The record-union., 1899-04-28
The List Of Dead Expected to Reach
Between Fifty and Sixty.
Terrible Destruction Also Caused by the
Windsturm at NeWtoWn, in an Ad-
Joining County, Resulting In
Many Lives Lost.

ST. LOUIS. April PA special to the
''Globe-Democrat' from Kirksville, Mo-,
says: A gathering storm that had been
threatening all afternoon broke upon
Kirksville at $50 o'clock tonight in
all the fury of a cyclone. A path a
quarter of a mile wide and as clean a
the prairie was swept through the
eastern portion of the city, and four
hundred buildings, homes and mercan
tile, were leveied to the ground in scat
tered ruins.
In the heavy rain that followed the
people who had escaped the storm turn
ed out to rescue the injured. For two
hours not much was accomplished, as
all was confusion, but by & o'clock
twenty five bodies had been taken from
the ruins. 1t is confidently expected
that the list of the dead will reach be-
tween fifty and sixty, if not exceed
that About thousand people were
more or less injured.
Daylight will be necessary before an
adequate conception of the destruction
to life and property can be had. Each
blanched face reports a new calamity.
The list of killed, so far a.. known,
is as follows: William B. Howells, stu
dent American School of Osteopathy;
Mrs. W. H. Sherburn. wife of student
School of Osteopathy; James Weaver.
Sr., retired contractor; Theodore Brig
ham, merchant; Ed Beeman, boy; Mrs.
w. w. Green and daughter, Miss Bes-
sic; Mrs. Henry Ellington, A. w. Glaze,
Mrs. A. w. Glaze, Mrs. Ben Green,
Mrs. John Larkin, ST., c. A. Dibbs, Mrs.
c. a. Gibbs, A. c. Beal. James Gun
bingham, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. T. Ma
haffey, Mrs. C. Woods, Mrs. A. Little,
A. Little, Joe Woods, Mrs. Joe Woods,
A. W. Rainschott, Mrs. A W. Rain
schott
Reported killed-Mr. Peck. Mr.. An
derson, Mr.. Stephens, DR.. Billings. Col
onei Little and family; Mrs. Penschott
and child
Known injured-Mr. and Mrs. Dris-
ton. Mrs Hobson, Harry Mitchell, Mary
Mitchell. Miss Evans, Sam Weaver.
VIII Parks, two Ingalls, brothers, Willis
Kellogg, Hollis Kellogg
Reported injured-Maud waddell,
Mrs. T. B. Bullock. Mr.. and Mrs J..
H. Kirk, A L. Peal, w s. Smith, Mrs
Hannons, Mrs. Millen, Duain Mills,
Earnest Mills, Andrew Roberts, Esther
Little, Ida Green, William Bragg, Mrs.
John Barley, A. C. Boman, Mrs. Mary
Rohan, A. L. Cook, Beeman, child; Au-
brey Green.
Intense darkness prevailed after the
cyclone and the rescuers were at
disadvantage for a short time. until fire
broke out in dozen of the places
In ruins and spread light over the scene.
No attempts were made to extfnguish
had no time and partly because of the
need of the light.
On both sides of the storms path the
debris was piled high and burned fierce
ly. In all PROBABILITY number of bodies
have been incinerated.
The storm first struck the eastern
portion of the town near that part oc-
cupied by the boarding houses of the
students of the American School of
Osteopathy, the State Normal School
and McWard's Seminary. 1t was just
supper time for the students, and it is
thought very probable the list of dead
will be we'll filled with students, as q
large number of these clearinghouse
We're demolished. AS far as known to-
night these three institutions of learn
ing escaped the storm.
The storm then went northwest and
wiped out Patterson's Nursery, pulling
the trees out of the ground and hurting
them through the city. A second edi-
ton of the cyclone followed the first
twenty-five minutes later 1t came as
an in<y black cloud, widely distributed
and covered the whole town, but passed
above the houses, doing no material
damage, and gathering fury as it went.
1t undoubtedly struck the ground a few
miles out of Kirksville.
In the heavy rain following the bal
arlce OF the people who escaped the call
amity have turned out to rescue the in
jured and hunt out the bodies of the
slain, and the surgeons Professors.
operative staff and students, men and
women, from the School of Osteopathy,