Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-28
HUNT FOR THE DEAD
RirksVille People Searching for Vic
tins of the Tornado.
DEATH LIST REACHES FIFTY
Belief That Number of Remains
Were Incinerated.
STORMS MISUNDERSTANDING

kIRkSNILLE. No. April 2S-Kirksville
today Is a scene Of desolaiion and suffer
irg as the result Of last evenings tornado
Many of the Gead and dying remained in
the ruins Of their homes during the night;
others VINO had been found and taken 10
places Of shelter died before morning A
small army Of doctors from the osteopathy
College students and citizens spent tho
dark hours in a ceaseless hunt for the I'M
fortunates. The dead were carried away
to a selected spot. Ia be cared for when
the needs Of the injured could be satisfied
All night rcscuers dar;cd here and there
among the debris, answering some cry for
help. or directed by the sight of some strllR-
Cling form fighting TO escape impIison-
ment. Here and there fires that had
started soon after the tornado passed.
ANA which were allowed 10 burn. sent
up bright glow and lent aid t. the
rescuers. II is possible that these same
flres iheineratod some OF tho victims who
could not bc reached and only DAYS
OF search can reveal TIE true state Of af-
fairs.
Morning opens Brightly.
Morning broke bright and beautiful over
the area of destruction The rambling
search of the ruins pursued during the
night gave way to systematic work
Newton, in Sullivan county. shared the
y " he for
nadu.
Days must pass before a complete list If
casualties can hc secured and The extent Of
damase 70 proptriy can be known.
hlihSNllle l. the county seat of A,afr
county. ana has population estimated at
3.U". The state Normal ;, hpul of the first
district and business colleges are located
there. The town Is best known through
the teachings Of the American School Of
Osteop1thy- Persons afflicted with MANY
diseases yis.t- nWksvli!g 10 Ic treated and
II was al The students and patients quar-
tiers that the tornado wrought havoc The
town * located 80 an a@r..5l' .IgraI racion
and IS reached by the Wabash and The
Quincy. Omaha and Kansas CIV railroads
Newton is a small town Of ,spn inhabitants
~ ~. SULLIVAN county, forty miics north Of
Story of Ihe storm
\ storm that had been threatening all
afternoon broie upon Kirksviue at GO
Q clock last evening in all the fury of a cy--
clone. path a quarter Of mile wide
and as clean as the prairie was swept
through the eastern portion Of the city. and
$50 buildings. aomes ana mercantile cstab-
HS1!atntS. were leSelsI to tn ground in
scattered ruins.
In the heavy rain that followed the poo
Pie who had escaped turnui ON Do rescue
the Injured. For Two hours MT mu n was
accomplished AS all was g .nfu SIGN. bat by
O'Clock twenty-five dead bodies bad been
'dh'i from inc RUNS Almost thousand
people We're more or less injured
The Dead List
The list of killed 80 Tar as known il as
follows:
William r. HcweIls student American
School Of Osteopathy; Mrs. ". II. Sher-
bourn, wife of student School Of Ostcup-
athy; James Weaver. ST. retired contrac-
tor; Theodore brigham. merchant: Ell Bee
man. boy; Mrs. ". ". Green and daugh-
ter Miss Bessie: Mrs. Henry Ellington.
Mr. \. W. GlaSee. Mrs. \. W. G-asoc. Mrs.
Bengren, Mrs. John Larkin. ST. Mrs. T.
Mahaffcy, Mrs. g Woods Mr.. A. Little,
Mrs. \. Little. Mr.. Joe Woods Mrs Joe
Woods, Sir. A. ". Ranschott, Mrs. a. ".
Ransehott, Mr. c. \. Gibbs. Mrs. 9. 4.
Gibbs, \. G. Beal, James Cunningham,
Mrs, Penschott and child. Mr.. Peck. Mr.
Billings Colonel Little ana family.
The Known injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deniston. Mrs. Hobson,
Harry Mitchell, Mary Mitchell, Miss Evans.
sam Weaver VIII Parks. two ingalls,
brothers, Willis kellogg, Hollis Kellogg.
Reported injured:
Maud Waidell. Mrs. r Bullock Mr. and
Mrs, J. H. Kirk, A L. Peal, W. ) Smith.
George HenHunS, Mrs. Million. Mrs A. Mil
Ter, Duan Mills Ernest NILS Andrew
Roberts, Esther Little Ina Green, William
Bragg. Mrs. John Barley. A c. Bowman,
Mrs. Mary Rorahan. A. T. Cook, - Bee
man, child and Aubrey Green.