Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-15
WIND AND WATER
WORK THEIR OWN SWEET WILL
NORTH AND WEST.
storm In New York Flood In Virginia
sharp Blow at 81. Lostis-Cycione
at uaryviiie.
Special tothe Gazet te.

at Marysine.
Special tothe Gazet te.
st. Louis, July ia severe storm
ofwind and rain struck this city Mt 0
O'Clock this afternoon. In the North
End considerable damage was done to
shaky and loose gable ends. Several
large RATS of lumber and shingles
broke loose from shore and were seat
tered and swept down the river The
storm caused even more damage In
East st. Louis, where the
Cairo Short Line round-house
was unroofed. The Wabash
d Chicago and Alton freight depots
were also partly unroofed. The
steamer Charles Bowen was close to
the bridge, towing a barge loaded with
walnut lumber when the heavy blow
came. The barge was driven against
the pier and sunk and the steamer
was blown over against the bank just
above the pier where she still lies
wedged into corner and considerably
damaged. There were several men
on the barge when she sunk, aud 1t is
still uncertain whether or not they all
reached shore. Some of them did and
they say none were lost but one or
two have not been seen by any OF the
boatmen. Over in st. Clair county
the crops of grain which were partly
harvested have been in many places
completely destroyed. AT Bellville
the depot of the Cairo Short
Line railroad was unroofed.
Several persons were slightly injured,
but no report of fatalities have been re-
ceived except as stated. AS regards
the barge, these are doubtful. as with
the heavy clouds 1t became dark inn
mediately, which added to the confu-
sion.
by Associated Press.
Breeae at st. Louis.
st. Louis. July l3-A few minutes
before o'clock tonight a heavy wind
and rain storm passed over the city,
doing considerable damage, both on
land and river The tow boat, Char
was blown from her moorings at the
foot of Buchanan street, in the north
ern party of the city, and forced across
the river and driven ashore just above
the bridge. 1t is said her bows are
stove in, and that she is sunk. The
barge struck one of thepiers of the
bridge and sunk. She was valued at
$1,000 and was insured for 81 ,00o.
The propeller Nagatoches and a canal
boat belonging to Chicago were blown
| from one of the lumber yards in the
northern part of the city across the
river, but both landed safely at Venice,
| I'll. A lumber raft containing nine
hundred thousand feet of boards, and
a raft of logs of half million feet,
were driven from their moorings
and tioated down the river.
The lumber raft struck the bridge and
was broken into three or four pieces.
Five men on it had n narrow escape
from drowning, but were recovered by
| tug Three tugs and n tow boat
were sent after the RATS. SO far as is
known, the damage in the city con-
sists Of The uulooing of the Missouri
Pacific freight house at Seventh and
asylum at Morgan and
Twentieth streets. Numerous minor
| injuries to buildings in various parts
OF the city, and the blowing down of
many chimneys, signs, trees, fences,
etc. The wind came from the south
west and was quite strong for n few
minutes. A vague report is circulated
| that tornadoes occurred at Moberly
and one or two other places in the
state, but the telegraph wires are 50
| badly injured that no information can
be obtained.
The Tornado's Track.
Kansas City, July l3:-The Times
st. Joseph, Mo-, special says: A tor
| nado passed over this region this after
noon, doing much damage. The first
town in the track of the storm, as far
as known was Hamburg, Iowa, which
was struck about noon. A brick
church and several frame houses were
wrecked, and the front walls
cf several business houses fell
out into the street The storm
then appeared at Wesboro in Atchison
county, Mo-, demolishing eight or ten
houses and injuring nearly all the
buildings in the place. One child was
killed; name not learned. Strawberry,
Mo-, was struck about one o'clock.
The main tower of the Normal school
and the cupola of the Baptist church
were blown Off Three other churches
were moved from their foundations,
| and one wrecked. Several stores and
dwellings were injured at Burlington
Junction, where the storm appeared
about o'clock. This is n small place,
and it Is said not n house escaped in
/ jury. Main street presented scel'e
of destruction. 1t was filed With
the wrecks of buildings.
The fronts of several stores
were blown in and the walls carried
away, and Others unroofed. 1t is re-
ported that the people there are in
need Of help, but it is impossible at
4 present to learn definitely the siiua-
ton. Its also reported that the storm
was very severe at Maryville; that
about twenty-five houses were blown
down. Owing to au interruption OF
the wires, nothing definite was. re-
ceived from there. About O'Clock n
black cloud appeared here, north of
the city, but divided and passed on
either side, without doing any serious
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