The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-20
BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY JUNE 1912

Barns, outbuildings and orchards
were cleaned away.
The last freak of the storm in Bates
County, when it destroyed the Gal
lowap home and scattered its timbers,
was to leave the Galloway family, ia
ther, mother and three children,
stripped of their clothing, standing a
hundred yards down the road from
the front gate.
From Merwin the storm jumped to a
point near Adrian, and then swept
across Southern johnson and North
ern Henry counties.
Losses Near Adrian.
The homes of o. C. johnson, Jas.
Addleman, Robt. Kizer, H. L. Wright,
F. P. Lankford, DR.. Tuttle, Lewis
Tuttle, E. M. Bice, Geo. Benstead,
Bud Ficklin, Joe. Brown, F. NJ. Gil
pin, Ed. Sliffe, H. H. Penley, Joe
Cope, W. H. Dunn. H. M. Howe,
Jessie Smith Farm. The Mingo
school house was totally destroyed.
Barns, outbuildings, haysheds and
orchards, were torn to pieces. 1t is
impossible to estimate the loss Of live
stock.
Left Desolation in Path.
Sheriff Bullock drove along the
path of the storm near Adrian early
Sunday morning, and his account of
the scenes gives some idea of the ir-
resistab)e power of the storm.
"The desolation left by the cyclone
beggars description - said the sheriff.
Zone must see for himself to fully
comprehend the complete devastation
wrought Where once handsome
homes, great barns, vast haysheds
and granaries stood, now remains
only heaps of boards and scattered
debris. Twisted and broken farm
machinery, household furniture al
most unrecognizable, and bed cloth
ing torn and soiled, tell a story of de-
stroyed and desolated homes. Whole
sides of meat, hams and shoulders,
and provisions of all kinds were scat
tered broadcast along the path OF
the storm.
"The loss of live stock will amount
to thousands of dollars and it is al
most impossible to estimate the value
Of the animals manned and killed.
Near the Billy Dunn place in a space
not more than a quarter of quarter
of a mile were found 150head of dead
animals, and many others crippled
Hogs were found dead with timbers
driven entirely through their bodies
or crushed by falling debris. Near
the George Benstead farm we came
upon fine COW alive with scant-
ling driven through her side, the
heavy timber still sticking in the
body of the poor beast. Her we
promptly killed to end her agonies.
"All along our route we found
chickens and other fowls dead, and
tho remarkable as It may seem, many
Of the chickens were as devoid of
feathers as if they had been stripped
BY professional picker -
"a fine large draft stallion belong
ng on the Howe farm, was picked
up, carried across Elk Fork creek and
dropped some $50 yards from the
Darn. He was still alive when found.
A horse on the Kizer farm was blown
rom the barn and found dead aquar-
er Of mile away"
"The freaks of the storm were
many, but the most marvellous sight
If it all to me was at the Brown place
where wheat straws were driven into
,ine boards, an inch in thickness. In
everal places along the route CORFU
rated iron roofing was wrapped COM
'letely around telephone poles as tho
~ gigantic hands, and at the Ben
tead farm heavy 2xlO burr oak
flank was planted upright in the
arth so firmly that it was impossible
or strong man to loosen it. 1t must ,
ave been driven into the ground to
depth Of 5 or 6 feet" ,
1--WE found uprooted hedge trees $
n the roads and meadows, dropped !
y the storm far from any hedge, and =
n iron pump, piping and all was I
ulled from well and carried dis 8
ance of 300 feet. On the Bice farm
wagon was torn to pieces, and on
he rear axle, when found, one wheel
'as completely trimmed out and de- t
troyed while the other remained in G
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