The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-19
THE STORM RECORD.
Havoc wrought by Wind and Water in
Kansas and HI iasnnri

gathered in the northern sky. The win
rose and steadily increased IN violenc,
and the rain fell in gusts. The storr
: worked gradually to the east, doing n
great damage IN this city, beyond blow
ing car from the track and unroofin
i. shed or two. The effect of the WIN
ON the river was wonderful, and man
people stood out in the rain to watch it
. The storm was not in any sense a cy
clone, but simply very hard blow.
AT HAMBURG, IOWA.
i During the storm news came by tclt
graph that Hamburg, Ia, had been dc
sIroyed, but no further information re
specting it has been received.
A CYCLONE AT EVANSVILLE, NO.
ST. JOSEPH, July ia special to the
Herald from Marysv lie. No, says tina
place was visited bya cyclone between
and 2 O'Clock to-day. Thirteen of thG
best business houses were unrooted, the
court house anu Jail badly damaged, the
city hall and Presbyle church are
nearly total wreck, ami Union hall is
badly damaged. Messrs. Roseberry,
Morehouse, McClosky and Dooley are
heavy losers. Mrs. Reynolds was the
only person injured.
AT LAliNED, KAs.
HARMED, July iS-rhe particulars of
alOrnadO up the Pawnee are arriving.
Ramsey u Buffers wind mills are
blown away; also, the shutters from the
Baptist church. Fitzgerald's sheep
sheds are gone with the winds. Large
hail stones killed great numbers Of
lambs. Corn growing fine and tasseling
out is cut SO as to be useless. The hills
northwest of Browns Grove look as
black as if burned. The hail cut the
grass as if plOwed, and the heavy
rain falling washed ii away. The
extent of the damage is unknown.
AT ST. JOSEPH, NO.
KANSAS CITY, July ia Times st.
Joseph special says: A tornado passed
over this region this afternoon, dong
much damage. The first town in the
track OF the storm so far as known was
Hamburg, Iowa, which was struck
about noon. A brick church and sew
eral frame buildings were wrecked and
the front walls of several business
houses fell over IN The street.
AT WEsTBoRO, MO.
The storm then appeared at WestborO,
in Atchison county, Mo, demOlishing
eight or ten houses and iDjuring nearly
ali the buildings in the place. One
Child WAS killed, name not learned.
AT sTANBERRY, MO.
Stanberry, Mo-, was struck about l
O'Clock. The main1ower OF the Normal
school and the cupOla of the Baptist
church were blown OF. Three other
churches were moved from their foun-
dations and one wrecked. Several stores
and dwellings were injured.
AT BURLINGTON JUNCTION
Al.
This is a small place, and it is said not
a single person escaped injury. Main |
street presented q scene of destruction,
filed with wrecks OF buildings, fronts |
of several stores blown in, walls carried |
away, and others unrOOfed. 1t is report |
ed that the storm was very severe
AT MARYsVILLE,
and that about twenty-five houses were |
blown down. Owing to rupture of the |
wires nothing definite has been received |
from there. About O'Clock black |
clouds appeared here north of the city, |
but divided and passed either side with. |
out doing serious injury.
AT MIDNIGHT. |
Owing to the interruption of the tele- |
graph, il is impossible to learn the ex-
tent OF the damage done by the storm to- |
night in the region north of here. The
there were only one or two lives lost,
and the destruction of property not SO
great as might be supposed in view of
the extent OF the storm. The towns, ex-
ceps Hamburg and Marysvilie, reported
as having suffered seriously, are not
more than villages.
It is reported that severe storm also
visited the vicinity of Brookfield and
Laelede, sOEne distance east of here, but
as the wires arc down the truth of the
report cannot be ascertained.
A Times Wellsville, Montgomery
county, Missouri, special says: The pub
lie school building, a brick structure
valued at $4,000, was destroyed by a
wind storm at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
AT TRENTON, MO.
KANSAS CITY, July ia Times
Trenton, Missouri, special says that u
severe storm passed over town to-day.
The Presbyterian church, public school
and other buildings are badly damaged.
The destruction in this vIcity is esti-
mated at $40, 600 to $30,O0
The Burlington s. Missouri river
train hence to Denver was not sent out
this evening on account of a reported
landslide at White Cloud, rs miles north
west of here.
THE STORM AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, July ia few minutes
before 6 tonight heavy wind and rain
storm passed over the city and did con-
siderable damage, both on the land and
river. The tow boat, Charlie Bowen,
with the barge Redwing, were blown
from their mOorings at the foot of Bu-
chanan street IN the northern part of the
city, forced across the river and driven
ashore just aboYe the bridge. 1t is said
the boats bows was stove In and that
abe is sunk. As far as now known the
damage in the city consists of the IN
roofing OF the Missouri Pacific freight
house at Seventh and Popular street;
the blind asylum, Morgan and Twenti-
eth street, and numerous minor injuries
to the buildings in various parts of the
city, blowing down many chimneys,
trees and fences. The wind came from
the southwest and was quite strong for
few minutes. Vague reports are in
circulation that tOrnadoes have occurred
at MOberly and in one or two other
places in the state, but the telegraph
wires are so badly injured that no in
formation can be obtained.
LATEST PARTICULARS.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, July ia special
to the Nonpariel from McPaul, Plum
Hollow, PcrcivaI and Hamburg on the
Kansas City road, in Fremont county,
gives particulars of a cyclone and terri
| fic hall storm in that section at 12
O'Clock to-day.
Owing to the damage of the telegraph
| particulars are meagre tonight. At
McPaul great damage WAS done 10 build
| ings and crops. A large two-story school
house was demolished. Several houses
were blown down, one occupied by a
| family of five, in which was a woman
4 - IL II,
| pieces. The occupants escaped serious
injury. Another house near by was al.
so destroyed. No one was hurt. The
front part of Paul Brothers store was
blown IN. Wheat in the surrounding
country is completely beaten TO the
| ground. Corn, grass and trees are lev,
eled and cut TO pieces by the hail, which
fell as large as hen eggs. The depot OF
the Kansas City road at McPaul is al
| most total wreck, while there Is not q
house in town which has q whole win
dow in il.
1t Is reported that ten persons were
more or less injured there and in the
vicinity, but nO one was killed. The
storm seems to have started at or neal
Pacific Junction, took eoutherly
course, growing in fierceness and power
as It reached Percival, McPaul and
Plum Hollow. At all these places there
was great damage by wind and hail, and
the fury of the storm cannot be des
cribed. For q time the greatest feaI
was felt by all who witnessed II. It i
thought large number Of cattle, horses
and hogs have been killed by the hail
which fell during the storm. It is re.
ported that Hamburg was also visited
and there was considerable damage done
there.