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At LEAST 50 ARE DEAD.
First Reports of KirksviIIe Tornado
Not Exaggerated.
OUTSIDE HELP is NEEDED.
Scenes Followed the Awful
Storm-Wind Played Many Franks
and There Were Some Miraculous
Escapes GhouIs Worked
Among the Ruins
Thursday Night

KIBazvILLE, Mo-. April 29.-The
first reports of death and injury from
Thursday nights tornado were not
exaggerated At least fifty persons
are known to have been killed, nearly
covered. Following is a revised list
IF the dead:
Theo Brigham, retired merchant
Mrs. Henry Ellington
A. J. Glasee and wife.
Mrs. w. w. Green.
Miss Bessie Green.
Miss Lena Brown of Moberly.
w. B. Howells, student of osteopa-
Thy.
Three children of Henry Lowe.
Mrs. John Mahaffey, 81.
Mrs Blue Panschott and baby.
Seth Feather, s-year-old boy.
Samuel Weaver, former contractor.
Mrs. Joe Wood
j. B. Larkin, retired merchant
Mrs. a. r. Bowman.
Child of ]. T. Mahaffey.
Mother and niece of j. T. Miller.
Mrs. H. K Sherburne.
T. McClay and wife.
Miss Cora Miller of Woodland, Mo
Child of Rev. Mr.. Albert Burr.
Miss Leona Whaley.
j. K. Anderson.
Mrs. Mary Rorabaugh.
Mrs Lou Mitchell.
Harry Mitchell.
DIR. Billings.
Drew Bowman.
James Cunningham
Mrs. Elliott.
G.. A. Gibbs.
Mrs. Heaman.
Miss McClay.
Mrs. Anna Miller.
John c. Weaver.
Joseph Wood.
The severely injured were: Miss
Della White, Mrs. Peck, fatal; Cal
Titles niece, fatal; w. r Park, Mrs
Thee Brigham, legs and chest crushed;
Robert Millay, Miss Weaver, Mrs
Oliput, Miss Moss, fatal, broken back;
John B. Kirk and wife, Mrs. Forbes,
Mrs. d. D. Feathers. Elmer L. Denni-
can and wife, Harry Mitchell, Mrs.
Lou Mitchell, leg broken; Cal Little
and wife, serious; Herman Z. Sher-
burne, head injured; o. H Beeman's
child, Mrs p. Hill, leg broken and
otherwise crushed; John Gender,
slight; Oscar Ingold and brother. Mrs.
W. Il. Howell and child, dangerous;
Norman Yankee, of Sedalia; Mrs. w.
II. Vincent, Mrs. Ella Weaver, both
legs broken; Daniel McGonigle; John T.
Mahafey's daughter. Ben A Bowman
daughter, T. j. Miller and family,
II,
Mrs Munson, v. Brigham, serious;
Stella Weaver, Joe Weaver, George
Weaver, Ella Weaver, NJ. A. Romijue,
Price Romijue, 81. E. Ayers, Miss
Cupp, j. E. Ashforth, ]. w. Brown,
Mrs. Lulu Byrne, NJ. Shney and wife,
Mrs. Glenn, Thomas Dinsmore and
wife, Mrs. Wheeler Douglass, Charles
Douglass and sons, Mrs. J. B. Hobson,
]. B. Kirk, Willis Kellogg, Hollis
Kellogg, c. Kellogg, Mrs. Oiphant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck, Mrs. DR.. Howell,
Mrs Mary Rorabaugh, Mrs. Rowe and
daughter. D. Skraggs, p. B. Warren,
Mrs. o. Miller and child, Mrs. N
johnson, Mrs. Sarah Rieger, Miss
Belle Mahaffey, Coonfield and wife,
Albert Whaley, Mrs. NJ. F. Hernou.
One or two families, with the homes
they dwelt in, are not accounted for,
but no one supposes that these unfor-
tunates will ever be heard from alive.
Four from the McClay household are
thus missing. These are Franklin
McClay and wife and daughter, Miss
Cora Miller, of Brashear, Mo, who
boarded with them. Mr. McCIay's
father is David F. McClay, of Tower
Grove park, st. Louis.
Citizen valor has been pitted
against anarchy and inhumanity all
day in the blighted district With the
first flush of dawn, league of 200,
armed with clubs, lined the storm
area and prevented mobs of
curiosity seekers and plunderers from
working. 1t became evident toward
dawn that, in the guise of helpers,
many ghouls were at work in the
field, robbing the bodies they took
from the ruins. and hunting in the
of houses for valuables
rather than for imprisoned persons.
This was promptly stopped by strict
policing, but before it was accom-
plished several men were knocked
down with clubs.
Given SO, 900 for X-Ray Burns.