Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-29
Il l. Believed Some We're Cremated
by the Fires That Started
in the Ruins.
FIFTEEN REPORTED
KILLED AT NEWTON.
Hundreds of Buildings Demolished eri
News from the Country Lac..
Ing Severe Wlnd.torms
In Iowa.

Kirksviile, No. April 2s, I,irksvil,s
il a scene Of desolaiion aud suffering ~
result Of last evenings tornado.
Many Of the dead aud dying remaia'd
IN me ruins of their homes during iI
night while others who had been found
were taken to places Of shelter died b.
fore morning.
a small army Of doctors from the o.
teopathy college students and citizeus
spent the dark hours in ceaseless hunt
Tor the unfortunates and the dead weri
carried away 20 q selected spot 20 h.
cared for when the need Of the injured
were satisfied All night lanterns dart
ed here and there among the debris an.
swering some cry for help or directed by
the sight Of some struggling form hshi-
ing 10 escape from imprisonment
The fires that soon started after the
tornado passed were allowed 10 burn
and sent up bright glow and lent All
20 the rescuerA IL is possible that these
same fires incinerated some Of the vic
tins who could no; b. reached AMI only
further search can reveal the true state
of affairs
This morning broke bright AMI
beautiful over the area Of destruction.
and found the chaos of the night SLOWLY
taking form in system Days must ra-s
before complete list of casualties can
b. secured and before the real extent oi
damage 10 property be- known.
Kirksville Is the county seat Of Adair
county aud has population Of 500
The State Normal school and basiness
colleges are located there The town Is
best known through teachings Of tie
American school q Osteopathy. Per
sons afflicted with many different dis,
eases fiock 70 Kirksville 20 De- treated.
and IL was among the students and
patients quarters that most Of the ruin
was wrought The town Is located IN
the agricultural region aud i reached
by the Wabash and Quincy, Omaha aad
Kansas City railroads
The latest details show the list
Of known dead % b. 49,
Between 800 and 800 persons We're in
jured. and Of the injured some 2O are in
critical conditions
The cyclone approached Kirksville
from the southwest 20 the west. aud
missed the heart of the city by two or
three blocks
Reports from the country districts
state that many farmers suffered severe
" and several lives We're lost outside OF
Kirksyille.
Henry Lowe and three children living
three miles north Of town We're crushed
10 death beneath their demolished home.
Other fatalities are reported from the
country, but no names given.
Among the dead at Kirksville are.
William b. Howehs student Amer.
lean school of Osteopathy; Mrs. W II.
Shelborn. wife of student school of este
opathy: James s Weaver, Sr. reurcd
contractor Theodore brigham. mer
chant Edward Bocman, boy Mrs v
W. Green and daughter. Bessie. Mrs H.
Ellington, Mr.. A. w Glasee. Mrs A.
$. Glasee Mrs Ben Green. Mrs John
Larkin. Sr.. Mrs T. Mahaiiey Mrs C.
Woods. Mr. A. Little, Mrs A Little
Mr.. Joe Woods. Mrs. Joe Woods. Mira
A w Raiuschoot. Mr. A w. Klu
school, Mr.. C. A Gibbs. A. G. B,al
James Cunningham Mrs Mitchell
Everything in the path Of the storm
was wiped oh the face of the earth
trees being torn up by the roots and
buildings scattered 20 the four winds