Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-03
THE MISSOURI CYCLONE.
Further Particulars.

ST. LOUIS, June 2.-An Atchison, rs.
special says that the committee OF sur
geons and citizens sent to Irving, KS.
Saturday, returned to-day. They repor
the dead all buried and the wounded
tenderly cared for. A relief cOmmitte,
has been organized at Irving and Frank
fort and are doing their best to provide
for the necessities OF the sufferers.
The following is the list of the killeC
ut or near Irving: Mrs. Susan q. Buck
man, Jesse Gallap, child, Mrs. Gallap
Charley Gallap, child, John V. Gallap
George Martins child, Mrs. J. w
Griffin, Miss Jennie Snyder, Mrs. ID
f.. Snyder, III. n. Fogate, Frank Eaton
Peter Buckmaster, Clarence Buckmast
er, James and Mark Keeney.
The following is a list of those killed
in the vicinity OF Frankfort: james
Downs and wife, John Howe, Mr.
Graves, Henry Johnson, Mr. Henry
johnson, Mr.. Van Hall, Thomas TrOs
per. The following wounded in the
vicinity of Frankfort: Mrs. \. $. Fox
severely; Mrs. Graves, severely; John
Vaughan, severely; Mrs. Fox, severely
Benz. Fox, boy, seriously; r. Langles
dangerously; Mr.. Bolton, severely
Joshua Howe, badly; James Vaughn
severly; Henry Caesar, wife and child
severely; John Osborn, severely; child
of Mrs. Morefits, severely; David Webb
dangerously.
This makes total OF twenty killed
and fOrty-eight severely wounded, at OF
near the two places. Fifteen are re
ported killed and many wOuned in the
vicinity of Delphos, Ottawa county. and
several casualties are reported in other
parts of the county traversed by the
storm. 1t is therefore certain that no
less than forty have been killed and sew
enty or eighty wounded, all the latter
very severely. The destruction OF
property will foot up very large, but no
reliable estimates can vet be formed OF
the amount Hundreds OF houses
have been destroyed, and the crops
i'm the path of the cyclone are utterly
destroyed. The track OF the cyclone
varies from three-fOurths OF a mile TO
one mile in width at intervals as it oc'
casionally left the ground for short
distance and again descended. When
ever it touched the ground it swept
everything clear OF houses, trees and
crops. Where it crossed the Blue river
it lifted every drop of water in its
course, and in passing over well IN
Irving it scOOped it dry.
The committees from this city and st.
Joseph held meeting at Irving, and
is-uab tho iollOWinp address.
IRVING, KAN, June ,, 1879.
At meeting of the relief committees
of the cities of st. Joseph, Missouri, and
Atchison, Kansas, held at this place to-
day, it was decided to jointly present to
the charitabiy disposed persons OF
neighbOring and other localities; that
having come to this place and made a
thorough examination, we find the de
struction of life and property occasioned
bv the tornado of the 30th ultimO is un-
precedented in the history of the State
that many of the inhabitants OF the ter
ritorv thus visited are left entirely des-
titute of houses, clothing, food and
farming implements, and that unless
immediate relief is afforded, great sui
I-rln8 lOuSJ tuSuc. ~ d'COul lplloh
this end we propose to exercise the
discretion accorded us by our localities
respectively, and in addition to the as
sistance already furnished hereby au-
thOrize the relief committee OF Irving
to draw at sight on Hon. j. G. TOmlin-
son, chairman of the relief committee OF
Atchison, for $500, and on Hon. s. j.
Smith, chairman of the relief committee
of st. Joseph, for a like sum of $500,
such moneys to be used by the said re,
lief committee of Irving as in their judg'
ment may seem best toward relieving
the destitutiOn in Marshall county; that
the secretary of this joint committee Is
instructed to forward a copy OF the fore
going TO the Mayors OF Lcavenworth
Kansas, and Kansas C'y, Missouri
with the request that they forward such
assistance as may be at their disposal
and tl-v-Secretary is further instructed
to send a like copy, with like request
to the county commissioners OF Marshall
county.
Contributions may be sent to J. $
Walker, treasurer OF the Irving relie
committee.
Signed by the Joint Committee.
All the wounded mentioned ar,
severely injured, scarcely any ESCAPING
with less than broken limbs, and quite
a number of them are dangerously, anC
some mortally, hurt.