South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-06
a Terrific Cyclone.

Forty WoH"ded-Heacy Loss Of Prop.
erty.
ST. LOUIS, May 3l.-An Atchison
lkansas) dispatch says terrible rain
and wind storm visited Frankfort. Mar
shall county, Kansas. at 6 o'clock last
evening. lasting over two hours. J. b.
IayIoFs warehouse was torn TO pieces.
and several small houses. stores and sta.
nies were more or less damaged The
houses Of Messrs. Fox, Cabsr and
Vaughn, three miles from the town. were
blown down, and the inmates consider.
ably injured. a messenger Just in from
Irving says the storm At that point blew
down sixteen houses and killed eiuht
persons aud wounded about twenty-five.
anu several are missing. The residen-
oes OF James 5. Warden, Mr. Armstrong.
). Williams, Mr.. Thompson, and twelve
others were totally demolished The
fresbyteriaa Church. the public school
building, and the Irving elevator were
completely destroyed. The east span
OF the railroad bridge crossing Blue riy.
or was blown down. 4 committee. with
funds, provisions and lumbcr. left At
Gibson, on the Central Branch railroad.
this afternoon to supply. 1.-The wants OF
Tue sufferers, and another committee is
soliciting additional aid. About forty
buildings were destroyed and fifteen ner.
sons were killed while from 30 TO 40
were wounded. Among tue casualties
are tho following: John Keoly. wife
father and son, killed Mrs. ". ]. vii
hams. killed; Mrs. Brickmastor and five
children, killed. There were no casual.
lies at this place, bat several pu,sons
are reported seriously injured in the
country. At Centralia several housos
were unroofed and one house and q barr
blown down. Trees were up-oo,ef fen.
ccs laid fat, and great damage was done
to the crops. At Denver, on the 1T
Joseph and Denver railway ynumcrous
houses we're blown down. At Deniso,
Mills, Neb., on the Atchjson and Ne
oraska railroad, the Catholic church was
totally demolished, as was also tho storc
OF Meade, Riley < Co. One lady was
severely injured, and several residences
more or less damaged A dispatch
from Manhattan, Kansas, SAYS; "a cv.
clone crossed the Big Blue river at the
mouth OF Mill creek last night. uproot-
ing trees and destroying grain cribs. fen
ces and crops. 4 two.story storebouse
belonging to NJ. Condray was unroofed
ana crushed. There were fifteen per
sons IN it at the time, Mr.. Copdray
was somewhat injured. and his sister.in-
law, Mrs. Tattlock, and child were kill.
cd. On Fancy creek, twelve miles north
.lr0, u
entirely demolished. Buildings were
blown down, cattle and horses killed.
and other property destroyed. No lives
were lost.
a Globe Democrat special from In
dependence, Mo, says: a cyclone
struck tho earth four miles from Lees
summit last evening and tore furrow
through the country about 100 vGs. wide
ana 10 miles long, lcveIing everything
III It's track, 81 killing and woundng Sc
veral people. The direction OF the storm
was southwest Snd northeast. Three
miles east OF Lees Summit the house Of
MIR. warren, was destroyed. Two mem.
bers Of his family were killed and 9TH
erS severely wounded. Farther on the
house Of Alexander Scruggs was unroor-
ell, and his wife ) skull! was fractured.
The houses OF DR.. Dmninrton anil Mr..
Underwood were destroyed, but their
families escaped unframed The resi-.
dence of Mr.. l!utchins was torn 10 pieces
and the family badly hurt. The house Of
Mr.. Harris, near Blue Springs, was de-
molisheG, and Mr.. Harris, his wife. and
little girl were killed, and three other
children were MORALLY wounded Mr..
Harris was lifted high up into the air.
carried about 200 feot, and dashed to
the earth, while his wife and clild were
carried about the same distance i'm an
opposite direction. At this point the
storm-cloud burst, but came togc:hcr ~
gain almost Instantly with a terrific
crash, bounded from the earth. and came
down again near tho dwelling Of Mr..
Gore, which IL passed through, Leaving
the side walls oaly standing Tie fun.
cloud then rose high in the
air and disappeared in the northwest
The heaviest rain ever known In this
region accompanied the tornado. II
actually delu9ed the country it passed
over
a special dispatch TO tho Daily Cham.
piou OF AtChison from COncorjia states
that tie storm was extremely yiolcn. IN
the vicinity Of Deiphos, Ottawa county,
and 10 dead bodies have been BROUGHT
in from two iuarc miles Of territory. -
One man from Hcloit was taken MP i'm
his wagon anG thrown TO tie ground a.
gain, au3 instantly killed. A woman
and child we're thrown against o wire
fence and killed. Five persons we're
killed iu one house near D"lphos. The
crops have been severely injured MI a.
long the line Of thc storm. Reports
from Scenli.a, Republic county. state
that Tie storm was very severe in that
region, but TO casualties yet reported.
The ciazous of AtcbsOu raised this af-
tcuoou $1,000 for thc relief Of the suC.
forcrs, and special train will leave
here as midnight with supplies Of med.
iciuc blankets and clothing.
a dispatch from The Associated Press
reporter a. Kansas City, Mo about the
cyclone which devastated the eastern
part Of Jackson City, Mo. last night, re.
forring to the destruction oC+he house