The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-05
4 FEARFUL HURRICANE.


From the Lawrence (Kan.} Journal July ao.l
The storm that passed over Lawrence on Tuesday
not particularly for the severity Of the wind and fall
OF rain as II Will be for the unusual and almost
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with one continual blaze Of electricity, aud the
Otherwise DARK ri night was more brilliant than Il
thunder at times was very severe; but It's severity
was more spasmodio-it seemed we'll enough salts
in one incessant growl. like an angry lion. No
damage was sustained near Lawrence that we
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combs house, The Jury OF the storm had been
spsn. before 10 It reached our sly Du. northwsst
kansas river, Messrs Thomas Thompson and s. n
ing from the west. inform US that they stopped on
Tuesday night at Detroit q small town about six
oOsk The storm thai
devoted village In all Its fury. The thunder and
lightning were terrific and the wind swept past,
perfect hurricane. The station Is known on the
railroad map as Lambs Point but town had just
started up which was named Detroit Some eight
s0na were camped on the town Site who were liv.
Ing 10 their tents until they could put up tempo
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the prairie and lost and destroyed. Fortunately
no one received any serious injury, within the
knowledge OF our informants, although . number
were slightly injured. People were compelled to
blown away and endure the terr0rs Of the hurricane
and the pttiess pelttng Of rain and hail. only two
families had secured anything like shelter from the
storm and one OF these did 30 by taking refuge In
cellar after the building had been demolished and BY
this means secured partial shelter from the fury Of
the elements. Those In tents Jared better than
those In houses Although the tents blew down,
yet they fell upon the occupant and thus saved them
from severe pelting. The house In which Messrs.
Thompson and Beman were stopping was entirely
demolished ana the Occupantss had to soamper away
from the wreck st lively pace. A log house that
had braved the storms for the past eleven years.
beng the nrst house built In that locality
ana which had been used as Q house Of enter.
tainment or hotel, was leveled with the
ground. In many places the corn has been DOM.
Dietey rddled by the hail, and wheat that had been
harvested and shocked in the eld was scattered 10
every direction. dozen or moro telegraph poles
were blown down, and the wires lying on the
ground. The hurricane struck the fated village
from the northwest, and the work Of destruction
was quick and terrible. Our informants mad not
learned Of any additional damage to the country
surrounding this station nor what damage had been
sustained BY the people on the north side Of the
SMOKY Hill, as they left early Wednesday morning,
but they say that no houses that lay In the track OF
the storm coulo hardly escape more or less injury.
These gentlemen have only been In Kansas q few
weeks, They have been out west LOOKING for lands,
and say that they never before passed through such
night OF errors ana that the people Of that section
agree In the same thing 1t Is indeed miracle that
no lives were lost or more serious results followed
such storm; and as It 10, we may yet hear OF the
loss OF life from other places near by