, 1873-07-11
THE STORM.
Trent DhmnEo mt Odln, Hll...'Throo
fefsons Killed and Eigitucal liz Jur-
cd In Kansas.

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Aotsons Aill"d aud Eigatucal lnJnr-
cd In Kansas.
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od'" lA, GJuly " Correspondence Of tho 81. Lo,lis
oho OF tho most terrific storms ever Witnessed
passed over this locality this ovoning about half
past o'clock, damaging private dwellings,
Stores, mills, chnrclloa, farms, and faotorios to
IN e1tent Which will require many thousands OF
dollars to repnr. strip Of country somo five
miloB In width, extending from northwest to
Bouthenst, is almost entirely laid baro for many
miles, and 1t Is almost Impossible to estimate
tho damage which the country llaB Sustained.
Your oorroap9ndont r lent, wss @ passenger on tho
point, and whom nbout three miles from tllo for
NOR placo tho storm burst upon rs with such
foarful violence as to completely LIT the cara
from tho rails, and nothing but the sllolter OF
from obstruction.
For distance OF about aix miles Bouth OF this
place tho corn crop, which q few hours ago was
standing upright md promised an ahuudant lar
!oHsly ruined. Wheat aud oats, which Ind lust
beon harvested and shocked In tho tioldn, are
scattered 10 every direction, foncoB blown down,
orchards nprootea, houses unroofed,, telegraph
Visible on evory hand.
Tho damage Sustained by this place Is very &C.
nous indeed, aud cannot now bo oatimntod. Tho
following were among tho most gerious suffer-
ed, md largo stock of goods seriously damaged;
gable ond Of thrce-atory brick building blown
down Methodist church unroofed, aud n nor
ton Of its walls down Tipton's brick dwelling
etack blown down, md otherwise injured tho
Odd Fellows hall in tho third story OF secor's
Building, materially damaged the Touring mill
OF Smart d Morrison had stack blown down;
Triplotts Hall blown down to first floor; Har-
mons Hotel nearly entirely demolished the
Catholic church nearly blown from it's fountla-
tion while smaller frame buildings, sucl, aB sa-
looms, shops, etc., wero torn to pieces and acat-
tered In tho streets like cllaff,
The tin roof of tho Odd Follows Hall Build
Ing WAS carried over ono hundred feet and land
cd on tho track Of tho Illinois Central Railroad.
In addition to these, n large nu1nber of private
residences sustained worry serious injury.
Tho storm waB accompanied by d rain which
fol In binding torrents, and completely dolugod
the country for many miles.
At ono time it was thought that the Odln House
would yield to the terrible forco of tho storm, aa
its windows and doors woro blown in with foar-
full violence, and Its floors flooded with water
Nothing but tho almost auperlluman exertiona OF
hlr. Ferriman (slio proprietary assisted by q
large number Of friends, saved it from dostruc-
ton.
AT Salem, tho Methodist Church and Eugono
nonso Sho latter just being erectod) were both
have heard Of no serious Incident or death
In consequence of tho storm, and 1t is almost
miracle that Ill should have escaped injury in
such foarfu and disastrous war of the OLE
ments.
Tho injury to tho oat, wheat, md corn crops
must bo immerso. The lattor' in tho track Of
tho storm, Ia hopolosBy ruined, and must prove
q total loss to the farmers.
Tho telegraph limos cast and south shared the
iato Of tho houses and crops. That Of tho 1lli-
nois Central must require several days before It
can be put in thorough repair.
All agree in pronouncing this one Of the most
terrihc md disastrous storms which has ever