Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-15
FRIDAYS TORNADO.
The Storm Of a General Character,
Traversing Portions Of Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa and Illinois.
No Great Individual Losses, Though the
Damage VIII Aggregate Many
thousand Dollars.

ST. LOUIS, July 1.-The restoration OF
| telsgraphic com uuica alton, which was badly
broken last night, reveals the fact that the
storm, part of which swept over this city, was
general in character and traversed not only
part OF Missouri, but covered various sec
lions in Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. The
velocity Of the wind 10 this city ives fifty
miles per hour, and came apparently from
| nesrly all directions, but mainly from the
| north and northwest. No serious Individual
losses were sustained, but great number of
minor ones are disclosed in the way OF roofs,
gable ends Of houses, chimneys, shutters,
signs, fences, trees, shrubbery, etc, the whole
Of which will aggregate many Thousands of
dollars. SJme slight injuries 10 persons are
reported, but nobody is seriously hun. East
st. Louis also suffered in a similar manner,
and train Of twenty-five cara moving on the
Belt road on lie river front WAS blown from
the track and most OF them badly wrecked.
B=lleville, ILL.,, gas badly shsken up and
| a number Of houses more or lees Injured,
none seriously.
AT Alton, Ill three churches lost part OF
their roofs, and the walls OF the Lsclede
Hotel we're disman,led Several other build
ings were slis ally injured, and the streets
Uttered with fallen trees.
AT Somner, Ill, large Touring mill was
unroofed, and heavy damage caused to the
m mschinery and stock from the dsluge Of rain
which rushed through the building from top
| 10 bottom. Several other buildirgS were
more or less injured.
| Al Cirmi, lu several nous q were slight
| ly shattered, but no serious damage don.
At o nsy, III two churches we're b,dly
| injured, and a large numbsr OF trees uprOoltd d
| and other dam age done.
| A dispatch from Keokuk, a., says thp
s'orm ragged fsarfuily throughou the tluL-
ty southwest Of there. Tne train which
| left Burlington on the Chicago, Burlington
and K insas City railroad at 7:15 O'Clock
s.m. was blown frem the track near Brown
ing, Mo and the baggage car aud ope coach
| turn, completely over. Conductor Watson
! was badly hurt, the baggagemau slightly
wounded end passengers injured. The latter
| we're taken to Liuneus, No, and cared for
| Mrs. Perry, of Lipneus, had her ribs and
4 collar bone fractured, and will probably die
| Mrs Lolley, OF Sullivan county, No, was
badly hurt in The head and side; Alex
Craig, OF s.. Joseph, Nc. bad rib broken !;
| Thos. j. Shs ahan, CIncion III, wrist dislo-
Gated aud fiogers broker; J. Z. Z So, OF Lin
neus, shoulder frsc ured; S. 4. Smith, o :
, tumws, H., mud bsween the cars aud
badly hurt; A. r S, of LiDneus, scalp
| wound.
Ia the vicinity Of Linneus, the storm did
damage TO cope, buildings sud farm prop
erty generally.
At WellsvlIle, No, the schoolhouse was
nearly destroyed.
| AT Jefersoa City the main cell building
Of the p niientiary was unroofed, snd one
or two ether houses damaged.
| Dispatches from Maryvillp, Mo, say that
twenty bUaine houses were roofsd and a
number OF email houHs and hops wreckt d.
The Cny Hall wac unrooied and partly
blown dow1. The poslofice and two n-ws-
| paper fiji es were badly damaged. A large
elevator Of i inton & Welch suffered se-
vereY. Toe Kansas City railroad depot aud
the Wabash freighthouss were badly injured.
Twenty thous md dol.Is will not cover the
damage 10 tbs loWn.
Burlington Junction lie reported almost
completely wrecked, not dozen houses in
| fatally injured. Thirty cars were blown
from the track. The little town OF Sidney is
also reported badly damaged. At Maiden,
No., Que church, schoolnouse, the NJ ssonic
| II al Sud an unfnished hotel, we're demol=
lsbed. 8 versl residences re seriously
injured. Loss over $4,000
AT Sta absrry, Mo, one church was srecked,
and two others greatly damaged. The towe T
OF the N3rmsl Schol d was blown down. Saw
eral bull iing' we're re novel from their fouL-
dations.
Wilcox, Mo-, sm III town seven mil {
from NJ -yville, had nearly all its ESusss in
jared. Several other hamlets aud email vii.
lages in Missouri were more or less damaged
The storm was accom- panied By heavy rain.
fall IN most losalities, and in SONS places
large hail fell in great qusntitieS, doipg very
serious iGjufy to orchards, gardens and all
growing crops..
10 addition 10 the river disasters mel
ioned last night, the steamer CJmmonwe sltt
vas blown across the river, but sustained M
! Injury. She was brought usck TO the whsr
to-day. The barge Sirsh NJ chael, belong
ing to the Evansville Transportation CIni
paDy, with a cargo of lumber, was Guns
The barge R.d Wing which suuk at ons o
he bridge piers will be raised. The lupbs
and log rs fts which broke loose and foateC
down the river were overhanled by tugs ant
secured with a trihiug losF.