Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-04-26
TORNADO SWEEPS
OVER JOPLIN
Twenty Houses in the City Were Wrecked as
Well as Several Buildings in The
Suburbs.
THREE DEAD Fifteen HURT
A Conservative Estimate Places the Aggregate Loss Of
Buildings Wrecked and Mines Flooded At $780,
o00-Ths Calamity Occurred EARLY
Last Evening".

Kansas City. Mo-, April 2e.-Thre
persons are dead and fifteen injured
some Of them fatally, at Joplin, the vic
Tins of a tornado that struck that cit
y. late yesterday, Twenty residences c
Joplin were wrecked and several other
in the suburbs Of Moonshine Hill an
Villa Heights were demolished A con
servative estimate today places the ag
gregate loss of buildings wrecked an,
mines flooded, at 100000.
The residences of Thomas Smith
Mrs. Nellie Sullivan, Mr.. Babbs, S. D
Brewer, Richard and Mr.. Thomas wer,
completely demolished, while score OF
two others were more or less badly
damaged. I. w. Reynolds's house
was overturned and badly damaged
but five members of the family were
released uninjured. The Frisco round
house was partly destroyed, the root
blown off the Joplin roofing CON-
pany's building, the Joplin Ice and
Cold Storage Supply Company suffer-
ed, and the Joplin Hay Company's
barns We're demolished. The New
Baptist church was unroofed, the
Methodist mission church completely
demolished and the baseball grand
stand blown away. The offices of the
White Lead works, Cooper's carriage
shops, and the buildings on the Ply
mouth River NINE Blackburn mine
and Cumberland Lead and Zinc Com
pany's mine were destroyed.
Albert Frey's mine suffered heavy
damage, and the American Concentrat
ing Companys mill was tadly damag-
ed. st. James hospital was damaged
to the extent of $1,000. 7 he Mineral
Belt Telephone Company suffered a
loss Of $4,000 in poles and wires; the
Bell Telephone Company, $1,000; Stew
ems hotel, $4,000; and the Roosevelt
flats and Joplin Gas Companys plant
were badly damaged. The houses of
John Winburn and Walter Chapman
were blown completely away, but their
families escaped. At least 50 families
are homeless.
BIG DAMAGE AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Neb., Anril 26.-The damage
from last nights storm appears today
to have been general throughout the
city. although no great individual loss
occurred. The greater losses were
down town. where number of large
plate glass windows were blown in and
immense skylights blown to pieces.
Probably a hundred buildings suffered
a loss Of roof, cornices, or porches. A
large number of accidents, some more
or less serious, occurred. Electric
wires, telephone, telegraph wires and
fire and police alarm systems were
badly demoralized. Reports from out
side indicate similar damage In other
nearby towns. The rains last night
were heavy. and the distribution even
ly divided throughout the state.
IN IOWA.
Marshalltown, Ia, April ga terri |
fic windstorm did several thousand dol !
lars damage in Marshall and Jasper |
counties last night
STORM DAMAGE AT ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, Mo-, April ga wind |
storm, that gained velocity Of 40 |
miles or more, ragged in st. Louis and |
vicinity most Of last night and this
morning. 1t was accompanied by a |
heavy rain. Havoc was wrought in
various parts Of the city. Trees were
bill boards broken, fences
blown down and chimneys wrecked. In
some parts Of the city sheds and barns
were demolished. Telegraphic reports
to tn Post Dispatch show that rains
have fallen generally throughout Mis-
souri, and Illinois. The precipitation is
sufficient to relieve the suffering from
drouth. Considerable damage was
done In sections, and one farmer was
killed near Chillicothe by limb blown
from a tree. Telephone and telegraph
communication is broken in many Sec
tions Of the state.
A HIGH WIND.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 26.--More or
less damage resulted throughout West
ern Missouri from last nights wind
storm. At Nevada, the large smoke
stack on the state insane asylum
crashed through the main building, do
Ing several hundred dollars worth Of
damage. No one was hurt. In Nevada
and vicinity a number Of barns were
and hundreds of orchards
and forest trees uprooted. At Lexing-
ton the Baptist church was unroofed
and q huge smoke-stack at the water
works pump house was blown down
and trees and fences laid low. In the
Of Warrensburg, great harm
was done to orchard and shade trees,
and numerous outbuildings were blown
over. Near Centerview, the residence
on the Robinson farm was demolished,
but the occupants escaped injury. In
Kansas City the damage was slight.
TWO FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
Kansas City, April ga special to
the Star from Joplin, Mo-, says: The
revised list Of casualties resulting from
yesterdays tornado Is as follows;
Dead. Ester Hunter. years DID,. J. o.
Jones and Martha Cooper, colored
frightened to death. Fatally injured.
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