The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-29

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Almost n Glenn sweep.
The storm then struck the more
| thinIy-settled portion Of the city. a
| cottage occupied by Fred Schaeffer. al,
| sf4 south Eighteenth street. and n
small frame building q few doors
north, occupied by l.. ii. were
badly damaged. Almost a clean sweep
| was made OF the district lying be-
| tween Eighteenth and Twentieth
| streets and Avenues II and j. two
blocks. Here the scene Is one OF com
| plctc demolition. The frame cottages
we're reduced to fattened piles OF
debris: every tree. large or small.
was either crushed down or uprootcd.
Remarkable Escapes.
A row Of small cottages fronting
FAST upon Ninteenth street between
Avenues II aud ], were iiattened out.
The occupants had no warning and
were unable TO escape from their
! houses and were rescued by workers
after the storm.
The house on the corner of Nine
ieenth and ! streets. was occupied by
W. n. Merriam, n member OF the IRE
department. and his family. n wife
aud two small children. The Mcr-
rinms were rescued with but "a few
bruises. The sccond house vas occu'
pied by the family of Edward Mann.
These were rescued, badly bruised.
The third house was occupied by Roy
Mccullough and Charles Robinson
and their families. These escaped
serious injuries. The fourth house
WINS occupied by Capt. y. ID. Johnson
and his daughter. They were caught
IN one corner of u room. the only
part of the house left standing. and
after the storm made their way out.
The last house In the row wns the
property of d. Mcl,ac. Mr.. McRac
was caught beneath the wreck. but cs-
capped unhurt :
Grocery store Demolished.
Form Niniccnth to TwcntltTr
streets. Avenue !. every house but one
little shanty was destroyed. Minter's
grocery store u literally picked M
and tossed into an adjoining yard.
killing DIR. q. e. Chapman, who had
sought shelter In the house. W. r..
Dickinson. n medical student who was
with DIR. Chapman. was struck in the
the head 10y u piece Of flying timber,
producing conclusion OF the brain.
lie Is no, expected 90 live. j. T.. Min
ter. proprietor of the store. had his
arm broken aud j. II. Dcthrow, n
clerk. was injured on the head.
wind Played NJ L-npfroE.
The wind here seemed to dart mp
ward and her strike the earth again
ut Twenty-second street. sparing
buildings between Twentieth and
Twenty-sccond streets. At Twenty
second street II struck again. destroy
ing all the small buildings In its path
for half u mile, and killing and inJur-
ing many people.
From Twrnty.sccond street the
storm ploughed it's way eastward
through the block between Avenues II
aud !, tearing away the roofs Of a
number OF residences. smashing In
windows and blowing down trees and
fences.
killed % Four-wrcLs-Old baby.
Crossing THIRTEEN street IL struck
the residence of Robert \. Lowe, ut
Nl1 Souih ihlrllclh street, lcNcllihg "
10 the ground aud instantly killing
Mr.. Loves four-werks-old child and
fatally crushing Mr.. Lowe. who died
within Is minutes after being rescued
from the w~rcckngc. The cook was
badly hurt and may die. Mr.. Lowe
aud the nurse escaped with slight
bruises. As soon NJ the storm passed
n number of men ruShed to Mr..
loves residence and made heroic eff
forts 10 rescue the buried bodies.
Medical Ala Delayed.
All of the telephon. md cleo, rio
car lines wires were down, and IL
was impossible 10 communicate with
the people down town. Medical aid
was not secured for at least one hour.
Mrs. Milan. mother Of Mrs. Fred
Grambs, who resided with Mr.. and
Mrs. Grnmbs, ON South Tbir,i.,L