Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-11
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
Northern Kansas. Southern Nebraska
aud Missouri Visited by the Most
Frightful Cyclone on Record.

Advices under date of June LIST, state
that terrible rain storm and cyclone
passed over northern Kansas and Ne
braska last evening. 1t extended
through nearly the whole northern tier
IF counties in this state, but was most
rolent between Blue Rapids and Cen
ennial Station on the Central Branch
railroad about 80 miles apart. The
storm moved in direction little north
II east and passed into Nebraska
trough Richardson county. The town
ut Irving, 90 miles west of this place
was nearly destroyed. At that point
the storm took on the character of a
cyclone and leveled everything in its
path. About forty buildings were 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. Breckinster and
four children killed; Jacob Sabins and
wife: fatally injured; E. 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 more or less
seriously wounded. Among the build
ings blown down are churches, one line
stone building, the public school, the
grain elevator, railroad depot, Witmore
institute, and the residences of Mr.. War
den, Chas. Preston, w. III. Sabins, NJ. L.
Leady land 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-
stroyed. No casualties at this place,
but several persons IN the county were
severely injured. At Centralia several
houses were unroofed, and one house
and barn blown down, trees uprooted,
fences laid fat 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
& 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 reporter to Irving this
forenoon on special locomotive and
expects further telegraphic 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 CandDy was 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, Meth
odist church was entirely demolished,
buildings torn down, cattle and horses
killed, and other property destroyed,
but no lives lost.
An Atchison, Kansas dispatch says
a terrible rain and wind storm passed
Frankfort, Marshall county, Kansas, at
o'clock last evening, lasting over two
hours. f. B. Tavlor's warehouse was
torn to pieces, and several small houses
and stables more or less damaged. The
houses of Messrs. Cox, Carser & Waugh
an, three miles from town, were blown
down and the inmates considerably in
iured. They are now here receiving
medical treatment. Fox's house and
contents were blown into the river.
A messenger just in from Irving says
tie storm at that point blew down 16
houses, killed persons, wounded about
25. and several are missing. The resi-
dences of Jules Warhen, 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 Democrat special from In
dependence, Mo-, says cyclone struck
the earth four miles from Lees Sum-
NIT last evening. and cut a furrow
through the country about hundred
yards wild 3 and ten miles long, levelipg
everything in its track and killing and
wounding several people. The direction
of the storm was from the southwest to
northeast. Three miles east of Lees
Summit the house of Mr.. Warren was
to-day destroyed, two members Of the
family killed and others seriously
wounded. Further on the house of
Alex. Scroggs was unroofed, and his
wife's skull fractured. The houses of
Or. Huntington and Mr.. Underwood
were destroyed, but their families es-
capped unframed. The residence of
Mr.. Hutchins was torn to pieces, and
the family badly hurt. The house of
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