The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-30
KIRKSyILLE'S TORNADO
Official List Places the Number If gul,
at Thirty.One.
THE NUMBER OF INJURED NINEryfol
vi the Dead Twenty-four Are Vs..
AMI Children--Five Hundred
People Are in Need.

Kirksville. Mo-. April 2s-The eo,,.,,
list of the killed in the tornado OF rbur.s
night places the number tonight ofsp,alv
thirty-one. The list follows:
Theodore Brigham. Mrs. Henry Billiprt.
and daughter. Mrs. A. R. Bowermau. "a, !,
daughter of Rev. Burr. Baby Ellington Il
Feathers. aged 8. a. j. Glaze Mrs. Al
Glaze. three children of Henry Lowe. /.
Larkins. Georgia Lane. Mrs. Cal Little. M
John Mahaffey. Miss Ora Millen Miss "a
Millen. Mrs. Ann Miller. aged 9s. Mrs, Ri
Panschott and baby. Mrs. Lora Baush, Nj
If. X. Shefburne. John G. Weaver. Lea
Whaley. Mrs. Joe Wood. Miss WOOD, W.
Green. Miss Bessie Green. DR.. w. B. He
ellis.
The number Of injured now reaches ninet
four and some OF these are so badly iniur
that they VIII IN all PROBABILITY Die. r
search among the ruins still continues
Contributions varying from s. to 500 ID
been coming In from all over the country tn
| individuals and corporations. Cover
stephens nave offered to issue a proslainst
calling for general donation from the 70
pie OF the State. mayor NoOnan said tong
that the immediate wants OF the sufferers 1
temporarily provided for but that ciothii
and money will soon be greatly needed
Funeral arrangements have been conpltl
and the dead will have been CONSIGNED
their final resting place by tomorrow eu
ing. Tomorrow morning q union uernofi
service will be held at the MethoaEt Y
Christian churches.
Excursions from great number Ok tow
in the vicinity of Kirksyllle are billed
tomorrow and there will be thousands
slghtseers to view the ruins. Number
sightEeers have already arrived and esel
incoming train adds to the horde. amonk ta9
friends and relatives of the dead and inlufq
The annual encampment Of the e.. A. X
Missouri is scheduled to meet in kirksuI
on May 10.
Kirksville business houses were CLOSED
day and a mass meeting was held tbs
ternoon. An active executive COMMITTEES y
appointed. headed by Mayor Noolan.
work of relief is now well organized.
A peculiar feature of the cyclone was u
out of the thrty-oae killed n hirksslj
twenty-four were women and little glrls
Is accounted for by the fact that the pasn
the storm was right in the residence dtri
and at a time when the men had net aii
turned from business, Many terror s.l,S,I
women ran outdoors when the roar % ~
cyclone came. and in this way were en7
killed or injured BY nying debris; :, N
Those known to be missing are J.. 2.
worth John Elliott Mrs. John Jonnson'
johnson. her baby. =. II
The following are tonight reportea n
physcihns to be dying. Mrs. Leo Brss.f
Miss Lillian CUNNINGHAM. Mrs Cnpp. "
Ingold Miss Esther Little. Miss MOSS
Peck Miss Weaver. :, ,,ds,sa
The seriously injured are j. \, An'siusl
Miss Kate Ashlock. W =. Bowen,
Cheney. - Cheney NJ G. Dea as, HI II
Laura Forbes. Al Goss. Il, Gross. "a. VI
Mrs. j. p. Larkin. - Lind tinfantl.
Mcmahon. Miss Mcmahon. Robert Mlia'ii IA,
Robert Milay. Mrs. Saran S s,u,n,on NJ
Reiger Mrs, Robert. James silnpso"'
Effie Vestal Mrs. Williams. an ,,m1i
Mayor Noonan made list Of "" h ss
including about 500 persons wne nav
everything and are in need lac, AZ
The body OF man was founa la'. III
with about $4,000 in bills IN ms ~
Another body, evidently that o.
ing salesman, was found. I'D me
pocket was his watch, when s'VpF'
$40. Neither had been identineu'