Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1899 — DEATH RODE THE WIND. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEATH RODE THE WIND.

Sewunt»-fiwe New Graves Tell thMtawy off a’taoonri’s Cyclone. The tteittftealinx cyclone, of which R£rfcsvfflr. Mo., was the espeeial target, w» »iw-»f the worst calamities in the histwey of tlte State. Seventy-five new graves as a most eloquent, and yet most terrible, evidence wf the awfulness of the storm. In. the hospitals and homes are 200 human bemgs suffering from broken limbs or worse injuries, and over all this scene is

rite grief of the bereaved men ami women wfeo* nioitrn ete- loss of friends and homes. Tears-will not blot out the memory of this terrible storm, which left a path of death aniAififsolaition in its wake. jft Kirksville over IWI houses were lorn to* splinters, and of the inmates of these busses none escaped injury—ami many auet ifearh: death came in all shajies of b*crw. ami the sights that greeted the •yes of those who were early upon the scene after rhe fury of the wind had been

spent stell be memorable for their grueswaaraeso anti ghststlinews. The wails of b«uliiime* fieff with a crash that sounded aAwov- the rear of the storm, burying peopdr tri the rains. Frame buildings were twisted and hfted from their foundations; writers were- utterly demolished, pieces of ttiient being carried for miles. The bodies off the storm’s human victims were found tamfrwdS. *4 yards away from where their IliMues hud stwud.

GATHERING THE DEAD.

A SCENE IN THE CYCLONE’S WAKE.