The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
A STORMS HAVOC.
Death Follows In the Path of q Mis-
souri, TOrnndO-LOss at
KirksviIle.

eastern portion of this city Thursday
evening, demolishing half of the resi-
dences and other buildings, more than
30 dead bodies and 70 injured persons
have been recovered from the ruins.
More than dozen of the injured will
die. Although rescuers have been
searching the ruins ever since the storm
spent it's 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
utter 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. K. Anderson, Mrs. Amanda Ellington,
| DR.. Billings, Mrs. A. J. Bowman, Drew
Bowman, her son; Rev. Theodore Brigham,
James Cunningham, Mrs Elliott, Mrs. w.
w. Green, Miss Bessie Green, A. ]. 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,
! Grandmother" Miller, Mrs. Mitchell, Har-
| ry Mitchell, Franklin McClay Mrs. Frank
| lin McClay, Miss McClay Miss Cora Miller,
! Mrs. Ann Miller, Mrs. Blue Fanchett and
| baby, Mrs Mary Rora baugh, Mrs. II. K
| Sherburn, John c. Weaver, Miss Leona
! Whaley Mrs. Woods, Joseph Woods, Mrs.
| joseph Woods.
| The tornado struck the city Thurs
day evening (and most of the residents
were at supper at the time). cutting q
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 29.-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
|
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
| tFed Friday in the little tornado-swept
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
lilies are homeless. There are about Is
dead and over 30 injured, while half of
the place is in ruins. A 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 ter
rife tornado about midnight Wednes-
| day, and the list of killed and in jured is
extensive, while the property damageis
! immense. The killed are Hanson Sew
erson, Harry FERN, Mrs. George FERN,
unknown man, believed to be tramp
named Shields, John Amerston.
great many were injured, all being
dangerously hurt.
Omaha, Neb., April ga special to
the Bee from Deadwood, S. D., says:
A 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
ture of cloudburst, accompanied by
tornado from the southwest and u 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