The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-28
HARVEST OF DEATH.
Cyclone Claims Scores Of Vic
Tins at Kirksville, Mo.
400 BUILDINGS LEVELLED.
Twenty-Five Bodies Have Been
Recovered From the Ruins.
TORNADO ALSO VISITS NEWTON.

TORNADO ALSO VISITS NEWTON.
Fifteen Lives Lost and Valuable Property
Destroyed In City and Surrouning Coun-
t-y-Soldier Valley, In Western Iowa,
Swept bya Furious Storm-Boy Killed
and Several Persons Fatally Injured.
KIRKsvILLE, Mo-, April 28.-A gath
sring storm that had been threatening
all afternoon broke on Kirksville at $50
last night III all the fury Of cyclone.
1t cut a path a quarter of a mile wide,
sweeping the prairie clean. Four hun
dred homes and merchantine establish
ments were levelled to the ground
In the heavy rain which followed, the
people who had escaped turned out to
rescue the injured. For two hours not
much was accomplished, as all was con-
fusion, -but by o'clock 25 dead bodies
had been taken from the ruins. 1t is
confidently expected that the list of
dead will reach between 80 and 60, if
not exceed that. Almost 1000 people
were more or less injured. Daylight
will be necessary before an adequate
conception of the destruction of life and
property can be had. Each blanched
face reports new calamity.
List of killed as far as known:
William B. Howell, American School
of Osteopathy; Mrs. W. H. Bourne, wife
of a student; James Weaver, ST., retired
contractor; Theodore Brigham, mer.
chant; Ed Beeman, boy; Mrs. W. w.
Green and daughter, Miss Bessie; Mrs.
Henry Ellington, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Glaze, Mrs. Ben Green, Mrs. John
Larkin, ST.; Mrs. T. Mahaffy, Mrs. O.
Woods, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Little, Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Woods, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Rainschott, Mr.. and Mrs. Q. A.
Gibbs, A. @. Beal, James Cunningham,
Mrs. Mitchell.
Reported Killed-Mr. Peck, Mr.. An
derson, Mr.. Stephens, DIR. Billings, Col
onel Little and family, Mrs. Penschott
| and child.
Injured-Mr. and Mrs. Deniston, Mrs.
Hobson, Harry Mitchell, Mary Mitchell,
Miss Evans, Sam Weaver, Will Parks,
two Ingalls, brothers. Willie Kellogg,
Hollis Kellogg.
Il Students In Storm Center.
Intense darkness prevailed after the
cyclone and the rescuers We're at a dis
advantage for short time until fire
broke out i'll dozen places in the rufus
and shed light over the scene. No at
tempts We're made to extinguish the
fires, partly because the rescuers had no
time and partly because of the need of
light. On both sides of the storm s
path the debris was piled high and
burned iercely. In all probability a
number of bodies have been inciner-
ated. The storm first struck the east
ern' part of the city, in that part occu-
pied by the boarding houses of students
of the American school of Osteopathy,
state normal school and McWard's SEM
mary. 1t was just supper time for the
students, and it is thought very prob
able the list of dead will be we'll filled
with students, as a large number OF
these boarding houses We're demolished.
AS far as known these three institu-
tions of learning escaped the storm.
D The storm then went northwest and
wiped out Patterson's nursery, pulling
] the trees out Of the ground and hurting
( them through the city. A second edi
tion of the cyclone followed the first &c
I minutes later. It came as an inky
! black cloud, widely distributed, and
\ covered the whole town, but passed
above the houses doing no materia.
I damage, and gathering fury as it went
\ 1t undoubtedly struck the ground few
( miles out of Kirksyille.
D Work of Rescue.
In the heavy rain falling, the balance
\ of the people who escaped the calamity
\ have turned out to rescue the injured
Y and hunt out the bodies of the dead, ant
!. the surgeons, professors, operating stat
y and students, men and women, of the
\ American School of Osteopathy, to
. gether with all the drug doctors resi-
Y dent in the town, have formed rescue
u and hospital corps and in the darkness
Y and rain are hunting out the unfor
! tunates to set fractured bones, bandage
\ the lacerated and ease the pain o
j augnished hearts. This work is bein,
y superintendent by Mayor Noonan an,
u DR.. Charles q. Still and others. From
II every locality the cry comes up, sen,
" surgeons. There are men, women AM
" children in agony and the rescuins
y corps are lifting roofs and searching th
N easements of houses all alon
> the edge of the death trac
Y not entirely demolished for tn
y, forms Of the bleeding, dead and dying
" Cabs, express wagons, private convey
v ances and stretchers are all in service
N yet the supply is wholly inadequat
U and many needy ones are limping ou
q OF the wreck and making their way a
" best they can to asylums.
y Half dozen dwellings, took fire afte