San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-31
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A TORNADO OF formidable ulmeHSlonS
struck Kansas City, and within q few
minutes it had caused the destruction
of $500 900 worth of property. Three
lives are known to have been lost and
many persons were injured more or
less severely. The storm was aterrlDle
one while it lasted. Hailstones as large
as hens eggs fell in great quantities:
The dir was filled with flying debris OF
the buildings which stood In the cy-
clones path. Men and women, horses
and buggies were hurled through the
air. The escapes in many cases were
Miraculous. The storm has left havoc
and destruction in its path. The
streets were strewn with mat
tresses, pieces of lumber. and house
hold articles. In many places planks
and pieces of lumber were
driven three or four feet into the
ground. Wyandotte, near Kansas City,
suffered severely, and the little manu-
featuring suburb of Argentine was
completely wrecked.
THE divorce suit of Theresa Fair VS..
James G.. Fair came up in the District
Court at Virginia City, New. No defense
was made and in one hour the case
was closed and decree of divorce
granted Mrs. Fair. She was awarded
$4,5OO,OOO in bonds and considerable
property. She was also awarded the
custody for the three minor children,
Virginia, Theresa Alice and Charles.
The oldest boy, James g. Fair, Jr., was
awarded to the defendant :. Reliable
reports from the spring wheat section
of the country, embracing Wisconsin,
Dakota and Minnesota, Northern Iowa,
Northern Nebraska, and five counties
in Northern Illinois show the outlook
to be favorable, more so than for
number of years, with material in
crease in the acreage sown. The
Chicago Anderson pressed-brick works
were destroyed by fire. The loss is
$25O,OO0. :. The jackson Iron Com
pany's furnace at Fayatte, Mich, was
totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
600; no insurance. >. Fire in the lum-
Der district of Cincinnati destr Dyed
property to the aggregate value OF
$4,000.
The cyclone which did such serious
damage at and around Kansas City ex-
tended over greater area than was
indicated by tho first reports. Numer-
Gus small towns were visited by the
storm, dwellings and public buildings
being damaged or destroyed, and in
several instances loss of life was occa-
stoned. At Mason City five persons
were killed, and ten of fifteen injured.
Several of the wounded at Kansas City
can not recover. The property losses
will amount to hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Wind and hail did great
damage in Southwestern Michigan to
farm houses and young crops. The
greatest destruction occurred in the vi
cinitv of Sturgis, where several barns
and dwellings, were wrecked. There
was damage done by hail at several
points in Illinois, also. The village OF
Southport, near Indianapolis, was
partially wrecked by tornado, two
churches and school house being
among the buildings demolished. A
frame school house ut White Pigeon
Mich, filled with children, was over,
turned by hurricane, one boy being
killed and several little ones badly in
iured. The iron steamship, Missis
sippi, owned by the Oregon Improve
ment Company, burned at Seattle
Washington Territory. with 1,10t
bushels of coal. The chief enginee
was burned to death. The vessel wa
q total loss. She formerly belonge,
20 the Government, and was block
ade runner. Small-fruit growers i
Southern Illinois are much alarmed 4
the ravages of an insect which attack
ripening Strawberries, rendering ther
unfit for market.
Foreign.
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