The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
[LEYEN DEAD
in MISSOURI
..,.do sweeps Washington and JEFF
,.r.on Counties Leaving Wreck
age Behind In It's
Path.
MAYBE MORE ARE DEAD
- wires Blown Down and Definite
News Cannot be Obtained Of
Full Extent Of
Disaster.

DE SOTO, Mo-, April 14.-Eight per-
inns were killed and seventy-six are
tnown to have been injured by a tor
nado that swept Washington and JEFF
ferson counties, Missouri, about three
o'clock yesterday afternoon. All ru-
raj telephone lines are down and not
until today will the exact toll of
deaths and injured be known when
the country districts in the path of
the storm are heard from
valles Mines, in Jefferson county, /
and Cadet, in Washington county, bore
tbe brunt of the storm. At Wales
Wines, four persons are known to have
been killed and dozen injured. The
names are unobtainable, as all the
wires are down. The news was
brought to DeSoto by railroad man.
score or more residences and busi-
ness houses were demolished. 1t is
feared the death list in this district
will be increased when news is re-
ceiyed from the scattered mining
camps.
The tornado, sweeping from the
southwest, virtually wrecked the en-
tire village of Cadet, in Washington
county. A few houses in the south
east part Of the town escaped the
raYages of the storm.
Two persons were killed. Mrs
Franklin and Mrs. Eli Corbett, and
| fourteen were injured, some of whom
are In a critical condition.
The funneishaped cloud swooped
down on Cadet about 3 O'Clock, the
citizens having no chance to seek
shelter 1t swept path three-auart-
ers Of a mile wide, leaving ruin In Its
wake Cadet is a town of about ooo
persons, and the greater part OF the
population is homeless.
All telegraph and telephone wires
are down and 1t is impossible 10 reach
the stricken town from De Soto
News of the tornado was brought
here by railroad signal man.
relief train was made up and staFtea
for the scene. It will remain at va
det to be used as a hospital.
Great havoc has been wrought II
Jefferson county to farm properly
and crops. Orchards were uproote'
and fences leveled. All streams arr
out of their banks and the roads ar
lmpassible
Two members of an automobile PAL
ty are known to have been killed b.
the tornado and third man Is mss
Ing. John Paven of Cape Girardeat
Joe J. Boyers and George BlackDur
/ Of De Soto were motoring in the sou'i
ern section of Jefferson county Whe
their machine was caught in the pat
Of the tornado. Powers and Boyer
/ were killed and Blackburn is mlssihs
The negro chauffeur ESCAPED ana te
ephoned the news to De Soto.
Meager reports from the souther
section of Jefferson county tel
great havoc wrought by the tornad
Il Fam buildings were demolishe
fences leyeled and great damage aoi
to growing crops and fruit trees. =
the rural phone lines are down ana
Is impossible to learn the numoei
killed and injured or estimate u
damage to property.
At Wales Mines, in the southel
part of Jefferson county, four perso,
were killed and a dozen injured.
names of the victims are not kno"
number of buildings were demons
ed. All rural telephone lines d ..
down and it is feared the death u
! will be increased when word is. reee
ed from the scattered mining camps.