Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-15

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Sunday was a terrible day for cyclones
in Northwestern Missouri. The atmo-
spheric pressure was very great between 4
and in the afternoon, and during that
one short hour no less than three twist
en-" dealt death aud destruction in as
many paths. The first that came to the
knowledge of the Herald was from King
City and vicinity. This cyclone started
near Savannah, in Andrew county. Its
course was northeast, through Flag
Springs aud King City. Many houses
were destroyed and not less than twelve
lives lost in Andrew county. At Flag
Springs and King City the destruction
was much greater, the loss OF life in
that vicinity being probably fifty. The
public school building in King City, large
brick structure, was razed to the ground.
Hundreds of horses, cattle hogs and sheep
were killed, one man losing eighty cattle,
another sixty sheep, and another seven
horses. Another cyclone started four
county, and passed eastward one mile
south of Rosedalc. The course of all the
above cyclones was east by nOrthest. An.
Hopkins, in NOdaway county, its course
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One-quarter of a mile wide, and nothing
escaped destruction in its track. Many
lives have been lost in all of these cyclones
and the destruction of property, which
cannot now be estimated, was very great.
Among those known to have been killed
outright are r. C. Nelson, G. E. Maynard,
Miss Maynard, Mrs. g. Roberts and child,
and man name unknown. The injured,
SO for as reported, are Miss A. Gee, will
die Miss Vanguard, severely; William
Miller, dangerously Robert Miller, SER
iously bruised; Israel Wood, wife and
children, all more or less seriously
injured: Frank Berk, and party,
fourteen persons, were all injured
John COtt and family, all injured
tho children have since died. VIM.
Bucks, severely injured Mrs. Kicks,
fatally injured; Mrs. Richards, right arm
and ribs broken. Scores of houses were
blown down or otherwise wrecked, fully
two-thirds of them being unOccupied, the
families being away from home either al
church or visiting. Otherwise the loss Of
life would have been frightful, In west
ern Iowa the destruction was principally
from hail, which in some places was said
to be the size and shape of door knobs and
weighing over pound each and covering
the ground to the depth of six inches
Calves, hogs and poultry were killed and
cattle and horses badly bruised.
A special dispatch to the St
Paul Pioneer Press, from Wells
Minnesota, gives the following details o
the damage by the storms The barn o
G.. P. Probert was lifted from its founda
ton and carried fifty feet, then dashed tt
pieces. The house and all eutbuildings
were unroofcd and all the things scattered
beyond recovery. Two harvesters were
lifted into the air and then dashed to the
ground and ruined. MIR. Probert's little
girl, who was in the barn, was unhurt
as also were his horses. The dwellings
of George Hening and man named
Grady, of this town. were destroyed. Ths
storm then passed into Blue county. II
the town of Danville the house of ono r
Jones, was rolled over several times, and
he and his wife being in it, the woman
was severely cut in the neck and face
The large barn Oh the farm of Mr.. COrte.
was entirely destroyed. The shanty of Mr.
Axtell was picked up like a feather and
torn to pieces. Tho house of Mr.. s. E.
Amble was completely wrecked. The
house of John Vance was lifted bodily anG
carried over the tops of high trees. anG
then laid upside downwards. Mrs. Vance
her brother, and another lady were in the
house and escaped almost without hurt.
The storm seemed to have spent its fury
by that time. as no further serious dam
age is reported. The damage to crops j.
not great as this were but little hail.