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

Al KANSAS CITY,
KANSAS CITY, June 17.-The storm
struck Kansas City at one O'Clock this
morning. Houses were blown down,
roofs taken of. sidewalks torn up, tele-
graph poles and wires flattened, trees
uprOOted, and many other calamiIies
can be recorded, including a number of
people and animals injured by falling
boards, bricks and debris.
The exact amount of damage done to
property is hard to determine at present,
rs all Is confusion around the dismantled
buildings, but 1t will reach far into the
thousands.
A new three story brick ON Second
street, just west of the water works of
flee, which is located ut the corner of
Main and Second streets, was completely
demolished. Ii belOngs tn j. Ii. Agleby,
and is worth $4,000. 1t was finished
last week, and was occupied few days
ago by Hogan, Smith and MOffatt, as
spice works. Their machinery, worth
$4,000, is buried beneath mass of
debris. The county court house was re-
ported nearly unroofed, windows broken
in, and things scattered around promis-
cuously. The jailOr and family were
shaken out of bed, and the prisoners in
their cells.
The office of the National water
works, on the corner OF Second and Main
streets, next to the wrecked building nf
Oglesby. was considerably damaged.
The whirlwiHd struck the large three
story brick at 305 West Fifth street,
tearing off the third story and roof
Philips and Hahn, boot and shoe manu-
facturers, occupied the third story, and
their loss is heavy. No lives were lost
in this building.
1.arf gNf In nF fln lulr
building, and also part of the roof of the
Metropolitan hotel. were lifted off.
The third story OF the brick of ].
Smith, on Filth street, torn down and
damaged $4,000. A small frame house
on the north side of Fifth street was
wrecked
The corner OF Roden's new building,
on Third and Walnut, and the upper
part of the building was wrecked, while
Coates opera house was partially un-
rooted.
Another account About 1 O'Clock
the city was visited by q most severe
and destructive storm of wind, hail,
thunder ana lightning and rain. Yes
terday had been extremely hot, the hot
test day of the year. The thermometer
at O'Clock p. IN. having registered o.
degrees in the shade. About 6 O'Clock
last evening a severe rain storm occur
red north of the city. The clouds pre-
sented a most threatening aspect, and
the city seemed destined 10 a thorough
drenching. A few drops of water fell,
but the storm passed around US, only to
return alter midnight and make the
pressure felt. The sunset was clear and
beautiful, and after nIghtfall the temper
AZURE WAS quite moderate. Until late
hour the sky was clear, The stars were
pleasant The storm came up suddenly,
giving scarcely a moments warning of
its approach. Suddenly the sky was fill
ed with heavy, black clouds, which were
marshalled together in dark, porIcntioua
masses, imparting dire disaster. In
all quarters of the horizon
the lightning flashed with daz-
cling brightness, the electricity with
which the air was so heavily charged
assuming all manner of weird and gro
tesQue shapes, aud presenting q specta-
Gle at once grand and terrible The
heavens assumed a dull, leaden appear
amer, relieved only by the luri,i flashes
which jumped and Ieaped across the
vision, the rugged outlines presenting
sharp and vivid contrast with the dark
and sinu0us background. The wind
blew a perfect gale. increasing in inten-
sity- So strong was i1R force that the
sioutcst buildings shock and tremblesi
like aspen leaves. and giant trees were
taken by the fury of the elements and
twisted and bent as if they had been
reeds. The vivid and binding flashes
of lightning were not followed by desf.
eniBg peals of thunder, but during the
entire continuance of the storm a duh
sound was heard, Increasing at times al
most TO roar. and on. on, dying away
like the roar of a Wild beast, aud the
earth seemed TO fairly shake under the
burden OF the warfare OF the elements,