The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-22

state II futy aud working misehii ( la
he earth and us helpless inhabitants
rhs rain fell in large drops. which
we're snon transfaTmt into hail
TONES, which Tell win luud clai-
er. adding another feature III the
chorus already heard. The fury of
he storm was not expended for fHli hail
IA hour. and when the clements qIIIstttt
Iie rain continued to fall although nat
in great quantities far considerable !
Time When day dawntd this morning I
hc city presented an interesting spectA-
Gle. In every quarter were found trac-
ings of the destructive work Of the ele- |
ments, There WAS not n square IN which /
the wind had not done lis work. The /
Streets and sidewalks were streYn with |
signs, awnings, limbs of trees, paris Of |
glass cornices. roofs and u miscellaneous
collection of debris In different quar-
tiers of the town large buildings were in |
ruins, and, indeed. the storm scented To
have levied its tribute with strict Impair
TALLY upon all sections of the city. At
the present writing it is impossible Toes
innate with any exacfness the extent Of
the loss occasioned by the storm in Kan
sas City, but il can hardly fall short Of
$4,000. Telegraph and telephone com
munieation is seriously interrupted, and
the area of territory visited by the si'Tm
is not knuwn with any certainty, but il
is safe TO say that within the circle
which it swept wheat and other grains
were badly damaged. and in fact, crnp
prospects in general materially i'm
paired.
AT ATCHIsoN.
ATcHIsoN, Kas, June 17.-Last night
at about midnight most terrific and
fearful thundtr, wind and rain Storm
L.
was deafening and frightening peal OF
thunder, which shot across the heavens,
waking up the entire pOpulace and Gre
ating much excitement. This was fol
lowed in few moments by more until
il seemed that the elements in all their
fury Ind c0ngregated here 1" do US vic
lence. The flashes weIe teTriti'; AMI
binding, lasting until about } O'ciO,ai
this morning, " hen rain fell la torrents.
washing out gullies in the streets and
filling easements The houses OF G. Z
Styles and j E. Howe were blown,
the former being moved ten feet from
the foundation. Trees, fences, signs,
chimneys. roofs and small outhou>es
| were scattered like chalf No one hurt
here SO far rs known. NOriOnville, an
the Santa Fe, WAS also visited aud is
| said to be partially destroyed.
AT LAWRENCE.
LAWRENCE, Kas., June 1.-THE most
severe storm that has been experienced
| by Lawrence for some time struck the
| city about IL O'Clock last night, and IL
| really appeared ut one time lis if we
| should have regular Old-fashIoncd
| cyclone, hut from ali the reports possible
| 10 gather the storm here was nothing but
| a slice off the edge of the main body ui
| it. The damage done is principally la
| tree 8, ouLhOusCs and chimneys. In adj
| ditIOn TO these u portion Of the roof at
| the university was torn up, and the roof
over Bruce's lumber yard blown off and
carried across Massachusetts street.
/ Three large panes of glass were broken
| In the city library and the glass front OF
the Wells, Fargo Express company
blown in. The streets are covered with
broken limbs of trees and the glass
smashed is quite considerable Reports
| from the country Say that the growing
crops are not seriously injured, although
IN some places oats and wheat are fiat.
tened out to some degree. No one is re-
| ported hurt.
AT MERIDEN
| MERIDEN, June l7.-This section was
| visited by IA tornado last night, which III
force and frighlfnl appearance has never
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came from the west about l | 80, contin-
uing with undated fury for about one
hour, during which time the heavens
seemed as one blaze of light, one fash
| following another in such rapid success
| sion. Water came down in torrents
which increased the damage sustained
by the unfOrtunates who had their houses
partly or totally destroyed. About iEir-
ty buildings, embracing barns. sheds,
cribs, lumber yards, store rooms and ware
| houses, were either total or partial
wrecks The loss sustained by Oul
citizens will not fall short of five thous
and dollars, and the surrounding country
is reported to be greatly damaged. The
full extent of the damage is not YET
known Fortunately, no one reported
injured, which seems miraculous after
viewing the scene.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE scveresi
storm that has visited this region for a
very long time passed over the city he
tween IL and l O'clock this morning
The wind attained a velocity of sixty
six miles an hour and very great aggre
gate damage, but So far as nuw known
not single injury al magnitude &c
trated in all SECTIONS of the city: shut
tiers, signs, chimneys, etc, were blown
down and general havoc among small
things prevailed. A very heavy rain &C
LcOmpanied the wind, and streets, sewers
and cellars in many parts of the city
were flooded. Several steamers al the
wharf lost their chimneys or had some
part of their upper works carried away
and barges and small crafts were banged
about good deal. Every telegraph lint
in the city was Frustrated, and Mt this
writing communication is restored only
TO few points. A good deal of plate
glass was broken in the business part oI
the city, and great many windows ol
residences were blown in.
AT GAYLORD.
GAYLORD, June 17.-At midnight on
Thursday evening Il terrible storm Ol
wind, rain and hail struck this town
and did considerable damage. The hail.
stones were large and hard, and many
windows were broken. Attic depot the
sashes were riddled, and almost every
pane of glass IN the house was broken
In town. also, a large quantity of glass
was wrecked and scattered about The
wind, although high did no damage
but the rain fell violently, and some
damage TO crops is feared.
AT EORToNVILLE.
NoRTONvILLE, Kas., June ia
very hard wind storm and some rain
here last night. The telegraph wires
were broken. The chimney of the steam
mill and two stables were blown down
Thirteen houses are off their foundations
The glass front of Griffin 81 Sons store
| was broken in. Four houses in the
country were blown down. and one per,
son hurt. Wheat, although nearly ripe
went through the storm all right.
| A. C. II.