The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-15
THE KANSAS CITY CYCLONE.
Latest From tho Scene OF tho Whirlwind
The Killed and Other Losses.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, May IA very
destructive cyclone swept through the
southern and eastern part OF the city at 8
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon. The house Of
Mr.. j. c. Horton, on Drip street was par
italy DESTROYED. In the Fourth Ward the
houses OF Rev. A. ID. Madeira, A. Glenn,
Upton Ely, ID. 5. Irwin, Il. j.. Frey and
REFERS grocery house were demolished
and ruined. The wind blew on corner Of
the house OF Mr.. Charles Daggett. On
MCGEE street the houses OF Mr.. John
Henglee, DR.. Crow and others we're de-
stroyed. Crossing Oak street, the new
church OF the German Evangelical Society,
but recently completed at cost OF S35 900,
was totally ruined, S were all the
houses on Fourteenth street, facing the
park, from Oak 10 Locust streets.
A number Of frame and brick struct-
ures at Thirteenth and Cherry
streets were destroyed. At Holmes
( and Thirteenth streets Colc,s-, circus
was about reloading It's tents. A
number OF small boys were standing about.
when the storm came up one Of the boys,
Willie Siben, eleven years old, took refuge
Dehind a large wagon. The wagon was
overturned and he was crushed to death
beneath IL. The fine house OF Mr.. B. S.
rierson on Twelfth and l.. Manloye's on
Harrison were blown down. On Lydia
avenue the frame house Of Mr.. Downing
was destroyed, aud on Ninth street east
OF Lydia avenue the new Methodist
chapel was scattered to the winds.
The roof OF the Stock Exehpnge
was blown of and the boat house OF Joe
Burns, well-known Missouri River
steamboatman. was knocked to splinters.
The track OF the cyclone covered distance
OF about three miles. The storm was ac-
companled by torrents OF rain and beating
hall. The loss on property Will reach
$4,000 Al least fifty buildings were
blown down and 200 more badly damaged.
The character OF property destroyed Is
chiefly dwellings and shrubbery. The
path OF the storm did not touch the buH.
ness part OF the city, and the stores de-
stroyed were small retail establishments In
the residence portion.
THE KILLED,
SO far a. known, are four: A citizen, name
unknown; two employees OF Coles circus,
and the boy Sieken above mentioned. The
number OF wounded Is about fifteen. The
damage by wind across the country west Of
Wyandotte was principally to fruit farms,
aud the loss Is placed at $50, 200. Four
farm-houses were blown down. David
Reed, farmer, was seriously hurt; bis
wife was blown against tree and her neck
broken. she died instantly. +. W.
Mathews, with two year old child In his
arms, was blown 800 feet through the air
and dropped unhurt. Mrs. smith and five
others of family were sitting
In a small farm house. when the building
was lifted up and carried over their heads.
No one was hurt. A large number Of fam
lilies were rendered temporarily homeless,
NJ many houses were so damaged rs to be
rendered unsafe until repaired.
A special from Liberty. NO., reports that
the storm did considerable damage In that
town, tnIuring large buildings and blowing
down small ones. A large portion Of the
roof of the Marshall Jewell College was torn
away. Considerable damage IL reported
from Plattonsburg, Dayless County, and
from 4nondaga, on the Frisco Road. A
special from Missouri City reports that
the cyclone did some damage
there. The steamer Bright Light was ua.
fastened and blown across the river, lodg-
ing on q small bar. kilograms from Oro-
nogo, Mo-, received this morning, are to
the effect that the town was completely
destro, cd BY the cyclone ofyesterday after.
noon. The storm lasted fifteen minutes
and then nothing was left OF the place.
Two persons were killed outright and
thlrty-three others were wounded. A
reiief committee Is being organized there
to-day.
A special from St. Joseph states that a
heavy thunder and wind storm passed over
Troy, Kansas, sixteen miles west OF 81.
Joseph, ats o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The houses OF f. l.. Weltol and
Thomas Wright were demolished. No one
was hurt.
Already the workmen are busy cleaning
the debris from the streets aad PACKING up
such houses as are capable Of repair and
rendering them tenablc. Everythlhgi Is vet
In cohiu,i'n l'l n complete list OF the
wounded and estimates OF the loss OF
property cannot be obtained yet. Prof. j.
NJ. Greenwood. Superintendent OF the
Public Schools. bad his ankle broken and
head cut The small loss Of life ia re.
markable. Hundreds Of houses were 10.
tally demolished and many were buried
beneath the ruins, and 1t seems almost q
miracle that no more lives were lost.