The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05
y,olen, Storm. I'm The west.

one of the most disastrous cyclones that
ever visited that country struck about four
miles southwest of Lees Summit, and trav-
eled about one hundred yards wide in a
northeas,erly direction, laying waste every
thing before it; blowing down houses,
barns, fences, uprooiing trees and totally
destroying the crops in its way, also killing
several persons and fatally injuring many
others.
About three miles east OF Lees Summit
Mr.. Wares house was blown to atoms, two
of the family killed and the others seriously
injured.
At Mr.. Alex Scruggs the roof was blown
off his dwelling, his wife's collar-bone
broken and her skull fractured.
In the same vicirity, DR.. Dunnington's
residence was blown down. but fortunately
the family escaped uniniured.
The next place visited was Mr.. Under
woods, his house being completely demol.
ished. But his family who had seen the
terrible funnel approaching, escaped serious
damage by running to the yard, laying
down. and holding on to stumps, etc.
Mr.. Hutchins's house was next torn to
pieces, and he and his family badly injured.
The tornado travelled with wonderful
velocity, and at a point about half a mile
east of Blue Springs, it demolished Mr.. Lee
Harris's dwelling, killed Mr.. Harris, his
wife and little daughter, and fatally injured
three children, all of whom were at last &C.
counts in a dying condition. Mr.. Harris
was carried about one hundred feet in the
air, and then thrown with terrible force to
the ground, about two hundred feet from
the house, in the course of the storm, while
his wife and daughter were found the
same distance in the opposite direction.
When the little girl was found a sad
sight presented Itself. Her shoes had to be
twisted from her feet, her body was terribly
mangled, a quantity of weeds and grass had
been tangled around her head, as though
some one had tied it
At Independence the cloud burst, and for
a moment it seemed as though it had fin
ished its terrible work but quicker than it
disappeared it came together with q thun-
dering crash, carrying up mud and water
and throwing it in every direction. Parties
near the scene say their faces
were scorched slightly by the
hot electricity, caused by the col.
lision of the clouds. As the cyclone
bounded from Harris's place it rose high in
the air and travelled at the rate of about
forty miles an hour. 1t came down in 9
field close to Mr.. Cores dwelling, which il
passed through, leaving only the sides stand
mn Pail fanoau uara hlo,pp doun and tbo
rails aid rubbish carried the entire
length of fields, and in many instances
driven in the ground several feet
Accompanying the tornado was one of the
heaviest rains that ever fell in that section
OF the State, and in some places the people
say the water fell in solid columns, delug
ing and destroying property that was moi
leveled by the wind. After leaving Mr.
Cores residence the cloud which had tray
eled in a complete funnel shape burst, rost
high in the air, travelled northwest and dis
appeared.
The tornado was also very destructive in
Kansas. The town of Irving, ninety mile!
west of Atchison, was nearly destroyed. A
that point the storm took on the character
of a cyclone, and leyeled everything in it
path. About forty buildings were de
stroyed, fifteen persons killed, and thirt.
to forty persons wounded. Among tn
casualties are the following: John Kelley
wife, father and son. killed
Mrs. W. J. Williams, killed; Mrs. Brick
master and five children, killed; Jacol
Subens and wife, fatally injured E. Sheldon
wife and sister, dangerously hurt and no
expected to survive; Mrs. VIC. Bates ant
two children, badly hurt--one has since
died; and Mrs. Noah, Mrs. George Martil
and several others more or less severed,
wounded.
Among the buildings blown down are tw
churches, one a fine stone building, tn
Public School, the grain elevator, railroa'
depot, Wetmore Institute, and the resi-
dencts of John A. Warden, Charles Preston
W. H. Labrins, NJ. L. Teddy, and Messrt
Armstrong, Thompson, Sheldon. Bates
Williams and others. In the neighborhoo'
of Frankfort four or five farm.houses wer
blown over, and in town several house
were destroyed.
Chic Republicaa Convention.