The San Francisco call., 1899-04-29
SCORES OF BODIES
IN RUINS OF THE
TORNADO'S TRACK
Heartrending Scenes Of Death
and DesOIatiOn in Storm
Swept Towns.

KIRKSVILLE, No, April 28.-As q
result Of the tornado that swept
through the eastern portion of this city
last evening demolishing half Of the
and other buildings two
hundred families are homeless and
and nearly fifty dead bodies and
seventy injured persons have been re-
covered from the ruins. More than a
dozen Of the injured viii die. Although
rescuers have been searching the ruins
ever since the storm spent its fury
many are still missing and it is thought
that a considerable number Of the un-
fortunates We're consumed in the flames
that broke out soon after the storm had
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 and in
jured are as follows:
DEATH LIST.
THEODORE BRIGHAM, ex-merchant.
MRS HENRY ELLINGTON.
MRS w. W. GREEN.
MISS BESSIE GREEN.
MISS LENA BROWN Of MOberly.
DR. w. b. HOWELL.
THREE CHILDREN of Henry Lowe.
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MRS BLCEPANCHOTT and baby.
SETH FEATHER, eight-year-old boy.
MR.. ELLIOTT
MRS WILLIAMS.
SAMUEL WEAVER, eX-COntractor.
MRS. JOE WOOD.
J. A. GLAZE and wife.
J. b. LARKIN, retired merchant
MRS. A r. BOWMAN
CHILD OF J. T. MAHAFFEY.
MOTHER AND a NIECE OF J. 7.
DR.. WHEATON.
MRS. II. T. SHERBURNE-
MRS. JOHN r. MAHAFFEY.
+ McCLAY and wife
MISS ORA MILAN of Woodland, Mo.
CHILD OF REV. ALBERT BURR
MISS NARY RORABAUGH.
MRS LOU MITCHELL.
HARRY MITCHELL.
j. X. ANDERSON.
DIR. BILLINGS.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM.
DREW BOWMAN.
MRS. ELLIOTT.
c. A. AVIS.
MRS. c. AVIS.
MRS HEAMAN.
MRS. ANNA MILLER.
JOHN c. WEAVER.
JOSEPH WOODS.
MRS. WOODS.
The severely injured were: Miss Della White
Mrs. Peck fatal; Cal Little's niece fatal; W.
r. Park Mrs. Theodore Brigham legs and
chest crushed Robert MiIay, Miss Weaver,
Mrs. Ouput Miss Moss. fatal. broken back
John B. Kirk and wife, Mrs. Forbes. Mrs D.
y. Feathers, Elmer l. DennlsQn ana VIE,
Harry Mitchell. Mrs Lou Mitchell. leg broken
Cal Little and wife. serious: Herman X. Sher
burne. head injured; O. H. Baeman child.
Mrs. 2. HILL leg broken and otherwise crushed; ;
John COndOn slight, Oscar Ilgold and mother
Mrs w B. Howell and child. dangerous. Nor
man Yankee of Sedalia Mrs. ". H. Vincent
Mrs. Ella Weaver. both legs broken: Daniel
McGonigle. John J. Nahafley's daughter. Ben
H.. fa rf-r.l la
family injured, Mrs. w. II. Phillips. serious;
Mrs Munsou, Y. Brigham serious, Stella
Weaver zoe weaver, george weaver, E1ila
WeaVe4; n A. Rontjue, H E Myers Miss
Byrnee NJ. schney and wife Mrs. Clem,
Thomas Dinsmore and WIFE Miss Wheeler
Douglas, Charles Douglas and sons. Mrs. J. b.
Hobson. J. D. Kirk. Willie Kellogg, Hollis Kel-
logg c. Kellogg, Mrs. Oliphant. Mr.. and Mrs.
Peck Mrs Or Howell Mrs. Mary Orabaugh
Mrs. Rowe and daughter, d. 5. X. kraggs, 2.
D. Warren Mrs o. Miller and child Mrs n
johnson, Mrs Sarah Reager. Miss Belle Ma
hafey N. Scho0nteld and wife, Albert Whaley
Mrs. NJ. F. Hernon.
The tornado struck the city last evening
when most Of the residents We're at sup
per, cutting a clean patn one mile long
and 900 feet wide through the residence
section and leaving death and destruction
in its wake. Buildings We're demolished
or twisted apart and scattered TO the four
winds. A conservative estimate places
the aggregate amount Of damage at $20O-
600, the individual losses ranging from
The wind played many pranks and there
were some miraculous escapes. J. I.
Coonfield and his family We're eating sup
per when the tornado struck their home.
The house was picked up and carried
across a slough and dumped up against
a hill The building was not completely
wrecked, and the family escaped without
anything worse than a severe shaking up.
Houses on both sides of the residence of
W. NJ. Hull were blown into splinters
but the wind was content with twisting
his house off it's foundation and leaving
it intact. The house was in the center of
the district, and it was used as a hospital
after the storm
Z. J. Rieger, prominent attorney, ran
right into the path Of the storm to save
his family, who were helpless with fear.
Dashing into the house he carried his
wife and children into the cellar AS he
stumbled into the place of safety the
building was leveled to the ground. He
was just in time to save his loved ones
and is happy although his loss by the
cyclone amounts TO $4,000.
Among the first Of the buildings wrecked
was the $40 600 residence of Mrs. Hensley
in the southeastern part of the city. Not