Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-03
A CYCLONE.
FEARFUL RAVAGES OF THE TOR.
NADO IN MISSOURI.
Over Fifty persons Killed and Many
Injured.
Immense Amount Of Property Reported
Destroyed.
Scientists Predict that more Cyclones
will Follow.

New YORK, June =. 4 despatch from indie
pendence, Mo-, states that the place had just
escaped cyclone, but it did great havoc in
the neighborhood.
At Lee Summit, among other houses de-
stroyed was that Of H. l.. Harris, who with
his wife and two children were killed and
two other children injured. His house was
lifted into the centre of the cyclone and car
red 800 yards into the air, then dashed down
to pieces.
Scientists are puzzled to account for the
phenomena. All the bodies were covered
with Il thick. BLUSH sulphurous mud, clothing
stripped off or torn to shreds, shoes torn off
the feet and the bodies burned and blackened
feariully
Horses, cattle and hogs were caught up on
the Harris place, carried long distances and
dropped, crushed out of all shape.
KANSAS CRY, June =. The following are
some OF the casualties from the cyclone at
Frankfort:
In Ottawa Co. were killed; Geo. Krone,
wife and 6 children injured At Frankfort,
were killed and wounded. In Stockdale,
Mrs. Atl0ck and children were killed. At
Randolph, = children of Norton =. Mills are
killed.
In Barnard Co. the cyclone raised IN the
southwest and moved toward the northeast
1t first struck the dwelling of Tom Smith,
miles from Barnard, demolished it. then
moved south over field and timber lot, an
eighth of a mile to house occupied by a
German named Schmidt, which was torn to
shreds. Mrs. Schmidt was fatally injured
Lizzie Davis wounded.
Then it destroyed the farm property for | |
miles, where il encountered large building
formerly hotel, and ripped it from the earth
The inhabitants escaped and were blown into
the hedge. Then it went half mile to Tur-
ncr's house, lift it up and carried it l-l6th of
mile and dashed it to the ground. The
family had fled.
Ten yards distant it destroyed the house
and barn of Henry Harmon. Two sons of
Harmon were badly injured. Harmon's loss
exceeds $500. 1t then crossed the river
near the Benson House, which was unframed
but cut "A roadway through the timber a mile
north of Barnard.
One end of Sarah Goforth's barn was
taken off and it twisted away her orchard.
Then 1t crossed high ridge and struck two
dwellings of Frank Conlin. One was demol-
ished and the other carried 80 yards and
dashed to pieces. \ mile further, the house
occupied by Guilfore Richards, and not a
plank remains.
The cyclone crossed the country 30 miles
to Platte river. most of the way through the
tHlpVT, where IL appeared 10 nave vanished
and disappeared. Nothing is known of it
northeast of that point.
The effect of these cyclones strengthens
the opinion that they are electric forces and
not wind. 1t is impossible to make an est-
mated loss in dollars and cents of the crops
in Kansas. The list of killed will reach 90
while the destruction to farmers in the shape
of crops, houses, fences, farming implements
etc. cannot be known for weeks. Dead cat
tie, horses and hogs are to be found all along
the line, Huge trees two and three feet in
diameter were twisted away and in one in
stance it swept along the bed of ravine and
lifted out of it every stick of timber and car
red them away. Wagons and agricultural
implements have been carried for miles and
every article that contains iron broken and
twisted out of shape.
1t is the most destructive storm ever
known in this section, and the prediction is
made by scientists that more will follow as
the season has SO far has been very hot and
sultry and the country is dry and much needs
rain.
ST. JosErH, June . At Irving, Ks, 30
deaths are certain and 80 badly injured by
the recent cyclone. 30 families at Frankfort
are houseless and destitute At Sabctha 100
are destitute Of everything. In the vicinity
of Bcattie, bedding and clothing are badly
needed