The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-29

houses had the buildings not been blown
TO splintars. This was the case with Mrs
Pauschott, who suffered most terrible
death. Her headless body with Its arms
claspinR her lifeless babe was discovered
on the floor of the house which was left
as a raised platform in an open field. =.
The head Is precisely severed as II it
had been done with knife and was
about 20 feet distance. Two children
had been lying in cot In one OF the des-
troyed homes. The house was carried
away, but the floor of the first story and
the foundation was left, the wind lifting
the houss from the sills and tumbling it
a long distsnce. The cot ON which the
little ones lay was lifted up with them
on 1t and carried fullysa block and haii
and set down on the ground. Neither OF
the children was hurt. Along the raiI-
road = track q distance OF hall mile,
wrecks Of many homes were scattered anu
the trees were filled with peu-ciotnine
and household goods.
Mayor Noonan, assisted by number OF
oitizeps,, opened an intelligence bureau
at noon. Messengers were sent tnrouBh
the stricken district in search OF persons
who.were known to have resided in that
section. BY 2 o'clock 1t was SAID NJ
headquarters that the Injured, so far,
numbered "A, with about dozen cases
which are sure to result fatally. The nst
is not complete, however. There are two
under rtakers in kirksville and together
theyl had all they could. do taking care
of the dead.
A meeting of citizens, at which the
mayor presided, was held this afternoon.
Committees were appointed to system
atize the work Of clearing nway the
wreokage, providing. shelter for the home
less ones and raising funds for their tenn
porary care. There are at least lOO0 nome
less persons IN kirksville tonight.
The Webster family of three were ridden
in the debris of their cottage Tor several
hundred yards. but not badly injured.
While John Mccall was clinging to
cherry sapling i2-year-old boy flew
down toward him from the sky. He
caught and saved the hoy with only bruises
to both. The youngsters home had been
demolished two blocks away ana ne says
he was carried that distance with the
wIeckage.
At Henry Nicholas farm, just out OF
town, In the path Of the storm, mar
was seen flying ahead OF the storm cloud
more than hundred feet from the
ground. The body has not yet been found.
Mrs Peter h. Greenwood says she saw
woman's form sweep over her In the
thick of the storm at high elevation.
Mrs. Whaley WAS impaled upon a ny1ng
tree limb and almost disenbowelied sur
geons sawed this limb off at both ends,
fearing to remove 1t. The. young woman
lived two hours.
Theodore brigham and bis wife wert
crushed by flying missiles while fleeing
from their home. Mr.. Brigham is dead
and Mrs. Brigham 1t is believed canno
recover.
Henry Lowe, q farmer, and his wife, In
n buggy. were oyertaken by the tornado
half a mile from their house. They wer'
blown out of the vehicle and painfully
hurt. A moment later their home van
ished and their three children went with
1t to destruction.
W. A. Smiths house collapsed upon hi
family. He dug his way out and rescued
his wife ana two children.
Seventeen persons in one neighborhoot
fled from five houses to a 16-foot circular
storm cellar Those five houses were en-
tirely destroyed.