The Taney County republican., 1920-03-18
The TORNADO
Later Reports Of fancy County Storm

devast ItiNg st0-m which passed through
Taney county Thursday, March elev'
enth has reached clever.
They aIt: Mrs. C5rl Toward, 38;
William Mahnkey, 5; aud the following
Box children, Muriel, II; O'eta, g;
Bulge, 6; Hubert, IS; Jessie, 10;
Baby, S; and John, 2. Four Of ih'
Box children belonged TO Randolpi
Box and three to Willi'm Box
Miss Frances Jackson As, died Sun
day from injuries received HrsknI
was lrac'a-ed ard she euiI rcd corcu.
sion Of lr. brain
Ms K i,.oH Box we hitn 'o
lead chii Fridav nigh. She is O.,
in critical condition having ha. seN-
ersl sever i, ] ri 5, Two or three rib
broken. Jaw bone broken, one cy'
knocked out and two or three holes in
the head.
Mrs. William Box is still suffering
from the i,juries she received,
When the tornado struck the Hc'o.
sti home hey haI hig fire n me
cook stove ard were ironing and COX
ing dime. Mrs Howard grabbed her
baby boy three years od. The vino
caught them and carried them up in
to the air, the baby in its molhsr's
arms. When they came dove she
still held the child, falling on top oi
him and the other children were like
wise thrown in the same heap. The
mother h,d Goals in her shoes and was
othefwise uadly DuIDrd. The baby
was practically unlrjlred. Nezzie,
Is, had hrr NOUN torn; five stitches
were takea. Ruby, 10 collar bone
broken and back injured, practically
helpless. Edith, l3, collar bone brok-
er. What was not blown away wa
burned up, o! all their belongings
only two pillows were found.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gross reported
rnissing, ltar came walking into MA
I'd lacn Ne'saln dad condiuof
With no rc"0,i,CtiOu Of the events d
,ae previous twentyiouT hours.
Miss Mibel Morris sight is not losr
rs at first reported.
An eme,g gency hospital was eslab
lished at Branson under the direction
Of Dr.. Gug B. Mitchell assisted BY
Miss Marslret Keet and Miss Betty
Manley special nurses from the Rec
Cross chpNter al Springfield.
The iureraI services for the deaC
were held last S.turday at Branson
Mrs. Howard was buried in the Ed
wards cemetery.
A relief fund fer the suf.rers wa
started by the business men Of Hollis
ter and BrInsop.
The property damage is estimated
to exceed s250,0O0.
The sto;m seems to have originated
in Kansas aud moved down into Al
kansas, turning north east after passlD
through northern Arkansas. 1t en
tered TaueY county n the south west
ern part II c niiuued a nonh-easterl
rectiou rousnout the county
The pa Of the storm was rep p'fte
/, De 200 10 400 yards in width alon
the greater part oi its course. II liz
ed at several points in crossing Ii
hllly Ozark country and little Of n
valley Ian was dams sed, the wov'
damage being done when the twist,
dipped into the Melva district.
Several following the path Of III
storm report many freak incidents.
Rubber rosing was found wrapps
around ami round an dak tres.
A large barn on the farm OF ALE
Coghnrn south OF Holllster was blow
from its fcuud:t on and wrecked. S
horses tied in h: barn were LEFT stant
ing unharmed in the stalls.
A dog vas blown unipjlred ihroup
the window Of Jesse Whorton's Tar
near Bransnn. The dog was in pa
ture near he house when the stor
broke and was carried more than II