The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-02
DREADFUL STORMS.
TOrnadOes and Floods In Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska.
Appalling Lists of the Killed
and Wounded.
Immense Distractions in Buildings and
Crops.

ST. LOUIS, May 3l.-An Atchis0n (KRn
sas) dispatch says: "a terrible rain ant
wind storm visited Frankfort, Marshal
county, KS, at 9 o'clock last evening ant
lasted over six hours. +. B. Taylori
warehouse was torn 10 pieces Seyera
small houses, stores aud stables were more
or less damaged, The houses Of Messrp
Fox, Caesar and Vaughn, three miles from
town, were blown down and tho inmates
considerably injured. They arc now here
receiving medical treatment. Fox's house
and contents were blown into the river.
A messenger just In from Irving says
the storm at that point blew down sixteen
houses, killed eight persons, wounded
about twenty-five, and several are missing,
The residences Of James S. Warden, Mr..
Armstrong, j. Williams, Mr.. Thompson,
and twelve others (the names OF owners
not given) were totally demolished. The
Presbyterian Church, public school build.
ing and Irving elevator were completely
destroyed. The east span Of the railroad
bridge crossing Blue river was blown
down. A committee with funds, proyi.
sions and lumber left Atchison on the Cen.
tral Branch Railroad this afternoon to sup.
ply the wants Of sufferers, and another
committee is soliciting additional aid.
Another dispatch says: A terrible
storm Of wind and rain passed over
Northern Kansas and Southern Nebraska
last evening. 1t extended through nearly
the whole northern tier OF counties ofthis
State, but was most violent between Blue
Rapids and Centennial Stations on the
Central Branch OF the Pacific Railroad,
aud about thirty miles apart. The storm
moved in direction little north of east,
and passed into Nebraska through Rich.
ardson county. The town Of Irving,
ninety miles west OF this place, was near.
ly destroyed. At that point the storm
took on the character OF cyclone, aud
leveled everything in its path. About
forty buildings were destroyed, fifteen
persons killed and from thirty to forty
wounded.
Among the casualties are the following:
John keelOy. wife, father and son, killed I:
Mrs. W. j. Williams, killed; Mrs. Brick.
master and five children, killed; Jacob
Subens and wife, fatally injured; Il. Shell.
don, wife aud sister, dangerously hurt and
not expected to survive; Mrs. VIC, Bates
and two children badly hurt lone has
since died), and Mrs. Noah, Mrs, Geo.
Martin, and several others more or less
severely wounded.
Among the buildings blown down are
churches, one a fine stone building, the
public school, the grain elevator, railroad
depot, WetmOre Institute, and the resi-.
dences Of John A. Warden, Charles Pres.
ton, W. II. Sabrins, NJ. l.. l4eddy and
Messrs. Armstrong, sheldon, Bates, vii.
liams and others.
In the neighborhood OF Frankfort four
or five farm houses were blown over, and
in town several houses were DESTROYED,
There were no casualties at this place,
butseyeral persons in the country arc re.
ported as severely injured. At Centralia
several houses were unrooted, one house
and barn blown down, trees uproofted,
fences laid flat, and great damage done 10
the crops.
AT Beatty, on tho St. Joe and Denver
Railroad, u number of houses were blown
down.
At Denison Mills, Neb., on the Atchison
and Nebraska Railroad, a Catholic Church
was totally demolished, us was also the
store Of Mead, Riley 4 Co. One lady WAS
severely injured. Several residences we're
moro or less damaged.
Reports are meager as yet, tclcgraphic
communication west having been badly
interrupted. The Daily Champion sent a
reporter to irving this morning on spec.
ial locomotive, and expects fuller teIe.
graphic reports tonight, which will be
forwarded as soon as received.
The above account is. condensed from
such dispatches as it has already OBJ.