The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-03
4 Terlss,le western cyclone.
MANY LIVES LOST AMP 4 LARGE 9AH0USr OF
~ Property D EsTTOY Ed.

MANY Ifvfls lost AND A LARGE AsoUsT;of
paopEHfy D DESTROY Ed.
g KaSsAs GiTr, Mo..Juse L. ourin 2 lne !
past forty weight hours the seefion Oh !, so.ls.
tf :, WITHIN radius OF geYenty-ffe Mites OF
Kansas CITY has been visited by most furi-
Gus storms OF wind and rain, similar to the
terrible cyclone at Richmond. Reg county,
II, The sumner OF 1877, whel over forty
.nersofls were killed. as. The details OF the
destruction of property ard the LOGS OF lie
come in it is evident ths.i the disaster of to-
day is more widespread than that of two
years ago. The cyclone passed over seFe-.
raj f1ourishing towns, literally wreck.
ing them, and leaving traces OF It's
tremendous power in levclled habltat1ons
destroyed pEbliez buildings, and uprooted
trees. Marshal! county. kan., has suffered
most this time. Its chief town is Marys-
vile, which Is situated on the line OF the
st. Joseph and Denver City railroad The
central branch of the Union Pacific railroad
runs through the county. havlnga terminus
at WatervilIe. Along the line OF road there
are many thriving towns, the largest OF
which are Frankfort, Elizabeth, and Irving.
The Big Blue river. tributary OF the Kan
sas river, runs through the centre OF the
county. Forty persons are known to nave
lbeen killed, and over one hundred more or
| less injured.
a report comes from Brookville, Kansas,
at least seventy-fve miles southwest OF IT.
wing. the town where the most destruction
took place, that terrific wind-storm passed
over tile country northwest OF there on FIJI
day afternoon, doing great damage to farm
property and killing several peopl:. a cy-
clone also struck the outer edge OF Kinks
vile, Adair county, Mo-, Friday evening
and demolished about dozen houses, Dadly
damaged several others, and severely IN
iurcd several persons, one woman oelng re-
ported killed. A very high wind also pre-
vailed north and northeast OF st. Joseph,
Mo. y erain-eleval or at Hopkins, NO., was
destroyed, and several small dwellings,
barns, &c, were blown down. An elevator
at Craig Station, on the Kansas City, St. Jo-
seph and Council Bluffs railroad, was de-
stroyed. Considerable damage:was done to
other buildings. Trees were uprooted,
fences and barns blown down, and crops
damaged along the line of the storm. 1t IS
not unlikely that these storms had COM
mon origin out on the plains in W eStern
! Kansas; that some local cause broke the
original cloud into Fragments; that sepa-
rate storms were formed from these, one OF
which traversed he northern tier OF coun-
ties in Kansas another travelled eastward,
striking the earth in Jackson county, Mo-,
thence moved northwest to Huntsville and
beyond. and third, the weakest one OF the
three, passing over the country in the
neichbornood Of St. Joseph. -
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-Heavy rain fell here
last night and to-day. The temperature is
quite cold, rendering fires necessary FOR
comfort. Heavy rains have prevailed all
over The central, southwestern, and north
ern parts OF this State. doing great benefit
to wheat, corn, and other crops.