The record-union., 1899-04-29


Glass and wife, Miss Mary Rorobaugh
Mrs. Lou Mitchell, Harry Mitchell, j. K
Anderson, DIR. Billings James Cunning
ham, Drew Bowman, Mrs. C. Avis, Mrs
Heaman, Mrs. Anna Miller, John G.
Weaver, Joseph Woods, Mrs. Woods
Mrs. Cal Little reported injured, Mr.
Elliott and Mrs. Williams are missing
The severely injured thus far reported
number sixty-six, many of whom viii
probably succumb to their injuries.
The tornado struck the city last even
ing, when most of the residents were at
supper, cutting clean path one mile
long and GOO feet wide through the res
idence section and leaving death and
destruction in it's wake. Buildings were
demolished or twisted apart and scat
tered to the four winds
The wind played many pranks and
there were some miraculous escapes. j.
/. Coonfield and his family were eat
ing supper when the tornado struck
their home. The house was picked up
and carried across a slough and dumped
up against a hill, the building was not
completely wrecked, and the family es-
capped without anything worse than a
severe shaking up. Houses on both
sides of the residence of w. M. Hull
We're blown into splinters, but the wind
was content with twisting his house off
its foundations and leaving it intact.
The house was in the center of the dis
trict and it was used as a hospital after
the storm te
P. J. Rieger a prominent attorney,
RIGHT into thn n ha CT IN
save his family, who were helpless with
fear. Dashing into the house, he car
ried his wife and children into the cell
lar. As he stumbled into the place of
safety the building was leveled to the
ground He was just in time to save
his loved ones and is happy, although
his loss by the cyclone amounts to
So, 600
Among the first of the buildings
wrecked was the $4,000 residence of
Mrs. Hensley, in the southeastern part
OF the city. Not vestige of it is left
The Catholic Church. a fine brick
structure in the eastern part, was I'M
rooted and otherwise damaged.
The dwelling of Judge Andrew Eli
son, in the same locality, was stripped
of its second story. He and his family
and John Dogheny took refuge in the
cellar and We're saved.
The residence of H Lowell, lust out
side of town, was. twisted into heap
or ruins and three of his children killed
and burned in the debris.
Other large residences We're lifted
from their foundations and literally
torn into kindling wood.
For time the people in that portion
OF the town which was not touched by
the storm We're panic-stricken. but as
soon as they recovered their wits. they
Immediately went to the aid of their
more unfortunate townsmen. Calls were
sent to surrounding towns and were
Quickly responded to. The wounded
We're carried to the homes of hospitable
people in the neighborhood Twenty
hve doctors from Moberly, Macon and
other points along the line of the Wa
bash Railway came to Kirksville last
night In response to urgent calls for
fnedlcai assistance. The visiting doctors
co-operated with the local physicians,
ana the work of caring for the wounded
was expedited. M
Every member of the family of
FRANKLIN McClay, consisting of his wife
and daughter and Miss Cora Miller. are
missing, and it is believed they are
dead
Inc freaks of the storm were MANY.
put one of the strangest occurrences
was the finding of grooming baby out
IN a held far from any house. The child
was scarcely scratched. No one has
called for the baby and it has not been
identified.
Among the horrors of the storm was
Ihe finding of the corpse of a sixteen
year-old girl, with a two-bv-four
scantling driven through the BODY. The
BODY of a little girl was found. with the
ilmo OF a tree sticking through its neck.
citizen was found after the storm
standing over the body of his dead wife
The head had been crushed and severed
from the body.
Inc property loss is estimated at fully
100000.
TREAT HAVOC AT NEWTOWN.
CHILLICOTHE (Mo). April 2S-
scenes OF distress and desolation were
pictured to-day in the little tornado
swept burg of Newtown, forty miles
nortn on the ST. Paul Railway. A day
Oh ceasefess search in the ruins and
work Tor the uninjured and suffering
Icliowed night of despair and gloom
f1fty families are homeless there arc
ABOUT fifteen dead and over thirty in
Jured, while one-half of the MACE &c
IN ruins. A complete list of casualties
VIII NOT De known for several days.
Inc known dead are: S. Desper. wife
ana three children; Laban Evans and
Two daughters; William Hayes. wife
and two children.
Inc injured: Three children of Will
lam Hayes, Ella Evans. a. 7 ZONES
VIE and two children; Mrs. Mary Greg
DRY and daughter, Mrs Price and sister
MRS Flagg, Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Timsev
Dave Stanford, wife and three children
MT McQuiston and wife. Nose Guv-
man and wife, Mrs. Johns.
ne storm struck Newtown at 6.15
IN the evening, coming from the south.
west. 1t came without warning and
lew were able to take advantage If
'heir storm cellars. Striking the stern
ehd OF town, 1T cut a clear swatb 5fm
TO ooo feet wide through the best por-
tlon OF the place, sweeping everything
before It, Over thirty houses We're torn
10 spilnters On one street alone a row
on ten houses were entirely demolished
here scarcely any one escaped death
or injury. The walls of buildings fell
with a crash that sounded above the
roar OF the storm, burying people in the
ruins Frame buildings We're twisted
and lifted from their foundations. 9th
ers We're utterly demolished, pieces Of
them being carried for miles. Others
shifted in their position, apparently nm
hurt; one was turned squarely around
White another was turned upside down
Samuel Desper, at the appearance NJ