Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-16
RUIN BY WIND AND RAIN.
EIGHT STATES AND A TERRI
TORY DEVASTATED.

The Most Widespread Devastation, and
the Brunt of the Storm Borne in Mis-
souri-Many Small Towns in Ruins
The Death List MiracuIousIy Low
Crops Ruined.
ST. LOUIS, July IA heavy rain and
wind storm passed over this city last
night and did considerable damage on
land and river. Maryville was visited by
cyclone yesterday. Thirteen of the best
business houses were unroofed. The
| court house and the jail were badly
damaged, and the City Hall and the Pres
byterian Church are almost total wrecks.
The restoration of telegraphic communi-
| cation, which was badly broken last
night, reveals the fact that the storm.
part OF which swept over this city, was
general in character. and traYersed not
only large part of Missouri, but cover
ed various sections of Kansas, Iowa and
Illinois. The velocity of the storm
in this city was 80 miles per
hour, and came apparently
from nearly all directions. but mainly
from the North and Northwest. No seri-
GUS individual losses were sustained. but
great number of minor ones are dis
closed in the way of damage to roofs, the
gable ends of houses, chimneys, shutters,
signs, fences, trees, shrubbery, ETC., the
whole OF which will aggregate many thou
sands of dollars. Some slight injuries to
persons are reported, but nobody wa sserl-
Ously hurt.
East st. Louis suffered in similar
manner, and a train of % cars, moving on
the belt road on the river front, were
blown from the track and most of them
badly wrecked.
Near Browning train was blown from
the track. Conductor Watson was badly
hurt, baggageman was slightly wounded
and one passenger injured. In the
vicinity OF Linens the storm did great
damage to crops, buildings and farm
property generally.
At Wellsville the school house was
nearly destroyed
AT Jefferson City the main-cell building
OF the penltentiary was unrOOfed and one
or two other houses were damaged.
Dispatches from Maryville, Mo-, say
that twenty business houses were un-
rooted there and number of small houses
and shops wrecked. The CITY Hall was
unrooted and partly blown down, and the
post office and two newspaper offices We're
badly damaged. The large elevator of
Brinton Il Welch suffered severely,
and the Kansas City Railroad
depot and the Wabash freight house
were badly injured. Twenty thousand
dollars VIII not cover the damage to the
town. Burlington junction is regarded
as almost completely wrecked, not a
dozen houses in the town escaping in
jury. One man was fatally wounded
Thirty cars were blown from the track.
The little town of Sydney is also re-
ported as badly damaged.
AT Maiden, one church, a school house,
the Masonic Hall and an unfinished hotel,
were demolished and several residences
seriously injured. The loss is over
$4,000.
At Stanberry, one church was wrecked
and two others greatly damaged. The
tower of the Normal School was blown
down and several dwellings moved from
their foundations.
Wilcox, small town seven miles from
Marysyille had nearly all its houses in
jured. Several other hamlets and small
villages in Missouri were more or less
damaged. The storm was accompanied
by heavy rainfall in most localities and
in some places large hail stones fell in
great quantities, doing very serious injury
to orchards, gardens and all growing
crops.
TRENTON, Mo-, July IA severe
storm passed over this town yesterday.
The Presbyterian church, the public
school and other buildings were badly
damaged. The destruction in this vicinity
is estimated at from $4,000 to $50, 600.
KANSAS CITY, July 15.-A special dis
patch from Benton, Mo-, says that during
storm Friday, mill was blown INTO
Grand river and completely wrecked.
The loss was $4,000. The PRESBYTERIAN
Church was destroyed, causing a loss of
$4,000. Many other buildings were badly
damaged.