New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-15
GREAT DAMAGE BY STORMS.
MUCH DESTRUCTION IN WESTERN TOWNS
BUILDINGS UNRooFED, TREES BLOWN DOWN AND
MANY PERSONS INJURED.

MANI fElfSoNS lNJOhEO
ST. LOUIS, July 14-The restoration Of tel
egraphc communication which badly broken last
night reveals the fact that the Storm part of which
swept over this city general In character and ira
versed not only aarge Missouri but covered vari
ous sections OF Kansas, Iowa and Illinois, The velocity
oil the wind in this city nfty miles hour, and 1t
apparently from nearly all directions, but mainly
from the north aud northwest No serious individual
losses were sustained but great number Of minor ones
disclosed In the of damage to roofs gable ends
Of houses chmneys, shutters. signs, fences, tr ees
shrubbery, etc, the whole Of which will amount TO
many thousands Of dollars Some slight injuries to per-
are reported, but nobody seriously hurt East
st. Louis also suffered la similar manner and tram
OF twenty-five cars moving the Belt road, on the
river 'front.' were blown from the track and most OF them
badly wrecked At Bellevie, H., number Of houses
less injured, seriously. At Alton, ILL.,,
three churches lost part OF their roofs and walls aud the
Laclede Hotel dismantled Several other buildings
slightly injured and the streets Uttered with
fallen trees
At Sumner, ILL.,. large Touring mill unroofed aud
heavy damage caused TO the machinery and stock from
the deugo Of rain which rushed through the building
from top to bottom Several other buildings
or less injured.
At Carmi, Ill, several houses were slightly shattered,
but no serious damage done.
At Olney, Ill., two churches badly injured and
large number OF trees uprooted Other damage was
done.
Near Browning Mo-, train was blow from the track
Conductor Watson badly hurt, the baggage man
slightly wounded and six passengers injured The latter
taken to Lnncus, No. and cared for. MIRA Perry.
of nneus. had her ribs and collsrbone broken and will
probably die. Mrs Lollcy. OF Sullivan County Mo-,
badly hurt on the head aud side Alexander Craig, OF
st. Joseph. NO., bad lib broken. Theodore j. Shea OF
Cincinnati, had wrist dslocated and fingers broken.
J. Ross OF Luneus had his shoulder fractured s. T.
smith. Of ottumwa, Iowa, was jammed be.
tween and badly hurt A, Ross,
| OF Linneus, received scalp wound
In the vicinity OF Lnneus the storm did great damage 70
crops, buildings aud farm property generally At Wells
Vile. NO., the school house nearly destroyed At
Jefferson City the main cell building Of the pententiary
unrooied, and one two other houses damaged.
Dispatches from Marysvle. No, say that twenty
| business houses were unroofed, a number OF small
houses and shops wrecked tue City Hall unroofed and
partly blown down. and the Post Office aud two nows-
| paper offices badly damaged The large elevator Of
Brinton welch suffered severely and the Kansas City
Railroad Depot and the Wabash freignt-house were
badly injured. Twenty thousand dollars will not cover
| the damage 10 the town. Burlington Junction s re-
ported 10 be almost completely wrecked. not dozen
houses IN town escaping injury. One was fatally
wounded and thirty blown from the track
Tho little OF Sidney Ia also reported badly dam.
aged. At Maiden, Mo-, one church, q schoolhousc the
Masonic Hall and unfinished hotel were demolished,
and several residences seriously injured The loss
10 over $4,000.
| At Strawberry, No. one church wrecked and two
| others greatly damaged. The tower Of the Normal
| School was blown down. aud several dwellings we're
| moved from their foundations Wilcox. NO, small
town seven mlcs from Marysvlle. had nearly all OF s
houses injured. Several other hamlets aud small VII
| lagos in Missouri more or less damaged The
s,orm was accompanied by heavy rainfall ia most
localities and IN places large hail feel In great
quantities. doing Injury to orchards gardens aud
| sl growing crops
| BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED IN DAKOTA.
| BISMARCK, OAK, July 14.-About o'clock
| yesterday afternoon the heaviest wind storm ever
known IN tb. region began aud lasted about On hour
1 and half The wind time reached the velocity
Of sixty miles hour Lumber piles were blown down
aad few houses Of erection demolished.
| The wind storm followed by shower which
swcllod into rain at q point within twelve miles from
bismarck and tending eastward dispatch from Dick.
nsou says two fronts were blown In by the
storm aud that the shops being built at that point by
| the Northern Pacific Railroad Company were damaged
| slightly.
| The prediction Is made az the Untei States Signal
| Office that the storm will be severe Ia the East
| JAMESTOWN. OAK. July l4.-There wRs a good fall OF
rain throughout tho James River Valley yesterday The
crops injured by the previous drouh, but the