The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-07-10
Frightful Storm Throughout the En-
tire Country.

tire Country
CINCINNATI. July 5.-The like of the
storms for the past three days has sell
dom, if ever. been seen in the states
of Ohio and Indiana Hurricanes and
tornadocs, with floods and rain. have
followed each other in rapid succession.
Our city and its immediate vicinity
have escaped the fury of the storms.
but the country north of this parallel
in Indiana and Ohio has suffered Sc
verely. Furious storms passed over it
on the I'd, Sd and 4th insts. The tele-
graph wires have been generally pros
trated. At Springfield, Ohio. it is re-
ported that the telegraph poles had
ben blown across the turnpike so
thickly in some places as to entirely
obstruct travel east of Springfield. On
the Pacific and Atlantic telegraph line,
there were two hundred poles blown
down.
Passengers from Logansport say that
the storm lcveled trees nearly all the
way from Logansport TO Richmond.
Ind. In Richmond trees were blown
down in the streets. One fell on an
express wagon, breaking both legs of
the driver. and crushing the wagon.
At Troy, Ohio, large cordage fac
tory was unroofed Along the Dayton
and Michigan railroad houses were seen
tumbling down. fences Frustrated,
trees uprooted. fields of grain leveled.
corn-fields flooded, and in some III
stances corn was uprooted. Every
where the fields seemed like lakes of
water. On the Zanzeville road bridg-
es were washed away.
At Port Washington, about seventy
miles east of Columbus, a severe storm
of wind and rain occurred last night.
uprooting trees and unrooting houses.
At Washington, Indiana, the storm
was exceedingly fierce. Sheaves of
wheat We're scattered around widely
and carried many feet in the air. Ev-
erywhere the belt north of this city
was affected by the storm, whose centre
must be few miles south of the lati-
tude of Columbus. The testimony
agrees as to its severity and destruc-
tiveness. The general prostration of
the telegraph poles is without paral-
lei in the history of the telegraph COM
pany.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July "a terrific
wind storm, amounting TO almost a
tornado, passed over this city last
evening between and O'Clock. The
city was enveloped in a thick cloud of
dust, which actually abscured it from
the vision of those who were on the
incoming trains, and the wind blew
with trishtful rapidity. The steamer
Mountaineer was lying at the bank, so
rods above the bridge. secured to the
railroad track and other fastenings,
and by eight cables. two of which were
new and four and one-half inches in
diameter. At the first big blow these
lines parted, after tearing up a portion
of the railroad track. and the steamer
turned head down the stream. The
wind kept her close TO the st. Joe
shore, and she drifted down and struck
the east end of the bridge draw. Sew
eral of the iron guys of the bridge were
sprung from the bolts, and the damage
to the bridge is from $4,000 to $4,000,
and it will require twenty days to
make the repairs. The Mountaineer
was terribly wrecked in her forward
part. liz the upper works the roof on
the hurricane deck was smashed up
clear to her cabin. and reduced to the
finest kind of kindling wood. The
freight holster was lifted, and the
chimneys knocked over and considera-
bly, smashed. The loss to the vessel
will be about 1000, upon which there
was no insurance. At tie time Of the
accident Chas. Johnson, first mate,
Jas. L. White, first clerk, Chas. T.
PAXTON. first engineer, and j. Nash.
ca anI l, hon Of Il
crew, were on the watch. The Noun
taineer belonged to the Missouri river
packet company, and was built in
1866 ut St. Louis, at cost of S51 900.
The steamer Elk Horn, moorcd below
the bridge. broke loose ami floated five
miles down the river, where she lodged
and was brought up this morning.
She was damaged to the extent of $500.
The tornado took off the roofs of sew
eral houses in the city, aud did much
damage in the way of uprooting shade
trees In Andrew county great many
fine fruit and shade trees were blown
down and broken. Shcavcs were
tossed everywhere. and scattered
about. East of St. Joseph, generally,
the damage to farmers was cousid-
cradle.
Advices from DAYTON, Troy. Circle
vile and Delaware, Ohio. confirm the
concerning the storm of
yesterday. The damage to orchards
and crops has becen great.
LoNG BRANCH, y. Y, July "a
terrific thunder storm occurred here
ltS O'Clock this morning, lasting one
hour. There was another one at noon.
by brief fall Of hail
ST. LGUis, July 5.-A special from
Hannibal to the Democrat SAYS the
severcst storm that ever visited that
section broke over Hannibal last night [
Two or three houses were blown down. /
several large trees uproOtcd, and much (
damage dcne TO fences and other prop /
,rty.
MILWAUKEE, July 5.-The terrible |
storm which swept over Wisconsin /
proved very disastrous to /
pleasure parties. Al Green Lake. I
here was party of pleasure seekers /
IN the watch Arshard, when the storm /
struck them, capsized the boat, and ]
en- souls were sent to eternity The 4
are the names: Mrs Russell I
md daughter. from Berlin. Wis: Jcn- I
lie Allen child of Mrs Allen. Mrs. \. /
,. Corwin. Mrs. Geo. Harding. ". G. I
1lashman. wife and child and Mrs. |
|ohn Balm. all from hartford.