Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-02
THE EVENING STAR.
..................June 2. 1879.
The Frfghtful Storm I'm the West.
GREAT Loss OF LIFE AND pKsrRrcrroS M
PROPERTY

An Atchison (Kansas, dispatch saws q terr,b,a
run and VINO STORM visited Frankfort, Marshall
lasting over two hours. j. b. Taylor,s Wars,
mouse was Iorh 10 pieces, and SEVERAL small
houses. stores and stables were more or less
damaged: The houses OF Messrs Fox, Cabar
and Vaughn, three miles from town. were blown
down, and the inmates considerably injured
At Irving about 40 buildings were destroyed
and Is persons were killed, while from 80 to 40
were wounded. At Centralia several houses
were unroofed, and one house and barn blown
down. At Denver, on the st Joseph and Den
yer railway, NUMEROUS houses were blown
and Nebraska railroad, the Catholic church was
totally demolished, as was also the store OF
Meade, Riley co. One lady was severely In
aged dispatch from Manhattan, Kansas,
says "a Cyclone crossed the Big Blue river at
the mouth OF MN creek last night, uprooting
crops. two-story storehouse belonging to NJ.
Condray was unr0ofed and crushed. There
were Is persons In 1t at the time. Mr.. Condray
was somewhat injured, and his sister-in.
law, Mrs Tattlock, and child were killed. on
Fancy creek, twelve miles north Of Condray's
a Methodist church was entirely demolished.
A Globe Democrat special from Independence
Mo-, says: a. A cyclone struck the earth four
miles from Lees summit last evening and tore
inrroW through the country about 100 yards
VIDE and 10 miles long, leveling everything in
lts track, and killing and woundino several
people. The direction OF the storm wac south
West ana an northeast Three miles east of Lees
summit SUM tue mouse OF Mr.. Warren was destroyed
Two members OF his family were killed ami
oInerS severely wounded. Further on the
mouse OF Alexander Scruggs was unroofed AMI
his w1fe's skull was fractured. The houses
OF Or. Huntington and Mr.. Underwood Were
destroyed, but their families ESCAPED unharmed
Inc residence OF Mr.. Hutchfns was torn To
pieces and the family badly hurt The house
OF MI. Harris, near Blue Springs was demoI-
IShed, and Mr.. Harris, his wife, and little girl
were Killed, and three other children were NOR
tally wounded.
., Ire storm was extremely violent In the ylcin-
10y or Delphos, Ottawa county, and Is dead
Dodles have been brought In from two SQUARE
miles OF territory. One man from Beloit was
taken up In his wagon and thrown to the ground
again, and instantly killed. woman and child
were thrown against a wire fence and killed
rive persons were killed In one house near Del
phos. dispatch from the Associated Press re-
porter at Kansas City, Mo-, about the cyclone
WMch devastated the eastern part OF jackson
CITY, NO., last night, referring to the desfruc-
tlon OF the house OF Mr.. Harris, near Riue
Spring. an account OF which was Reported from
Independence, says: "Mr. Harris bis wife and
children We're carried up into the air and
dropped at different places and In different
directions from the site OF the house they occu-
PIED, the distances varying from 100 to 200
yards. Mrs. Harris and one child were killed
outright. Mr.. Harris died several hours after
wards. One OF the other children was found In
pool Of water 80 yards from the house, with
straw and grass wrapped so tightly around his
head and shoulders that 1T could only be re.
moved with great difficulty. The child was only
slightly injured, his escape being attributed to
the mysterious bandage around him."