Daily Republican., 1883-05-16
A w ESTERN STORM.
Ravages Of a Cyclone that swep
Through Missouri,

| Through Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE telegraph
wires are still Frustrated between; her,
and the scene Of yesterdays tornado il
Southwestern Missouri.
AT Liberty, Mo-, several houses wer,
destroyed or badly damaged, and il
the adjacent country several farm
houses and other building, We're bowl
down, fences were destroyed and tree.
uproored. Captain John THOMPSON
was severely injurel and his horse was
killed while passinga barn that was
blown down.
At Missouri City, on the Missouri
river, the steamer Bright Light was
torn from her moorings, blown across
the river and lodged on IA sand-bar.
Near Pattonsburg the storm was &C.
we're, leveIing several houses and blow
ing down trees, fences, etc Fragments
of houses and pieces of clothing were
blown into pattonsburg from across the
Grand river,thus indicatingthat consid-
cradle destruction was done on the
south side Of that stream. AT Troy,
Kansas, sixteen miles west of St. J0-
seph, Mo-, two houses were demolished
but nobody was hurt.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. May l4.-Kump's
brewery, corner of Main and Four
teenth stree:s, suffered severely by the
storm Of yesterday, and the new Ger
man Evangelical Church, which cost
$4,000, was ruined, as was also the
new Methodist Church Oh Lydia ave
nue.. The line Of the storm extends
through the city nearly three mi les, and
in its route trees, bricks, rafters and
household effects are scattered in end
less confusion, blocking up the road
way in many places. From Main
street the hurricane followed Fourteenth
street to Grand avenue, thence to Me
Gee street, destroying all the houses on
the south side fer o:.e block from Oak to
Locust street on Fourteenth. All the
houses facing the Park are wrecked.
Professor Greenwood, Superintendent
ofrity schools, receivel painful bruises
and had an ankle sprained. Mr.. Stein
had most OF his clothing torn from his
body.
Reports from Wyandotte County eSti-
mate the loss there at $40,0OO Mrs.
Rcn and one child, near Wyand0tte,
are dead Mr.. Reed and three children
are badly hurt, and their recovery is
A dispatch from Brookteld, Mo-,
says tive persons were killed and ten
or fifteen wounded at Macon City, on
the Hannibal road, forty miles from
that place. The telegraph wires are
down on both sides of Macon City, con-
seqnently nothing contrmatory can yet
he learned.
At Whitesville, Andrew County,
Simon Stingley had all his property de-
'troyed. His mother, who was alone
in tn" house was carried ten or fifteen
rods, and died in an hour from the ef-
feet Of her injuries
The following is the latest report of
he killed: Willie Sieben. Mrs. David
Reid and Joseph Burns.
The injured reported are James
Dru'nmond; internally, very se rious
A. Ieebrrcht, dangerously, internally
Mrs Trainor, about the knees Mrs. S.
Iorie, ankle broken Mrs. Thomas j
Dye, dangerously hurt internally Mrs.
William Mcclellan, internally: Mrs.
Wary .jackson's three -year-old child
'co.ured), fatally, internally Arthur
Whitney, aged - years, dangerously
bout the mead Mrs, Cynthia Davis,
erribly chi about the head and face:
crank ,lrukinS badly cut about the
lead and face two children OF Joseph
'"kson one and tOur years old, not
xpccted to live Mr.. jackson was i'll
II bed when the roof was blow from
yer his head. Ed, Wheeler's child was
adly hurt.
Capt. Joe Burns, an old boatmav,
'as standing by the river side " hen he
vas struck by iii" flying ti,nbcr> of his
uuS", and had his neck broken and
cad crushed.
Willie Sirh"n was Killed by the oyer
Irulng OF wagon at the circus |,
rouMlS.
Mrs. Reed was blown against a tree
nj had her neck broken.
CARTHAGE, Mo-, May l4.-At 7.4OI
lSt Night IA cyclone struck the town of
runUgO Il few miles west of here, and
| Il few minutes the town was entirely
rSlroy"l, except a few dive lings. Six
rr>on> Wr,r killed and tlirty-thrre ,
.Oundrd, many seriously.
FL KnArT, Ind, May l4.-Duriug IL
ind storm at White Pigeon, Mich, |,
Ils afternoon, Il frame SrhuolhouSe
He'd with children was blown down. -
lillian Mu:Ik was crushed to death,
nd several were in.lurcl..