Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-18

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The Terrible cyclones in the West.
The hurricanes which swept ov psr,s O.
lo7s, Missouri snd k.rs.s on LIS SIS urd y
q, d ~ odsy W. ra terr &c n their VioIerce art
appalling 10 their fac. rre.poudcuts Of
| the s.. l. uis Globe D nocrE: describe ID, III iu
| q tail The ous 1hc; occurred resr Des
Molaes was fist ielt about six miles ess. of ths.
city. ! moved from the southrast 10 he
norIhets. in iunuel shape and WI b arful
| vel.c = and noise" After des royl!g an u.
uen,e auouat Ct property 10 it's path L 'itted
| Tor moment cny to swoop down az 10 close
! to the earlb, mol!shirg houses, bercs. fences
sud rees IN toe tRli kn 6 Of sn tye. 4 SHetc
astned Er;cEsoa was killed by the faling i'm
bars OF is dwelling. his sku'! teiu1 cru bed
The body Was blown GOES d r,tle dIslerce,
! togeth with some canes alks W llci tsi been
| st 90 hte by tho lghtnns, and l. was borped
! ID most horrible manner. Braios trcm
| toe wouod 10 b' head. His vii, vas s. badly
iLiutcd by the f!lrg debris that her reu0v ry is
doubtful, aud their babe ass lifted aid C: I'D
q 1arter OF mile tbroush 'hs air. |; wis
! iouud I.log anod desd 10 i'd. The hue
of Mr. John Wal ers W,s torn - pieces md hi,
little chd Was killeG 10 Csnp rtIusop,
Iows. the family OF Mr.. B. Pete sIuyhl
safety in he celisr OF their dwelling, whlca vas
b. va dewa over their hesd3 bot to- wers pot
jared he eastern part OF the cl y OF C0lfsX
Vas dsmolish d, with on unber ct fatal casual
'ies Mauy catle persisted 10 that vic u',y.
1,ll L. =
stro. ed hp water srou's
The ks1sas c5con: is thus pictured By
Topeka correspondent the fist d,nsge
done was co the tsrm OF Mr Powell, tgo mills
northwest tt Olvat The family va ohed ,h
syc!oue as it approach them aud fla re
treateu to toe cellar, expecting The sorm nd
pass over them, bu. JUS: SIS i: vas abou. 10 pass
the Vlod veered t. the right, caught up the
b. US, wAl;led II TT uud 10 ibe cir aud threwit
back upon It's fOuud.tiro 10 p.rlect u .ss OF
rulos. The cetsr was I'll ed with q ors, bnt
ths family Ot hVs peopi" escaped With sIis tt
il lrrs. A horse was hfied out OF the soc
ard cirred over 8 iiQh bill sad dashed up o
be grOutd 10 c'rn6rld ooe nlle away Cstl.
we're lifted tfon the ground, Carried into the
DIR aod toro 10 pieces rr-ca we're to.o GU Of
the ground by hu dt,ds. A Miss Tweed found
tbs wo,ks OF her god wach O lerter tt mile
from ber hous.. Her ctothlls was stripped
from her by 'ha Wind AMI all her usetod
goods dcs:rcyad, her trunk t.iog lifted out Of
the house aad carried 20 la! that 20 trsc, of il
can be found.
10 Missouri similar visitation wrought ter-
rbla havoc. The cyclone" says h or City
d. patoh, had i;s begiouiug sbout Two miles
south Of r ssodae and twenty miles lir,le
sou,h OF wesi OF here. Ii gathered force IS il
sbapc, coveriug track raryng from 200 feet 10
fourth OF mile in sdth. aud s~es ptuE every.
thing clear 10 its path. Il was seen fully 40
hour before it reached here, aud vi bio uile
AID half OF here it spread ncrtb tiff :.
S rkiog the northWes: bou, d ~ OF the town
sud spsodug its fury three ull3s north OF here
Rru,es, stock, trtes, shruhb.ry sud even grass
benz ant ware demolished 10 lts "a h. The
Y hole n ck WAS laid 10 sert Waste by It's
iu -ious strd.s snd the whole territory Was
-trewn with fragments of timber. houses and
dom es,ic articles. While the cJ clone lasted The
air WIS fill ID with mserial oti c's and mn
y re picked up bodily, thrown IS feet 10 the
air aud lsnde quar- er of q mile away. A
farmer oam Maynsrd living fous miles due
wes. of here, 10 attempting to escape the cy-
cloue too WroDg course, ran into it aDd Tss
dr. ven against ielee post and pit reed thr- u b
and through by fonr iuch liace of tin, Der.
Death eusued fhcrtly sier. His grown dsush
ter Graos was cirr'ed quarter # mile tom
The house aod tcu I'd 10 q coroaeld devoid IF
othii except Stockings. Ste, too, died.
Tue rest OF lhe family we're saved by fseiog 20
the cellar # house that had bIoWo to trag.
uep;s AID scatter for miles about. r G.
n s)u, farmer living !e mile Dorth of mere,
ahlIe sitting nis back porch resdIng, was
l. X harfu topn ohl
mi. east of r jser 1s'e, were kllI-d and her
htu ,e totally wreck d. Several fae couDtry
rcsldeucirs wtce 0ioWo to fragments, and
several buadr,d tead OF stock DESTROYED and
crops AID foe orchards dausged. Jh, total
loss is not less than 5000 600 to $500 000
Many farmers sra lett destitute Of every ming.
| Hard y had this cyclone passed when. slow
1 ly rising from the south, about four miles dis
tsn. c, uid be discovered smother fully Us large
AS the f'ss, that only spent its !u.y after ful
] hours duration. ltt)ok sveryt thing in ita pslb
| carrying destruction ~s It sped on. OuIholses
barns, stock snd every obi ct in its way fel proc.
trscte 81 ltS mercy. 1t toox al z most due east
crectiun being n its course much like thst Of
/ the former, and must hsretak On In as uch ter
i ritory rs cid the Il st one. The houe of John
1 w. Gait, four miles tou of the town, the first
! object OF It's fury, was blown to pieces and the
l property left total wreck. Nine persons we're
l IN The house at the time. hr. Catl was severely
/ INFUSED about the hssd. bu. will recover. His
4 daughter Bsrtbs, aged three years. had her
| b .sd cru.h hsd snd soon di-d. The others were
all more or lees Injured. bn. none fatally. Frank
I Bers q end other: twenty in sIl. were ste.tarei
! in farmers house south OF Winslow,asd every
4 one YVES injured, some Trobsbly fatally. A re.
port has reached here that farniiy OF nine near
Berlin, ten miles eaIt Of here, were ali killed.
and another farmer living lear Berlin WAS $50
killed a woman With osbe At tbs breast aud
! another child. names not known, living near
Berlin. were killed a young man near Berlin
saw the approaching cyclone. attempted to es,
caue was pitched hesdioDe into mudhole AID
sufocst-d 10 death Msuy more are Lhougns 10
be killed"