Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1904 — FIFTY BUILDINGS WRECKED [ARTICLE]

FIFTY BUILDINGS WRECKED

One Man Fatally Hurt and Several Other* Injured by a Storm of Wind and Hail.

Higginsvilie. Mo.. March 22.—Fifty buildings are partly wrecked, one man is mortally wounded and several others hurt; the town is in darkness and the streets strewn with debris, as the result of a tornado and hail storm which struck this place. The hail on the streets was a foot deep within five minutes after the storm came, and some of the stones were as large as hen eggs. Dozens of trees in the town were blown down and several horses were killed on the street. The most careful estimate of the financial loss here Is $40,000. Two other towns in this section were in the path of this storm and are said to be considerably damaged. They are Corder and Alma, each having a population of 500 or 600.