The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-22
SWEPT BY STORM
HIgginsville Missouri Wrecked
By Tornado.
Wind Accompanied by Record
Breaking Hail.
MANY MEN ARE HURT.
One Is Reported to Be Fatally
Injured.
Galena, Kansas, Visited By Se-
we're Hail Storm.
MANY MEN ARE HURT.

Higginsvi1le, Mo-, March 22.-Fifty
buildings are partly wrecked, one man
is mortally injured and several others
hurt, and the streets strewn with debris
as the result of a tornado and hailstorm
which struck this palce at 4:45 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
The hail on the streets was a foot
deep within five minutes after the
storm came, and some of the stones
were as large as hen eggs. Dozens of
trees in the town were blown down and
several horses were killed on the street.
Two animals still lay on one of the
main streets of the town as late as 8
o'clock at night.
The wires. both telegraph and teIe-
phone, are down and the town is prac-
tically cut off from the outside world.
Only one telephone line is working.
The storm came without warning.
The wind and hail came first and were
followed with a terrific downpour of
rain which flooded nearly every cellar
in the town. The storm came from the
west, travelling eastward. 1t kept with
| in narrow path, at least the tornado
portion, only about two blocks. of the
business portion being damaged.
Two other towns in this section were
| in the path of the storm and both are
considerably damaged. They are Cor
i der ana Anna, DOIn having pOT'ulaJ1OnS
| of 500 or 500. According to the meager
reports which come here. Severiu houses
| in both places have been wrecked. but
the exact extent of the 7damag ge is not
known.
| The grocery store of ]. w. EMILY, in
the business part of this place, was
wrecked by the storm. John Holzen, a
clerk, was mortally injured One leg
is broken in two places and he is inter-
nally injured.
When the storm came team in
front of the store became frightened
and z. Holzen ran into the street TO
unite them. Just then the front part Of
under the debris. Mr. EnEIy's daughter
had a narrow escape from DEATH
Hearing the approaching storm she ran
/ to a window 20 look out The scene
frightened her and she ran to another
part of the store. A. moment later
| that part of the structure collapsed.
| A family lived above the storeroon-
| The roof was blown of and The 1urm-
| ture was not disturbed Members OF lno
| family who were home at the time
hardly realized what had happened un-
til the hail came down on them The
rain moment later ruined carpets and
damaged the furniture. The family
| sought shelter at the home of friends.
John Boon, signal man in the employ
of the Chicago & Alton Railroad COM
pany, had a narrow escape from death,
as did friend who was with MIN at
|
forty-foot embankment and received a
dangerous cut on his head His COM
panion escaped with a few bruises.
The greenhouse owned by Charles
Semnller is a wreck and all of the flow
ers are ruined. The hail did the dam
age here and the loss will reach 81, 500.
It is estimated that 1000 windows
were broken by the force of the storm.
| Estimates on the loss vary. Some say
that it will reach $4,000. while others
assert that it will not exceed $4,000. A
fair estimate would be $4,000.
Several people were struck by the
| hail, and many are carrying Jumps on
their heads and bodies as a result. One
man says that the hail stones at his
| home were as large as his fist.
During the storm several horses ran
away and the vehicles were demolished.
| Some of the horses were killed in their
mad race to escape the peiting hail.
HAIL AT GALENA.
| Galena Kan, March 22.-After the
oppressive heat of yesterday, at $50 a
| strong wind and rain set in, followed by
| the worst hailstorm known in this part
for years. Hail stones as large as small
eggs fell so thick and fast one could
| only see a few feet and the ground is
white Much damage to peaches and
plurns will result, as the trees are in
full bloom The thermometer dropped
from summer heat to 80 above in thirty