The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-11
THE STORM.

The tornado which swept over this vi
cinity last Saturday, OF which a full ac'
count was given in our last issue, seems to
Travelled little north OF east. at the rate o.
about forty miles an hour, striking Chi
cago at about five O'Clock p NJ From the &C
counts of the storm received from tina,
place, we learn that its operations there
were much the same rs here. The follow.
ing dispatch, in relation 10 the work of the
wind in chicago, was sent west Saturday
night, but, owing to the demoraliz,d state
OF everything in this vicinity, was not re-
ceived bv Us:
CHICAGO, May 6.-About five O'Clock
this evening a terrific rain storm, accom-
panied by . rotating tornado, visited this
city and did great damage to property.
The storm spent itself chiefly on the north
and south sides. The west escaped almost
uniniured. The wind seemed to come
from above, and dropped here and there
over the city, skipping some portions which
lay in Its course.
CASUALTIES
Among the casualties reported are the
following: The Michigan Southern depot
was unroofed, and six Iaborers working in
the vicinity were more or less hurt, one Of
them seriously. The massive steeple Of
Grace church, one hundred and seventy i've
feet high, fell, and crashing through the
roof, penetrated the allie. The choir were
practicing in the church at the time, but
none were injured. The loss TO the church,
exclusive Of the steeple, is estimated al
seven thousand dollars. The spire of the
Wabash Avenue Methodist church also
broke of, and fell into the adjoining lot
The tin roof of 5l7 Wabash Avenue was
carried of, and the building left deienseless
against the storm. The upper portion Of
the old county hospital was carried away,
and the chimneys falling on the
lower part, caused much injury TO
the building. The patients were speed
lily removed and none were seriously hurt.
The wind took off a large portion of the
Osborne Harvesting Machine Mandatory
and sixty feet of the west wall fell in,
smashing machinery, and infiiciing other
damage to the amount OF about 5000
The house oil Mary w. King was unroofed
and damaged badly. The omnibus barn,
on Blue Island avenue, near Twenty-sec-
ond street, was blown down. A three. story
frame house, on the corner OF Pauline and
Twenty-second streets, was blown down and
one boy killed. Besides this, several ten
ants were injured and some limbs broken
At 5:l5P. NJ. the I'D assiye fog bell at the
crib, together with the newly erected tower,
was swept into the lake and entirely de-
siroyed. Probable loss, 5000. Trees,
lamp posts ard other debris strew
the streets. In some portions of
the city sidewalks were turned
over and iammed against houses,
breaking glass, etc. Hacks and carriage.
were wrecked in the streets and abandoned.
Nearly fifty vehicles we're seen on the south
side after the torado had PASSED, all turned
over. Some OF them were worthless on &C.
count Of the damages by the storm. In
Vulnerable chImneys toppled over, and
signs were hurled into the streets in all
directions. But little loss OF life is report.
ed as yet. The Palmer and Gardner
Houses are said to have been badly damag-
ed. No particulars can be asceriained at
this hour. In the lake the force of the
storm seems to have been the least, but
nearly every vessel lying inside the harbor,
or in the river, as we'll as those outside,
Iost Fans, VI mdsar, Ut poftH us VI tIST
rigging. The lightning struck several
times, but only in one case Was a man in
jured. and he only slightly. The storm
lasted but few minutes. At this writing
it is perfectly clear.
THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
CHICAGO, May Z. 100 A. N-At late
hour tonight few further particulars of
the damage came to light The loss TO the
Palmer House is about s., 900 to the Gard
ner House, 81 900; to the old County Hos
pital, about 5000; in Pages candy store,
on Lake street, four girls were seriously
hurt, and two of them may die, from inju-
ries received from chime falling
through he roof Six men we're buried I'M
der falling walls of the Michigan Southern
freight depot, one of whom will probably
die: the others had legs and arms and
bones broken; some may not recover. The
roof Of the passenger depot was badly de-
molished. The total damage is roughly es-
timated at quarter of a million, and will
probably not be much le-s than that. There |