The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-29
DEATH LIST is GROWING
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as they recovered their wits they imme-
diately went to the aid of their unfor-
tunate townsmen. Calls for help were
sent to surrounding towns and were
quickly responded to.
The wounded were carried to the
homes of hospitable neighbors and
given immediate attention. Twenty
five doctors from Moberly Macon and
other points along the line of the
Wabash railroad came to Kirksville
last night in response to urgent calls
for medical assistance. The visiting
doctors co-operated with the local ply
sicians and the work of caring for the
wounded was expedited.
Hundreds of persons visited the
stricken district to-day, and a large
number Of sight-seers came from
nelghborng towns. The special officers
would not allow anyone without au-
thority to go through the ruined ais
trict. kirksville streets have been hub
deep in mud ever since the first spring
shower. and the rain that followed the
tornado has made them impossible FOR
wagons. This STATE of affairs binders
the work of gathering the dead and
makes the compilation of a complete
list of victims impossible for the time
being. All business has been suspend
ed, and the only stores open for bust
ness are those dealing in drugs.
The scenes that met the gaze of the
rescuers We're horrifying. An aged
man and his wife had evidently been
eating their evening meal when the
cyclone struck and carried their home
away. They had clasped each other in
their arms, and were found dead on the
ground some distance away from
where their home had been. No trace
of their house has been seen.
Several of the dead We're found in
spots which would have been the CEN
ter of the house had the building not
been blown to splinters.
Terrible Death.
This was the case with Mrs. PAN
schott, who suffered a most terrible
death. Her headless body with arms
clasping her lifeless baby was discov-
cred on the floor Of the house which
was left as a raised platform in an
open field. The head was as nicely
severed as If it had been done with a
knife, and was about 20 feet distant.
Two children had been lying in a cot
in one of the destroyed homes. The
house was carried away, but the floor
of the first story and the founda ton
were left, the wind lifting the house
from the stills and tumbling it long
distance. The cot on which the little
ones lay was lifted up with them on it
and carried fully a block and a half.
and set down on the ground. Neither
of the children was hurt. Along the
railroad track near the depot and KEEL
loggs crossing, distance of half
mile, was mass of debris. The wrecks
of many homes were scattered along
there, and the streets We're filled with
bed clothing and other household
goods.
Mayor Noonan, assisted by a number
of citizens. opened an intelligence bu-
reau at noon. Messengers were sent
through the stricken district in search
of persons who We're known to have
resided in that section of the town.
Every citizen made it his duty to re-
port at the bureau of information all
cases of death. injury and of persons
missing. In this way some little degree
of order was brought out of chaos.
T. BY o'clock it was said at headquar-
tiers that the injured so far numbered
IA, with about a dozen cases which are
sure to result fatally. The list is not
complete, however. There are two I'M
dertakers in Kirksville, and together
they had all they could do taking care
of the dead.
A meeting of the citizens, at which
the mayor presided, was held this af-
ternoon at the opera house. Commit
tees were appointed to systematic the
work of clearing away the wreckage,
providing shelter for the homeless ones.
and raising funds for their temporary
care. .,.a
There at least 1000 homeless people
in Kirksville tonight.
The freaks of the storm were many
but one of the strangest occurrences
was the finding of baby out in a field
far from any house. It was scarcely
scratched. No one has called for the
baby, and it has not been identified
Another baby was found where it had
been bruised to death by the violent
wind. This baby, ALSO has not been
identified
Among the horrors of the storm was
the finding of the corpse of a 16-year-
old girl with two-b -four scantling
driven through her body. The body of
little child was found with the limb
of tree sticking through Its neck. A
citizen was found after the storm
standing over the body of his dead
wife. The head had been crushed and
severed from the body.
The relief committee secured dona-
tions of more than $1,000 within a short
time this afternoon. but the calamity
is so overwhelming that outside as
sistance will be needed. However the
mayors of st. Louis. Kansas City,
Quincy, ST. Joseph, Sedalia, Moberly,
Macon and several other towns have
already telegraphed offers of assist
ance. There is some talk Of petitioning
the legislature for state aid.