Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-04-27
LOSS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
Sioux City Suffers Damages to Extent Of
twenty-five Thousand Dollars.
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS ARE DRENcHED
Gale sweeps Northern ohio at Fifty,
Mile Velocity ana shipping on
Lakes is Consequently
Impaired.

swept through Joplin late yesterday. OF
the injured perhaps eight are fatally
hurt 4 conservative estimate places the
total loss at SlOO, 900. The casualties were
caused by flying debris or falling walls.
Two Of those killed lived on Moonshine
hill, in the outskirts Of Joplin.
The district swept by the tornado was
about four blocks wide, commencing in
! the western limits Of the city at Seven
| teenth street and ending at Seventh street
on the east side OF the city, Perhaps two
dozen houses in the southern end OF the
city were either wholly or partly demol-
ished. while in the mining district heavy
loss was caused in the wrecking OF mine
houses
Scarcely a building in the course Of the
storm escaped damage. About fifty fam
lilies are homeless. In the residence dis
trict the loss fell principally among the
| poorer classes. Many lost everything they
owned and are destitute. Plans to care
for these were arranged this afternoon at
mass meeting called by proclamation Of
Mayor Trigg.
Many Houses Demolished.
The residences of Thomas Smith. Mrs.
| Nellie Sullivan, Mr.. Ba5hs s. d. Brewer
and Mr.. Thomas were completely demol-
ished, while a score or two of others were
| more OF less DdQly uhIudkeu. 4. W. Key
| nolds' house was overturned and badly
damaged. but the ive members Of the fam
lily were released uninjured. The Frisco
| roundhouse was partly destroyed, the roof
was blown of the Joplin hcofng company's
| building and the Joplin Ice and Cold Stor-
| age Supply company suffered and the Jop-
| lin Hay companys barns were demolished.
| The new Baptist church was unroofed, the
Methodist mission church was completely
demolished and the base ball, grandstand
was blown away The offices of :he vhite
| lead works, Cooper's carriage shop and the
buildings on the Plymouth River mins- the
Blackburn mine and the Cumberland Lead
and Zinc company's mine were destroyed.
Albert Freys mine suffered heavy damage
| and the American Concentrating company's
! mill was badly damaged. st. Johns hos
pital was damaged to the extent of $1,000.
| the Mineral Belt Telephone company suf-
| fered loss of 5000 in poles and wires,
Bell Telephone company $1,000, Stevens
hotel s., 900 and the Roosevelt fats and the
| Joplin Gas company's plant were badly
damaged. The houses Of John Wi1burns
and Walter Chapman were blown com-
/ pletely away, but the family escaped.
Mills and Mines suffer.
The oxide plant, the Iennox Milling COM
panys mill and the Walcott mine were
each damaged 81. 600; the Isabelle mine was
| wrecked; Major No. / and No. mills on
the Rexland were blown down and many
other mines suffered more OF less damage.
Passing east to the main portion of the
| city, the storm spent its fury the subur-
ban districts, known at Moonsine Hill and
| Villa Heights. Three people were killed at
| Moonshine Hill. News of the terrible de-
| struction there did not reach the city until
! late tonight, and investigation will not be
possible until morning. The Hill is now a
| tangled mass OF debris and not a single
house is left standing. 1t is populated
mainly by miners who live in little shacks.
OF the home OF Bidwell Hunter not tim
Der is left standing and the three inmates
Of the house are dying all having had their
skulls fractured. 1t is feared that the
mining camps farther west. which seemed
to have been in the path of the storm. suf-
fered great damage, but no reports have
been received from there.
Revised List of Casualties.
A revised liss of the casualties resulting
from yesterdays tornado is as follows:
! The dead
ESTER HUNTER. years of age.
J. l. JONES.
MARTHA COPE, cOlored. frightened to
| death.
The injured:
John Kuger. villa Hughes. fatally in
jured.
Mrs Thomas Smith. Newburg. No.
thought TO be fatally hurt.
Whole Smith family OF seven injured
from house falling on them.
Unknown womb. Byersyille, fatally.
Anna and Bidwell Hunter. fatally injured.
G. w. Markham. badly injured.
Dave Cote. bruised ana cut.
F. b. Kelly. badly bruised.
Charles Click, injured.
Mrs. 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 uniniured.
Miss Rex, injured internally; 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; eyesight de-
stToyed.
Miss Nora winburne. seriously injured.
o. Z. oakes. eollarbone broken foot
crushed; serious.
sioux City's Heavy Loss.
SIOUX CITY. Ia. April zs.-Todays Ts-
ports show that the storm damage in Sioux
4 Sitg VIII DC over f=OiVOv' Nearly every res
idence and business house suffered some
damage from torn roofs or broken glass.
Special trains with linemsP we're sent out
| today TO repair telegraph lines.
ST. LOUIS, April ga wind storm that
gained a velocity Of forty miles or more an
hour ragged in st. Louis ana vicinity most
Of last night and this morning. Il was ae-
| oompapied by a heavy rain. The weather
| bureaus thermometer was blown away frOn
| the top Of the government building ana
/ other havoc wrought IN various parts e the
| city. Trees were uproOted and broken, bnl
boards and fences we're blown doWA and
| chimneys wrecked. Sheds and barns were
| demolished.