The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-06
A Terrible CYclnne.
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri suffer great
Loss OF Life and T,fcperty.

Loss OF Life ana Ptoperty. :
a terrible storm of wind and rain.
passed over Northern Kansas and
Southern Nebraska last Friday even
ing. 1t extended through nearly the
whole northern tier of counties of
Kansas, but was mostly violent be-
tween Blue Rapids and Centennial
stations on the central branch OF the
railroad, about thirty miles apart. The
storm moved in the direction of q little
north Of east and passed into Ne
braska through Richardson county.
The storm west of Atchison, Kan,
was very disastrous. A Frankfort
special gives n list of casualties there
and in the vicinity, naming five per-
sons killed and many seriously injur-
ed. AT Irving twelve persons were
killed outright, and forty wounded,
most of the latter severely. Many of
them will die. The town of Irving was
nearly destroyed. At that point the
storm took on the character of Il cy-
clone that leveled everything in its
path. Forty buildings were destroyed,
fifteen persons killed and thirty to for
ty wounded. Among the buildings
bio Nn down arc churches, one q fine
stone building, grain elevator, railroad
elevator, the public school building, the
Whetmore institute and many residcn-
ces. In the ncighborhood of Frankfort
ionr or five farmhouscs were blown
over, and In the town several houses
destroyed. AT Centralia several houses
were unroofed, and one house and
barn blown down, trees uprooted, fen
ccs laid fiat, and great damage done to
crops. AT Beatty, on the st. Joseph
and Denver railway, Numerous houses
were blown down. At Dennison
Mills, Nebraska, on the Atchison and
Nebraska road, the Catholic church was
totally destroyed, also a store and sev
cral residences were more or less dam
aged. The storm then crossed the
Big Blue river at the mouth OF
Mill creek. 1t uprooted trees and de-
stroyed grain cribs, fences and crops.
The house of Mr.. Candray was unroof-
ed; Mr.. Candray was somewhat injur-
ed, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Tattlocb
and child were killed. On Yancy
creek, twelve miles north, a Methodist
church was entirely demolished, build.
ings were torn down, cattle and horses
killed, and other property destroyed.
but no lives were lost.
Mr.. Harris, his wife and children
were carried up into the air by the cy'
clone, nea Blue Springs, clear out Of
sight and dropped in different places
and directions from their house. Mrs
Harris and ono child were killed out
right. Mr.. Harris died several hours
aftcrward. One other child was fount
in a pool of water fifty yards from The
house with straw and grass so tightly
wrapped around the head and shout
ders that ii could be only removed will
great difficulty. The child was bu
slightly injured, his escape being at
tributed to the mysterious bandagt
around him.
The cyclone struck the earth foul
miles from Lees Summit, Mo-, Friday
evening, and tore a furrow through the
country a hundred yards wide and tel
miles long, leveling everything in tho
track, killing and wounding sevcra
persons. Three miles cast of Lee,
Summit the house of Mr.. Warren wal
totally destroyed, two persons killed
and others severely wounded. Further
on the house of Alexander Scraggs was
unroofed and his wife's skull fractured
The houses of DIR. Huntington and Mr.
Underwood were destroyed, but theil
families escaped. The residence of Mr.
Hutchens was torn to pieces and the
family badly hurt.
At Blue Springs the storm cloud
buUst, but came together again almost
instantly, with terrific force, bounded
from the earth, came down again neal
the dwelling of Mr.. Hare, which il
crushed through, leaving the side wall:
standing. A tunnel-shaped cloud ther
rose high in the air, and disappeared in
the northwest. The heaviest rain cvci
known in that section accompanied the
tornado, deluging the country as il
passed over.
The storm was extremely violent il
the vicinity of Delphos, Ottawa county
and fifteen dead bodies were brought il
from two square miles of territory
One man from Beloit was taken up in
his wagon and thrown down to the
ground again and instantly killed. A
woman and child were thrown against
a wire fence and killed. Five persons
were killed in one house neal Dclphos.
Crops are severely injured all along the
line of the storm. Reports from Scan.
dia, Republic county, state that the
storm was very severe in that section,
but no casualties are reported.