The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-05-06
A STORMS HAVOC.
Death Follows In the Path of = Mis-
souri, TornadO-LOss mt
Kirkxville.

of the tornado that swept through the
eastern portion of this city Thursday
evening, demolishing half of the resi-
dences and other buildings, more than
80 dead bodies and 10 injured persons
have been recovered from the ruins
More than a dozen of the injured will
die. Although rescuers have been
searching the ruins ever since the storm
spent its fury, many are still missing
and it is thought that considerable
number of the unfortunates were con-
sumed in the flames that broke out soon
after the storm ceased. The work of
rescue continues, but it may be days
before the total number of victims is
known,
AS far as known the names of the
dead are as follows:
j. X. Anderson. Mrs. Amanda Ellington.
DR.. Billings, Mrs. A. ]. Bowman. Drew
Bowman, her son: Rev. Theodore Brigham,
James Cunningham, Mrs. Elliott Mrs. W.
w. Green. Miss Bessie Green. A. J. Glaze.
Mrs. A. j. Glaze. c. A Gibbs, Mrs. c. A.
Gibbs; Mrs. Heaman. William B. Howells.
John Larkin, Henry Loves three children,
Mrs. Calvin Little, Mrs. John Mahaffey,
'GraEdmother' Miller. Mrs. Mitchell Har-
~ Mitchell. Franklin McClay. Mrs. Frank
I'm McClay, Miss McClay, Miss Cora Miller
Mrs. Ann Miller, Mrs. Blue Fanchett and
baby. Mrs. Mary Rorabaugh. Mrs. II. X.
Sherburn, John c. Weaver. Miss Leona
Whaley, Mrs. Woods. Joseph Woods. Mrs.
Joseph Woods.
The tornado struck the city Thurs
day evening land most of the residents
were at supper at the time), cuttinga
clean path one mile long, and 600 feet
wide through the residence section and
leaving death and destruction in it's
wake. Buildings were demolished or
twisted apart and scattered to the four
winds. a conservative estimate places
the aggregate amount of damage at
100000, the individual losses ranging
from 500, to $4,000.
st. Louis, April 2o.--According to the
best information, the storm which
caused so much loss of life and destruc-
ton of property in northern Missouri
originated in Nebraska. It's course was
southwest through western Iowa to the
Missouri state line, thence through
Harrison, Grundy. Sullivan, Linn. Ma
con, Shelby and Marion counties, north
and west through Lewis, Knox, Adair.
Sullivan and Putnam counties. When
the storm retraced its course it was al
most parallel with the other track
travcrsed, and it was then that Kinks
vile and Newton were struck. AS
far as known, Kirksville, Newton and
Lancaster, Mo-, are the only towns that
felt the full force of the storm.
Chillicothe, Mo-, April 29.-Scenes of
utter distress and desolation were pic
Er;1 10 ~, ha . 81 Ia 10,
burg of Newtown, 40 miles north. on
the ST. Paul railway. A day of ceaseless
search among the ruins and work for
the injured and suffering followed
night of gloom and despair. Fifty FAM
lies are homeless. There are about Is
dead and over 30 injured, while half of
the place is in ruins. \ complete list of
casualties will not be known for several
DAYS
The known dead are: S. Desper, wife
and three children: Laban Evans and
two daughters; William Hays, wife and
two children.
Ute. Ia, April 2s.-This section of
Monona county and the whole of the
Soldier river valley was swept by n ter
rife tornado about midnight Wednes-
day. and the list of killed and INJURED is
extensive, while the property damage is
immense The killed are Hanson Sew
arson, Harry FERN, Mrs. George FERN.
unknown man, believed to b. a tramp
named Shields, John AmerstoH. 4
great many were injured, all Leins
dangerously hurt.
Omaha, Neb.. April 2o.-A special to
\ bowling blizzard has been raging all
through the Black Hills. Six inches of
snow have fallen here and reports from
farther north state that the. fall is
heavier than in this immediate vicinity.
All farm work is suspended.
Milwaukee, April 2S.-A heavy rain
storm was general throughout the state
Thursday night. Amigo reports
cloudburst which lasted about As min
utes. The main sewer was insufficient
to carry OFF the surplus water, which
flooded the easements of buildings
along Fifth avenue, the main thorough
fare of the city.
At Madison the storm was in the ma
turc of Il cloudburst, accompanied by a
tornado from the southwest and fierce
electrical storm. a bolt of lightning
struck the steeple of the German Luth-
eran church, SCATTERING it. Brown
Bros threshing machine building was
considerably damaged and section of
the roof of Faurbach's brewery was
blown off.
At Wausau the storm was severe. A
house was struck by lightning and
burned and telephone service was bad
ly crippled.
At hartford Charles Thrasher's big
store, in process of construction, was
blown down, and much damage is re-
ported in the county.
At Plymouth the house of Martin
Baiehanz was struck by lightning and
the wall paper torn off one of the rooms
In which two children were at play,
without, however, injuring them.
Oppose Proposed Mint.
Montreal, April 29.-The Montreal
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