Daily globe., 1879-06-01
TEMPEST TOSSED.
THE STORM KING HOLDS HIGH CIR
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Nebraska and Southwestern Missouri De-
vastated by Rain and Wind-The Track, of |
the Storm Marked by Demolished, Dwell
lings and Large, Loss of Life-Strange
yagaries OF the storm-Incidents of she
Disaster Eta @ SlA8:
TEMPEST TOSSED.
ST. LOUIS, May 31.-A dispatch from
Atchison, Kan, says o terrible storm of
wind and rain passed over Northern Kansas
and Southern Nebraska last evening. It |
extended through nearly the whole northern
tier counties of the State, but was most |
violent between Blue Rapids and Centennial
stations, on the Central Branch r. r., about |
thirty miles apart. The storm moved in q
direction a little north of east and passed
into Nebraska through Richardson. The
town of Irving, ninety miles west of this
place, was nearly destroyed. At that
place the sto.m took on the character
of a 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 fol-
lowing: John Kelley, wife, father and son,
killed; Mrs. w. J.. Williams, killed; Mrs.
Breckinster and five children; killed; Jacob
Sabins and wife, fatally injured; r. Sheldon,
wife and sister, dangerously hurt and not ex-
pected to liye Mrs. w. G. Bates and two
children, badly hurt, one has since died, and
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others more or less seriously wounded.
| Among the buildings blown down are
churches, one a fine stone building, the pub
lie school, the grain elevator, railroad depot,
Wetman Institute, and the residences of Jno.
A. Warden, Chas. Preston, w. q. Sabins,
M. L. Leddy, and Messrs. Armstrong,
Sheldon, Bates, Williams, and others.
In the neighborhood of Frankfort four or
five farm houses were blown over and in
town several houses were destroyed. No
casualties at this place, but several persons
in the country we're severely injured.
At Centralia several houses were unroofed
and one house and barn was blown down.
Trees we're uprooted and fences laid fiat,
and great damage done to crops.
f. At Beatty on the st. Joe & Demur rail-
road number of houses were blown down.
communication west having been greatly
interrupted.
IN MISSOURI.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, May 3O.-A cyclone
struck the earth four miles from Lees Sum
NIT last evening and tore furrow through
the country about hundred yards wide and
ten miles long, leveling everything in its
track and killing and wounding several
people. Direction of the storm, south west
to northeast The house of Alex. Scroggs
was unroofed, his wife's skull fractured.
The houses of DR.. Dunnington and Mr..
Underwood were destroyed, but their famil-
les escaped unharmed. The residence of
Mr.. Hutchins was torn to pieces and the
, family badly hurt. The house of Mr.. Harris
Blue Springs, was demolished, Mr.. Harris,
!, his wife, a girl and three other children
mortallY wounded. Harris was lifted high
up into the air and carried about 200 feet in
: the course the storm moved and ther
dashed to the earth, while his wife and
, child we're carried about the same distance
in the opposite direction. s
: At this point the storm cloud burst but
came together again almost instantly with
terrific crash, bounded from the earth, came
down again near the dwelling of Mr.. Gore
which it passed through leaving its side walls
standing. The funnel shaped cloud the1
rose high in the air and disappeared in tn,
northwest.
! The heaviest rain ever known in this sec
ton accompanied the tornado, actually del
. uging the country it passed over. 2
An Atchison dispatch says the storm
. west of this city was far NOR,
fatal in its effects than dispatches sen
= early this evening indicated. Th
> Champion has special from Frankfor
giving the following casualties there and il
:, that vicinity. James Downs and wife wer
Grooves, killed; Miss Grooves, leg broken
y child of Mr.. Warfeld seriously injured; Mrs
: Vaughan, badly injured; Jno. Vaughan, seri
ously injured; Mrs. A. s. Fox, right arm
= broken; Henry johnson, mortally injured
: . Ben Fox, severely injured; Mrs. Henry John
: son, killed; Mr.. Bolton, leg broken; Joshu
. Howe, James Vaughan, Henry Carger, Rob
: Laughlin and Miles Kelly and family, a
y badly injured.
At Irving twelve persons were killed out
;. right and forty-nine wounded, most of th
u latter severely. Many of them will die.
= A committee of the citizens and physician
70 from this city arrived this afternoon, an
medical supplies and clothing have bee
y forwarded from here to provide for the in
mediate necessities of the sufferers
: : A special to the. Champion from Concol
:. dia says the storm was extremely violent i
g the vicinity of Delpho, Ottawa county. Fl
. . teen dead bodies have been brought in fro,
=, two square miles of territory. One maj
- from Beloit, was taken up in his wago1
. thrown to the ground again and Instant
killed. A woman and child were throw
!, !, against wire fence and killed. Five pc
y, sons were killed in one house near Delph
NJ Crops have been severely injured on the lir
of the storm. Reports from Scandia, Repul
lie county, state the storm was very seve
a. in that section, but no casualties reporte
!, Citizens of Atchinson raised, this afternoo
$1,000 for the sufferers. A special trai
w Se leaves here at midnight with supplies, med
no cines, blankets and clothing.
=. THE HARRIS FAMILY.
"a ST.. LOUIS, May 31.-A dispatch from Il
10 associated press reporter at Kansas CT
le about the cyclone which devastated the eas
- ern part of Jackson county, Missouri, Ia
to night, referring to the destruction of d
ON house of Mr.. Harris, near Blue Springs.
elr account of which was reported from Ind
p pence, says Mr.. Harris, his wife and ch
p dren were carried up into the air clear O
M of sight and dropped in different places al
eW directions from the site of the house th
ne occupied and varying in distance from @
ed to two hundred yards. Mrs. Har
int and one child were killed outrie]
ns Mr.. Harris died several hours after. O
VI other of the children was found in a nool