The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16
THREE DEAD AND
MANY INJURED
Results of the Great Storm in
Kansas and Several Ad-
joining States.
MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGED
THIRTY FRAME BUILDINGS WERE
BLOWN DOWN At ONE PLACE.

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Kansas City. Mo. May ia recapi-
tulation of last nights storm, general
over northwestern Missouri and east
ern and central Kansas and extending
into Oklahoma, and which in places
reached the proportion of tornado,
shows three known dead and fifty-five
injured, at least half a dozen of the
latter seriously hurt.
The principal damage was done at
Hollis, a town of $50 inhabitants. near
COnCOrdia, Kan. and at Mount Wash
ington, Mo-, a suburb eight miles east
Of Kansas City. In both of these places
practically every house was either
damaged or demolished and dozens Of
persons injured.
The Dead.
Frederick Jeardoe. a 80 Hollis,
Kan.
William Elliott. a carpenter. blown
from a derrick at ChilwoOd, near Jop-'
lin, Mo.
William Ackley, engineer of Santa
Fe railroad bridge gang, working near
Great Bend, Kan
The Injured.
Mount Washington. Mo, twenty
three, three perhaps fatally.
Near Great Bend, twenty, mostly
members of the crew on a Santa Fe
work train. which was blown from the
track: four seriously.
Hollis, Kan, three.
Rosedale, Kan, a suburb of Kan
sas City, two.
Vicinity of Hoepsington, Kan, four.
Pond Creek. Okla. four.
Thirty Buildings Demolished.
The most serious damage was that
which laid waste a district of 100 yards
wide and mile in length through the
/ heart of Mount Washington, sparse
! " settled suburb 10 the east of Kan
sas City. There thirty frame buildings,
mostly cottages. and the Christian
church, a wooden structure, were de
mOlished, huge trees were uprooted
and telegraph and telephone poles
blown down. The storm followed ter
rife downpour Of rain. The wind came
up suddenly. swOoping down with but
little warning and striking the small
! territory described, wiped it out almost
! completely. Frame houses were
/ crushed. the sides apparently being
/ forced inward, while others were top
/ pied over and carried from their foun-
datlons. In some cases sides Of build
/ ings were carried away, leaving the
roof and a few small articles to mark
/ the site.
Many Narrow Escapes.
/ There were many miraculous escapes
! from death. The 3-mOnths-old baby Of
/ Mrs. r. 5. Robinson was blown out of
/ the woman's arms as she was hurrying
! to cover, carried across the railroad
/ tracks and deposited on vacant lot,
/ with no other injuries than few slight
! cuts The mother was thrown down
and badly cut by flying missiles
! Charles Greer, 1s years old, was pin
/ Toned beneath the timbeTs of the
I wrecked Greer home. It required
motor car. jack and a number Of men
to release the boy. He was taken to
/ IndeDendence. near by, suffering inter
/ nal injuries He cannot live.
/ Mrs. Josie De Bernardo. aged 81. sus-
| tanned a broken arm while fleeing to a
place of safety
/ Mr.. and Mrs. James O'Gann, an aged
couple. were caught in the wreckage
/ of their home and injured, the woman