Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-19
TORN UP BY TORNADO
Sorrento, Illinois, Blown Away by Wild
Wind Tuesday Night
EIGHT PERSONS ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Four Fatally Injured and About Fifty Are
Less Seriously Hurt,
FORTY HOUSES COMPLETELY DESTROYED
Property Damage is Estimated at ever
Eighty Thousand Dollars.
SEVERE STORM IN INDIAN TERRITORY
Two Children Are KILLED and Ten
Persons Badly Iniured-TerrInc
Blow Near Man
ford.

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four persons, injuring thirty-five others. Of
whom three will probably die. and doing
great amount Of damage to property. Forty
houses were blown to atoms or carried far
from their foundations.
complete swath was cut through the
town. Everything in the track of the tor
nado was reduced to debris OF blown away
The dead:
MRS. THOMAS FILE, sS years old
MRS. WILLIAM STEWART, so years old
HARRISON MANN, is years old.
Partial list Of injured:
Mrs. william Mann
Frank Shields and two daughters.
Mrs. /. J. May.
Charles Miller and wife
Henry Hayes and wife;
William Kirkland and wife; she will prob
ably die.
William Stewart; will probably die.
Thomas File, fatally.
Mrs. Phoebe Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs George Root.
Mrs. John Griffith.
Joseph Mann. r. F. Jestes and Mrs. Lila
Hays nf Litchheld.
Thomas p Moss and wife.
George Root and wife
John j.. West.
T. J. Barker, internally.
nally will die.
Grace Barker.
Ethei Barker internally
Ures Barker.
Mrs Gritty internally.
George Shaw and wife
During the day the dead bodies of four
unidentified persons were taken from the
debris, making a total of eight dead
The total property loss Is estimated be-
tween $4,000 and s1oo,O 900.
Details by Telephone.
Telegraph communication with Sorrento
is cut on and details were obtained over the
long distance telephone.
The four killed were in their homes in
different parts of Sorrento. All were badly
crushed. The storm approached from the
west and swept through the main residence
portion of the town. The work Of the wind
was quickly done and then followed heavy
downpour.of fain. accompanied by vivid
lightning and deep thunder. Those who es-
capped injury were for the time panic
stricken, but finally rallied and set 10 work
to rescue the injured.
So violent was the tornado that some resi-
dences were swept away completely and the
debris esfectually scattered. Houses that
remained standing were constructed into
temporary hospitals and refugees and the
people by lantern light in the pouring rain
searched through debris and dragged out
the injured, who were Immediately taken
The population of Sorrento numbered 1,1OC
persons.
Death Ia indian Territory.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 1s-A dispatch
to the Telegram from Tulsa, l. T., says:
In a tornado which passed over the
country one mile west. at Manford. 1. r..
late last night two children Of E. r. Ander-
son were killed and Mrs. Anderson and
Miss Maude Root were seriously injured
Several other persons are reported hurt
The path of the storm was a quarter of a
mile vide and several miles in length"
The injured are:
A. Magyar and wife, seriously
Ed Root, seriously.
Two children of Ed Root seriously
]. r. Edwards and wife. perhaps fatally
Searching parties are out in the path o
the storm today and every relief possible
is being given.
Mannford is a town Of $50 persons.
Alton suffers from DeIuEe.
ST LOUIS Oct. lS.-The storm tha
wrecked Sorrento deluged Alton. ILL.,. a few
miles south of Sorrento, in the nature of
cloudburst and St. Louis suffered the fur.
of terrific thunderstorm.
Near Alton no loss of life occurred bu
the streets we're turned into temporary riv
ers Fourteen miles distant the village o
Grafton was deluRed ana the main stree
vas three feet under water. Ten mile
north OF Alton, a Chicago, Peoria & st
Louis freight train struck a washout fl
the storm and plunged down an embank
ment into Branch creek containing six fee
OF water Two cars contained cattle an,
horses and only a few animals in the car
escaped death. Several tramps seen [,
swing onto the train previously are be
lieved to have perished Engineer Franl
Drew. Fireman II. Ballard and Brakeman
Albert Patton were in the engine when
plunged into the creek and all had to swim
for their lives Patton was so badly rat
tied that he would have drowned had no
his comrades rescued him.
Flood at 81. LouIn.
At ST. Louis the lowlands OF the rive
Des Peres we're flooded and police wer
busy carrying people from the housetop,
The plant OF the Laclede Fire Brick CON
pany is flooded and Vice President j. /
Greene estimates the damage at fror
$4,000 to Sl5,OOO.
Missouri Pacific Bridge out.
SEDALIA. Mo, Oct. iS-The temporar
bridge. erected by the Missouri Pacin
Railway company over the Lamine rive
at Ottervllle. thirteen miles east of her,
went out today. following a downpour q
rain All trafic from the east is al
standstill as a result.