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The Davis County Republican

10 May 1894 pg 1

The Cyclone

     This county was visited by a cyclone about 7 o’clock Saturday evening.  So far as our present information goes the first work which it did was across the Appanoose county above Unionville where a house and barn belonging to Mr. Hicks was blown away.  Crossing into this county it tore a house and barn down for Mr. Creech and blew Mr. Morrison’s house and contents to pieces and carried them off.  Mr. Henry Bailey’s house and barn, about 1 ½ miles southwest of Drakesville were entirely torn to pieces and three members of the family were hurt.  Mr. Bailey and his family and Mr. John Rogers were in the house when the storm struck it.  Neither Mr. Bailey, Mr. Rogers nor the 14 months-old baby were injured.  A six-year-old boy received a serious wound over the right eye which cut through both eyelids and burst the eye ball.  A boy three years old received an ugly gash on the forehead and Mrs. Bailey was struck on the back of the head and otherwise bruised until she has been unconscious the greater portion of the time since the storm.  Her recovery is uncertain.  The little child was found about one hundred yards from the house under some boards but not hurt.  Continuing eastward, the storm did more or less damage until it reached Ab Downing’s farm southeast of Drakesville where window lights were blown out and the side of the house burst loose but not blown in.  At Mr. Teese’s, northwest of this city about 1 ½ miles a log barn was blown down crippling four head of horses and further east about ¼ mile Allen Berry’s house was moved off of the foundation and partially turned around, his smoke house was literally torn to pieces and carried away.  The roof was blown off of John Wishard’s barn and Clay Martin’s large barn just across Fox was unroofed, the doors were blown off of Mr. Frasier’s barn, also a corn crib and some sheds blown down on James McCuitian’s farm, and a part of the roof was taken off the barn on the old Willy farm about 5 miles east and north of the city.  Further than this we have not heard but it is believed that the force of the storm was about spent when it reached the latter point.

     All along the course of the storm a great deal of damage was done to timer, orchards and fences.  It was a genuine twister and performed the freaks ordinarily attributed to cyclones.  At Mr. Bailey’s between the house and barn a road cart was standing which had not been moved in the least while the wire fence only a few feet from it was torn away and the posts pulled up.  We count ourselves luck that the storm passed about one mile north of the city.

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      Since writing the above we are informed that the storm was much more destructive than we have indicated.  It seems to have originated near Centerville where it did some damage then going northeast it tore down three houses for the Hyatts and one for Mr. Miller before it reached the house Mr. Hicks.  After reaching this county it tore down several houses near Bunch.  A full report of which we are unable to give.  So far as we have learned there was no loss of human life.

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This storm struck the Appanoose County location of Main Station sometimes called Ray on May 6, 1894 killing the grgrgrgrandmother, Julia Sweezy McDanel, of the contributor Pat Howk.  She has the Moravia Union clippings relating the storm in that area.

Chequest News

Many of the farmers are through with corn planting and the corn is coming up nicely.

Uncle Billy Pherigo is at the point of death.  The doctor says it is only a matter of a few days until he will pass over. 

A. H. Phelps and Rev. McNulty are pushing to completion the addition to Phelps store room.

Fred Clausen’s shop is piled full of work at all seasons of the year.  Fred is a good smith and a hustler.

Al Lawson is putting up a house three miles north of Eldon for Mr. Wright.

The wind of Sunday the 29th of April came near raising the city.  It flew the roof off of Fletch Hunt’s wagon shed and blew down a great deal of fence in the neighborhood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark News

Corn  that has been planted long enough is now coming up and crops are looking as well as we ever saw them at this time of year.

Joseph Mendenhall is having a tussel with the mumps.

Joel Fenton and family, of Mendota, Missouri, are visiting relatives here.

George Bowlings’ have a boy.

We have had two weddings since our last report; one being that of Rufus Dabney and Della Edwards, the groom being 17 and the bride 15 years old.  They are quite young but if they live long enough they will be as old as any body.  The other wedding was that of John Kinkade and Alzina Kinman, who will make their home near Bloomfield.

Rev. Bush, of Bloomfield, assisted in ordaining Park Woods deacon of the church at this place one week ago last Sunday.

It is reported that Mr. Spellman, living west of this place had two horses stolen Thursday night and that nothing had been heard from them up to Saturday. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Elm News

Mrs. Mary J. Black and Miss May Carroll returned home Saturday from Bloomfield, where they have been visiting with relatives and friends.

 Quite a number of our young folks ended quarterly meeting at Hisson Sunday evening.

Call on J. M. Carroll for millinery goods.

Our young people of this place will have a box supper at the White Elm school house Tuesday night.

Lewis Carroll has purchased a fine team of roadster colts.

Mrs. Simon Lasley is on the sick list.

Marten Lute is quite sick with the mumps.

Theadoor Maring and his sister Dora spent Sunday afternoon with Rev. Lute’s family, and attended the meeting Sunday evening. 

Miss Bessie Haney, of Selma, visited friends at this place Saturday.

 

 

 

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