The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-15
WORK OF WIND.
RUIN LEFTIN IT'S WAKE.
Fearful Cyclone in MIssOur1-HOuses
DemOIIshed as If Built OF Straw.
Men, women and children
Blown TO Death.

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west and bearing directly for this point,
striking terror to the hearts of all. The
feeling of trembling and awe, as of certain
impending death, gives expression to the
state of the community. The cyclone had
it's beginning about two miles north of
Rosendale and twenty miles little south of
west of here. It gathered force as it came
on, in its mad fury, assuming serpentiDe
shapes, covering track varying from 200
feet to fourth of q mile in width, and
sweeping everything clean in its path. It
was seen fully an hour before it reached
here, and within a mile and q half of here
it shed to the north triae, striking the
northwest boundary of the town and
spending its fury three miles to the north
of here. Houses, stock, trees, shrubberv
and even grass were demolished in its
path everything being laid to waste and
the whole territory streWn with fragments
of timber, houses and domestic articles.
While the cyclone lasted the air was
filed with various objects, men were
picked up bodily and thrown seventy-five
feet in the air and landed a quaI ter of a mile
away. A farmer named Maynard, living
four miles west of here, in attempting to
escape the cyclone took the wrong course
and ran into it. He was driven against a
fence post and pierceo through and
through ty q four-inch piece of timber.
death ensuing shortly alter. His grown
daughter, Grace, was carried a quarter of
a mile from the house, aud was found in
a corn field devoid of all clothing except
stockings. She too died. The rest of the
family we're saved by fleeing to the cellar.
The house was blown to fragments and
scattered for miles about. r. T. Nelson, a
farmer living q mile north of the town
was sitting on his back porch reading, and
was instantly killed. His two sons near by
escaped severely injured. The rest of the
family were at church. Mrs Roberts and
two children, three miles east of Rosen-
dale, were killed and the house totally
wrecked. Several fine country residences
were blown to fragments, hundreds of
cattle destroyed, and crops and fine
orchards damaged. The total loss is not
less than 100000 to $4,000.
One farmer lost $50 head of stock out of
2S5 head, and many more, proportion
stely. Many farmers are left destitute of
everything. at Flag Springs several
houses are blown down and considerable
property damaged. The whole of
Empire Prairie suffered incalculable loss.
Hardly had this terrible cyclone passed,
when slowly rising from the South, about
four miles distant, could be diecarned
another, fully as large as the first, and this
only spent it's fury after full hours du-
ration. It too took everything in its wake,
carrying destruction as it sped on and on
Houses, barns, stock and every object in
its way fell PROSTATE at its mercy. 1t took
an almost due east direction, resembling
in its course, much of that of the former,
and must have taken in as much territory
as did the first. The house of John W.
Call, four miles south of town, was the
first object of its fury; it was blown to
pieces and the property rendered a total
| wreck. Nine persons we're in the house at
the time. Mr.. Call was severely injured
/ about the head but will recover. His
daughter, Bertha, aged three Yeors, had
her head crushed and died at two
o'clock this morning. The others were
all more or lees injured, but none fatally.
Frank Berke and others, twenty in all,
were sheltered in a farmers house south
of Winslow. Every one was injured, some
probably fatally. The house and barn
are total wreck. There is frightful loss
of stock. The houses of Philip Asmus,
Bolts and Dan Coyle near by were de-
stroyed, and it is reported that several
more houses met the same fate. A report
has reached here that the family of man
near Berlin, ten miles east of here, were
all killed. A woman with babe at her
breast and q child names not known,
also living near Berlin, were killed. A
young man of that place saw the ap.
prosching cyclone and attempted to es-
cape, but was pitched headlong into a mud
hole, where he sufocated. Many more
are thought to be killed. The particulars
are not all in yet and the catastrophe NAV
prove even worse than is now thought.
SF.LoUIs, June e14.-Additienal accounts
of the cyclone in northwestern Missouri
Sunday evening are that q very large
amount of property was DESTROYED, q con-
siderable number of lives lost and great
many persons injured. Those known to
have been killed outright are R. @. Nelson,
@. E. Maynard, Miss Maynard, Mrs. G.
Roberts and child and a mar unknown.
The injured so far as reported are Miss A.
Gee, will die; Miss Mannqusrd, severely
injured; VIM. Miller, dangerously injured
Robert Miller, seriously bruised; 1. Wood,
injured, wife and child also hurt; Frank
Burke and a company of fourteen persons
all injured and bruised; John Calf and
family injured and the children have since
died; VIM. Kicks, severely injured; Mrs.
Kicks, fatally injured; Mrs. Richardson,
right arm and nib broken.
Houses were blown away belonging to
James Bayless, near Flag Springs, NJ. El-
rood near same, Mrs. J. BonRam, Job
Pierce, L. G. Dangerfield, Isaiah Bayless,
George Purviance, Israel Wood, L. B,
Garrett, r. G. Nelson, John Cott, Frank
Burke, Bloomer DUNCAN, NJ. r. DUNCAN,
Leonard Meeks, Mrs. Mcintyre, Mrs.
Bonham, Mrs. Beans, George Roberts,
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Thomas Baltimore Hartwell, of South
Berlin, and Philo Asman's near the came
place. Also the two Thomas and 81. M.
Wolf and scores of others.
The destruction took place at or near
King City and Flag Springs. Later in the
evening another cyclone passed north oil
Savannah, Andrew county, northeast into
Nodaw=y county. From information re.
ceived 1t appears that the cloud formed in
a field near the Laisley Chapel, about
eight miles northwest of Savannah, and
moved south of east, tearing up timber
trees and fences until it struck the large
brick house of Nathaniel Kellogg, situated
about six miles north of town, which il
tore to pieces. Mr.. Kellogg and family
were absent from home at the time, and
no doubt escaped being injured.
Two horses belonging to Mr.. Kellog
which were in field near the house, were
found in field quarter of mile away.
They were supposed to have been carried
there by the cyclone. The cloud then
moved east, and at this time was about 16C
1 yards wide. The next building in its way
was the residence of J. II. Holt, situated
near the toll bridge. 1t struck the corner
OF the house, moving it off the foundation
and damaging it considerably. W. s,