The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-07
A TORNADO IN THE WEST.
TERRIFIC FORCE OF THE wIND-DAMAoEs TO
ROOFS AND cHIMNRys.

TERRIFIC FORCE OF THE wIND-DANA0Es TO
ROOFS AND cHIMNRys.
LEAyExwoRTn, Kan, Nay 9, 1874
At haepast three o'clock this morning this vicinity
was visited by Of the heaviest and
tive wind storms ever known here II had been rain.
ing almost necessarily for sixty hours, and at the tmc
tho storm struck the town ram was still falling III
torrents At twenty-five minutes past three o'clock
dense black cloud was seen in the western horizon,
and in few minutes after sharp breeze up from
the east which continued not minute, whom
there q dead calm aud rain ceased entirely. Then
began to be heard dstan. roaring of tho coming tor
nado In moment more the wind struck the city and
1t seemed Tor time as II everything above ground
Many buildings were injured and walls blown down.
The loss to the city aud county cannot DO less than
$50. 600. and may reach $3.50, 900
The following OF the most damaging re-
suits OF the storm:Thc Leavenworth Carpet factory,
with machinery valued q, So 600 was totally dc,
and tho Interior OF tho structure ruined by
water Part Of this root fell on tho agricultural ware
house OF Mobbt 4 Co. crushing in the root OF the
latter building and another portion OF The roof
carried aboa, 200 feet and fell on 2 large boarding
The roof Of w. e Looens,en's warsnoass
depot blown or: also part OF the roof OF the new
market house and part OF the south wall Of HoImans
liquor Part Of the north wall Of the Icavcn orlh
mill and the entire roof oi Harmon's block blown
down. Ten other large buildings were more or less
damaged. Some thirty smaller buildings wc-o I'M
rooted or blown down. and almost innunerabc lesser
injuries done. The line OF the tornado di.
rcc,iy through the Of city east
and extended in width from Oak TO Shawnee street.
DISASTROUS EFFECTS IN cHIcAoo--PERsoNs
KILLED-BUILDINGs WRECKED.
CHICAGO. H., May O. 1915.
About Eve O'Clock this afternoon a terrific rain
ad he m rotating tornado ysitad
city and did great damage 70 property. The storm
spent Itself chiefly the south and north sides The
west side escaped almost unlnjured. The wind
seemed 10 como from above and dropped hero and
there the city, skipping somo portions which
lay Ia It's course Among tho ca-ualtlcs reported
are the following Tho Michigan Southern depot
unrooicd and laborers working in the vicinity
more or less hurt, Of them seriously. The massive
stccpc OF Grace church. ls5 feet high. ie and crash
ing through the roof penetrated the AISLE The choir
we're practising in the church at the time. but
injured Tho loss the church. exclusive OF the
stecuc IS estimated ut 81 000 The spirc the Wabash
avenue Methodist church also broke OF and fell into
10, adjoining The TN roof Of No 81! Wabash avenue
the storm. The upper portion OF the ROOT OF the old
country hospital carried away, and the chimneys
falling the lower portions caused much injury To
the building. The patcots were speedily removed and
nohe seriously hurt The Wind took oil large
por,on Of the roof OF OsDorn's harvesting machine
manu- actory, and sixty feet OF the wall Tell IN
smash hing the machinery ana infct ng other damage
10 the amount OF S. CO., The house Of Henry W. King
was unro 3cd aud damaged badly. Tho omnibus barn
on Blue Island avenue. near Twenty second street.
blown down. A three story franc house ut the
ner OF Pauline and Twenty second streets blown
down and boy killed. besides several Of the tenants
were injured and some limos were broken
A. quarter past live O'Clock Tho fog bell nt
the CRIB, together with the newly erected tower
swept the lake and entirely destroyed The loss vii
probably DO $4,000 Trees, lamp posts and ether debris
strcw Tie streets. In portions o the city the side
~ MIL yer led nj INST
breaking glass. Nc lacks and carriages wrecked
In The streets and abandoned Nearly atty vehicles
were tho south side after the tornado passed
turned over and Of them worthless of
tho damages by the storm. lnnumcrabe chinncys
topplcd and Signs hurled into tho
in all directions. Little Ioss OF lite reported as yet
The Palmer and Gardner houses said have been
badly damaged, but particulars be asccraincd ss
this hour.
In the lake tho force OF the seems TO have been
less but nearly every vessel lying inside Of the harbor
and tho we'll those outside. lost sails
masts portions Of their rigging Tho lightning struck
several times, but IN only one case was man IN.
jurcd aud he only slightly. The storm lasted but
few minutcs Al this writing Is Ia perfectly calm