The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-05
a STORMS HAVOC.
Death Follows In the Path OF = MIS-.
souri, ;rornado-Loss nj
Kirksville.

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
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:
]. X. 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. J. Glaze.
Mrs. A. ]. 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-
~ Mitchell. Franklin McClay, Mrs. Frank
lin McClay, Miss McClay, Miss Cora Miller,
Mrs. Ann Miller, Mrs. Blue Fanchett and
baby. Mrs. Mary Rorabaugh. Mrs. H. K.
Sherburn, John G. 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 a
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 2e.-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 it's course it was al
most parallel with the other track
traversed, 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
tured 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 a
night of gloom and despair. Fifty fam
lilies are homeless. There are about IS
dead and over 80 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 a 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
erson, Harry FERN, Mrs. George FERN,
unknown man, believed to be tramp
named Shields, John Amerston. A
great many we're injured, all being
dangerously hurt.
Omaha, Neb., April pa 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 28.-A heavy rain
storm was general throughout the state
Thursday night. Amigo reports a
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 a
tornado from the southwest and fierce
electrical storm. A bolt of lightning
struck the steeple of the German Luth-
eran church, SCATTERING it. BrowS
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
Baichanz 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.
Against the Negro.
Atlanta, Ga, April 29.-AtFriday' ses-
sion of the international Sunday
School convention; the executive COM
mittee, to which was referred the mat
ter of giving the negroes representa-
ton on committees where white men
were chosen, reported against the ne
groes. In some states the negroes have
separate organizations, and the colored
men wanted a representative with the
whites, who also have their organiza-
ton. But one delegate, however, is al
lowed each state. Reports were heard