The daily gazette., 1883-05-15
A DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
A Cyclone In Kansas City--Three PeOpl'
Killed and n Number WOunded--De
structiOn of Property.

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Killed and Number wounded--De-
structiOn of Property.
KANSAS CITY, May 14.-Great crowds
thronged the streets in the South part ofthe
city to-day, to view the effects of terrific
wind storm, which visited this city yester-
| day. Workmen are clearing the streets and
patching up houses capable of repair. Con-
fusion still prevails, and complete lists OF
| wounded and of losses are not procurable,
but 1t is known that three persons were
killed and thirteen wounded
AWAITING DEFINITE RETURNS.
| 1t was reported that two employees OF
| Coles circus were Killed, but this is not con-
frmed. Probably definite returns will re.
| duce the estimate of damage to property to
less than 1900. The losses are almost
countless, but generally in amounts from
500 to $5 900, as the destruction was not In
the best part of the city. No reports are re-
ceived from out of town, as the telegraph
wires are not yet restored. The damage in
the country is probably less than appie.
hended from the meagre reports obtainable
| last night.
Reports from Wyandotte county estimate
the loss there at S40, 900. Mrs. Reid and one
| child, near Wyandotte, are dead. Mr.. Reid
| and three children are badly hurt, and their
recovery is doubtful.
An appeal for aid has been received here
from Muncie,a railroad station twelve miles
from Wyandotte, indicating that the disas-
ter is wide spread. A reporter drove for
several miles through the country along the
track of the storm and found everything
within Its confines swept away. Many farm
houses are gone and several persons have
been killed. The cyclone passed over an
extent of territory fully 15 miles in length.
SOME OF THE RUINED TOWNS.
The track of the Missouri Pacific railroad
is reported to be obstructed by land slide
south OF Leavenworth and the morning
trains had not arrived at noon. A dispatch
from Liberty, Mo-, says that the damage
done in that town was slight, but several
farms east of there suffered considerable
damage and large portion of the roof of
Marshall Jewell College was torn away.
The storm is reported to have crossed the
Indian Territory somewhere between Nc
Allister and Atoka, on the Missouri Pacific
road.
A despatch from Brookfeld, Mo-, says
FIVE persons were killed and 10 or l5
wounded at Macon City, on the Hannibal
Road, 40 miles from that place. The tele-
graph wires are down on both sides of Macon
City, consequently nothing confrmatory
can be learned.
Humps brewery, corner of Main and
Fourteenth streets, this city, suffered
severely, and the new German Evangelical
Church, which cost 1856, 600, was ruined, as
was also the new Methodist Church, on
Lydia avenue. The line of the storm ex-
tends through the city nearly three miles,
and in its route trees, bricks, rafters and
household effects are scattered in endless
confusion, blocking up the roadway in many
places. From Main street the hurricane fol-
lowed Fourteenth street to Grand avenue,
thence to McGee street, destroying all the
houses on the South side for one block,
from Oak to Locust streets; on Fourteenth
all the houses facing the park are wrecked.
SIX KILLED, THIRTY-THREE WOUNDED.
CARTHAGE, Mo-, May 14.-Last night a
cyclone struck the town of Oranago, a few
miles west Of here, and In few minutes the
town was entirely destroyed, except a few
dwellings. Six persons were killed and
thirty-three wounded many seriously and
perhaps fatally. The storm was not so dis
astrous at Webb City as was at first re-
ported. Very few persons were hurt and
none killed. A few houses were unroofed,
and some were moved off their foundations.
Business signs were carried three miles from
the city by the wind. Joplin and Carthage
escaped with very little injury, but the
storm passed up the Spring River Valley,
moving everything In its way, and killing
and injuring people and stock. The cy.
clone travelled in northwesterly direction,
aud its track was about 200 yards wide.