The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-24
MANY INTERESTING INCIDENTS
OF SUNDAY NIGHTS TORNADO

Yesterday was busy day for the
street cars carrying people to and
from the scene of Sundays tornado
show ground" All day and for a
time into the night thousands of peo-
pie visited the locality and marveled
at the strange scenes they saw. The
circus Performance was over, but
there were plenty OF evidences that
there had been many horizontal and
perpendicular and aerial stunts" jug
Cling, tumbling and other acrobatic
feats. There was no price OF admis-
SIGN TO the show" grounds and every
boy went away satisfied that Cairo
had kept up its reputation of present
ing to the public only the bst In the
show line; that Tiers nothing ,siowr
about Cairo, there's always some
thing doing to advertise the place.
Not city, village or hamlet in the
United States but what knows Cairo
III on the map. Shch were the remarks
AakH from the spectators, 2.a "a
Workmen employed to remove the
household furniture from the ceiling
OF the house that was turned over
found a paper sack lying on the cell
ing containing seven eggs. In ALI its
gyrations about the. Kitchen only one
agg in the sack had been broken. The
eggs were distributed, one to a police
nan and the Others to neighbots who
will treasure them as souvenirs until
hey find their presence is no longer
desirable.
The lady who presided over the
Smith household has entirely recov-
red from an attack Of tfoomatics-
ince her terrible experience of
and lofty tumbling from room
0 attic. She stated yesterday that
he pain had left her and she felt
ntirely we'll
There Is great diversity of opin-
On as to the probable cost of placing
he Smith house back on its founda.
ion right side up. Two contractors
cured that it would be worth as
luch as to build new house, while
mother man thought it could be done
Or two or three hundred dollars.
Alderman Leo Mcdaniel went up
esterday to view the tornado's work.
eeing a new house had been placed
pom lot without the permission of
he council, he will make a protest
the next meeting OF the council.
he overturned house which had been 5
coupled by the Smith family now |
,sts on Swoboda Brothers lot The
ork was done Sunday, but Mcdaniel |
lys the law must be strictly en- I
reed. II
Another examination of the havoc Z
fused by the twister revealed more
aTnage done The house at 731 !
hirty-sixth street in the path of the t
orm had been lifted so carefully |
lat but few noticed that it had been /
sturbed-the house being vacant.
was drawn by the suction nearly t
ot to the east. q
Eisey's former coal Office just be-
md the Big Four track was leveled /
the ground d
VIII Hall whose house on Thirty /
xth street near Highland was dam I
led. was protected by tornado insur- {
ice, and Agent Will Greaney in. s
ructed him to proceed at once and v
I'VE II repaired at the expense Of Il
e company he represents. te
The insurance agents yesterday did
lively business writing up tornado S
SKIS. One office had to employ ex. +
a help to supply the demand. v
A freak Of the wind was observed a
the rear Of the old fair grounds ex. 0
bit building, A number of families (
'enpy 1t as living quarters. There v
e four sheds back OF this building. il
ne tornado bounced over one shed, Il
lttened out two to the ground, then n
'unced again over a fourth shed. d
Still another freak was the Juggling o
the residence OF James Strader az D
G right Of the roadway leading over h
e new levee. This house was a