Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-11
Ch'm'n Republican Co. Con
Graham Flour and Middlings at
Ironton flour mill.
DeS Are Items.

A cyclone struck the residence
of Mrs. John Parrish, one mile
south of Gad's Hill, Saturday
night, completely demolishing the
house, barn and contents. There
were in the house at the time Mrs.
Parrish and her mother, Mrs.
Busby, some 80 years old, also the
youngest daughter, Eta, and a
ncighbor girl, also an operator that
was boarding there, and this was
his first time at the house as he
had just arrived that day to re-
leave the regular operator. The
young ladies we're sleeping up
stairs and were carried away by
the storm some fifty yards and
landed in a cornfeld, where they
were found with the bed-clothes
wrapped around them; they re-
ceived but few bruises. The oper-
ator received a wound on his head
near the eye; Mrs. Parrish was
caught by SONS flying timbers and
her face cut, the doctor had to take
five stitches in it; Mrs. Busby, the
old lady, had one leg broken and
is in a critical condition. The
young man and girls hurried, bare
footed and in their night clothes,
to the nearest neighbor, Mr.. New
ems. AS 500 a they returned
with help all the wounded were
taken to Mr.. Nevens' house. In
the meantime the doctors at Pied
mont we're sent for. The wounded
are doing fairly well. The clock
was found and showed that the
storm struck there at 1908. The
cyclone went east from Gad's Hill,
blowing down q barn at Peach Tree
Fork, some four miles away. So
far we have heard of nc more dam
age down there.
Quite a little storm struck Des
Arc Saturday night, blowing down
E. w. Graves water tank-some
so or 50 feet high-which landed
on the coffin house, destroying four
Baskets besides damaging the
building considerably. The loss is
500. 1t also blew T. P. Fits
wagon shed down, and the roof of
of John Ashbaugh's house, besides
fences and trees.
The advance agent of the Bell
Telephone Company was. here
Saturday to get a right-of-way
through our town. The board met
at the residence of T. P. Fitz and
gave the company permission to
go through Des Arc. They will
have an Office here, and will have
it in operation by the 1st of March.
This will be quite an advantage to
this section.
Drs. Farr and Toney took my
leg out of the swing last Thursday,
and l am feeling more like myself
again. l can now sit up, and will
soon be on crutches. | will say
that | never can repay Drs. FAIR
and Toney for their kindness to-
ward me, especially DR.. FAIR, who
has visited me almost every day,
and some times at night, for forty
five days. May God bless and
! protect them and their families is
the prayer Of Isaac"
Ed. Maddox returned home
from the railroad hospital Satur-
day.
Misses Bessie Wallis and Maude
Reese visited in Piedmont Sunday.
Miss Mollie Brewington, Of Bru-
not, spent Sunday with relatives
here.
There is a Christian Science
meeting now in progress at Brunot.
i. White is n of the believers in
Christian Science. | understand
he is quite sick, and they go there
every day and pray for him. 1t is
said that unless he has medical at
tention in a few days he will die,
1t is strange how some people can
be led off with such doctrine.
Miss Maude Fitz visited friends
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