The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-23

there were killed. About 6,000 pounds
of powder was in the room All victims
were blown to atoms. The largest piece
found was q part of the skull of q
Chinaman, and queue attached. There
were six houses. The inside works of
all were blown to sliyers, but the work
men in them escaped, excepting one
man in the magazine, no trace of whom
was found Outside the works are six
houses, Including the boarding house of
the hands; all more or less damaged. |
The cause of the explosion is supposed |
to be the carelessness of the workmen- |
They are hired by the piece and are di- |
rected to use wooden mallets in picking |
cartridges, but they found they could |
work faster by using iron hammers, |
which is risky piece OF business around |
giant powder. 1t is supposed some man |
hit once too many and his cartridge went |
off, igEiting the powder before him,
which communicated with the adjacent
packages, with the terrible result noted.
The Storms Havoc.
SAN Francisco, April 1.-THE storm
that has prevailed throughout the state
for several days has been the severest ev-
er known on the line of the Central Pa
cific Through the mountains the snow
sheds were broken down, between Emil
grant Gap and Cicero. Yesterdays east
ern bound express has got only as far as
Alta. The Virginia lightning express
was also stopped at the same point.
The snow pillow train with eight en-
gines, which left Summit this morning,
to effect connection with the pillow from
Emigrant Gap, when half mile west
from Summit jumped the track and
dashed through the snow sheds for
hundred feet The west bound emigrant
and freight trains due at Sacramento last
was night, stopped by slides two miles
from any station, where it still remains
every effort being made to clear the track.
MILWAUKEE, April 1.-THE severest
storm of the season visited the state this
morning. In northern Illinois several
inches of snow fell impeding the trains
from Oshkosh. No serious disasters re
ported on the lake. The tug Carolida
Williams reached port this evening and
reports the sinking of the schooner Wal
| ter Allen. The crew were saved.
CHICAGO, April 19.-The storm last
night did considerable damage in the
city. This morning the western union
telegraph company had 81 wires severed
in nearly every direction. Reports from
such points as were not cut off indicate
the storm has been wide spread and has
done serious injury in many towns north
east south and west
ST. LOUIS, April LIT is reported
that nearly the whole town of Marshfield,
Missouri, was blown down by the terri
BILE wind storm, last evening, and then
burned, resulting in a fearful loss of life.
The telegraph wires are all down, and
nothing direct from the scene of the
calamity can be obtained at present, but
the facts will be got at the earliest mo-
ment possible
The train dispatcher at Conway, four
teen miles this side of Marshfield, re
ports arriving there from Springfield al
o'clock, and says that he found terri
BILE looking country from North View
seven miles west of Marshfeld, to the
latter point. Trees, three feet through
are torn entirely out of the ground; tele
, graph poles are twisted off, and every
thing is wreck, and the town of Marsh
field is emolished-brick, as we'll a.
frame buildings, being torn down. w,
did not see half dozen people as WI
, came through that town. The plac,
seemed deserted.
> 4 telegram from Springfield via Vini
> ia and Kansas city, to G. w. Rogers
: general manager of the st. Louis & Sal
Francisco railroad, says that hurrican
passed few miles south of Springfield
E about seven O'Clock last night, doing al
, immense amount of damage, and killet
a great number of people. Fifty death
are reported ON James River, six mile
south of Springfield, and great man,
/ persons missing.
E CHICAGO, April 19.-The following II
S ports of ravages by storm was receive
by telegram: In Rock county Visor
/ sin, the village of Shepiera was strucl
t by the STERN Sunday afternoon and wa
4 torn up fearfully by the wind for tw
r hours. The adjoining townships {
Turtle, Laprarie, Bradford and JohnsO
n suffered the loss of cattle, building an
fences. The total damage in the count
reaching probably 100000.
e MARsHFIELD, Mo-, April 19.-No e
d innate can at the present writing
d placed upon the dreadful loss of life an
q property occasioned by the cyclone {
last night. The cyclone swept throug
n Greene and Webster counties, seemin
" to follow the course of the James rive
IS in northeasterly direction. The deaf
v and ruin entailed by the hurricane al
1t not confined to this city. Reports reac
r. here from the surrounding country ind
n eating that the storm swept with dead
e. effect elsewhere.
r An eye witness of the approachin
d storm says it was a frightful lookir
re black cloud, lined with fleecy white, flu
r. mel shaped clouds, and moving in Il
sc manner of screw propeller. 1t move
It with wonderful velocity, literally
n stroying and blowing away everythiI
il: IN its path, which was about half mi
e wide at this point. Large sized tire
We were twisted off; telegraph wires sna
TO ped, and bark literally torn from smt
ne trees. Houses were blown from the
Nv foundations, cattle, hogs, sheep, hors
in and poultry whirled into the air al
ut carried for a great distance. The moi
of the storm, the crash of the fallil
- houses. and cries and screams of terri
90 ed people made scene of horror til
10 beggars description. What was bea
III tiful. peaceful, quiet town of 800 Peep
" twenty-four hours ago is now a waste
10 desolatIon. Out of 200 dwelling hous
.ar not more than twenty are left standin
or and but few of those remaining are uni
n jured. OF the business houses arou
he the public square all but are utterly {
III molished and their contents blown ava
burned, or badly damaged. About thu
~ O'Clock a freight train from SpringfiiC
10 brought about 800 people with provisio
10 and medicines for the wounded.
t. this hour (midnight) partial list of
~ killed and wounded has been secure
M The total deaths reported are eighty-thI
az and number of wounded will die beft
Un morning. Many of the killed a
o. wounded were buried before any reco
no was made of their names and no reco
10 has been made of the number of color
ge people killed. The storm played ma
IL curious freaks. One little child sligh
90 hurt was found lodged in the crotch o
"a tree thirty feet above the ground.
- 1t is believed that many of the farme
he families out on James River were tota
he annihilated.
he LAWRENCE, April 26.-On Sund
nd morning at O'Clock, the worst wi
storm ever known in this section brC
ex- upon the city. The thermometer at
nd State University shows that from 3 80
Inc 4 O'Clock the wind attained a velocity
ma 80 miles an hour-the highest ever req
.ed tered here The roof of the south wi
he of the University was damaged five h
us dred dollars worth. A large number
ice buildings about the city were unroof
nd. trees blown over and chimneys dem
lad ished, but the storm assumed none of
81 features of a tornado, and the damage
nm so scattered it will hardly be felt. b
ere east and south of this poin: the stC
It'll was more severe.
en- NEWTON, Kan, April 20.-A v
,ng heavy wind storm has prevailed here
.llY the last forty-eight hours, upsetting |
, in unroofing buildings promiscuou
we. The new Lutheran church was moved
on, its foundation about 6 inches.
ing CARBoNDALE, Kas, April ia v
ent severe wind storm has been raging
,ur- the past few days, moving some of
He lighter buildings from their foundati
had and overturning quite a number
but houses.
No GARDNER, Kas, April 19-Betw
per three and four O'Clock yesterday MT
.nts ing the most violent wind from the Sol
mi west swept over this vicinity known
lere years, demolishing houses, NOV
EN-. other from their foundations, unrool
and leveling chimneys.
lay, OTTAWA, Kas., April ia ter
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