Daily Republican., 1882-06-19
DISASTROUS CYCLONE.
Bstween Forty aud Fifty People
kllIed-Kives Craft Wrecked
Houses Destroyed and the Crops
Badly Damaged ~ Various
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Badly Damaged a, variou
Points
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, June Is Il
terrible wind storm prevailed betweel
II and o'clock yesterday morning, ot
Mary's Academy, four miles south 0
here, suffered greatly. The main towe
was clown down crushing the re, fofth
dormitory, and Ida Golden, Annie Nc
Donald and Mabel Mel lnathau, O
this city, and Mary Carrollton, Mo
aged eleven to fifteen years, we're kill
ed I he twenty other children escaped
injury.
The Kansas Central Elevator was
blown down, causing loss of $4,000
The loss in city and county is about
$780, 900. Wheat is not seriously in-
Ijured, but the fruit Is half stripped from
the trees. There will nevertheless De d
good crop. An unknown man wa,
blown into the river and drowned
Buildings and trees were pro3trated
and general havoc wrought.
| DAMAGE ON RIVER AND SHORE.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE steamer
Blue Lodge, valued at $4,000. the
property OF Mcdonald Brothers, lum
Der dealers, of La Crosse, Wis. was
sunk at the Pittsburg uyke, on the
Illinois shore. She is a total loss and
is not insured. The steamboat Cham.
piou, owned by Captain Wood ward,
was sunk at East st. Louis. and is asC
a total loss. She was valued at $40,
900, and is fully insured. Captain
Dan Silver's boats Bright Light and
Annie 7. Silver sustained damages
respectively to tho extent of $1,000 and
1900 The steamboat Charles 7. Chout
lost her boom, and was damaged to the
extent of 5000. The steamboat Grand
Pacific, of the s.. Paul Packet line,
suffered to the amount of $500. The
steamboat City of Heleua lost both OF
her chimneys. The total loss on the
river by the storm is over So, 900.
The storm seems to have been more
severe in East 81. Louis than on this
side of the r.ver. Nearly all the south.
ern portion of that town was flooded,
aud about fifty houses, occupied by
poor families, were damaged TO great.
OF or less extent. Several were blown
down entirely or twisted out of shape.
The round house Of the Narrow Gauge
Railroad WAS peA,ly blown down, and
koCnler's new mil, near BY, lost its
root, and most OIL the upper Story and
the engine house. About ll5 teet of tue
Vandalia line freight house was Calriud
away. The East ST. Louis elevator, the
advance elevator and elevator Is lost
some smokestacks and part of their
roofs. The Hazel mill also Suffered Sc
verely. A number of other buildings,
some of them business houses, lost
their roofs or part of their walls, and
considerable stock was damaged or
destroyed 10y the rain. The total loss
cannot fall short OF $50, 900, and may be
more. The telegraph wires were all
prostratod.
FoKrY PERSONS KILLED.
CHICAGO, June lS.-The latest re.
ports in regard to the cyclone in Iowa
indicate that forty persouS were killed
and a great many wounded, and much
property was destroyed.
! FURTHER AND WORSE DETAILS.
DES MONIES, Iowa, June lS.-A tor
nado swept through central Iowa late
last night from north west to southeast
| for twenty miles north of Des Moiues.
The town OF GIinnell was struck by it,
and half Of the town was left in ruins.
The lateness of the hour at which any
thing like authentic statements could
be had last night f-Om the tornado at
Grinnell, and consequent prOstration OF
wires, prevented any report being sent
OUT. The first startling reports of the
loss of liIo were soon confirmed, and
later and authentic reports swelled the
list of dead at Grinnell to about forty,
with several severely hurt, and Cornell
| College buildings ruined. Eight at
least were aso KILLED at Malcolm Sta
tion, and several living in the farming
district between. A freight train, on
the Rock Is and road was caught in the
wind and badly wrecked, OBTAINING
trains west three hours. A freight
train on the Iowa Central, just north OF
Grinnell, also badly derailed
LATER DETAILS.
A special despatch sent at 7.30 says ;
stories of startled citizens we gather
the story of deep roaring sound pre-
cedinga a tunnel-shaped cloud. o. Sit
mans house was completely levelled,
burying beneath it Sitman. his wife and
three children, his witn's sister and her
infant. The three year old girl Hattie
vas taken out, the boy Harry aged ten,
was fatally injured, and Arthur
slightly injured. Not far away was
the residence Of Mr.. Lewis, an old gen.
tleman and lady, who were both killed.
from here the storm pursued ziezag
direction to the north of the city, when
after wiping out the finest residence
portion of the city, it moved towards
the College. The next building was
dumped into heap of lath and plaster
and broken timber, burying beneath it
eight stulenLe who rOomed therein, all
of whom were afterwa rescued more
or less injured, but one subsequently
died.
CORNELL COLLEGE DESTROYED.
KELLOGG, June II, 1880 2. NJ Both
college buildings at Grinnell were
blown down, with half of the north
number killed and injured. You can
send doctors on the passenger No. 2,
which will bs held to bring them on.
The following dispatch was received
from Grinnell early this m )rning:
"Our city is half in ruins by cy-
clone From five to ten persons are
killed, and from fifty to one hundred
wounded. Send doctors from Newton
and Des Moines hy special train. We
have no wires working outside the
town. Send Immediately. BY order of
the Mayor. Both college buildings and
half of our best residences are fiat on
the ground. G, NJ. CHRISTIAN.
RAlhAl A M. T.. GhuHCh.