Iron County register., 1883-05-24


KANSAS CITY IN MOURNING.
Psrts OF the City Devastated BY d
| Cyclone.
Ed. Register-On last Sunday afternoon
our city was visited by cyclone-the hrst II
has experienced. though hard winds and
B:oek cyclones do some little damage every
year. About three O'Clock in the afternoon,
we Of the famed corner Of Ninth and Mul-
berry were gazing at the magnificent spec.
tacle presented to us to the northward,
probably six or seven miles distant, where
| a cyclone was spending its fury. Whilst We
| were congratulating ourselves on our mar
row escape from his funncl-shaped majesty,
| and commenting upon the probable damage
he left in his train, our attention was called
to another cloud forming at Armordale,
| which lies Il little south of west from here.
At first slowly, then more rapidly, it formed,
and, when 1t seemed to have gathered all it's
forces, it started on its march of dealing to
rich and poor, high and low, along its line,
its terrible curses. On it came, and crossing
the kaw river commenced its deeds of wick
edness by killing poor boatman, Joe Burns
by name. Ever and anon it rose high in the
air only to descend again to mother earth to
mark its path of destruction. Taking a
northeasterly course, it did little serious
damage I'm the bottom, excepting the killing
OF Burns and the lcveling of some houses.
On nearing the bluffs, however, it seemed to
gain new strength, and demolished most
ruthlessly many Of the fine, comfortable
homes which line the bluffs. Onward it
pressed, and going from Sixteenth and Penn
and Fourteenth to Grand Avenue, it marked
its path-but too plainly-by unrOOfing hous-
es, moving them of their foundations, and
injuring many people. At Fourteenth and
Grand Avenue, It visited each of the corners
and in quick succession demolished the build
ings which stood there ~ marks Of the pro-
gress of the city. Crossing Oak street, the
cyclone, rs though 1t were an internal agent
from the depths below, totally ruined the
new and elegant German Evangelical Church,
which had Just been completed at n cost Of
$35 900. All the houses facing the park from
Oak to Locust streets-Or, rather, their ABB
sence were made to tell Of the ferociOus-
ness of the wind, and ''sprout" did service
to several from Thirteenth to Fourteenth
streets. At Locust his majesty rose again
high In the air, only to descend again at Thir-
teenth and Cherry, and unimproving the
property from Cherry to Holmes. Still vent.
ihg its rage, Il crossed to Twelfth, and not q
bAsiness house was left on that atthoroughfare
from Holmes TO Harrison 1T for occupancy.
At last, tireing from its own fury, and des-
perate in its last attempt, Il swept down on
Lydia Avenue, and then again made many
who were IN comfortable circumstances feel
the chilled hands Of poverty.
A walk or drive through the district visit
ed fiils one with awe and horror. Forum.
ately, the cyclone was only from one to three
hundred feet wide, and the damage was not
Whist It might have been. As 1t Is, about one
hundred buildings were totally destroyed
and about three hundred rendered untena-
bic. The newpapers, with their usual care
tulness Of the business Of the city, place
these figures considerably lower.
Only three deaths were reported; but To-
day Madame Rumor has it that many more
lives were sacrificed. Still it is wonderful
that moro persons were not killed and
wounded.
perfectly safe, and looked OH the rawlings Of
the storm with impunity, being only two
squares away; and there was not enough
wind to flap our coat tails. The sight was
grand, and we tried to compute the number
and variety Of the revolutions made by raj
ters and other timbers. 1t was also comical
to sec the people running, as though mad, to
escape the elements. Had we been treated
to Il midnight visit instead of an afternoon
call, many more would have been reaped i'm
the harvest of death. In half All hour n calm
prevailed, and instead Of 400 the thermOm-
eter registered ZOE; the evening was ex-
trcmely pleasant; and to-day has also been
so, till within the past few hours it seems us
though we will have more rain.
The Mayor has issued proclamation, call
ing Il meeting ut the Board of Trade Hall
tending to the relief of the sufferers.
Work Is being steadily pushed along the line
Of the great march, and In few months new
instead Of demolished buildings will mark it.
To many the loss Is severe, and will never be
from; but it will start big boom
In building.
Our local weather prophets were taken by
surprise by the storm, as there were no
warnings, excepting the high winds that
for some time
Business is not very brisk, and merchants |
have been complaining for some time; still |
every clearing house quotation shows an in. |
:rease of from s. to 100 per cent. Kansas
City points with pride to the fact that her
:learings are greater than those of Eastern
titles OF 1900 and over.
The health Of the community at present Is
,ood; but her medicus was kept busy for
months past. The sanitary laws are being
and every day many are made 70
,ay for an unclean alley or other nuisance.
Happy to notice the improvements in the
REGISTER Office. INCOGNITO.
KANSAS CRY, May IA.
Free Of Charge.
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