The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-03
A STORMS HAVOC.
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.ouri Tornsdo-boss At
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IN dead bodies and 10 injured persohs
h,,o heen recovered from the RUNS
More than a dozen of the injured VIII
die. Although rescuers have oeen
a,robipo the ruins ever since the storm
spent its fury, many are stu missing
and il is thought that a cons'derao'e
,,,r,ber of the unfortunates were con
.,,,ad in the flames that broke out soon
Ter the storm ceased. The work OF
rescue continues, but it may be Gays
tore the total number of victims Is
known.
Az far as known the names OF the
dead are as follows:
X Anderson, Mrs. Amanda Ellington,
Dr billings, Mrs. A. j. Bowman. Drew
Rovman, her son: Rev Theodore brigha ~,
lanes Cunningham. Mrs. Elliott, mis-. w
w Green. Miss Bessie Green, A. j. Glaze
Wrs i Glaze, C. A. Gibbs. Mrs. Z. A
Gibbs Mrs. Heaman, William b. Howehs'
Iobn Iarkin. Henry Loves three children
Jrs calvin Little, Mrs. John Mahaney'
"Crandmother' Miller. Mrs. Mitchell. Har-
~ Mitchell Franklin McClay. Mrs. FRANK
lin McCiay, Miss McClay, Miss Cora MiiieE
Mrs. Ann Miller. Mrs. Blue Fanchet, anu
haby. Mrs. Mary Rorabaugh, Mrs H. Il.
sherburn. John c. Weaver. Miss Leona
WhaIey. Mrs Woods. Joseph Woods, MIS-
Joseph Woods.
The tornado struck the city Thurs
dav evening land most of the residents
we're at supper at the time), cutting
clean path one mile long, and ooO 1eet
wide through the residence section ana
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 al
5000. 900, the individual losses ranging
from 500. TO $4,000.
St. Louis. April 29.-According to the
best information, the storm which
coused so much loss of life and destruc'
ton of property in northern Missouri
originated in Nebraska. Its 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 its course it was al
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 PFC
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
lies are homeless. There are about Il
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-
dav. 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 were injured, all being
dangerously hurt.
Omaha, Neb., April ga special to
the Bee from Deadwood, S. d., SAYS:
\ 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 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 a 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 a section of
he 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
~ 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
l'aichanz was struck by lightning and
the wall paper torn off one of the rooms
in which two children were at play,
without, however, iniuripp them.