Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-19
STORMS IN THE WEST
SEVERAL SCHOOL GIRLS KILLED
A Great Gale as Ss. Louis Damage
Along the River-DestrucIion in
kansas-FOrty Persons KILLED in
Iowa = Fearful Havoc at Kansas
CITY.

ST. LOUIS, June IA heavy gale last
night did great amount of damage In this
city in the aggregate, but there is no heavy
individual loss. The chief damage was to
roofs, chimueys, signs, glass and movable
property. The wind blew at the velocity Of
go miles an hour.
On the river the damage was greater. The
steamer Blue Lodge, valued at $4,000, the
property OF Med 5nald Brothers, lumber
dealers at Lacrosse, was sunk at the Pitts
burg dyke, on the Illinois shore. She is 8
total loss, and is not insured.
The steamboat Champion, owned by
Captain Woodward, was sunk at East ST..
Louis, and is also a total loss. She was
valued at $40 600, and is fully insured
Captain Dan Slyer's boats, the Bright
Light and Annie z. Silver, sustaine 1
damages, respectively, to the extent of 81, ,00O
and $4,000
The steamboat Charles P. Choate lost her
boom, and was damaged to the extent
OF $25.
The steamboat Grand Pacific, of the st,
Louis packet line, suffered to the amount
Of $780,
The steamboat City of Helena lost both of
her chimneYs.
The total loss on the river is over
$3.50, 900.
The storm was more severe in East St.
Louis than on this side of the river Nearly
all the southern portion of that town was
Hooded, and about 500 houses, occupied bv
poor families, were damaged to a greater or
less extent. Several were blown down en-
tirely, or twisted out of shape The wo
men and children left their homes and
waded about In the muddy water for hours
seeking shelter from the storm, filing the
freight cars, and occupying other places of
refuge.
The round house of the Narrow Gauge
Railroad was nearly blown down, and Koe-
per's new mill, near by, lost its roof, most
OF its upper story and the engine houses.
| About lis feet of the Vandalia Line freight
| house was carried away.
The East st. Louis elevator, Advance ele-
| vator and elevator lost some smokestacks
aud part of their roofs. The HAz4l mill
| also suffered severely. A number of other
buildings, some of them business houses,
| lost their roofs or part of their walls, and
| considerable stock was damaged or de
stroyed by the rain. The total loss cannot
| fall short of S50, 900, and 1t may be more.
The telegraph wires were all prostrated
| All the Western Unions wires west Of this
city are still down, but communication east
ward has been partly restored.
A brief dispatch just received from
| Leavenworth, Kansas, states that the storm
visited that city last night. Five ladies
were killed in one hour there, and great
amount of damage was done.
KANSAS CITY, June 17-Fhis city was Wis
tied last night by terrific tornado, which
unrOofed and overturned houses, blew
| down trees and fences, and worked genera
| havoc. Fowler Brothers Cooper Shop and
| the Western Paint Shops were blown down,
and Thomas Madden, who was in the latter,
was killed.
The Howell Hotel, at Rosedale, a subur-
| ban town, was also blown down, killing
VIM. Reese. Fred. Powell had leg broken.
| At Wyandot tie, across the Kansas river, Dur
| rings opera house was unroofed.
The loss in Kansas City is es mated al
5000, 900.
LEAvENwoRTH, June IS "A terrible wind
| storm prevailed between II and l O'Clock
| Yesterday morning. St. Mary's Academy
| four miles south of here, suffered
greatly. The main tower was blown
down, crushing the roof of the dormitory
| and Mabel McL9nihan, of this city, and
Mary Austin, OF Carrollton, Mo aged from
eleven to fifteen years, were killed. The
other children escaped injury. The Kansas
| Central elevator was blown down, causing 9
| loss of $50 900 The loss in the CITY aud
county is about $500,000. Wheat is not
seriously injured but the fruit is halt
strip ed from the trees. There will, never
theIess, be good crop. An unknown mar
was blown into the river and drowned
| Buildings and trees were prostrated anC
| general havoc wrought.
| CHICAGO, June Is The latest reports IL
regard to the cyclone In Iowa indicate tha
| forty persons were killed aud q great many
wounded, and much property destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, June 18.-A special from K IN
sas City says: "The most severe and de-
structive wind and rain storm that has Wis
tied this city in years occurred between ont
and two O'Clock yesterday morning. The
velocity of the wind was estimated
at sixty miles an hour. The rain
fall was heavy, and the lightning terrific
| No single square In Newman escaped thu
| fury of the storm. The streets in ever
quarter were strewed with signs, awnings
limbs of trees and debris of all descriptions
Scarcely au exposed building IN the city re-
NAMED whole. chimneys being blown down
roofs taken off and iu many cases house,
ruined. Among the more serious losses are
the iron bridge costing $40, 900 between thit
city and Armoudile, three spans of whicl
were carried away the street car stables
corner of Madison and Seventeenth streets
damaged to the extent OF from $S 600 II
| $4,000, and the court house, which suffered
to some extent. Oates Opera House lost it
| roof. All the hotels were more o.
less injured, and business houses ant
dwellings in every part of the city suffered
| greater or less damage. The total loss viii
reach 20,0G0 Information from the sur
rounding country shows that the storm wa
pretty general, and that great damage wa
done to crops and property"