The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23
STORMS AND CYCLONES.

Again from Saturday to Monday of TIT
past week, as the weather records show
has been the case from every Saturday t
Monday for the past six or eight weeks
vast regions of the country were VISITED
BY heavy ram storms and destructive cy-
clones. The rains last Saturday were par
ticulariy heavy in northern and western
Kansas, eastern Nebraska and western
Iowa. IA region which has been visited in
deed with heavy rains at regular intervals
for the last four or five weeks, so that al
length the Missouri river from Omaha
down was continuously on the rise until
now it is at food tide, St. Joseph, Atchi-
SON Leavenworth and Kansas City beng
as badly flooded as at The height OF the
spring freshe,. On Sunday most railroads
along the Missouri from Atchison down
had to be abandoned. A Sunday dispatch
from Atchison says;
The Missouri Pacific from here TO Kan
SAB City is entirely abandoned, owing to
one bridge going out, with high water and
land.slides near Pomeroy Oak Mills, and
other stations. The Kansas City & Coun-
ell Bluffs has one bridge gone and land
Glide near Parkville, covering hundreds Of
feet of track. The Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy is entirely abandoned, owing TO
tracks being under water, bridge gone,
and the general poor condition of the road
owing to the excessive rains on Its entire
L.. ,.,l, hos M oil,
Island is unable to get into Kansas City
from this DIVISION, neither can the Hanni
bal Il st. Joe.
And q st. Joseph dispatch of the same
date says:
The Wa Keeuey (Kas) depot on the ST.
Joe d Western road was washed from its
foundation and was found to-day mile
away. Thirteen bridges on that road are
down and all trains are abandoned. No
trains were run on the St. LOUIS & Pacific
yesterday or to day. There is a heavy
washout near Lathrop twenty miles from
here, the cause being two bridge draws on
that road. The Kansas City, st. Joe q
Council Bluffs has been abaioned both
north and south A great many bridges
and considerable track between here and
Kansas City are under water One pas
senger train was ditched this morning
near Parkvile on that line. The en-
CINE, baggage car and sleeper were the
victims,
The food in the Missouri has Of course
swelled he Mississippi below the mouth
of the former, and ST, Louis, Cairo and
Memphis are threatened with June
ireshet" equal to that of three years ago,
A Mondays st. Louis dispatch says:
The river gage Of the signal service at
st. LOUIS tonight marked thirty.o feet
and ten inches, which is twenty-five inches
above the danger line. Nearly the entire
surface of the levee along the river front Is
submerged, and steamers find 1t very diff
cult to load and discharge cargoes. All
the cellars of business houses along the
levee are nearly filled with water, and a
rise OF another foot will inundate the first
floors of most Of the stores. 1t Is expected
the rise will reach thirty.f1ve feet at this
point which will be higher than tor sew
eral years. The bottom lands at different
points along the Lower Missouri river are
submerged, ana crops injured to greater
or less extent. Trans are greatly delayed,
or abandoned altogether, and travel Is seri-
ously interiered with,
The rains on Sunday, though heaviest
IN Kansas and Nebraska, were general
over Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, in
certain quarters, as indicated below, as
suming the dread and rapidly becoming a
too familiar form of
THE DEADLY CYCLONE.
One of the towns thus visited was our
near neighbor Arlington, IN Bureau coun-
ty A Tribune dispatch says:
The day Aad been somewhat showery,
and about 3 o'clock IN the afternoon the
clouds seemed to mass, with the general
appearance of heavy thunder storm.
The first indication to the people who
were watching the storm that a cyclone
was coming was rumbling sound, siml-
lar to that of train of cars, and, with
such rapldity did the storm move that a
place Of safety was scarcely reached before
Its path was LAID. Nine houses ana barns
were blown down and trees uprooted. The
large barn of William Oakley was entire
iy demolished and several horses killed.
The house OF Mr.. Sheldon was caught up
aud hurled against large tree. the en-
tire family was in the cellar and escaped
uninjured, except with slight bruises from
stones from the foundations of the house
falling on them. The dwelling Of Mr..
Wheeler was entirely destroyed. n flock
of sheep were caught by the storm and
carried distance OF ten or fifteen rods IN
an adjoining field, killing but two or
three. The path of the storm was not over
twenty rods wide. 1t seemed like great
funnel, and moved in circles, leaving
wreck and ruin behind 1t. The uniortu-
nate people are receiving every attention
from their neighbors.
Another city thus devastated (tor the first
time in its history was Stubcnville, Ohio
1t came at about O'Clock in the evening
on Monday, Its path being about 300 yards
wide, The telegraph account of it says;
1t struck the northern portion of the city
carrying everything before it. North of
Seventh street hardly house escaped
damage. The large brick residence OF
Mrs Harry Caldwell was entirely demol-
ishcd. The residence Of the family Of the
late fighting Colonel McCook, OF Rebellion
fame, was also in the path OF the storm and