Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-15
A Three Limbed Fiend Dealing
Out Death and Destruction,
The Angry Elements Strike
the State From Three
Points.
The Wrecked Region of Kansas
City Graphically Sketched
by Daylight.
The Loss of Property Distribu-
ted Generally Among the
Working Glasses.
Several Small Towns Reduced
in Size or Entirely Ruined.
Reports From All Points.

Special Dispatch 10 THE BBs.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 14.-The
latest estimates that can be given
place the loss of property between
$3.50, 600 and $500, 900. At least
iftys building were blown down and
two hundred more badly damaged.
The lat OF killed and wounded cannot
be given to.nigh'. Four are reported
killed: A citizen, name unkno ~n,
two employees of Coles Cirque, and d
boy named Sslbsn. The circus had
Just arrived and the tents had Lot
been ratsed.
The character of the property de.
stroyed wa chiefly dwellings, and
s%hrubbsry. The path of the storm
did not touch the business part of the
city, and the stores destroyed were
those Of small retailers scat.
tered throughout the residence por. |
tlon. Ramps brewery on Main and
fourteenth street suffered severely,
and a new German Evangelical
church, costing $50 600, vas ruined,
as was also the new Methodist church,
Oh LYDIA avenue Prominent am >ng
the houses demolished are those OF j.
G. Horton, Raw. A. d Madeira, John
Hengle, DR.. Grow, A l.. L Glenn,
Upton Berry, G. S. irwin, K j.
Frey, B F. Puraon, l. Msniove; o
portion Of III elegant residence of
Cnas. ID .ggett was carried away.
Tue limo Of ruin trsversing the city
extends nearly three miles, and pre-
sents a mos5 chostlc appearance.
Trees, timbers, bricks, rafters and
household effects are scattered about
In endless confusion, and block ny the
roadway at many places. The cyclone
was accompanied by torrents of rain
and beating hail, which, pour
Ing Into the disuaan.
tied houses, greatly increased
the work of general destruction. In
several instances heavy beams, striking
the walls, were driven almost ent!rely
through tde houses. As the srsoS OF
the storm was conf ied 10 q rsrrow
limit, the psople it tha streets all
spccaeded il geEciog oct q; ia way,
but III uy If tbOss la rba hJGass had
nut .uttiCtsnt w.tuin& 10 got coo re
f ore the hurricane was upon them, and
those generally reiterated to the GEL
lara. Greater damage was done east
of Main street than on the west side.
From Main street the hurricane fol.
lowed Fourteenth street to Grand av-
enue, thence TO MCGEE, destroying al.
houses on the south side of the street.
for one block. From Ok to Locust,
on Fourteenth, all houses facing tbs
park we're wrecked. The wind lifted
for about a block, then, dropping
again, cleared the north side of Thir
tenth for another block. Rsachiue
Twelfth, another block was swep'
clean, and from thence to the point Of
termination buildings here and there
were touched by the z,gzsging vino.
and more or less injured.
A reporter arrived early iast might
from Wyandotte bringing intelligence
that the destruction in that vicintt,
Is much greater than at first supposed
An appeal for aid was received Their
from Muncie, a railroad station twelv'
miles from Wysndotte, indicating tina
the disaster was widespread. The re
porter drove for several miles through
the country along the track of tn
storm and found everything within 1t
confines swept away. He states tina
many farm houses are gone and sew
eral persons killed, and that tn
length of the cyclone must be fifteel
miles. Nothing definite from tia
country can be learned before morn
ing, owing to the trouble with tele.
graph wires.
ST.. LOUIS, May IA --Telegrap
wires are still FRUSTRATED between her
and the scene of yeaJerday's cyc.on
in Southern Missouri and no defait
information regarding the storm hs
yet been received. In a general wa
It Is stated that Oronoga was total
destroyed and a number of person
injured but not killed. A relief trail
/. was started from Joplin but 1t coul
not proceed, owing to the rsilros
track being covered with fallen tin
bers. Further efforts are being mao
to reach the place both by train an
telegraph, and 1t Is believed that new
of the situation there will soon be r
ceived.
At Liberty, Mo-, several hous,
were destroyed or badly damage
and In the country adjacent sever
farm houses and other buildings we
blown down, fences destroyed, a,
trees ~uprooted. At Missouri CITY,
the Missouri river, the steamer Brig
Light was torn from her moorine
blown across the river and lodged
O sand bar.
Near Pattonsbury the storm W
severe, leveling several houses, bio
ing down trees, fences, etc, Fra
ments of houses and pieces of clothi
were blown into Pattonsburg fro
across the Grand river, indicating
good deal of destruction done on t
south side of that stream.
At Troy, KS, sixteen miles west
st. Joseph, two houses were dem
ished, but no n hurt.
KILLED AMI WOUNDED.
The following Is the latest report
those killed: Will Z. Scieben, NJ
David Ried, Jos. Burns. The
iured: James Drummond, injur
4 internally, very serious; H. Lebroc!
dangerously injured internally; M
Trainor, injured about the kne
Mrs. S, Loric, ankle broken; M
Thomas j. Dye, dangerously injul
internally; Mrs. VIM. Mcclellan,
iured internally; a three.year' old Oh
of Mary Jackson (colored) fatally
jrred internally Arthur With