The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
Several Business Houses Wrecked
and Number of Resi-
dences Unroofed.
THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.
Damage in the Country Surround
ing Sedalia Will BE Heavy
Storm Resembled Famous
st. Louis Tornado.
REPTBLIc SpEr1A1.

hEFuBI-lc SPECIAL.
Sedalia, Mo-. Aug. IA tornado swept
over portion of Sedaia at II o'clock this
afternoon, wrecking number of business
houses, unroofing a score or more of resi-
dences. and destroying hundreds of shade
and ornamental trees. The storm rescm-
bled the st. Louis tornado.
Three persons were injured by falling
buildings. They are:
James Postal, farmer, head and chest
lacerated and internally injured.
Nelson Umbes, negro. chest crushed and
internally injured.
Alex Travis, buried under wall; not seri-
Gus.
The business houses partially wrecked
were as follows:
The Blocker building on East Main street,
owned by n. W. Leonard of Lafayette sec
onl story demolished: Woods Opera house,
part of roof carried off and west wall
slightly damaged: A. ?. Morey building on
East Second street. rear and east wall
wrecked; Whiprecht grocery building on
North Engineer street, partially wrecked
hall of Sons and Daughters of Charity on
East Main street. completely destroyed;
Witlingers grocery on East Main street,
wrecked: Estes grocery store on North La
mine street, front blown out; Hayes build
Ing on East Second street, partly unroofed
ana walls damaged: Charles Leftwich' s
blacksmith shop on East Main street, front
torn down; grandstaEd In front of race
track at Liberty Park. totally demolished.
Hundreds of fine shade trees were torn
up or broken of by the storm. At Liberty
Park 200 large trees we're DESTROYED and
nearly all of those in the NJ. K & r Hos
pltal Park were ruined. One-third Of the
trees in the city and the Catholic ceme-
terry were uprooted OF broken off.
In the residence portion of the city fallen
trees and limbs obstructed the streets and
the Fire and Street departments are be-
ing employed to remove the debris
The storm appeared to be most severe in
Northeast Sedalia, where more than a
score OF residences We're unroofed. Tho
damage in the country surrounding Sedalia
will be heavy.
The wind picked up hay and wheat stacks
and scattered their contents broadcast.
Thousands Of acres Of growing corn were
tiattened to the ground. In one field Of 100
acres not stalk was left standing Tele-
graph and telephone wires are down in
every direction. The Postal Telegraph
Company has not a pole standing between
Smithton and Otterville. The Western
Union Is also badly crippled.
graph is totally suspended in some direc-
tions. and traffic on the railways Is re-
tarded by reason of absence of telegraphic
communication and fallen trees and poles.
NIGHT AT NOON.
Kansas City. Mo-. Aug. T.-The city was
plunged into darkness at midday, causing
lights to be lit in stores and offices. The
phenomenon prevailed for half an hour, dur
Ing which time rain fell In torrents. Much
alarm was felt, many people seeking cover
daylight signals could not be seen and the
train service was stopped for thirty min
utes. while women and children rushed
about crying. No damage resulted.
STORM AT LAMONTE.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Lamonte, Mo-, Aug. N.-The severest
wind and rain storm that ever visited this
section swept over the entire western part
Of Pettis County to-day. It lasted for near
ly one hour, unroofing barns and dwellings.
blowing down outbuldings and laying
growing corn to the ground. Orchards suf
fered greatly, shade trees were uprooted
and fences blown down. The damage will
reach into thousands of dollars.
APPLE CROP INJURED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Rogers. Ark. Aug 27.--The five weeks
drOuth Of Northwest Arkansas has been
broken by unusually heavy rains for the
last three days Heavy winds have pre-
have been blown to the ground. Apples
that remain will be greatly benefited.
The Best Prescription for Malaria,
Chs and Fever Is bottle OF Groves Tasteess
chill Tonic. 1t Is. simply iron and quinine in
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