The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-20
Anernea reaanlf reauApe.
Ibcstrwctiss ~ Wind asA " aser In S~~th.
West~rs lewa aad uiss-urt.
Deplsrahle Loss ~ lin and Daaaev h
rrcp~rty.

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We eans.n.e f,,,sn .,e~ssl a,.t.,rh.. 10 ,hs
sasis R.rsl~,, ana f,ru other .,urce. tn &c
eSsaa,s - . ,ssrs,ae sni destructive s,,.r,u
which visited Tho .,u,, .c.,ern ,.u,ttna ~ ic..
Aad portion. u Missouri - s4,ura,. june 1T
4, n~~d .i-,ut a tnis .oa,h II casey, ,hrcash
AdAlr county, ,rsrtax ds.n .yr,,thstns 10
fc-s y. The sr, house ,ba, cas- ds.,rcra tn
,hi. ,,cnt, .s. that ~ NJ isa.e A,ie,, ns
lose. e,rr,thing-po, an gu, budding h~ins
left standing. NJ. Arlc,e sni s.mli, ~rr, all
OF houns, and ell reviewed mssc o, l,.s injur,,
but miraeulou.i, e.cap~i death yrsn Mr A.
l-,e's The storm ,osk q notth~.s, dlrceiion.
striking the ho,.c ~ Mr John Gnfn,h. wh,ch.
hke M A. ~ss torn Ia piece. The family
~ere all .~.ricusi, ba, not ts,all, injured, e,.
cept NJ. Gruth, Who "a. q, stuart, ., the
time, ard knew pcthlns ~ cha, had ,r~n.pir,
ei until h, reached ihi. place On The 5 ss,rAia
The ,ornaao took . nurthcrly eour-s frnm W.
Grmth's place, fnllc~ing up Midile River,
cro.sias the railroad and striking N, ri~uoi
Chantry'. house, which shared Ia. came tat,
.. the other two Mr.. Chan,y and wife yer,
tht ~ utfrtt nut tht fntltftu Ntft all w Nnf
house, and miraeulousl, e.rap~a save
the eldc., daughter, Who received . .l,gh,
oruisc up~u one arm. Nothing further 81, the
storm ha. been heard II 10 lmns~.ibis to q.
,lma,c the damage, a. the par,ie. have loo, al
moe, everything.
A letter to the Mat. Rsg,.,er. dated Adslr,
June NJ. says; The destruction Of the farm
N.-. -. - - l -. ..aak..
Jane. Dun, by . tornado, yesterday afternoon.
With Its fatal results a. HE Erssi vile aud SIN.
caused unusual cemmntion aud sprro~ among
our people. In = few minutes after the fact,
we're kuosn DIR. LAuher aud johnson wrr,
with the msngied sufferers, Who had airrady
been carried to Mr.. RAdda's. . fc~ ruis distant
Mrs. Dun was Almos, dismrmbcr.d. DR.. l..
took charge II her. and with the assistance 81
Mr.. Ramsdaii, who had some hospital expert.
euce Ia the late war. and Mira Rrady, = lady IL
great nerve, the many Commissions, and bruises
Of the unfortunate sufferer we're drvss-
ed-but with not the least hope Of her rccov.
cry, her intestincs being torn and lsccra,ed In
many placee. The sou, Geo. Dun, Was taken
care Of by Dr. johnson. lie IL . Young man Of
Industrious habits, and barely survived his
many wounds and broken rita, not lcss than
i've of which we're broken. Mr., DuH and his
oldest son, hearing the approach Of the storm
until within . few rods of the house. hsstrn~d
out 10 zee 'what WA up" only Ia b~ seized by
the fury Of the cyclone, and carried some sx
or eight rois a. the northwest, while the tor.
nsdo wss going toward the east. Mr.. u. and
the drccsscd's sons were IN the bous~ tvo
smaller children werc IN q eysnsry or -housr
come eight rods southwest Of The residence,
where farm Implements were stored, and mi.
raculously escaped serious inju,y, nosv,th.
standing the cultivstors. p,ovs and hsrrovs
were carried many rods and left WORTHLESS IA
adjoining nelds. Mr.. DuR representa- tina, the
house vas lifted fully twenty feet clear Of the
ground. Every st,ck az timber and Al, The
sidings were broken into frasments, and the
dcbrts, With all the household roosis and farm
implcments and ooe new wagon. scsttcr,d ovr,
many acrcs Of ground. The two hind wheels
OF the wagon had rverv spote broken an IN.
huh. The nesrest ueivhbors ssv IN, .pp,o.eb
Of the d~cstroyer and IN uIlv made thu
saScty Of their families more secure nv having
them In their celIars. Hut II seem. Mr. n
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took no heed Of the rumb,lnr Of dis,Hp, ,bun.
der and the means Of the mighty wind. unit,
too late for his unfortunate family On m. .as.,x
housed In her cellar.
The damage by wind and rain a, Council
Bluffs and yicini,y vii, amount 10 several
thousand dollars. A little swear old .on Of
John Anderson. a farmer living 10 mile. cas-,
Of the city, was drowned while attempting u
cross . swollen stream. During the storm ON
Sunday morning the house Of John Suits, In
Council Bluffs, vas struck by lightning. and
Beecher suits, aged - y-ars, was killed. The
father WAS rendered insensible.
A terrible cyclone passed over Richmond,
Mo-, on the afternoon Of June lst, ~lcvelinp 70
the ground over half the buiiding.in the town.
Over one hundred houses were totally destro y.
ed, and the loss viii resch over = quarter Of .
million Of dollars. Whole blorks were com.
pletely swept away. and the debris scattered
for milss. The Shaw House, . large brick no
tel, was demolished and the inhs bitsnts bunsd
In the ruins. Eight az ten persoas were killed
and twice that number wounded. Horves and
stock Of all kinds In the track Of the storm
we're swept Oh the face Of the earth. A train
load u citixens Of Lexington arrived 70 render
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