Daily globe., 1879-06-02
NUMBER l39
WILD WINDS.
DETAILS OF THE FEAR
FUL KANSAS TORNADO.
Peculiar and Alarming vagarIes OF the
Storm Fiead-Everything Movable in its
Track Destroyed and Swept into Space In
q Momont.-Women with Children in their
Arms Found Dead Half Mile from their
Homes Other Casualties Of the Day.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

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Especial Telegram to the Globe.
4 IRVING, KS, June 1.-The terrible sto1m
or tornado Of yesterday, was one
of the most peculiar ever Witnessed. About
half-past five dark mass of clouds gathered
southeast of town and passed around to the
southwest the wind blowing very hard from
the northeast. Suddenly deafening roar
could be heard, q dark cloud about mile to
the southeast began to lower until it seemed
to touch the highest bluffs and then COM
menced to whirl, having the appearance of
monstrous top. Gradually as it gathered
force it advanced along the valley upon tho
town, demolished one small house on the
outskirts, rose and passed entirely over, do
ing no more damage. But this was only the
beginning. After passing in an easterly di-
rectlon, then north and west with
INCREDIBLE RAPDITY
describing almost complete circle. The
roar of wind was followed by calm. The
heavens in q moment were of green hue.
Then with an awful noise the second whirl-
wind came on the doomed village. dealing
death and destruction on every side. The
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mass of ruins The palatial residences of Capt
Armstrong and Jos. s. Morden and thirty
other dwellings, were instantly scattered all
directions. Many were the narrow escapes.
The families of Mr.. Aleddy, A. A. johnson,
Mr.. Trockle and two or three others saved
themselves by going in the cellars of their
houses, which were taken from over them
like flash. The groans of the
WOUNDED AND DYING f71fEs =
we're horrible. Women were found with
children in their arms half mile from their
houses dead.
AToH1soN, KS, June Reports from Cen
tralia say that the terrible cyclone that devas-
tated that and adjacent points came from the
southwest, and, leaving track about mile
wide, swept through the country on line
| between Irving, on the central branch OF the
Union Pacific RAILROAD, and Beattle, on the
st. Joe & Denver railroad. The storm in all
| its phases lasted about two hours. It was
entirely dark, and the force of the wind was
| perfectly resistless. When house was
struck, it was totally demolished. The peo-
pie could give no intelligible account farther
| than that there was crash and then every
thing few into the air as soon as possible.
TIE GREATEST DESTRUCTION WAS VISIBLE,
4 beginning about 2A miles northwest of
Frankfort and extending in that direction
perhaps 81 miles. In that distance, every
house was torn to atoms and everything
movable hurled into space. In all cases
! where persons we're killed in tue houses,
buildings were torn into fragments. John
Harris body was found in . peach orchard,
4 q long distance from his house.
OTHER DETAILS.
Western Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, June No additional particu-
lars Of Friday evenings cyclone in Marshall
county, Kansas, was received to-day, but q
report comes from Brookville, KS, at least
seventy-fve miles southwest of Irving, the
town where the most destruction took place,
that most terrific wind storm passed over
the country northwest of there Friday after
4 noon, doing great damage to farm
property and killing several people.
i A cyclone also struck the outer edge
of Kirksville, Adair county, No. Friday
evening, demolishing about'a dozen houses,
badly damaged several others and severely
injured several people, one woman being re-
ported killed. high wind also prevailed
north and northeast of st. Joseph, Mo-. A
grain elevator at Hopkins was DESTROYED,
several small dwelling houses, barns, etc.
blown down and an elevator at Craig station,
on the Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council
Bluffs railroad, destroyed. Consider
able damage was done to other
blown down and crops destroyed all along
the line of the storm. It is not unlikely the
storms had common origin, but on the
PLAINS in western Kansas some local cause
broke the original cloud into fragments,
that separate storms were formed from
these, one of which traversed the northern
counties in Kansas, and another Travelled
eastward striking the earth in Jackson
county, Mo-, thence moved northeast to
Kirksville and beyond. The third and
weakest one of the three passing over the
country in the neighborhood of st. Joseph.
A heavy rain fell here last night and to-
day the temperture is cold requiring fires
for comfort. Heavy rains prevailed all over
central, southwestern and northwestern
' points of this State being great benefit
+ wheat corn and other crops.
9 FOREST FIRES.
t MILWAUKEE, June 1.-Great damage was
t done by forest fires last week along the
! lake shore. Twenty buildings were burned
r near Horns Pier, and also a number neal
r Ahnapee. Many families were rendered
Q homeless and destitute. About three miles
r of telegraph poles were destroyed, cutting
t off communication with Sturgeon Bay where
Q it is supposed considerable damage has beer
r done.
8 TERRIBLE THUNDER.
: SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June Heat
{, intense thermometer 80 to 100 in tn.
y ;. shade. A terrible thunder shower at West
field this evening. The house of Marquis
9 Thompson was struck and damaged and hi
e wife possibly fatally hurt. The husband
Y escaped with singed hair.
70 NEW YoRK, June Heat intense to day
+. The thermometer reached SO, and at midigh
le stood at 80.
% FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION.
'e PorTsvnLE, Pa, June 1-Yesterda
= morning an explosion of fire damp occurre
= = in Glendon colliery, Mahoney county, in
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