Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-09
TORNADO SWEEPS
THE NORTHWEST
Seven Killed; One Hundred Houses
Destroyed at St. Charles.
lISTOFFATALITlES NOT KNOWN
II ~ Irnred There Are = Nun,ocr ~
Othcr Nictims-in Telegraph and
Telephone Wires Are Down
and mmunicntiOn Cut on.

ST. Paul, MINI, Oct. 5.-The town o
81 Charles. in Winona county. was al
most completely wiped out by a tor
Iado Saturday afternoon.
seven persons were killed and q
were injured. many of them seriously
The dead
John Ebens, Sr.
William Ebcn8. his son
VIII Adams.
Oscar Crittcndcn.
George lesson.
I'd Murphy.
Ed Peters, of Dover, MINI.
with the exception Of Carrie Ebens
Charles Crippcns and a man nance
Blankcnbcrg, the names of the injured
are 50 far understandable, as wire com.
mInication with the stricken villag,
Is now altogether cut off.
TWo elevators, the principle furni
tGre store in the town and the biz
loUr mill are completely wrecked
while the telegraph office and saw
mil are partially wrecked.
From information, obtained partl,
by telephone and partly by telegraph
il is learned that the bodies of all The
killed have been found.
one man was Killed in the street b.,
hong struck by a plOughsharc, hurled
through the air by the fury of the
storm.
Town Isolated.
All the telegraph ana telephone,
wires were lcyclcd at the first blast
Of the storm, and communication with
Other cities was temporarily cut off.
It. Is estimated that 100 houses ser,
demolished in the path of the storm.
-. Charles Is a village of 1900 in.
habi''nts, on the western boundary OF
Wlnnna county, and is one of the old.
est settlements in the state.
tL'cr confusion reigns in the town
The streets are filled with wreckage
Df buildings, trees and farm imple-
ments, which were blown through the
air. The horror of the affair has
practically paralyzcd action for the
time being on the part of the citizens
who stood about awc-stricken at tn,
awful devastation of the elements. |
"i1 1DI'l' llIJt IPIDi' ID' fIfW5 De
gan to clear away the debris, which,
ii IS feared, may cover many a sick.
cniAp sight.
Wisconsin Towns struck by storm.
Milwaukee, Wis, oct. J.-Thc story
OF a terrific storm sweeping across the
state from the Mississippi to Lake
Michigan, carrying death and destruC.
ton in its wake, is told by the dis.
patches which come from almost every
city. At Almond, near Waupaca, five
we're killed, and at Blain, Wis, in the
same district, two others met death
The wind swept the upper peninsula
Of Michigan, also doing considerable
damage, The dead.
Albert Holt, Almond; Mrs. Iioltz
John IIoltz, aged Is years, Abram
John, Balm, and Mrs. Johnson.
Tw" kiIicd at T%IninArId.
81. Paul, MINI, oct. J-A special
20 the Pioneer Press from Plainfcld
VIZ, says:
4 storm which visited this section
tore down many buildings and dam.
aged much property. Mrs. John Fisher
was killed, and Mary Wood. who wal
injured, has since died. Much stoch
was Killed and injured, and the farm
crg are heavy losers,
Two Killed and Many JnjurcA.
Lacrosse, Wis, Oct. two were
EnIcd, three fatally injured and a score
OF others badly hurt in "A tornado which
swept independence, Wis. and the sur.
rounding county Sunday afternoon.
Many farm buildings in the storms
path were torn down. At Eagle Val.
Icy, north af here, the Reformed church
was destroyed. and houses on the prai.
RE surrounding were demolished. Sew.
cial small buildings were overturned
at Lacrosse. but no fatalities were re,
ported.
Considerable Damage u DnIuth.
Duluth. MINI, Oct. 5.-Duluth was
visited by q terrific storm Sunday
evening which did considerable dam.
age by way of blowing of the roof,
Of houses In the west end and IN West
Duluth. The harbor also suffered
many boats being driven violently
against the docks.
IIrOOm ORR In DE
Paris. H.. Oct. 5-Broom corn prices
are on the jump In this locality. and a
local dealer and manufacturer OF PROM