Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
THE Winds FURY.
The Greatest Cyclone Ever Known In
Missouri.
ONE ENTIRE COUNTY SWEPT.
Many Lives Lost and an Immense
Destruction Of Property.
IT VISITS OHIO AND MICHIGAN,
Carrying Destruction in It's Track in
all Directions.
THR MISSOURI CYCLONE.

THR MISSOURI CYCLONE.
ST Louis, May 1.-THE telegraph wires
are still Frustrated between here and the
scene of yesterdays cyclone in southwest
ern Missouri, and no definite information
regarding the storm has yet been received.
Ia general way it is stated Oronoga was
totally destroyed and number of persons
injured but not killed. A relief train was
started from Joplin but it could not pro-
coed owing to the railroad track being
covered with fallen timber, and it was
forced to return. Further efforts are be-
ing made to reach the place both by train
and telegraph, and it is believed news of
the situation there will soon be received.
At Liberty, Mo-, several houses were de-
stroyed or badly damaged, and :. in the
country adjacent, several farm
houses and other buildings
were blown down, fences destroyed and
trees uprooted. Capt. John Thompson
was severely hurt and his horse killed while
passing barn that was blown down.
At Missouri City on the Missouri the
steamer Bright Light was torn from her
moorings and blown across the river and
lodged on sand bar. 1t is not stated
whether she was damaged.
Near Petersburg the storm was severe,
leveling several houses, blowing down
trees, fences, etc. Fragments of houses and
pieces of clothing were blown into Pattens-
burg from across Grand river, indicating a
good deal of destruction done on the south
side of that stream.
At Troy, Kas., sixteen miles west of ST.
Joseph, two houses were demolished bat
nobody hurt.
FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM ORoNAGO.
JOPLIN, Mo-, May 14.-About 1880 yes
terday afternoon cyclone struck Oronago
and literally demolished the place. 1t is
on the main line Of the Frisco road, nine
miles northeast of Joplin, and had about
| 600 people. The storm approached from
the southwest and presented the funnel
like shape peculiar to cyclone. But one
building of any size, the Masonic hall, re-
mains standing.
Two brick buildings we're RACED to their
foundations. A messenger on horseback
was dispatched to Joplin for aid. The
railroad agent placed special train at
disposal of the people, and shortly before
midnight reached the scene of
the disaster, with thirteen physicians
and 200 persons ready to give assistance.
The scene this morning is one of desolation,
as the once fourishing villageis mass of
debris. The following are the casualties:
Alex. Goodman, instantly killed; Sadie,
| daughter of Goodman, died during the
night; George Goodman, fatally injured;
Mrs. Ellis, seriously hurt; Charles Wyatt,
leg and arm broken; Mrs. Napier, injured
internally; JAS. Jacobs, aged ten, found on
the prairie half mile from town, with leg
broken; Joseph Cummings, leg broken and
head bruised; Mrs. DR.. Lafayette, injured
| slightly; Mrs. j. W. Haines, injured in
ternaliy; Mollie Haines, thought to be IA
| tally injured; Emmett Haines, fatal wound
in head; Frank Ellis, injured in arm and
hip; Mollie Haines, not expected TO live
through the day; j. SCOTS child, head in
jured; Chas. Goodwin, leg broken. About
forty other persons are injured.
THE KANSAS CITY KILLED AND WOUNDED.
KANSAS CRY, May 14.-Great crowds
went through the streets this morning, the
southern part of the city, viewing the de-
struction wrought by last nights storm.
Already the workmen are busy clearing the
debris from the streets and patching up
such houses as are capable of repair and
yet III confusion, and estimates of the loss
Of property will not be obtainable before
afternoon. The following is the reported
killed:
Willie Sieben, Mrs. David Reid and Joseph
Burns. The injured are, James Drum
mond, injured internally and very serious
ly; II. Lebrecht, dangerously, and injured
internally; Mrs. Trainer, injured about
he ETlc
Mrs. Thos. j. Dye, dangerously injured in
ternally, Mrs. Mcclellan, injured inter
nally; three-year-old child of Mrs. Jack
son (colored) fatally injured internally;
Arthur Whitney aged twelve years, dan
gerously injured about the head; Mrs.
Cynthia Davis, terribly cut about the head
and face; Frank Jenkins, badly cut about
the head and face; two children of Joseph
Jackson, one four years old, are not ex-
pected to live; Jackson was lying ill in
bed when the roof was taken from over his
head; child of Ed. Wheeler, badly hurt.
Capt. Joseph Burns of the killed, an
old boatman, was standing by the river
side, when struck by the flying timbers of
his house; his neck was broken and head
crushed. Willie Sieben was killed by the
oyerturning of wagon at the circus
grounds. Mrs. Reid was blown against a
tree and her neck broken. It was reported
that two of the employees of Coles circus
were killed, but not confirmed.
1t is probable that the definite returns
will reduce the amount of damage to
PROF. erty below the estimates of last night,
and that it will be less than $25OOOO. The
losses are almost innumerable, but gener-
ally for amounts ranging from 800 to
$4,000, as the destruction was chiefly
among the houses in the less closely built
portion of the city, generally among the
smaller dwellings,, and did not extend to
the stores or more prominent buildings.
No reports were received this morning
from outside the city, as the telegraph
wires are not yet restored, but they are be-
ing rapidly repaired and will be working
in few hours. 1t is probable that the
damage without the city is not so great as
was apprehended from the meager reports
gathered last night.
TOWN WIPED OUT.
CARTHAGE, Mo-, May 14.-At 7:4O yester-
day evening a storm which had been
threatening for hours struck the town of
Orange, few miles west of here in the
shape of a cyclone and in few minutes