The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-03-30
WRATHFUL WINDS.
How they Played Smash with
the L., K. & I. Gen.
eral Office.
And in other Places Carried Nat.
tors With Hugh
Hand.

Those persons whose occupations or
habits kept them awake until about
eleven o'clock on Friday night will
remember the frightiul gust OF wind
which seemed Is suddenly swoop down
upon the city from the Southwest at
that hour. 1t was accompanied by a
furious burst of rain, but the latter
did not last for any length Of time.
The wind, however, continued to blow
with varying violence during the
night. Toward morning there was a
lull, but after noon it rose again, and
those who we're down in the city or in.
doors have little conception Of its VIC
lence out upon the prairie.
DESTRUCTIVE WORK
was done by the wind in number Of
places, portions Of roots. street signs.
sheds and other exposed and light
structures being blown down without
number, but the notable instance Of
damage WAS done at the general
Office building of the Missouri. Kan
sas L. Texas Railway. The location
of the building, a short distance east
of the tracks of the company at their
crossing of Fifth street. is well
known. The position is exposed, but
the building is a huge pile of brick
and would seem to offer little attrac-
ton for the coquettish attentions
An ORDINARY ZEPHYR.
Nevertheless the wind contrived to
find the weak point in the structure
and about the time first mentioned,
got in its work with great skill.
The janitor of the building. in
which no one lie in the habit of sleep
ing, lives in a little house just east
ward of the main building, and SD ne
time on the younger side Of midnight
be was awakened by the shaking of
his house beneath the assaults of the
storm. He got up and woke his COM
panion, thinking that the house might
blow down. Scarcely were they out
of bed when they were startled bv
A TERRIFIC CRASH
which made them believe the Miller
ties had things right for once and that
the world had come to an end. As
soon as they recovered from the fright
they ran out Of the house. The dis
covery was then made that the force
of the wind had almost completely
stripped the roof from a large part Of
the comranys building, and that the
noise they had heard was that of the
falling brick and cornice. Nothing
could be done by them, and trembling
tor their own safety. they went back
to wait for daylight. The morning
revealed the full extent of
THE DIsAsTEB.
Beginning at the southern side, the
wind had made almost clean sweep
of the roof and cornice upon both
wings of the building. and thrown an
indistinguishable mass Of debris into
the yard below. The whole
roof was completely dismantled |;
a projecting cornice of tin haing served
to give an excellent leverage to the
blast.
When the cfiicers Of the company
arrived an effort was made to begin
repairing by putting bricklayers at
work upon the roof.
WAS FOUND IMPOSSIBLE,
though, for them to do anything.
The still violent wind hurled sand and
dust into their eyes and even threat
ened to carry them bodily away from
their lofty positions. So it was nee
essary to suspend operations until the
storm abated,
A reporter Of the BAzoO called up
on General Ma! ager Mitchell yester-
day afternoon and inquired as 10 the
probable extent of the loss. NJ.
Mitchell said that he could not we'll
make an accurate estimate but that it
would probably
EXCEED A THOUSAND
dollars, and If it should rain before
the roof was rebuilt the damage would
be much greater.
There was good fortune in the fact
that the accident did not occur during
the day, as it might have resulted 10
loss of life.
The demand for chicken COOP
contractors will be great on Monday.
"A small cottage in East Sedalia
was completely wrecked by the storm
yesterday.
"A number of persons engaged in
out of door occupations were forced to
suspend labor during the height Of the
wind yesterday afternoon.
The topmost boards on the roof Of
Ira E. Barnes house on Fifth
street, were torn from their place by
the terrible wind yesterday. The
damage is not serious.
"A brakeman of the Missouri
Pacific lost his cap while standing On
the top of car at rest, yesterday
afternoon, and chased it half q mile
across a field before he caught it.
A very high wind prevailed at
California yesterday all day. The
roof Of the house of Will Meyers was
blown of and the shutters of Saumann's
saloon building were torn from their
places by the wind.
A terrible rain storm was expert
enced between LeavenwOrth and Atch- |
ison, Kansas. yesterday. The track |
Of the Pacific road vas flooded to such
an extent that the owl train due here |
NJ 1 n m did mt a rr;vo until q b,os,e