Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
A Terrific Cyclone Sweeps Through
a Portion Of Western Missouri,
Kansas apd Nebraska.
Its Track Marked by the PyoshatiOn
Of Forests, the Destruction Of Crops
and the Wreck Of villages.
Probably One Hundred Human Lives
Sacrificed 10 the Fury Of the
Storm.
THE STORM IN MISSOURI.

AnI 1NRhAh o kISA1ho
three miles ssnih OF this place and travelled
in 0 noTtheantetly course for distance of
about atocp miles, destroying everything
with which II came In contact.
A GREAT MANY HOUSES WERE coMpLETELY
CARRIED AWAY
and scattered about promIsc0nsly. DR.. Dun
nington's family were not injured, they hav-
ing gone 70 the baseuept 70 supper and the
house was blown from over their heads.
BlackwelVe house, ooc1piod by q tenant nam
cd C~ushenberry, was completely destroyed
and all Of his family, q wife and several oh ill
dren, were more or less injured, One Of
them, Q little boy, dangerously.
u Loss Is HEAVY,
It being one of the best houses which were
struck. 1t was new, ana said 70 haye cost
from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars.
COwherd's house, occupied by 8 party N
Warden, was next in It's course 10 meet its
fate, The family, Ave Ia number, were ell
badly bruised, but not seriously.
AT BLUE SPRINGS.
Lee, having a family living pear Blue
Springs, was the only place where instant
were found dead, and his son and father died
during tho night from injuries received.
They were Ia the house, and seeing the cy.
clone approaching, fed 10 the stable near BY
which was struck by the
MOST VIOLENT
portion Of IL. In every case where houses
were struck the inmates were scattered to-
Rether with falling timbers, lumber etc.
The total loss OF property Is est.pated at
from ..ght 10 ten thousand dollars, besides
the loss Of crops, grain, hay, fences, timber,
eQ., which cannot be estimated.
The town Of Irving, 80 miles west of this
city, was nearly destroyed. At that point
ahe storm took the form of cyclone and
ieveled everything in It's path. About forty
buildings we've destroyed, fifteen persons
killed and from thirty to forty wounded.
.ATcnIsoN, KAN, May 3l.-A terrible storm
OF wind and rain passed over Northern Kan
aas and southern Nebraska last evening.
Il extended through nearly the whole Of
the northern tier Of counties In this State,
Rapids and gertralie stations on the Central
brknch Railroad about so miles distant from
each other. The storm moved In a direction
. little north Of east and passed into Nebras-
- throngh Richardson county.
AT FRANKFORT.
In the nelghborhood OF Frankfort four or
Ave miles farm houses were blown over, and
in the town several persons living Ia tha
country are reported severely Injured.
Al CentraliR several houses were unr00fed,
and one house snd q barn blown down, Trees
were uprooted, fences laid Eat sld great dam.
age done TO the crops.
AT BEATTY,
On fhe aE Joe and Denver road, a number
or houses were blown down.
At Dawson's Mills, Nebraska, on the
Atchison and Nebraska road, the Catholic
church was totally demolished, as was also
she store Of Mead, Riley & Co, One lady
Tesidencea were more or less injured.
LATER.
AromsoN, Ks, May 3l.--The storm west
- khto nifV uuaa far VnnRa fatal IL a.. So
than the dispatch sent early this morning
INDICATED. The daily Champion has q special
from Frankfort giving the following list OF
causuAlillss iH the vicinity Of the. placer
JAS. Downs and wife, Killed; John Howe,
. boy OF u years OF age, killed; Mr., Groves,
killetE Misc Groves, leg brOkenj . child OF
Mr.. Nosefeld, s~erlnusly injured; Mrs.
seriously Injured; Mrs.. A, 8. Fox, right arm
broken Henry Johnson, mortaily injured;
Ben Fox, serioualy injured; MPa. Henry
johnson, killed; Mr.. BallQu, leg broken;
Joshua Howe. James Vaughan, Henry
ksesar, Robert LAughlin and Miles Kelley
and family, all bsdly injured.
iorty-nihe wounded. Most. OF the latter
severely, and many Of them will die. A
committee OF citizens and physicians from
this city arrived here this AFTERNOON, and
medical supplies and clolhlng have been for.
whrueu IRON mere 70 provide for The lmmedt-
ate necessities Of the sufferers.
a special dispAtch 10 the Champion from
Ooncofdia states that the storm was extreme
iy viqlept In the Vicinity OF pelphos, Ottawa
county, end affeen dead bodies have .haan.
brought IN from two squafBm fios Of terrific
~. Ono man irpm Eelolt was taken IN In
bis wagon, thFoYn 70 the ground and In
thrown agsinat . wira fence and killed. Five
persons we're killed in one house near Del
phos.
SCAHDIA.
Reports from Scandia, Republic county,
show that the storm was very severe In that
section, but no casualties arc yet reported.
The cltigens Of this PLACE have raised this
afternoon twelve hundred dollars Cor the
relief Of the sufferers, a special train leaves
here At midnight carrying supplies Of medl.
cine, blankets and clothing.
AT MAEuArrAN, Kansas.
MANHATTAN, KANAAs, May 81 IA cyclone.
passing northeAsterly, cross the Big Blue
LiYer At the mouth Of Min creek last night.
Trees We're qprooted, and cribs, fences and
ctops destroyed. The house OF IL. Cardray,
Ane tRo-ssory stomp tuisding, iaY diFeotlv
the path OF Me STORM. II was unrootsd
and crushed. Fifteen peesons were III n Al
me time. Mr, QOrdrsy was somewhat m.
laisd, and he aistesstn= lax, Mira. TSttler, aud
child, were killed.
% fAney creek, twelve miles north Of
yardseyis, q frame church, dedicated by
ne Aethodistl last year Was completely
fs.uoytd haildlngs, tattle aud b ,rses we're
as1 v.nh, property WIS also destroyed,
Wv 20 @ose hves we're lpA.