New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-08

The property l0st was uilllsuicu' Inv 'O
count OF the course of the storm and lts power 10
given by Professor j. K. Macomber, OF Amos Col-
lege Story County
The signal Service map for the 18th shows that
Iowa was mart of n great area of low barOmetnc
pressure which included the Upper mississippi al
lev and portion of Dakota na 81 ne re-. cenfpa
countiesl. Here II did serious damage neu'o II
moved northeast and arose. In the southeast cor
ner of Boone County the cloud dropped Two or1la
does The one 10 the north reached he earth ana
demolished three farmhouses. The other was uis-
tlnctly seen to eastward south OF heily, VIII.
out tCuching the earth until near Arnes. where IL
came down and blew MIR Kellys house away be,
sides destroying much timber. From mere IL moV.u
northeast and crossed the skunk RlVer. Inc hoIth
tornado skipped about elRht miles IRON Oaiu'i
Prairie without doing any damage un'll sonth Oh
Ames il destroyed completely four 1arlhn9usis
and buildings 1t moved Iona across Tcrc AuH ns
some called the tornado. formed an elbow ana proSe
into TWO pieces. The upper nan crew mo w
cloud and that on the ground soon spin. - "a
Now these two tornadoes moved on tOR9lner NJ w
rectly eastward doing serious damage s0uln 81 "
Sada destroying houses and kllilng ana llJui.thhe
many people Now II seems to nave risen ll9' NJ ,
south and moved southeast over the corner OF Nhi
Shall Comfy into Jasper County, whcIe IL dlu s'lI
Gus damage along Rock Creek. and kiied many beo-
pie. Reports state mat one mouse We C;o i;
Marshall County. Tho terrible work AT GIlnhJii Is
TO-, well known. The lower end OF the runner OF
leu of the tornado reached the ehr'h mere
and swept everything TO destruction, On tne Onic'
o. p,ct Island and Pacific Railroad southeast. II
EG, no 80 from the track Pursuing ITS course
snntlcastt rly it destroyed lie ana property At M
com continuing south Of Brooklyn Tor hlne OF zen
H. dcing serlous damage all tie way. Thence IL
n,ssrd over SlgOurney, dong little damage uhul
80 Pichltud ia the southeast corner OF heo&uk
Countv The damage here 10 farm property anu trees
,os creat and several people reported seriously
iuiurcd. In Henry County the storm pursued
its course southeast, but appears TO have
t6eO " t,'nado. On Big Creek north
west of Mount Pleasant, much farm property was
DESTROYED and in Mount Pleasant an immense NUN
her of houses were unrOOted Inc STORM Wa P'l-
mans one OF two miles wide here, but not so lnIlos
"a an points where Il was much narrower. Hou'n'
coe nj Nonnt Pleasant the storm continued us ter
rhie work and the last report OF III N Iowa places
# about two miles south OF Burlington
According to the best evidence the storm started
in Union Township Boone County at p 9eioch,
at ab5nt 1880. The distance by the route the
storrn-cloud travelled AT least 100 miles. ms
gives velocity OF about torty-hve mics per noilr
for me storm-cloud The velocity oil the Wlhd III
IFS circular motion is entirely another thhg ana Is
difficult t. get. A; Mr. Wyckham'S house, ooHth Oh
Ames a stone from the foundation, ABOUT hItcci'
inches on each side WAS carried about ZOO leet.
The stones seemed to have been carried clear OF
~ ~rorrd Allowing the wind TO act at
RIGHT angles 10 lts surface, II would require pres
snre of 700 pounds per square loot OF area 10 l1
fhr stone ind ii would require velocity
OF al least POI miles per hour 10 move such one.
ind that one OF the large box 1IvlghI cars on me
Nortiwes,e r italroad weighs, when loaded, O3 lOO
pol,nds 1t would require a totdI pressure
of
track This j. pressure OF IL pounds per square
foot which gives mEuuulD velocity 81 ltJ mics
A. hour OF course, n iuese calculations nave a.
sumrd that the wind acts at rghl angles 10 the sur
f,re In feN cases would this happen, 80 that the
velocity of the wind Is probably, III most cases
grcater than that gwen by the caiculauOn.
Tornadocs were forming ana disappearing con
tiuuailV A some places several were seen al one
time . a heavy storm OF wlhd picceded ana Ioi-
loved each tornado some llheS cAtchuhB 10 h'll
mics in width. HAL and heavy ram accompanied
the storm IN many places he "lld vas sulhclchtS
violent to do all the damage done no theory OI iHe
storm which introduces electricity as IN important
factor of the storm Is necessary. Inc "lnu was
saficlent. People should 20 INTO theiT cellars OF
caves TO save their lives In frame house 20 to
the south side OF the cellar. III DIlcA HOUSE, inc
NORTH eide Is the place.
VIOLENT LOCAL STORMS IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
On the 10Th the Missouri, and Kansas border for
over $50 miles was visited by a severe Wind and
ram slorin tbe whole country being flooded. Three
men were drowned. and the crops were badly M
iured OF destroyed. On the 22d parts OF Illinois.
Iowa. Minnesota and Wisconsin were visited by
storms OF wind and heavy rain. Three men were
killed at Fndlcy, H.. by lightning, and one woman
Mas killed at Whitehall. Wis. aud one near lien
dersOu, Mum. Oh the 23l the Damage at ClcVe-
lanG by the storh-7sye from the lake, evidently
produced by a tornado, was fpV"OO' Oie man
was drowned. On the same DAY VIVA ana. HedNS
transforms at MOU.spn. ILL.,, and IN Livingston
County Mich, did great damage 10 trees, crops and
hrid yes I'm the 24ih and 10th wind and ram
Central Nebraska and Dakota. The work OF these
storms wac much like shat OF Other local storms a.
ready mentioned, but there were several lives lost.
Tb~,. ci:idlen were killed in Saunders County,
Ncb.. five persons III Clay and kossuth Counties,
iowa. and Two men at OsceOla Iowa, while three
men we're fatally injured at kcrwin, Neb.. and
bov at Indianapolis. The Platte Valley, IN
Nebraska, was hOOded to the great INJURY OF crops
The loss IN Omaha was about $4,000, and III the
STATE about $3.50 900. Al indianapolis the loss
was about -, 900, ana at Emme.sbug. Iowa, the
damage to houses and crops was abOut $4,000. On
the 2t;th the town OF Frcnchburg, Mcnll,e County,
Ky was almost entirely swept away by Hoods iol-
loving heavy raln->tOrm. ana SIX yves were Iost.
One man was killed at Kansas city, Mo-, on the
9TH duYir severe thunderstorm ana Oh the same
d.,v ElktOwn and La Crosse WIS. were visited by
wind and hail storms, and at Casnton, MS, 1--we
houses were destroyed during tornado. On the
2sfn three houses were STUCK by lightning al De
catur, H. ANA the low lands near ldno, Ill, were
Inundated by a rain-stOln lasting eleven hours On
tic Both heavy storms prevailed IN ILLINOIS, Iowa,
Missouri and Wisconsin, doing much damage to
crops and other proper ~ ia All Ol lhese slOIuS lhe
r.,li,, ivS - teTpl from WaShOuts.