The Democratic advocate., 1879-06-07
nnpp1n1r sr0RMs IN THE WEST.
......., ro~ns Laid waste Hnd A"o"'
rms People KILLED

SEVERN rms People KiiIed.
1o.o.,ch from Atchisou, Kansas; May
a, .ovs IA terrible storm Of wind anu nam
nassc1 over Northern Kansas ana o@u'n''N
! Sebraska last evening. lteN'enden ln.u.su
nearly The whole northern hcr OF '' COUNTS ~
II his State, hat was most violent uut"ue"
the Blue Rapids and Centcnninl s'H'lVn, Sn
,he Central Branch Railroad, ana hou"' Nv
miles apart. The storm passeo ,"' Tho
hrasIa through Richardson county Inc
,a'.n of living. 90 miles west of ths place,
80 nearly DESTROYED. At that point inc
-, tool .he character OF . cyclone anu
isyaled everything in its path. About ~
! Lnildinps were destroyed and 10 persons Wete
lilled. while from thirty TO forty we're Wonnd'
I ed Among the buildings blown down are
churches, one q fine stone building me pun
/ lic school, the grain elevator, railroad depot /
/ Wetmore Institute aud the residences OF Johh
| A Warden. Charles Preston, W. II. Sabunss' !
! NJ. l.. l.eddy and Mcssrs. Armstrong homp' |
! son. Sheldon, Bates, Williams and others
In the neiphborhood Of Frankfort four or /
Eve farm houses were blown over and ~ inc
! town several houses were destroyed mere
were no casualties at this place, but several |
\ persons are reported severely injured 10 'ne
/ country.
!
and one house and barn blown down;
| Trees were uprooted, fences laid Hat, ana
/ great damage was done TO the crops
At Beatty, ON the St. Joseph aud Denver
! Railway, numerous houses were blown down
Al Denison Mills, Nch, on the A,chison
and Nebraska Road, the Catholic church was
totally demolished as was also the store OF
Meade Reilly 4 Co. One woman was Sc
yerely injured, and several residences we're
more on less damaged.
A despatch from Manhattan, Kansas, says
"a cyclone crossed the Big Blue river at the
mouth of Mill creek, last night, uprooting
trees and destroying grain cribs, fences and
crops. A two.story storehouse, belonging to
NJ. Coudray, was unrooicd aud crushed.
/ There we're fifteen persons in It at the time,
Mr.. Coudray was somewhat injured aud his
sister.in. law, Mrs. Taitlock, aud her child
were killed. On Fancy creek, twelve miles
north Of Coudray's, a Methodist church was
demolished, buildings were torn down, cattle
and horses killed, and other property was
destroyed. No human lives were lost.
A despatch from independence, Mo-, says,
IA cyclone struck the earth four miles from
Lees Summit last evening and tore a furrow
through the country about 100 yards wide aud
10 miles long, levelling everything in It's track,
and killing and wounding several people.
Three miles east Of Lees summit the house
| Of Mr.. Warren was destroyed. Two members
of his family were killed and others severely
wounded. Further on the house Of Alexan.
der Scruggs was unroolcd. aud his wifes
| skull was fractured. The houses Of DR.. Dun.
nington and Mr.. Underwood we're destroyed,
but their families escaped unharned. lhe
residence of Mr.. Hutchins was torn TO pieces
and the family badly hurt Tho house Of Mr..
! Harris, near Blue Springs, was demolished,
and Mr.. Harris, his wife, aud little girl were
| killed, and three other children were inortally
wounded. Mr.. Harris was lifted high up
/ into the air, carried about 200 feet, aud dash.
ed to the earth, while his wife and child were
carried about the same distance in an oppo.
site direction. At this point the storm cloud
burst, but came together again almost in.
stantly with u terrific crash, bounded from
the earth, and came down again near the
dwelling Of Mr.. Gore, which it passed through
leaving the side walls only standing. The
iunnel'shaped cloud then rose high ia the air
and disappeared IN the northwest. The heay.
lest rain ever known in this region accOmpau.
led the tornado. 1t actually delugcd the
country it passed over.
A despatch from Concordia, statos that the
storm was exceedingly violent in the vicinity
Of Delphos, Ottawa county, and 10 dead
bodies have been brought in from two square
miles OF territory. One man from Beloit was
taken up in his wagon and thrown to the
ground again and instantly killed. A woman
and child were thrown against an iron fence
and killed. Five persons were killed in one
house near Delphos. The crops have bren
severely injured all along the line Of the
storm. Reports from Seandia, Republie
county, state that the storm was very severe
IN that region, but no casualties are yet re.
ported. The citizens OF Atchison raised. this
afternoon, 81, 200 for the relief Of the suffer,
ers, and a special train will leave here at
midnight with supplies Of medicine, blankets
and clothing.
A despatch from the Associated Press re.
porter at Kansas City, NO., says:-.Mr.
Harris his wife and children were carried mn
into the air and dropped at different place.
and IN different directions from the site oitbe
house they occupied, the distances VARYING
from one hundred TO two hundred ynrds
Mrs. Harris and one child were killed ont.
right. Mr.. Harris died several hours a6er.
wards One of the other children was found
IN pool OF water fifty yards from the house.
with straw and grass wrapped SO tisbtly
around his head aud shoulders that il eoul1
only, be removed with great difficulty. The
child was only slightly injured, his escape be-,
ing attributed to the mysterious bandaqe
around him. When last heard Of the storm
was travelling north.eastwardly, aud had on.
tered Lafayette county.
Later adyices from lryibg, Kansas. repo,t
30 deaths certain and So persons badly wound.
cd by the recent cyclone. From 80 10 ca
families at Frankfort, Kansas, are homeless.
A. sabetha, Kansas, 70 TO 100 persons nrc
destitute. There is much destruction al VA.
rlouspoints Fifteen personsare reported kilI.
ed and many woundedabout Delphos. itisbc.
iieyed that not less than forty were killed ana
e,gh'y wounded in the path of tho cyclono,
hundreds OF houses were destroyed and erop,
ruined. ihe track OF the cyclone was three.
quarters Of a mile to one mile wide +, nnco.
sionally left the grenad for a short iistaoc,.
and then descended, sweeping cycry,j,;n,,
away, including the water from n r,yeJ SsI
ana even seooping we'll out dry.