The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-19
WAR OF THE ELEMENTS
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WEST.
DISASTROUS Tornado Ia Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and
iffinois-treat Loss Of Lift AMI DevaIta. h.
= Va tion Of Property Reported-Hsart.
.8fs reudtns Pictures OF Suffering. .lf ,&

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| LEAvESwonrn, rs, June ia terrible
wind storm prevailed between IL and !
o'clock this morning, and Mt. St. Mary'a
Academy, four miles south OF tho city, SUI.
iered terribly. The main tower was blown
over on tho dormitory, crushing in the
root and Ida Golden, Annie Mcdonald
md Mabel McLanntban, Of this city, and
Mary Austin, OF Carrollton, Missouri, aged
from II to 10, were instantly killed. A
score Of other children were injured. w
The kansaa Central elevator was blown
down. Loss, $4,000. Loss in city and
county about 100000. -!
Wheat is not seriously injured. Fruit Is
half stripped from the trees, but there will
still be good crop.
An unknown man wus blown into tic
river and drowned. igI,
Barns and houses were blown down and
unroofed all over the city. Trees were up.
rooted and general devastation wrought
TEGRiflc STORM AT ST. LOUIS. n
Sr. LOUIS, June 17.-The severest storm
that has visited this region for very long
time passed over the city between l2 and
o'clock this morning. Tho wind attained
velocity Of sixty.six miles an hour, and
did very great aggregate damage, but 80
far rs now known no single injury OF
magnitude occurred. Trees and fences
were prostrated iu all sections OF the city:
shutters, signs, chimney, &C., were blown
down and general havoc among small
things prevailed. IA r
The steamer Blue Lodge, the property Of
Macdonald Brothers, lumber dealers, Of LII
Crosse, Wisconsin, valued 1t $40, 900, WIS
sunk at pittsburg Dyke, on tho Illinois
shore. She is n total loss. No insurance.
The steamboat Champion No. 0, the pro-
perty OF Captain Woodward, was sunk at
Gartside Dump East St. Louis. She is also
ato,al loss. Valued ut $4,000, Fully in
sured. ~
Captin Dan Silvcr's boats tho Bright
Light and Annie +. Silver, sustained dam.
ages respectively OF 81 900 and $500. =
The Charles 7. Chouteau lost her beam,
Damages $500.
The Grand Pacific, Of the St Paul packet
Line, was Injured 500. af5
The City OF Helena lost both climneys.
Total loss Oh the river by storm is over
$4,000. - '10517 I
EFFECTS OF TIE STORM IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
The storm seems to have been more Sc
we're in East St. Louis than on this side oi
the river Nearly all the southern portion
OF the town WIS flooded with water, aud
some fifty houses occupied by poor fam.
lies were more or less injured, and sey.
erai blown down entirely or twisted out Of
shape. Women and children lett thei,
homes aud waded around in the muddy
water for hours, seeking safe shelter from
the storm, filling freight ears and occupy.
| ing other places OF shelter.
The ronnd-house Of the Narrow Gauge
Railroad was nearly blown down, and
koehler's new mill near by lost its roof
most OF the upper story, and the engine
house. About $50 feet Of the Vandali,
lane freight house was carried away The
East st. Louis elevator, the Advance efe.
va,or and Elevator B lost s,nokestacks or
part OF their roofs. The Hazel mill also
suffered severely. -
:. A score or more Of other buildings, some
Of them business houses, lost roofs or part
OF their walls, and considerable stock was
damaged or destroyed by the ruin. 49,
The total loss cannot fell short OF $4,000,
and may be more : 4
The telegraph wires were all Frustrated,
and communication eastward is only par.
tinily restored, while ali the Western Union
wires west OF this city arc still down.
II TuRSAno AT KANSAS CITY.
a briei dispatch received over another
line from Kansas City to the Post Dispatch
says terrific tornado visited tllat city las,
night which unroofed and overturned
houses, blew down trees aud fences, and
shook up things generally. Fowler Bro. 8
cooper shop and the Western paint shops
were blown down, and Thomas Madden,
who was in the latter, was killed.
The Howell Hotel, at Rosedule, suburb,
was blown down, and YIN. Rees killed and
Fred. Howell had leg broken. -5.
At Wyandott, across the Kansas river.
Durring's Oncra.house was unroofed. !
The loss in Kansas City is estimated at
two hundred thousand dollars. -..5
A brief dispatch from Lcnvenworth SAYS
the storm there was terrible. Five ladies
were killed in one house, and great
amount OF damage WAS done.
ST. Louis, June 1.-THE Republicans
Kansas City special says: The seyercst
and most destructive wind and rain storm
that has visited this city in years occurred
between and ., o'clock this morning. The
velocity Of the wind is estimated at sixty
miles per hour. The rain fall was heavy
"uu i'eI.A.''S lc! THY. LUIS morning the
siy,r so',r. i; town speG'Ge NOT
the storm. The streets inc IN every rv nnar,cr 1 c
were slrewn with signs, awnings, limbs OF
!5ees, Ely, fools anu Debris 81 all description.
- I"iose', ou''u'nE III thc Guy