Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-28
STORMS.
Prevalence Of q Series of Terrimc Storms
in the Northwest "A Railway Train
Blown from the Track Near L%inneus,
No., Iniuring Many Peoplo-Etc., Etc.

Mo, Injuring Many ~People-Etc., Etc.
KEOKUK, Ia, July II.
Friday afternoon, between the hours Of
two and three o'clock, a cyclone swept
through the county southwest of here, doing
great damage. Wires are down in every
direction, and it is difficult to obtain full
particulars Of the damage done. The
Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City
passenger train, bound west, which
leaves Burlington at 2:15 a. m. and is
due at Browning, Mo-, at 2:4S p. M,
arrived within a mile and a half of that
place at three p. m., and was there struck
by the cyclone and blown from the track.
The train consisted of engine, b%aggage-car,
and coach. The connecting-ro rod between
the baggage-car and engine was twisted off
and the engine left standing on the
track, while the baggage car
and coach were blown completely
over. Conductor Watson was badly injured
and the baggageman sustained severe in
juries, while six passengers were seriously
and two dangerously and probably fatally,
injured. The two latter were ladies. The
injured were placed on the engine and
taken to Linneus, Mo-, where they were
placed under the care of surgeons. A special
train with a wrecking-car left Keokuk at
-four p. m. for the scene of the accident.
The cyclone passed from Browning east
ward, striking Ashburn, a station on tn He st.
Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern, hurting the
depot from its foundations across the track
and badly injuring the station agent. The
names of the passengers injured are: Mrs.
Perry, of Linneus, NO., ribs and collar-bone
fractured seriously, and perhaps fatally
hurt. Mrs. Talley, OF Sullivan County,
Mo-, wounded in left side and scalp; badly
hurt. Alex Craig, of st. Joseph, Mo-, ribs
fractured. Theodore j. Shea, of Cincin-
natl, O., wrist dislocated and finger broken.
tween the cars and badly hurt. j.. G.. Ross,
of Linneus, Mo-, shoulder fractured. A.
Ross, Linneus, Mo-, scalp wound.
ST. LOUIS. NO., July IA.
A disastrous tornado swept down the Mis-
souri, Valley Friday. Appalling reports
have reached here from many towns. There
are rumors that Moberly has been almost
wiped out of existence. The storm appears
to have started near Pacific junction, Ia,
and to have grown in %tierceness and power
until it reached Percival and Plum Hollow.
At both of these points great damage was
done by wind and hail. For a time the
greatest fear was felt by all who witnessed
1t. 1t is thought that a large number of cat
tie, horses and hogs were killed by the hail
which fell thick and fast during the storm.
At McPaul, Ia, many houses were blown
down. One building, occupied by a family
of five, in which was a woman and a new
BON babe, was blown to pieces, but the oc-
cupants escaped serious injury. Another
house was also nearly destroyed, but no one
hurt. The front part of Paul Bros. store
was blown in. Wheat in the surrounding
country was completely beaten to the
ground. Corn, grass and trees were leveled
and cut to pieces by the hail, which fell as
large as hens eggs. The depot of the Kan
sas City Railway was almost totally
wrecked, while there is not a house in town
with whole windows in it. Ten persons
were more or less injured, but none killed.
At Hamburg, Ia, which was struck about
noon, a brick church and several frame
buildings were wrecked. The front walls
of several business houses fell out into the
street.
The storm then appeared in Westboro,
Atchison County, Mo-, demolishing eight
OR ten houses and injuring nearly all the
buildings in the place. One child was
killed.
At Burlington junction the storm ap-
peared about one o'clock. This is a small
place, and it is said that not a single house
escaped injury. The main street was flles
with wrecks Of. buildings. The fronts of
several stores were blown in and the walls
carried away. Others were unroofed. The
people there are said to be in need of help,
but it is impossible at this hour to learn def
nitely the situation.
At Nary,i1lo Nh +bir+ao, of TIM boc%
business houses were unroofed. The court
house and the Jail were badly damaged.
The city hall and the Presbyterian Church
were also badly damaged. Roseberry,
Morehouse, McCloskey and Dosley are
heavy losers. Mrs. Reynolds was the only
person injured.
At Maiden, NO., the Union Church, the
school and Masonic Hall building, Spencer's
unfinished hotel and G. H. Phillips dwell
ing were destroyed by a cyclone Friday
evening. The dwellings of G. F. Herring,
DR.. E. Van Quash and William Davis were
damaged, and many fences torn to
pieces. Crops are entirely ruined.
The loss in the town is about $1o,-
0OO. The storm came from the west,
and seemed to have divided just as it struck
the town, the south part having a steady
motion, while the northern portion took the
form OF a cyclone and bounded over many
frail buildings without damage. A strong
wind prevailed just south, destroying out
buildings and fences. A heavy rain fol-
lowed the wind. No persons were seriously
hurt.
CLINTON, Ia, July IA.
One of the most terrific hail-storms OH
record swept over a portion of Clinton and
Scott Counties, along the valley of the Wap-
sipinicon River at eight o'clock Thursday
evening, and laid bare scores of farms,
leveling crops to the ground, and doing un-
told damage. The high wind which &C.
companied the hail blew down hun
dreds of trees in Pinneo's Grove,
near Princeton. The storm came from the
northwest, and was first heard of in this
county, near Toronto. 1t crossed the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway at Grand
Mound, on a path three miles wide, pro-
ceeding thence southeasterly to the Missis-
sippi River. In some instances whole fields
OF corn were laid flat and worthless. Small
grains nearly ready for the harvest were
wholly destroyed. No estimate can be given
OF the damage, which is universal. Some
OF the hail-stones that fell were as large as
eggs. The cutters along the railway were
1ull OF them the next morning.