Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-15

o.slssss oaf were not serio-zsy h1yt. an
on tfsose Of the injured IN tie city rsrsvi
onsiF reported il Is nox thought that Al
VIII Tecssger. AsnT singular freak 0
me Wind are recorded. Osse Ian Is.
! aus Clothes literally ,ora from bis boa ;
icing stripped almost % his aGasse.r.osh
iug. In one house on McGsse street !
I'af vas sitting al q piano IN the sassonE
ss1zy when the wind lifted the upral
pasFs OF the house and lef. her seated IL
ses open AIR uGhsrt and tie irxtruruer,
ahaistnroed. Ihe toss in the ci:v I
nas placed az S2eo.F~1si, or more. Nueb
VI II. such "a shrubbery and hoasesse,se
soocs' cannot b. estisa.sed- individual
..tss - On buildings ara generally teEs1sy
$50. and Icing numerous, 4 detaiiei
,ssssehsenf Is imp ssible az present. The
1aIgs aggre ,sie IL made up of small
! -. .stnounss- Repor.s from the branch of
1ns Storm which crossed the VIVIAN
~ ssois connsy. estimates the loss at So
vi Tue Real family. wao4a hos1ss
: near Wyando.,e. Mrs. Read and one
child are dad.
The KILLED asd isiarra
hAs5As ofrf. MAY 1s.-Grea. crowds
In 1iie streets this morning in The
soashefn part OF tie city, viewing the
1sas.'oa wrought BIZ last nights
80 s- Already workmen are busy
caring tue debrls from the streets and
p,opting up such houses as were cspa-
pse VI repair. aud rendering them tena-
o1s, Everything Is yet in confusion.
anu the complete list of wounded has
aos oseh received. An estimate of the
JOSS oi property can not bs obs aimed be-
iofc THIS Afternoon Tha foIloxino IL
ne latest reported. Kiilei-Wul E.
3enseoef, Mrs. David Heed. Jos. Burns.
ihlafeo-Jas. Drummond. Injured in
,ernaliy aud very se-ioasly-H. L.
o'scht. dangerously injured internally
hr. VIM. Mcclellan. Injured in
,srnaliy-A three-year-old child If Mrs.
aafy jackson. coiored. Fatally in
lared Whi;nsv, aged II. Dan
perously Injured about the head-Mrs.
1snthia Davis. Terribly injured about
the head AMI face-Frank jenkins AMI
t@o children of Jos. Jackson, one four
years old no. expected to live. jackson
was lying III In bed when the roof was
.aken from over his head. A child o.
"a. Wheeler was badly hurt. Csp..
JOS. barDs Was killed. An oil i boatmsu
was standing by the river side when
struck by the flying tinlbers of a Lay
hoase. his neck being broken and head
cru ned. Willie s. Gerben was killed
by the oyer-inrning of a wagon at the
circus ground. Mrs. Reid was blown
against tree aud her neck broken. II
was reported two employees of CoIs's
eircas were killed. but this ia not con-
httied. 1t il probable definite returns
VIII reduce the amour. of damage to
property below the estimates of last
night, SD that 1t will be less than n quar-
ter OF million. Losses are almost in
numsrable, but ara generally for
amounts ranging from 500 to 5000, as
tbs destruction was chiefly among
houses in the less closely built portion
OF ths city, and generally among this
smaller dwellings,, and did not extend
10 the stores or more prominent build
lngs- No reports have been received
TINS morning from outside the city, as
telegraph wires are not vet restored, but
they are rapidly being rep aired and will
10 working IN few hours. II il prob |
able the damage outside the city is no.
60 great as apprehended from the |
neagre reports heard last night.
Mrs. Reid and three children were SO |
badly hart that their recovery il doubt !
ial They were all i'm the house at the |
time OF the storm. and the building WAS |
torn TO atoms. he track of the |
Pacific il reported obstructed |
by land slide south of Leavsnworth, |
and the morning trains had not arrived |
II noon.
KANSAS CrrY, No.. May I4.-From
neagre information received by tele- |
graph mp to y p. Iu., there seems TO have
1eea cyclone or destructive wind some /
NO hundred miles south of here, which |
originated IN the eastern part of Indian
territory. and passed northeast into
onshern Missouri, spending most of its
orce at Otonago. near Joplin. For the
Ireater part Of the distance il seems to
ave passed high above the earth, doing
injury at only few places. The storm
Which swept over this city started about
wo miles southwest of here, aud pass
ng northeast came down again at Lib
rty. and II 1t ,ntinued in the same di-
ecfion 1t would pass in the vicinity of
dacon. which is over hundred miles
ariher on. so the storm reported at the
he latter place may be continuation
Il the one experienced here. Dispatches
rom Parsons, Lawrence, and Empo-
Ia. Kansas, say no high winds are re-
'orted In the vicinity of those towns,
'at heavy rain was general.
More Fresn she Big Blow.
ST.. JosEpu, May 14.-Information
rom Balckow, II few miles north OF
lere, on the Chicago, Burlington and
(nincy Railroad. Is to the effect that
he cyclone passed over Whiteville, An
rev county, last evening, doing very
title damage there, bnt destroying sew
raj farm houses, barns, orchards, and
'ther property in the vicinity. William
'tingiey lost his house and all his out
buildings. the whole onttit being de-
troyad. The family took refuge in a
ava and were not harmed. Simon
whose farm adjoined Williams,
lad oil his property destroyed His
mother, who was in the house, was car
led ten or fifteen rods and died in an
lour from the injury resolved. Consid-
'rable other property, including houses
\ the track Of the storm. were greatly
llmaged, but just what or whose can
lot be stated now. Much damage to
arms by heavy rains is also reported.