Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1910 — KANSAS HAS TORNADO [ARTICLE]

KANSAS HAS TORNADO

Joplin. Weir City and Scammon in Path of Cloudburst A tornado and cloudburst hit the mining section of southeastern Kansas and did considerable damage to property between here and Joplin and Weir City and Scammon. No serious damage was done in Pittsburg, but at Weir City dwelling houses were blown down and scattered over the country and store fronts were blown in. One woman was killed and several injured there. The damage at Weir City is estimated at about >IO,(X'J Buildings were blown down ovei at Scammon in Cherokee county, but no one was injured. A man was killed by the wind at Galena, Kan. Interurban and railroad traffic is badly crippled. The storm did much damage around Joplin and at Webb City and the Joplin mining district will be idle today because of the superstructure and buildings being lowered to the ground. The damage at Electric Park. Joplin, an amusement resort, amounts to SIO,OOO. Mri C. A. Houston was killed and all the family except her infant, seriously injured when wind demolished their home near Carl Junction, eight miles northwest of Joplin. Mo