The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-04
NS)LANON AND DEATH.
Further Particulars of ahe Terrible
Tornado that Swept Over
Missouri Cities.
SAD TASK OF THE RtSCUlEs PARTIES.
Two Hundred Hon oisas Pnmliisa Rt kifhs-
Vile Lad FlftT without shslisr at New
town Partial t.lstH Of the Dead sud
Iniarsd at both Places .senss and iE-
stdrats.

town -Pastiai IistE Of the Dead sud
Iniarsd At Bofh Places ..senss and la
sideats.
kirknille, April 2s.--Two hundred
families are homeless bccaugc OF the
cyclone tba' swept through the cast.
.rn suburban pnEl.at. el this city
Thursday evening, and every one is
HWed by the terrible work Of The
wraihfai winds. Nearly ~ dead and 10
injured persons were taken from the
debris Of The wrecked homes last night
and this morning q number arc siiii
missing, and citizens are dcyling la
the ruins In hopes OF recovering their
bodies.
The work OF Reacur nna Relief.
Thr work uf rrsCuing tine dead ami
injured continued all night hong. The
wounded we're carried to the homes
of hospitablc ncighbors. and given lgi-
mediate attention.
Twenty five doctora from Mobrrly,
Macon and other points along the line
Of the Wabash railroad came 10 kirks-
willie last night In response To urgent
calls for medical assistance. The visit
Ing doctors co-opcratcd with the local
physicians, and the work Of caring fur
the wounded was expedited.
Hundreds oT sIHhtz@ers.
Hundreds Of persons visited the
stricken district to-day, q large mum.
Der Of the sightsccrs coming from
ncighboring towns. The apcial Uf.
ficrrs would not allow any unr without
authority to go through the district
ScavcngrrH were on the alert 10 pick
ynluablcs from the debris, but the po-
lice prevented them from doing this
by keeping the crowd under control.
Everybody wanted 20 secure IA piece
Of the wreckaEc as a mencnto Of the
event.
The tornado destroyed telephone and
telegraph wires out of Kifksyillc. aud
not I'LL a:30 q. IN. wns communication
with the outside resumed, and then
only In an unsatisfactory sort OF way
scene of Dssotptisn and Ruin.
The scene was one OF absolute desc
lation and ruin. The happy homes oi
1000 people were scattered In number
less fragments. The ground over the
whole district wnscoycred with broken
boards, end II appears Ms II some lood
had scnttrivd the driftwoOd and then
Hubsidcd.
The Kodak Vi~nd is There.
Fifteen or 90 snap shot artists are on
hand with their koiaks 20 take views
II the wreckage.
The wind played nsny pranks, and
there wcrr some miraculous escapes.
Tho Caauaity Iis'.
Following Is list Of the recovered
dead:
Mrn Henry Bnlinrton.
Mrs., a. r. Bowman,
Theodore brigham, ex-mcrchant
AiFs Lena HrC-u, nf Mobarly.
Child ~ Rev. Aliscrt Burr.
Seth Feather. cight-ycaT-oi boy,
Mrs. W, W. Green.
A ]. Glass and wife.
J. A. GlaHse and wife.
DR. W. h H0wclir. ugtenpath.
J II. iArkiu. retired merchant
TGrco chiiarcn ut Henry Lowe.
Mrs. John Mahafiy, sr
Mrs, John y, Mahnry.
Guild Of ] r Mnhafiy
y. NJ, MeClay ana wife.
Mother and niece of J. II. Miller.
Miss Ora MILAN. Of W0udlawn. Mo.
Mrs. Biua ranHChott and baby.
Mrs. ~ X. shsrburnc
Samuel Weaver. sN-c0ntFactor.
Miss Lenna Whnlcy.
Dr Wheeler.
Mrs. joe Wood.
Mfa Col. Little.
Harry Mitchell
J. X Anderson.
Dr BiilnES
Drew Bowman.
james Cunningham.
Mira, Elints
Miss Bessie Green.
G A. Gibbs.
Mrs. G. 4. Gibbs.
MJs. wraman.
Miss McCiay.
Mrs. Anna Miller.
John q Weaver.
Joseph WaodH
Mrs. Woudh,
The severely injured were:
Miss Della White.
Mrs. Peck. fatal.
Cal. Littie's niece, fetal.
Mrs Thee Brigham. iosA and ehes,
crushed.
Robert Mnlay.
MiHa Weaver.
Mrs, piiput,
Miss Foss, fatal. broken back.
John Z. kifh and wife.
AIRS, ID, ID, Feathers.
Elmer l.. neunis0u and wife.
Cal Little and wife, nrrioua-
Herman X. sherburne, head injured
O. III noeAmnn's child
Mrs. =, Eiiii, leg broken and otherwise
John conaer, slight
Oscar Ingnid and brother.
Mrs. W. 3 Howell and child. dangoroua-
Norman Yankee. % Redaiia-
Airs. w II. Ninc1nt.
Mrs, Ella Weaver, both legs bEoksn.
Daniel MeGuulKie
John r. MAhaffey'a daughter.
Ben A, HoWmAn'a daughter.
n ]. MHler aud whole family injured.
Mrs. ". II. Phillips, serious
hiFH, Mgneon.
" brigham, serious.
Stella Weaver.
joe Weaver.
George Weaver.
Eila Weaver.
NJ A. Romitue.
Price R8mitne.
IL, r. Myers.
Miss fupp
J. NJ Ashfurth.
y w. Brown.
Mrs. Lulu Byrnes.
y shney and wife.
Thomas Dtnsmors ami wife.
Mrs. Lou Mitchell, Veg bFoken.
Mira Mary norahauRi
blrp, Wheelrg DnegiaEs.
Charles Douglass and a0ha.
Mrs. J. 2. Hess0n.
y. W. Kirk
Willis keliowg
Hollis kaiieEg.
e. keiioGE
Mrs. Dliphant.
MI. and AFn. Peck.
hiFs. nr. Howell.
Mrs, Rowe and daughter.
y. 4 krasss.