a
clean swath OF 800 TO COO feet wide through
the best portion OF the place sweeping
everything before t. over thirty houses
were torn to splinters on one street
alone a row of ten houses was com
pletely demolished.
A SCENE OF TERROR
Here scarcely anyone capped death or
n hill
a crash that sounded above the roar OF
the storm. burying people In the ruins
Frame buildings were twisted and lifted
from their foundations; Others We're Ut
terly demolished, pieces Of them being
carried for miles. Others shifted in their
positions. apparently unhurt. One was
turned squarely around, while another
was turned upside down
Samuel Desper. at the appearance OF
the black cloud started with his family
for a neighborng cellar. but the house