The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06

FuuneI-shaped Cloud which Devas-
tat1d Everything fp Its Track.

A st. Louis dispatch of June 1st furnishes
the following particulars of a terrible cyclone
which passed over portions OF Kansas, Ne
braSka and Missouri, commencing on IhurS-
day and the rain suddenly ceasing on Friday
evening. Many lives We're lost and a great
deal of valuable property destroyed. The
dispatch says:
large. suIIen-looking cloud was noticed Just
east of the town of Frankfort. on the line Of the
central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad west
Of Atchison. The cloud was funnel-shaped, and
seemed to increase in size as IL moved along until
ii reached the town. when il seized every thing in
its embrace gathering up houses barns, live stock
trees like reeds. and leaving death and destruc-
tion in its wake Four persons were killed at this
point Reports from other points tell Ike story.
The following dispatch from independence, Mo,
gives a good description Of the storm "A cy
clone struck the earth four miles from Lees sum
nit last evening and tore a furrow through the
country ab0nt one hundred yards wide and ten
miles long, leveing everything in its track and
killing and wounding several people The direc-
tiOn of the storm was southwest and northeast
Three miles east of Lees summit the house of
Mr. Warren was destrOye ed. Two members of
his family were killed and others severely
wounded Further the house Of Alexander
Scruggs was unrooted. and his wiie's skull frac-
tured. The houses Of DR.. Huntington and Mr.
Underwood were destroyed. but their fBmilies es-
capel unharmed. The residence of Mr., Hutch
ins was torn TO pieces and the family badly hurt.
The house of Mr. Harris. near Blue Springs, was
demolished, and Mr. Harris, ms wlte and little
girl were killed and three other children were
mortauy wounded. Mr. Harris was lifted high
up INTO the ar. carried ABOUT Two hundred teet
AND dashed TO the EARTH while his wife and child
were carried about she same distance in an op-
posite direction. At this point the stOrm-c cloud
burst but came together again almost instantly
with terrific crash, bounded from the earth and
came down az an near me dweiIinS OF MT Gore
which u passed through. leaving the side walls
only standing Tue tunnelshaped cloud then
rose high in the air ana disappeared in the north
west. The heaviest rain ever known in this re-
gion accompanied the tornado. 1t actually del
uged the country it passed ever
dispatch from Blue Springs says that Mr..
Harris, his wife and children were carried up
into the air and dropped at different places and
in different directions from the site of the honse
they occupied, the distances varying from 100 TO
200 yards. Ars. Harris and one child were killed
outright. Mr.. Harris died several hours after
wards. One of the other children found in a
pool of water 50 yards from the house with straw
and grass wrapped tightly around his head
and shoulders that it could only be removed with
great dfficuIty The child was only slightly in
lured, his escape being attributed to the mystic
rious bandage around him. At Delphos, Kansas,
nfteen dead bodies were found in two square
miles Of territory Five persons were Killed in
one house. At Irving, Kansas, as far now
known twelve persons were killed: at Blue
springs, three, and at Frankfort, four. A large
report comes from ErookvilIe. Kansas, at
least .5 miles southwest OF Irving, the town
where the most destruction took place, that u
terrific wind storm passed over the country north
west of there on Friday afternoon. doing great
damage and killing several people cyclone
also struck the outer edge of kirksvtlle, Adam
county, Mo on Friday evening. and demOlished ed
about dozen houses and severely injured several
persons, one woman being reported Killed II
. is not uuliFcly that these storms had common
OTi-in out on the plains in Western Kansas; thai
some local cause broke the origina! cloud into
.Af'= blit'b 7t'l- N~AS ~. 'i.Se
. from these. one of which traversed The northern
tier Of counties in Kansas another Travelled
. eastward. striking the earth in Jackson county
. Mo. thence moved northward to kirksville an,
beyond, and third, the weakcst one of The
three, passing over the country in the neighbor
hood Of st. Joseph.
STILL LATER.
ST. LCVIS, Tune "A 81. Joseph no, dispatcl
says A dispatch from Irving, Kansas date
June /, $50 p NJ. reports thirty deaths certai
and hity-thtee perseus badly injured in the re
cent cyclone. The people want money TO gc
. tha ueccssaTics Of life, which are at hand. TCl
persons were buried to-day. rom nifty to siEt,