Show H ci i L TWO TOWNS WERE WIPED OUT Wlnona 3to Cwept Avray by a Deluge De-luge and Eleven LlvM Lost An Indescribable Scene of Terror and Devastation Baxter Springs Kas Struck by tho Deadly Twister and Flvo Persona Killed Springfield Mo July OA storm awful In Its terror and total In its vorls of destruction wiped out the own of Wlnona on the Current River irnnch of tho Kansas City Fort Scott < Memphis Railway in Shannon county at 1030 last night That eleven persona lost their lives Is known to a iertalnty and eight men are missing The dead ate RKV J W DUNCAN MRS J W DUNCAN MATTI12 DUNCAN MRS CRAWFORD married daughter daugh-ter of Rev Duncan CRAWFORD GFRT OKORGE NKVINS NORMA NEVINS LITTLE DAUGHTER of Lloyd Wright MAGGIE GANNON JOHN MORRIS MRS NEVINS Time bodies of Rev J W Duncan his wife and daughter George Nevlns Norma Nevlns and the Wright girl were recovered but the others have not been found A heavy rain followed by a furious wind set in at 9 oclock last night While the wind ceased the rain continued con-tinued until 10 oclock The water seemed to come down In a continuous stream At 1015 oclock four feet of water was on the streets In fifteen minutes many buildings could not longer stand the strain and began to careen and succumb to the waters Vivid flashes of lightning pierced the downpour which came like the Falls of Niagara Houses were smashed and In the water wa-ter were hundreds of men women and children I was like a shipwreck hi the ocean Cries of terror and shouts for help from the struggling people clinging to pieces of timber made the scene one that balllcd description The strong current rushing down the ravine or vale carried many to higher land and places of safety When the torrent had to a degree subsided the men who had saved themselves turned their attention to other and by 3 oclock In the morning the worst was over Those who had escaped the sweep of devastation stood sniveling without clothing or without an opportunity to dry themselves When day dawned there was nothing of the homes In the town There was no shelter no food no clothing As noon as the destroyed telegraphic communication com-munication was restored Mayor B F Evans telegraphed to this city for aid Tonight the inhabitants of Wln na are scattered among farmhouses or have gone to neighboring towns In nil thirty buildings were destroyed de-stroyed Among them were the A Carter Car-ter Lumber Companys building loss 2000 Mrs A G Scranton millinery building 500 J J Bowen three buildings 2000 Church Klssell Lum Ocr Company 1500 the Barr Hotel and Pettis House Lewis Houso and Sills House were all carried away The total loss Is not less than 80000 Rev G W Duncan who lost his life was pastor of the Wlnona circuit and was but recently oralalned He was formerly an engineer on the Iron Mountain Moun-tain Railroad The bodies of Miss Ma mie Duncan and Mrs Crawford were foutit at 4 oclock this morning and ilj others were recovered long after laylnoak that Birch Tree I is now known tieut miles west of Wlnona had Its greatest storm at the same hour last night No lives were lost there however how-ever but Cord Fisher lumber dealers deal-ers lost 2000 by the destruction of their building Other buildings were greatly damacod there |