The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-20
WESTERN CYCLONE.
GATHERED FROM rAEsroRn.
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thtofths Damsss nose-A Great Ssnbtr
Of Lives lost-soo nn.lllus, "a.
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CHICAGO, June ia Metropolis, Ill.,,
special says: A terrible cyclone struck this
city yesterday evening, blowing down sew.
eral houses, killing Dick Turner, capsizipg
and sinking the steamer Jennie Walker,
and scattering harvested wheat in the Vi.
cinisy. The damage is heavy.
An Atchison, Kan, special says: The
mad and travellers bring more accurate r..
ports Of the effects Of Friday nights storm,
showing that it extended southwark and
westward Of Kansas City, and doing great.
er aggregate damage that was at first sup.
posed. Many small towns and hamlets
we're visited, and all arc in mourning over
loss Of life and property. A family Of five
are reported to have been drowned on a
fat boat twelve miles from here.
LARGE LOSS or LIFE. n
An Iowa City special reports the loss
Of life at Irish Ridge at ten to twelve. A
Boone, Iowa, special saws: The tornado
struck the southwestern part OF Boone
county on Saturday evening at s O'Clock.
1t was plainly seen here and seemed to be
20 miles away. Reports are Just coming
in ofgreat destruction in that section. ali
the buildings on several farms are com.
pletely demolished. A church four miles
south OF Ogden was DESTROYED and many
persons were seriously injured. One man
was killed. Information is difficult to oh.
tain on account Of the heavy roads A
woman and child are reported missing.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS Of, THE IOWA STORM.
BURLINGTON, IA, June l0.-Sa.urday
night terrible storm passed in a south.
westerly direction over Des Moines and
Henry counties. In Burlington only rain
and hail fell, but one mile south OF the
city hurricane blew down barns, houses
and orchards and destroyed vast amount
ofpropertv, but none are reported killed.
The electrical display was remarkable.
The sky was aglow constantly for two
hours. At Mt Pleasant, twenty.eipht
miles west, the hurricane was very destruc.
tive. Two storms met over the town at
ll:3O, and accompanied BY rain and hail,
broke in fearful fury, demolishing entirely
the Baptist church, which cost So 900:
flung the spire from the Presbyterian
church high in the air, and inverting it,
the point struck the sidewalk in front OF
the church and was driven into the ground
many feet. y 3 Is. \ ~ - I -
The towers and roofs Of all the churches
in the place were blown Off and otherwise
damaged. Nearly every business house
in the city was unrooied and damaged,
and the park in Public square was filled
with tin roofing rolled into punches like
wacs Of paper. The rain damaged much
merchandise, and lasted but forty minutes.
THREE HUNDRED DWELLINGS uSRoorEp.
Three hundred dwellings are uurooied
and damaged. Not single chimney is
lett standing and thousands OF trees are
twisted off. Three large brick school
houses are in ruins, but the college build
ing escaped, being protected by q fine
grove OF trees in the campus, which are all
down. Oaly two persons are reported
killed, amother and son, named Scott, who
live near the city. None were seriously
injured in town.
The insane hospital with 600 inmates, in
the track OF the storm, is not damaged.
Theloss in Mt. Pleasant is above Sl5O, 900,
Fifty freight cars standing on the side track,
one mile east Of Mt Pleasant, were blown
upon the main line, and the 4. c.. B, so.
freight coll;ded there, wreckins them com
plete!y. The engineer, A. N. Parmeter,
was slightly injured. $s5s T'5ss31
sf DAMAGE IN STORY COUNTY.
DEs MONIES, IA June 19.-AIail reports
from Story county represent the damage
there by the cyclone Of Saturday night as
very, serious. : q 5
Several buildings were swept away. At
Kelly all the buildings on the farms OF
J. A. Mcfarland and Wm. Templeton
were obliterated. Further east all the
buildings on sixteen farms were swept
away. 9 49, ll..-s,,B : ",
Two schoolhouses in Nevada we're de.
molished. The Story county farmers lost
everything in goods, furniture, stock and
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