Show Cyclones and Tornados Sr Louis April 23A brief special from Nevada Missouri says A terrific cyclone swept through a part of Vernon county evening before last doing great damage to property and killing a number of people Thirty houses are known to have been destroyed de-stroyed and fifteen persons are known to have been killed About 8 oclock the clouds were plainly visible here passing only about eight miles from this city The cyclone seemed to comedown come-down Marmaton river from the Kansas line dealing death and destruction wherever lne dealng So far as can bo learned the first place it struck was in Metz township frst Passing through Metz Osago and Blue Mound townships fences houses bar rind everything in i the line of the storm which was half a mile wide were picked up rent into splinters and cast down hundreds of yards splnters away Trees were torn up by tho roots Over thirty houses were destroyed and about fifteen persons killed Only a ffeen partial list of the dead has yet been obtained ob-tained which is as follows MrsEStroutt Miss Stroutt daughter of 3Ir s Suoutt1 May Stover J Hawkins John Miller and Mrs John Miller There were five members of the Miller family four of whom wore killed A baby 2 years old was dropped in the yard and was round unhurt Parts of Miller house and furniture were found strewn over the fields for a mile from where the house formerly stood Reliable news has only been received from Osago township and it is thought the death roll will be swelled to over twentyfive twentfve A heavy gale passed over this city damaging dam-aging church and other buildings but none were seriously injured THE TOBNATX LITTLE HOCK April 23 About 3 oclock yesterday morning a tornado originating in the Indian Territory and going almost due east passed through this county nr miles north and along the line of tho Little Rook l Fort Smith Railway It was between a quarter and a half a mile wide and near Ozark Franklin county began doing great I damage to trees houses and fences Fur E ther east near Goal H and Clarksville Johnson county the damage was very ser ou and many persons were injured Four miles from Clarksville yesterday afternoon John Reeds child G D Eooleys daughter and a child of Mr Petty were killed Man day Phiipst near Ozark was severely i jured by failing timbers The loss to farm ers in buildings fences stock and growing crops is very heavy but it cannot now be estimated FEBBCE WIN OZABK Ark April 23A heavy wind approached ap-proached from several directions and the currents met in this valley and passed up the canyon east of town about the head of which the funnel appearance of the cyclone was first seen A track 3 yaf ds wide was laid almost entirely bare Timber and all sorts of improvements were blown in every direction The residence of Jonathan Worthy where the funnel first struck the ground was blown forty feet and leveled Mr Worthy was badly hurt but his family escaped by not being in the house Mo Courts church was entirely destroyed One dwelling was nearly leveled but the members mem-bers of the family were so caught between the timbers that nobody was hurt Mrs James Morrison was severely bruised E T Woodruff John Alstott Russell Nunn John Miller and J A MoCourts are the principal sufferers in this section General damage was done to stock outbuildings fenoihg blooming orchards outside the immediate im-mediate track of the storm while inside everything was nearly a total wreck I HAHi STORM NEVADA Mo April 23The heavy snowstorm snow-storm which originated in Kansas has swept over the northeastern part of this county There wore four persons killed outright and several so dangerously wounded that they will probably die The wind was pro ceded by a hail storm which did considerable considera-ble damage Many of the hailstones weighed from three to four ounces and some of them measured nine inches in circumference cir-cumference They crashed through the roofs of dwellings and barns leaving holes through hioh a mans arm would pass with ease Considerable injury to stock is reported from the hail but no persons were injured A great many reports have been received of minor damages and the escapes of those whose homes were ruined are almost al-most miraculous At 2 oclock yesterday morning a strong wind blew over this city but did no damage asido from the overthrow over-throw of a few chimneys and small outbuildings out-buildings The heavy rain at that hour was attended by an interesting phenomenon in tne northern part of tho city Balls of fire seemed t be falling at an angle of 4 degrees de-grees They struck the ground and bursted into myriads of fiery flakes rebounded several sev-eral hundred feet toward the east and died away The exhibition continued for several sev-eral minutes |