1923 STORM WRECKS JACKSON BUILDINGS; $100,000 LOSS IS SUSTAINED BY SUNDAY STORM; MRS. C.F. BRENNECKE BADLY HURT.

One woman was seriously injured, several others were slightly hurt and damage estimated at nearly $100,000 resulted when a tornado swept through the business section of Jackson early Sunday night. Striking first near the cemetery in the southern part of town, the tornado swept along toward the northeast, leaving in its wake a trail of debris.

Mrs. Charles F. Brennecke, the only person sustaining a serious injury, received a fracture of the collar bone and minor hurts.

Buildings in the path of the storm which were entirely demolished were:

The Episcopal Church

Residence of Mrs. Sutton

The Masonic Hall

Residence of Henry Dalton

Residence of Frank Medley

Corinthian Baptist Church

Mrs. Brennecke, who was at the home of Sikes Rodgers, was hurt by flying debris. She was knocked down by timbers.

The streets early today were littered with debris, twisted fragments of telephone posts, and wires cluttering the thoroughfares.

Leaving Jackson the storm continued on its northeasterly course, wrecking barns and outbuildings on farms in that direction.

The larger monuments in the old cemetery were torn down by the storm's fury. While all ornamental trees were demolished.

Wires on telephone and telegraph poles were twisted, and communication in town was impossible for several hours.

PATH TWO BLOCKS WIDE

The tornado cut a path approximately two blocks wide through the heart of the city.

Residences along the path of the storm were either demolished or the roofs torn off.

The Episcopal Church, standing at the corner of First East and First North Streets was wrecked and cannot be repaired. Both the south and north walls are caved in and roof stripped off. A house opposite the church, owned by Mrs. M. J. Sanford and occupied by Mrs. Sutton was demolished, but no one was at the home.

The Masonic Hall, High and First South streets, was razed, only parts of the wall of the edifice remaining. The storm only slightly damaged the building housing the Cape County Post, but swerved to the east and wrecked the the residences of Henry F. Dalton and Frank Medley. Corinthian negro church, an old frame building, standing in the southern part of the city was wrecked. Henry Ueleke's new home nearby was badly damaged and his garage was destroyed.

BUILDINGS UNROOFED

The Milde building, east of the courthouse, was stripped of its roof, and a plate glass window in the front smashed. The lively barn of Henry Gockel nearby was unroofed, and the Milde Bottling works considerably damaged. The Kneibert building, occupied by the Jackson Mercantile Company was partly unroofed. Hunter Brothers' home was damaged considerably. Glass fronts at the McAtee Mercantile Company, Haupt hardware store and Jones drug store were smashed by the gale.

The storm swept past the county courthouse without inflicting any apparent damage. Not even a window was broken in this substantial structure.

The storm continued northward, damaging buildings on the farms of Fred Ristig, Albert Winkler, Louis Steimel, Oscar Schreiver, Charles Noland, Ray Woods and Jesse Johnson.

Jackson Storm cut funny capers

garages gone; cars not damaged

Jackson, March 12- Persons who experienced the wrath of the tornado that swept through Jackson early Sunday night were discussing some of the freaks of the storm.

The house of F.H. Schrader, in the path of the tornado, was left untouched, while a grape arbor in his yard, not 30 feet from the house, was demolished and the vines levelled.

At the home of Rev. C.B. Colter, pastor of the Baptist church, which was also in the direct line of the "twister", his garage was blown away, while his automobile remained unharmed.

The garage of Henry A. Ueleke, was also partially destroyed, but an automobile in it was unscathed. Outbuildings on many lots were missing today while the residences remained intact.

At the Baptist church services were going on. Some of the members evinced anxiety when the storm appeared, but the pastor, Rev. Colter, dismissed their alarms with, "It is a bad storm, but we'll escape it."

The words were scarcely uttered when the full face of the tornado struck the building. Bricks began to fly and people fled from the edifice.

The storm could be heard approaching with a roar which grew in intensity with every passing second. As the cyclone struck the town, it seemed to be only a fraction of a second until it was gone. It could be heard departing, the roar gradually receding.

The town was cast into darkness immediately after the storm, and for a few minutes those whose homes had been wrecked struggled desperatley in the darkness. Hail and rain followed the wind, and it was impossible to see through the blinding downpour.

THIS WAS THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN ACCOUNT OF THE MARCH 11, 1923 TORNADO THAT HIT JACKSON, MO.

JACKSON, MO., WAS LUCKY, THE SAME DAY JACKSON, TENN., WAS HIT BY A TORNADO THAT CLAIMED 20 LIVES AND INJURED 40 MORE.

IN OTHER JACKSON NEWS OF THE DAY THE JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM ENTERS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.