August 3, 1871
The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson C. H. S. C.)
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette gives a lengthy account of the terrible tornado which visited that section on the 15th of July, and from the particulars in relation to the great destruction of property and loss of life, we gather the following incidents:
By far the most painful occurrence of the night, and which was really heart-rending, was the killing by lightning of Mrs. Lucy Lovell and Mr. Henry R. Blakemore, at the residence of Thomas Kiger, about five miles south of the city, near Saxton's station, on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The house is two stories high, with three principal rooms and a hall on each floor. When the storm came on Mrs. Lovell was up stairs in one of the back rooms of the house reading the Bible to her little daughters. The windows of the room having blown open, she took her children and ran down stairs with them, and passing from the hall door to the bedroom adjoining, put them on the bed and kneeled by the side. In this position she was killed. Young Blakemore also came from the second floor and was yet in the hall. The bolt which killed them came down a chimney in the centre of the house and followed the partition between the hall and the bedroom in which Mrs. Lovell had placed her children. The electricity followed the walls and partitions, and literally shivered to atoms the doors and articles of furniture contiguous. In the room in which Mrs. Lovell lost her life were Mr. Kiger, who was severely and painfully injured, but not fatally as yesterday revealed; also Mrs. Kiger, who was slightly scorched. A younger brother of Mr. H. R. Blakemore was also above stairs, but had not yet descended.
Cemetery Records:
Burial Number: 35
Mausoleum: Ashes:
Lot Owner: LIVERMORE
Lot Location: 4
Block Location: 17
Section/Range Location: 8
The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson C. H. S. C.)
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette gives a lengthy account of the terrible tornado which visited that section on the 15th of July, and from the particulars in relation to the great destruction of property and loss of life, we gather the following incidents:
By far the most painful occurrence of the night, and which was really heart-rending, was the killing by lightning of Mrs. Lucy Lovell and Mr. Henry R. Blakemore, at the residence of Thomas Kiger, about five miles south of the city, near Saxton's station, on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The house is two stories high, with three principal rooms and a hall on each floor. When the storm came on Mrs. Lovell was up stairs in one of the back rooms of the house reading the Bible to her little daughters. The windows of the room having blown open, she took her children and ran down stairs with them, and passing from the hall door to the bedroom adjoining, put them on the bed and kneeled by the side. In this position she was killed. Young Blakemore also came from the second floor and was yet in the hall. The bolt which killed them came down a chimney in the centre of the house and followed the partition between the hall and the bedroom in which Mrs. Lovell had placed her children. The electricity followed the walls and partitions, and literally shivered to atoms the doors and articles of furniture contiguous. In the room in which Mrs. Lovell lost her life were Mr. Kiger, who was severely and painfully injured, but not fatally as yesterday revealed; also Mrs. Kiger, who was slightly scorched. A younger brother of Mr. H. R. Blakemore was also above stairs, but had not yet descended.
Cemetery Records:
Burial Number: 35
Mausoleum: Ashes:
Lot Owner: LIVERMORE
Lot Location: 4
Block Location: 17
Section/Range Location: 8
August 3, 1871
The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson C. H. S. C.)
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette gives a lengthy account of the terrible tornado which visited that section on the 15th of July, and from the particulars in relation to the great destruction of property and loss of life, we gather the following incidents:
By far the most painful occurrence of the night, and which was really heart-rending, was the killing by lightning of Mrs. Lucy Lovell and Mr. Henry R. Blakemore, at the residence of Thomas Kiger, about five miles south of the city, near Saxton's station, on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The house is two stories high, with three principal rooms and a hall on each floor. When the storm came on Mrs. Lovell was up stairs in one of the back rooms of the house reading the Bible to her little daughters. The windows of the room having blown open, she took her children and ran down stairs with them, and passing from the hall door to the bedroom adjoining, put them on the bed and kneeled by the side. In this position she was killed. Young Blakemore also came from the second floor and was yet in the hall. The bolt which killed them came down a chimney in the centre of the house and followed the partition between the hall and the bedroom in which Mrs. Lovell had placed her children. The electricity followed the walls and partitions, and literally shivered to atoms the doors and articles of furniture contiguous. In the room in which Mrs. Lovell lost her life were Mr. Kiger, who was severely and painfully injured, but not fatally as yesterday revealed; also Mrs. Kiger, who was slightly scorched. A younger brother of Mr. H. R. Blakemore was also above stairs, but had not yet descended.
Cemetery Records:
Burial Number: 35
Mausoleum: Ashes:
Lot Owner: LIVERMORE
Lot Location: 4
Block Location: 17
Section/Range Location: 8
The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson C. H. S. C.)
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette gives a lengthy account of the terrible tornado which visited that section on the 15th of July, and from the particulars in relation to the great destruction of property and loss of life, we gather the following incidents:
By far the most painful occurrence of the night, and which was really heart-rending, was the killing by lightning of Mrs. Lucy Lovell and Mr. Henry R. Blakemore, at the residence of Thomas Kiger, about five miles south of the city, near Saxton's station, on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The house is two stories high, with three principal rooms and a hall on each floor. When the storm came on Mrs. Lovell was up stairs in one of the back rooms of the house reading the Bible to her little daughters. The windows of the room having blown open, she took her children and ran down stairs with them, and passing from the hall door to the bedroom adjoining, put them on the bed and kneeled by the side. In this position she was killed. Young Blakemore also came from the second floor and was yet in the hall. The bolt which killed them came down a chimney in the centre of the house and followed the partition between the hall and the bedroom in which Mrs. Lovell had placed her children. The electricity followed the walls and partitions, and literally shivered to atoms the doors and articles of furniture contiguous. In the room in which Mrs. Lovell lost her life were Mr. Kiger, who was severely and painfully injured, but not fatally as yesterday revealed; also Mrs. Kiger, who was slightly scorched. A younger brother of Mr. H. R. Blakemore was also above stairs, but had not yet descended.
Cemetery Records:
Burial Number: 35
Mausoleum: Ashes:
Lot Owner: LIVERMORE
Lot Location: 4
Block Location: 17
Section/Range Location: 8
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