Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-11
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
Northern Kansas, Southern Nebraska
and Missouri Visited by the Most
Frightfnl Cycloue on Record.


Advices under date of June LIST, state
that a terrible rain storm and cyclone
passed over northern Kansas and Ne
braska last evening. 1t extended
through nearly the whole northern tier
of counties in this state, but was most
violent between Blue Rapids and Cen
tennial Station on the Central Branch
railroad about 80 miles apart. The
storm moved in a direction a little north
of east and passed into Nebraska
through Richardson county. The town
Of Irving, 80 miles west of this place
was nearly destroyed. At that point
the storm took on the character of %
cyclone and leveled everything in It's
path. Aboet forty buildings We're de-
stroyed, fifteen person killed and thirty
or forty wounded. Among the casual
ties are the following: John Kelly, and
wife, father and son, killed; Mrs. W. j.
Williams, killed; Mrs. Breckipster and
four children killed; Jacob Sahins and
wife, fatally injured; Z. S. Seldom, and
wife and sister dangerously hurt and
not expected to live; Mrs. w. G. Bates
and two children badly hurt, one has
since died; and Mrs. Noah, Mrs. Geo
Martin and several Others nor or less
seriously wounded. Among the build
ings blown down are churches, one tine
stone building, the public school, the
grain elevator, railroad depot, Witn}ore
institute, and the residences of Mr.. War
den, Chas. Preston, w. II. Sabins, NJ. l..
Leady and Messrs. Armstrong, Thomp-
son. Sheldon, Dates, Williams, and 9TH
ers. In the neighborhood of Frankfort
four or five farm houses are blown over
and in the town several houses were de-
stroved. No casualties at this place,
but several persons in the county were
severely injured. At Centralia several
houses were unroofed, and II house
and barn blown down, trees u%prooted,
fences laid flat and great damage done
to crops. AT Beatty, on the st. Joseph
and Denver railroad, a number of
houses were blown down.
At Dennison's mills, Nelson county, on
the Atchison & Nebraska road, the
Catholic church was totally demolish-
ed, as was also the store Of Mead, Eley
e Co. One lady was severely injured.
Several residences were more or less
damaged. Reports meagre as yet. tel
%egraphic communication west having
been greatly interrupted. The Daily
Champion sent a reporter to Irving this
forenoon on a special locomotive and
expects further teleeraphlc report to-
night which will be forwarded as soon
as received.
THE CALAMITY INCREASES.
A dispatch from Manhattan, Kansas,
says the cyclone crossed the Big Blue
river at the mouth of Mill creek last
night, uprooted trees, destroyed grain,
cribs, fences and crops. A two story
storehouse in Candpy ives unroofed
and crushed fifteen persons in it at the
time. Mr.. Condroy is somewhat III
iured and child killed. On Fancy Creek
twelve miles north of Condroys, n Meth
odist church was entirely demolished,
buildings torn down, cattle and horses
killed, and other property destroyed,
but NJ lives lost.
An Atchison, Kansas dispatch says
a terrible rain and wind storm passed
Frankfort, Marshall county, Kansas, at
6 o'clock last evening, lasting over two
hours. f. B. Taylor's warehouse was
torn to pieces, and several small houses
and stables more or less damaged. The
houses of Messrs. Cox, Carser 81 Waugh
an, three miles from town, were blown
down and the inmates considerably in
jured. They are 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 l6
houses, killed 8 persons, wounded about
%. and several are missing. The resi-
dences of Jules Warheu, Mr.. Armstrong,
j. Williams, Mr.. Thompson and II
others, names of owners not given,
were totally demolished. The Presby-
terrain church, public school building,
and Irving's elevator we're completely
destroyed. The east span Of the rail-
road bridge crossing Blue river was
blown down.
A committee with funds, provisions
and lumber left Atchison, on the Cen
trail branch railroad this afternoon to
supply the wants of sufferers, and an
other committee is soliciting additional
aid.
IN MISSOURI.
The Globe emOcndt special from In
dependence, Mo-, says a cyclone struck
the earth four miles from Lees Sum-
NIT last evening, and cut q furrow
through the country about a hundred
yards wide and ten miles long, leveling
everything in its track and killing and
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