AWFUL STORY OF DEATH.

AT LEAST FIFTY KILLED BY CYCLONE AT KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- HUNDREDS INJURED.

Kirksville, Mo., April 28. -- At noon it was estimated that the death list is about 50, and that between 400 and 500 people were injured. City officials said that these were simply approximate figures, and that it will be several days before a definite casualty list can be secured. Telegraph wires were down in all directions, and interruptions were so frequent during the day that only meager information could be sent.

Kirksville, Mo., April 28. -- Desolation and suffering almost indescribable has been the portion of Kirksville's inhabitants during the past 12 hours, the result of Thursday evening's relentless tornado.
Many of the dead and dying remained in the ruins of their homes during the night; others who had been found and taken to pieces of shelter died before morning. A small army of doctors from the osteopathy college, students and citizens spent the dark hours in a ceaseless hunt for the unfortunates; the dead were carried away to a selected spot to be cared for when the needs of the injured could be satisfied.
All night lanterns darted here and there among the debris, answering some cry for help, or directed by the sight of some struggling form fighting to escape his place of imprisonment. Here and there fires that had started soon after the tornado passed, and which were allowed to burn, sent up a bright glow and lent aid to the rescuers. It is possible that these same fires incinerated some of the victims who could not be reached, and only days of search can reveal the true state of affairs. Morning broke bright and beautiful over the area of destruction and found the chaos of the night slowly taking the form of system.
The same scenes could be told of Newtown, in Sullivan County, which shared a like fate at the hands of the tornado.
Days must pass before a complete list of casualties can be secured and before the real extent of the damage to property can be known.
Kirksville is the county seat of Adair County and has a population estimated at 5,000. The state normal school of Kansas First district and business colleges are located there.
The town is best known through the teachings of the American school of osteopathy. Persons afflicted with many different diseases flock to Kirksville to be treated, and it was among the students' and patients' quarters that most of the ruin was wrought. The town is located in an agricultural region and is reached by the Wabash and the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City railroads. Newtown is a small town of 650 inhabitants in Sullivan county, 40 miles north of Kirksville.
The tornado destroyed telephone and telegraph wires out of Kirksville, and not till 9:30 o'clock in the morning was communication with the outside resumed, and then only in an unsatisfactory sort of way.
The known dead are as follows:
A. M. ANDERSON.
A. C. BEAL.
ED. BEMAN.
DR. BILLINGTON.
MRS. HENRY BILLINGTON.
MRS. BOWMAN.
T. H. BRIGHTON.
MRS. THEODORE BRIGHAM.
MRS. CONDOR.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM.
C. A. GIBBS.
MRS. C. A. GIBBS.
A. W. GLASEE.
MRS. A. S. GLASEE.
MRS. W. W. GREEN.
MISS GREEN.
MRS. B. GREEN.
MRS. HELMIN.
W. B. HOWELLS.
MRS. HILLS.
JOHN KIRK.
MRS. KIRK.
COL. LITTLE.
MRS. LITTLE.
LITTLE, boy and girl.
MISS LITTLE.
HENRY LOWE.
Three LOWE children.
HARRY MITCHELL.
MRS. MITCHELL.
MRS. T. MAHAFFEY.
MRS. MILLER.
JAMES EECK.
MR. and MRS. L. T. PENHOBT.
A. W. RAINSCHOTT.
MRS. A. W. RAINSCHOTT.
MRS. W. SHERBORN.
MRS. G. STEVENSON.
JAMES WEAVEN.
ALMA WILLILAMS.
JOSEPH WOODS.
MRS. J. H. WOODS.
MRS. CAROLINE WOODS.
MRS. LEONA WHALEY.

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