Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-06
Terrible Storm of Wind and Rain in the
West,

west,
Sr. LOUIS. May 81.
An Atchison dispatch says a terrible
rain and wind storm visited Frankfort
Marshal County, Kansas, at six o'clocl
last evening, and lasted over two hours
F. B. Taylor's warehouse was torn t.
pieces. Several small houses, store.
and stables were more or less damaged
The houses of Messrs. Fox, Caesar anC
Vaughn, three miles from town, were
blown down, and the inmates consid
erably injured. They are now here re
ceiving medical treatment. Fox's house
and contents were blown into the river
A messenger just in from Irving say:
the storm at that point blew down six.
teen houses, killed eight persons
wounded about twenty-five, and severa,
are missing. The residences of James
Swarden, Mr.. Armstrong, j. Williams
Mr.. Thompson, and twelve others
names of owners not given, were total
ly demolished. The Presbyterian
Church, public school building, and the
Irving elevator were completely de.
stroyed. The east span of the railroad
bridge crossing Blue River was blown
down.
Another dispatch from Atchison
says A terrible storm of wind and
rain passed over Northern Kan.
sas and Southern Nebraska last even.
ing. 1t extended through nearly the
whole northern tier of counties of this
State and was most violent between
Blue Rapids and Centennial stations on
the Central Branch Railroad, about
thirty miles apart. The storm moved
in a direction little north of east, and
passed into Nebraska through Richard.
son County.
The town of Irving, ninety miles west
of this place, was nearly destroyed. AT
that time the storm took on the charac-
ter of cyclone and leveled everything
in its path. About forty buildings were
destroyed, fifteen persons killed and
thirty to forty wounded.
Among the casualties are the follow
ing:
Killed-John Kelley, wife, father and
son; Mrs. w. j. Williams; Mrs. Brick
man and five children.
Wounded-Jacob Sabens and wife,
fatally; E. Sheldon, wife and sister,
dangerously hurt and not expected to
live; Mrs. w. c. Bates and two chill
dren, badly hurt, one has since died;
Mrs. Noah, Mrs. George Martin and
several others, more or less severely.
Among the buildings blown down are
churches Zone fine stone building),
the public school, the grain elevator,
railroad depot, Wetmore Institute, and
the residences of John A. Warden,
Charles Preston, W. H. Sabens, NJ. l..
Leddy, and Messrs. Armstrong, Thomp-
son, Sheldon, Bates, Williams and
others.
A dispatch from Manhattan, Kan,
says that cyclone crossed Big Blue
River at the mouth of Mill Creek, last
night, uprooting trees, destroying grain
cribs, fences and crops. The two-story
house of M. Caudray was unroofed and
crushed. Fifteen persons were in it at
the time. Mr.. Caudray was somewhat
injured, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. TAFT
lock, and child were killed. On Fancy
Creek, twelve miles north of Caudray's s
the Methodist Church was entirely de-
molished, buildings torn down, cattle
and horses killed, and other property
destroyed but no lives lost.
An Atchison dispatch says: The
storm west of this city was far more
fatal in it's effects than the dispatches
sent early in the evening indicated.
The Champion has special from Frank
fort giving the following list of casual
ties there and in the vicinity of that
place:
Killed-James Downs and wife, John
Howe, boy of thirteen, Mr.. Grooves;
Mrs. Henry johnson.
Wounded-Miss Grooves, leg broken;
child of Mr.. Wosetield, seriously; Mrs.
Vaughn, badly; John Vaughn, serious
ly; Mrs. A. S. Fox, right arm broken;
Henry johnson, mortally; Ben Fox,
seriously; Mr.. Bolton, leg broken;
Joshua Howe, James Vaughn, Henry
Carzeor, Robert Laughlin and Miles
Kelly and family, all badly injured.
At Irving twelve persons were killed
outright and forty-nine wounded, most
of the latter severely. Many of them
will die.
A special dispatch to the Chdmpton
from Concordia states that the storm
was extremely violent in the vicinity of
DelphOs, Ottawa County. Fifteen dead
bodies were brought in from two square
miles of territory. One man from Bel
mont was taken up in his wagon,
thrown to the ground again and in
stantly killed. A woman and child
were thrown against a wire fence and
killed. Five persons were killed in one
house near Delphos.
The crops have been seriously injured
along the line of the storm.
A GIObe-DenlocrGt special from Inde-
pendence, Mo-, says a cyclone struck
the earth four miles from Lees Sum-
nit last evening, and tore a furrow
through the country about hundred
yards wide and ten miles long, leveling
everything in its track, and killing and
wOunding several people. The direc.
ton of the storm was southwest to
northeast. Three miles east of Lees
Summit the house of Mr.. Warren was
totally destroyed and two members of
the family killed. Others were severely
wounded. Further on the house of
Alexander Scruggs was unroofed and
his wife's skull fractured. The houses
of DIR. Huntington and Mr.. Underwood
were destroyed, but their families es-
capped unharmed. The residence of
Mr.. Hutchins was torn to pieces and
the family badly hurt. The house of
Mr.; Harris, near Blue Springs, was de-
molished.
Mr.. Harris, his wife and little girl
were killed. Three ether children were
mortally wounded. Mr. Harris was
lifted high upinto the air, carried about
200 feet in the course the storm moved,
then dashed to the earth, while his wife
and child were carried about the same
distance in the opposite direction.
At this point the storm-cloud burst,