, 1876-05-07

scattered In every direction, nidswa1ks lifted
acroaa the street. and for / few moments it
seemed a. though the resurrection day had
come. Tho Odd. fellows, Hsl' owned
sn1.uce Company, Was damaged to
the the ''@ e1tent Of s5o0o. Lobenstein's leather
establishment WAS Injured 10 Apoht tae- ssns
amount, and the Leavenworth Carpet Factory
cost $50 @ vas sns ona or two
win viii nro m bnbiy be S150, Zoo. 0ne hundred work
mon arc repairing tf1i7 afternoon, and eTery
building will be rebuilt. Prot. I1ce, when nero
tolegraphed ut the time to The TRIBUNE. Inc
damage to tho crops il also said to be great =
tTnths 4 Assessqisd tfe'';J ,. ..a
LEAyESwonTu, Kan, May 6:-As hal1:past -
o'clock this morning this vicinity Was Y1siteu "
the heaviest aud most destructive wiud-storm
Leavenworth ever experienced. 1t had been
raining almost incesaantlv for sixty hours, and
at the time ths vind-stotm struck the town the
rain was still coming down in torrents. At an
early hour last evening lightning began to-
pInv acroes the sky. The whole air seemed to
Be- filed with electricity, and all night long
flashes and reports followed each other in such
rapid succession that there was an almost un-
broken glare OF lightning and foa- OF thunder'
Al tHepty-hve minutes past dense btack
cloud was seen in the western horizon,
and In 8 few moments aftor saarp
breeze came up from the east which
oontiuued not over minute: Then there vas
dead calm, apd the rainfal! ceased entne!S.
Then began 70 be heard the distant ronring OF .
coming tornado. In q moment moro tho wind
struck us, and it seemed for a time that every
thing above ground was doomed to dessruc-
ton. Just aa the hurricane struck the city
came binding fash OF lightning With crash
Of thunder that made tho earth trembe: This,
with The terrific roaring OF the wind, which can
not be lkened to any thing but itself tho creak-
ing and groaning OF trembling. buildings the
crash Of falling walls and aTng ttmoe1s, mao, mace
those who Witnessed will neyer desire TO
see repeatad. The wind-cloud WAS funnel
shaped with the small end down. It moved
With IN oscillat1ng motion from west to east,
rebouuding xnd scattering ruin IN 1ts pathway
Wherever It struck the earth.
The loss to the city and county cannot be
less than s15o,ooo, and may reach quarter Oh
million.
Tie following are some Of the most damaglng
factory, with machinery valued at s5o'uo
was totally destroyed. The roof OF the Odd
Fallove' Hall, one OF the largest buildings in
the city, was torn OF, and the interior OF the
roof fell on tbs agricultural warehouse
Of Mobitt Il Co., crushing the roof OF that
building, and another part OF it being carried
200 feet distant, and crushed fn one end Of q
large boarding -houee, but happily without ln1ur-
The root Of ". c. Lobenstein's large ware-
house was blown of. The iron roof Of the Union
| Depot was blown of; also, part OF The roof
of the new market-house, part OF the
south wall, Of HoRmans liquor. store; part
OF the north wali OF the Leavsnworth
mill, aud the entire roof Of Harmon's Hlock and
ten other large houses more or less damaged
Some thirty smaller buildings we're unroofed or
blown down. and almost innumerable lesser
Th iina ~ rba tnrnado Eas directly through
! the heart OF the city, from west to east, and
extended in width from Oak to Shawnee streets.
| At LAWRENCE
I 6uecful Di4patcA to The Chicago Tribune.
! LAWRENCE, Kan, May 6.-The seyerest thun-
der-storm for several Jeara occurred horo Satur-
dav morning, between the hours OF 1880 and
1:3o o'clock. The storm nanr,n was ,,;a marked and
By Snail amount shtePs III Ss RS1fDs rP 5s a
kept on till noon increasing the total min fall
OF the first slx days Of May to ! and 8-l00
| inches Several houses In thus locality were
| either blown down or qnroosed. i"o valuable
killed By lightning. Frut-trees were but
| slightly injured.
al The railroads leading out OF Lawrence were
| badly disconnected. The Kansas Pacific trains
| got through belated, and with great difficulty.
Detveen here and Topeka the track is sub
merged in several places The Missouri Pa
ciio trains from Leavonworsh to han-
has City we're compelled to make
/ the Ef1p Cy OI Luis Liz SAaEA4aUA.
Topoka,k Santa Fe track between Topeka and
! Kansas City 6aa abandoned altogether. In
| several places near here it is covered BY land
elides and undermined by waah-outs." Santa Fe
trains will use the Kansas Pacific
Pleasant Hill Road we're 1ix hours
late. and uouo wero sent ont. The LeaV-
| enworth, Lawrence Galveston trains were
| brought through, but were badly behind time.
The kansas River has E1sen 1eee. 1ne storm
! ticipate 3 rise greater than at any time before
for twenty years.
| ExTESs1vK FLOODS.
/ Specta. DispGtch to Ths Chicago Tribune.
ST. JOSEPH, No., May 6.-There ia NO train in
or out on any OF the railroads entering this city.
The food is absolutely without parallel. Tracks
| are sunken on all the roads, bridges arc
washed away % and great dam TEe
roads in the Missouri bottoms and noar thu
river banks are especial sufferers. Rsin has
fallen in torrents almost without intermission
for twenty hours, and though a little cessation
has nov, 1t 9 ?. M, taken place, the weather
looks unsettled ~
ST. LOUIS, May 6.-Dispatches from different
parts of Central and Western Missouri and Kan
| sas note very heavy raius for several days past,
and in some localities high and damaging winds.
All the upper rivers are rising rapidly, and the
indications are that there will be freahats in tha
Upper Mississippi River.
Kansas CrrY, Mo-, May 6.-There has been an
| almost uutntefrnpteu anu unprecedented fain-
fall here during the Inst two days. causing i'm
menso danger and delays to railroads: None OF
the roads centaring here sent out trims this
morning On time, and no trims arrived
except the Missouri Pacific and Missouri
& Fort Scott Roads. The Hannibal
l. St. 10 Road il blocked near
Cameron, and passenger trains are held at Lib.
erty. Ehere Is = serious break N the Missouri
Pacific between here and Leavenworth, near
Pomeroy, and also the Council Bluffs road near
Patkvile. The Kansas Pacific is interrupted By
a washout at Stronger, and. the Atchison,
Topeka d 6ante Fe, near Desoto.
The entire railroad traffic at this poin.
| has been delayed and interrupted for twenty
four hours, and it will be several days before
the usual order Of things is restored
A serious landslide occurred on Bluff street
by which the ra1lroad track Was covered, and ali
communication between the Union Depot and
the railroad bridge is cut off,, which necessitates
the transferring OF passengers. by buses.
@The damsge to private property and streets ii
! already great.,
The min ceased ut o'clock this Afternoon
and It Is noH clear. The storm has been I'M
pTecedented in this region for fifteen years
No serious damage to the Wheat-crop Ii re-
| rta1