Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1911 — CADET, MISSOURI, DESTROYED [ARTICLE]

CADET, MISSOURI, DESTROYED

Several Persons Are Reported Dead and a Score Injured. DeSoto. Mo, April 14.—A tornado hit Cadet, a town of 500 people, twelve miles sooth of here, tn Washington county Two persons were instantly killed and fourteen seriously Injured. The dead are Mrs. Eli Cordettand and Mrs Franklin. The wind virtually swept the town away. Ohly ten houses in the southeastern part were left standing. The path of the tornado through Cadet was three-quarters of a mile wide. Great damage was also done in the country near Cadet, many farm houses and barns being wrecked. A special train left here for Cadet to bring the injured to DeSoto. All wires were blown down. An Iron Mountain signal man brought the news to DeSoto In the southern part of Jeffersdn county the storm wrecked an automobile in which were John Powers of Cape Girardeau and Joseph Boyers and George Blackburn of DeSoto. Powers and Boyers were found dead and Blackburn is misting.