The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-15
! RUIN ABROAD.
The Cyclone Gets Loose in Missouri
Again.
Kansas City visited by a Destructive
StoTsn- HkIaiea, and
VAST amount or Property
$50 = .Destroyed-

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, May 14.-At
O'clock yesterday afternoon Kansas City was
visited by terrible cyclone and the loss viii
be at least sS000e0 over 25O buildings being
demolished and Injured. many of them fine
residences and stores
The path of the storm did not touch the
q business part of the city, and the stores de-
stroyed woresihose OF small retailers scattered
& tlir6nghout the residence portion - 81
The storn-center seemed to gather behind
the Kaw river, back of Armstrong and Wyan
dotte. in the neighborhood of the country
bridge, and then swept with fury across the
river by the stock-yards toward the bluffs.
In the shape of an inverted funnel it
whirled along through West Kansas, sur
mounting the bluf near Drip and Six
| teenth, and thence travelling from the south
west to the northeast. il swept across the
southern portion OF the city. eningly spend
| ing its fury near Lydia avenue and East Ninth
| street, where the new Methodist chapel was
demolished andits timbers scattered broadcast
The dayshad been a most tempestuous one,
| the wind, thunder sId rain having for several
| hours held full sway, and only from the
angry, ssullen looking clouds, which seemed
to form in all portions of the heavens, could
| person imagine that cyclone was SO near.
| The Immediate coming of the cyclone was
| heralded by a severe hail storm short time
before this the. sky --obscured by light
colored clouds, constantly changing, until
few minutes before S O'clock they banked in
the northwest anlsssest In huge black masses.
and current ofsair appeared to hurl them into
wreaths like battle-clouds, one upon another.
lie was about this time that the watchers upon
the bluffs overlooking West Kansas--and there
were hundreds of them-were startled to see
an advancing funneI-shaped cloud appear back
of Wyandotte in the west. and sweep around
if to destroy the town.
By some caprice its path was changed, and
instead of passing through theacity it went to
the n6rthward, demolishing small houses and
killing one woman and then hating for a min
ute 60 send ont clouds of fine sand from one of
the Missouri rIyer islands, IL swept through
the timber 70 spend its further force in Clay
county.
About three minutes later a second cloud
formed In the same manner and swept down 4
the river towards Randolph Point, bat doing
Hardly had this second cloud disappeared
when third. more aangry locking aud ugiy,
formed near Armstrong by the meet
ins of two separate air-currents For a second
or two the large monster danced about asaf
seeking some avenue of escape, and then
came on it increased in size as the distance di-
miHished, and soon that ominous roar like muf- |
fed thunder, which always accompanies these |
storms, could be distinctly hoard as II went |
whirling on its mission OF destruction
The upper part of the cloud seen through |
the rain, which at this time came down in
while the neck and sucker-like mouth, which
at times appeared 70 Reach to the ground, al
ternately increased or stttfinished as the hinge
bag above ascepdea or descended - s |
10 those nj position TO watch its passage, it
was grand YET appalling sight, and .one never
to be forgotten; but, after watching its track
minute or so, but few had the courage to re-
main except those remote from its apparent
path Many sought shelter in cellars and out
buildings until the roar and turmoil were over,
md then it was found that the track of the cy-
clone lay through the southern and eastern
IN wYANDoTTE COUNTY.
1t was shortly before 5 O'Clock that the cy
lone which proved SO destructive to Kansas
,ity visited Wyandotte county 1t crossed +
lortheast across the county, covering strip
varying from three hundred to four hundred Fl
eet III width, leaving death and destruction in
Is path. No sooner had the unwelcome Wis | !
or made its appearance than reporter went
} it's starting point in the country and fol- =
WED in its trail until it crossed the Missouri
ver
The saSdest sight of all was the spot whore !
ss than An hour before David Reid, q farmer,
we'd with his wifesana children, enjoying tho
'mforts OF a pleasant home. All that re-
aimed of large frame house and barn were
10 foundations; little fragments of furniture | {
Id building material here and there told the :
DRY. AS the black funnel-shaped cloud
pared, Mr. Reid who was at the barn. u
lstened toward the house and told his wife "a
no was feeding the chickens. togo sir. which u
e immedistsly Started to do, but at that IN a
ant the cyclone struck the premises and all N
rs chaos. When the storm had passed Mrs "
did was found and with her body twisted I,
'out the trunk of cherry tree in the ward -
:. Reid MAS hurled against the trees and hit /
III flying debris until scarcely q part Il
his body remained uninjured h
wires fences, trees, and pieees of | IN
@dings 80 completely blocked the pubIiohigh- II s.
AVS that 1t Is with the greatest diff Guilty that
e journey of the storm was followed
The damage to property in the country is
eat-in many cases irreparable. OF
8 IATEsP NEWS M
ST! BoUIs, May 14.-The telegraph .
res are still Frustrated between here and the d
enc of yesterday sscyclonein southwest Mis- II
uri, and definife Information Regarding T ca
D storm has yet been received. In general NJ
y it is stated that Oronoga was totally de
Dyed and a number of persons injured but I'll
: killed A relief train was started from W
pin, but 1t could not proceed owing to the til
lroad track being covered with fallen timber
d it wassobiged to return Further efforts
being made to REACH the PLACE. both by
in and telegraph, ana ills believed that news
uhe situation there will soon be received 81
1t Liberty, Missouri City, and other points to
re or less damage was done but no ono has re
'n reported killed
THE VERY LATEST.
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