Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-03
lOSANGELES WEEKLY YHERALI
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Passengers doing South.
MoJAvE, June 1.-Miss Adeline
Somers, Louis Sacks, Mrs Dorsey,
Levi Straus, Col O'Livermore. F
8 Breslauer, Mrs M Ludlind, Frank
Coffin, e A Hudson.
MoJAvE, June 2.-JJ Skinner, ]
X Cummings and wife, Mrs Go
Iinsky and family, D Robertson, g
Hind, L j Sellen and wife.
Reported Arrest Of rom Lawton.
SACRAMENTO June 1.-Sheriff
Drew received a dispatch this af-
ternoon from the authorities of
Winnemucca, Nevada, stating
that they had captured Tom Law
ton, the murderer of A. M. Tullis.
The Sheriff Jeff here on the 3
o'clock train for Winnemucca to
ascertain the truth or falsity of the
report.
ACycione.
ST. LOUIS, May 31.-An Atchi-
son, Kas., dispatch says that ter
rible rain and wind storm visited
Frankfort, Marshall county, Kas.,
Mt 8 o'clock last evening, and lasted
over two hours, doing considerable
damage. A messenger just In from
irving says that the storm at that
point blew down sixteen houses,
killed eight persons and wounded
about twenty. five, and that several
ale missing. The east span of the
railroad bridge crossing the Blue
River was blown down. A com.
mittee with funds. provisions and
lumber left Atchison on the Cen
tral Branch Railroad this after
noon to supply the wants of the
sufferers, and another committee is
soliciting additional aid.
PATH OF THE CYCLONE.
ST.. LOUIS, May 31.-A dispatch
from Atahison, Kansas, 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 in
this State, but was most violent
between Blue Rapids and Centen.
ial stations on the Central Branch
Railroad, about thirty miles apart.
The storm moved little north of
east and passed into Nebraska
through Richardson county. The
town of Irving, ninety miles west
of this place, was nearly destroyed.
At that point the storm took the
character of cyclone and leveled
everything in its path. About 40
. buildings were destroyed, 10 per-
sons killed, and from 80 to 40
wounded. Among the casualties
are the following: John Kelley,
his wife, father and son, killed;
Mrs. w. X. Williams, killed; Mrs.
Burkmaster and Ave children,
killed; Jacob Saloons and wife,
fatally injured; e. Sheldon, wife
: and sister, dangerously hurt
and not expected to live; Mrs. w.
G. Bates and two children, badly
hurt Zone has since died); Mrs.
Nash, Mrs. Geo. Martin and sever
al others were more or less seri-
ously wounded. Among the build
ings blown down were churches,
one fine stone building, the public
school, grain elevator and the
railroad depot. At Beatty, on the
st. Joseph and Denver Railroad, a
number of houses were blown
down. AT benson Mills, Nebras-
ka, on the Atchison and Nebraska
!, Railroad. the Catholic Church was
totally demolished, as was also the
store of Meade, Riley & Go. One
lady was severely injured and sew.
eral residences were more or less
damaged. Reports meagre as yet.
A dispatch from Manhattan,
Kas., says: A cyclone crossed the
Big Blue River at the mouth of
Mill Creek, last night, and uproot-
ed trees, destroyed grain cribs,
fences and crops. The two-story
house of M. Coudroy was uprooted
.7and crushed. Fifteen persons were
in it at the time. Mr.. Coudroy
was somewhat injured, and his
sister-in.law, Mrs. Toureck, and
her child were killed. On Fancy
Creek, l2 miles north of Coudroy's,
the Methodist church was entirely
demolished. Buildings were torn
down, cattle and horses were killed
and other property destroyed, but
no human lives were lost.
THE TRACK OF DEATH.
INDEpENDENCE, (Mo. J, May 81
A cyclone struck the earth four
miles from Lees Summit last eve.
ming, and tore furrow through the
country about one hundred yards
wide and ten miles long, leveling
every thing in its track and killing
and wounding several people. The
y direction of the storm was south
west to northeast. Three miles east
of Lees Summit the house of Mr..
Warren was totally destroyed. Two
members of the family were killed
and others were severely wounded.
FURTHER CASUALTIES REPORTED.
ST.. LOUIS, May S1.-An Atchison
/ dispatch says that the storm west
y of this city was far more fatal In its
effects than the dispatches sent
early this evening indicated. The
Champion has Frankfort special
giving the following casualties
there and In the vicinity: Jacob
ADoions and wife, killed; John
Howe, aged l3, killed; MIR. Graves,
killed; Mics Graves, leg broken.
Il Irving twelve persons were
killed outright and forty-nine were
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