New Ulm review., 1902-04-30
Strikes JOPLIN ! |||| A|A|R|||D|. / D !.
Missouri Town Torn by Tornado
and Three Persons Killed
and Many Injured.
THE LOSS IS ESTIMATED At 500, 900.


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Kansas City, Mo-, April 2s. Three
persons are dead and s are injured,
some of them fatally, at Joplin, VIC
Tins of the tornado that struck that
city late Friday. Twenty residence in in
Joplin were wrecked, and several 9th
ers at suburbs Of Moonshine Hill and
Villa Heights were demolished. a con-
sentative estimate Saturday place the
aggregate loss in. building rocked
and mines flooded at $1oO 200. Mayor
| Triggs Saturday called q meeting OF
citizens to devise plans for relief OF
the homeless. ALI telegraph wires out
of Joplin were wrecked and the
above information was secured over
a slow working telephone wire.
Revised List of Casualties.
A special to. the Star from Joplin,
Mo-, gives a revised list of the casu-
alties resulting from Fridays tornado
as follows: 4
DEAD-Ester Hunter, two years old.
J. I. Jones. * ~ se5ssa 10
Martha Cope (colored),, frightened to
death. So Ill Z. j.. w.. rs
| INJURED-John Kuger, Villa Hughes,
/ fatally injured: Mrs. Thomas Smith, of
Newburg, Mo-, thought to be fatally
hurt; whole Smith family Of seven in
jured from house falling on them: un-
known woman, Byersville, fatal: Anna.
| and Bidwell Hunter, fatally injured; G..
|! w. Markham, badly injured: Bud Cole,
| bruised and cut: F. B. Kelly, badly
Matte S. Walker, badly injured while
| driving in storm; Mrs. Nellie Sullivan,
| badly cut on head: her four children
(! also injured: one baby blown 200 feet
away was uninjured: Mrs. Richard Rex,
/ back injured; Miss Rex, injured internal
| ly; also two Rex children injured; Mr..
, Moody, visiting Rex family, cut and
bruised; Mrs Anna Hunter, badly
bruised on shoulder and head; Mrs.
Hick, badly injured; eye-sight destroyed;
Miss Nora Winburne. seriously injured.
1 Residences Destroyed.
| The residences of Thomas Smith,
Mrs. Nellie Sullivan, Mr.. Babbs, S. D.
Brewer, Mr.. Richard and Mr.. Thomas
were completely demolished, while a
/ score or two others were more or less
badly damaged. T. w. Reynolds house
was overturned and badly damaged,
but the five members of the family
were released uninjured. The Frisco
roundhouse was partially destroyed,
the roof was blown off the Joplin Roof
ing company's building and the Joplin
Ice and Cold Storage Supply company
suffered and the Joplin Hay company's
I barns were demolished. The new Bap-
tist church was unroofed, the Method.
ist mission church was completely de-
molished and the baseball grand
stand was blown away. The office
| of the white lead works, Cooper's car
riage shop and the buildings on the
Plymouth river, the Blackburn mine
and the Cumberland Lead and Zinc
company's mine were destroyed. AL
bert Frey's mine suffered heavy dam.
age and the American Concentrat ting
company's mill was badly damaged.
! St. Johns hospital was damaged to
the extent of $1,000; the Mineral Belt
Telephone company suffered loss OF
$4,000 in poles and wires; Bell Tele.
phone company, $1,000; Stevens hotel
$4,000, and the Roosevelt flats and the
Joplin Gas company's plant were bad.
ly damaged. The houses of John Win,
burne and Walter Chapman were
blown completely away, but the fam
lilies escaped. At least 50 families are
homeless.
4 Damage Throughout Missouri.
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