Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-15

us neaui q cnlu OF Col. wheeler
badly hurt; Capt. Joseph
Burns, an old b)stmau, was
standing by the riverside when
struck by flying timbers of a log
house, and his neck broken and head
crushed.
Willie Sylben was killed by an o, or.
turning wagon at the circus grounds;
Mrs. Rled was blown against . tree
aud her neck broken. 1t was reported
that two employees of Coles circus
were killed.
THE DAMAGE.
KANSAS CITY, May IA 1T Is prob
able definite returns will reduce the
amount of damage to property by the
cyclone below the estimates of last
night; that it will be less than a quar-.
ter or q million dollars. The losses
arc almost innumerable, but generally
for amounts ranging from 81, 600 TO
81, 900, as the destruction was chiefly
among houses In the less closely settled
portion of the city, generally among
the smaller dwellings, and 1t did not
extend to stores or the more promi.
nent buildings. No reports we're re.
ceived this morning from outside the
city, as the telegraph wires are DO.
yet restored, but they are rapidly be-
ing repaired and will be working In Q
few hours. 1t 1t probable that the
damage outside the city is not SO
great as was apprehended from the
nlssgre reports gathered last night.
Mr.. VIM. Reed and three children
were 30 badly Injured that their
recovery 10 doubtful. They were all
~ the house ut the lime of tho storm,
aud tho building Was torn to atoms
The track of the Missouri Pacific Is
reported INSTRUCTED by q landslide
south of Lsavenworth, and the morn
ing trains had not arrived at noon
ATE INQUIRY
today does not ada to the list of
the killed and injured sent this morn.
ing. A number Of others received
scratches and bruises, but not serious.
ly hurt, and those of the injured In
the city previously reported, 1t lie now
thought, all will recover. Many siu-
gular freaks of the wind are recorded.
One man had his clothes literally torn
from his body, being stripped almost
to his under clothing, In q house
on MCGEE street o lady was sitting at
the piano Ia the second story; the
wind lifted the upper part of the
house and left her seated In the open
air unhurt and the instrument IN
disturbed.
l The loss In the city is now placed at
5000, 900 or more, much of it Is such
3 as shrubbery aud household goods
Q which cannot b, estimated. Individual
4 losses NJ bulldogs are generally
- below 81, 900, aud being 80 numerous
that a detailed statement Is impractic
able. The large aggregate Is made or
of small amounts
Reports from the branch of tht
? Storm which crossed Wyandotte
county estimate the loss at $4,000
= A the Read family home, neal
A Wyaudotte, Miss r ,sd and n chile
, s.-e dead.
4 THE ALE IN II SOUTHWEST.
From mesgre Information received
. By telegraph to 3 p. M, there seem
: to have been g. cyclone or destructiv'
wind storm two hundred miles soutl
of here, which originated In the east
|. ern part Of Indian territory and pssse'
northeast into southern Missouri!
spending most Of it's force at Oronogo
near joplin. For tbs greater part o
:, the distance 1t seems TO have psese'
high above the earth, doing injury a
d only a few olaceH. The storm whic.
g swept over tnis city started about tw
: miles southwest of here and passin
G northeast came down again at Liberty
" If II haa continued IL the same direc
ton 1t would pass Ia the vicinity Q
g Macon, which is over a hundred mile
further on, 30 the storm reported a
the latter place may be q continuation
It of the one experienced here. Dis
20 patches from Parsons, Lawrence an,
y Emporis, Kansas, say no high wind
/. are reported in the vicinity of thes
70 towns, but the heavy rain was general
70 Toe Journal will publish the follow
1t Ing summary of losses In the city
3. Number Of killed, g.; dangerously IL
IA jured, 3; seriously injured, 16; house
le wrecked, 30; houses unroofed, o.
ts houses slightly damaged, not compu'
1t ed; damages TO buildings and furn
v. ture, $l63, 0C0. This estimate doe
10 not include fences, trees OF shrubber,
IN which would materially increase th
at fetal. The loss west Of Wyandotte
n. placed at SAC, 1000.
= ONE WOMAN KILLRD.
Sr. JOSEPH, Mo-, May l4.-Infol
,h nation from Balckew, q few mile
north of here, on the Chicago, Blu
lington & Qainoy railroad, 10 to II
te effect that a cyclone passed ov'
as Whiteville, Andrews county, last evel
az ing, doing very little damage there
ly however, but destroying several farl
ms houses, barns, orchards and other pr
In perty In the vicinity. VIM Stingle
Id lost his house and all out building
ad the whole outfit being destroyed. III
family took refuge in a ave ana wei
de not harmed. Simon Stingley, who
nd farm adj pins Williams, had all h
VS. property destroyed, His mother. wi
re- was alone In the house, was carrie
ten or fifteen rods and died In or no.
sea from the Injuries she received. Coz
I'D, siderable other property, includil
raj houses in the track of the storm, we
ere greatly damaged, but just what
nj whose cannot be stated now. Niue
on damage to farms by heavy rains is al
5ht reported.
gs, VILLAGE WRECKED.
on CARTHAGE, Mo-, May l4-At z:
yesterday evening the ssorm Will
vas has been threatening for hours Stru
w. the town of Aronogo, a few miles WI
ag- Of here, in the shape of q cyclone, n
In a few minutes the town was tots
destroyed with the option OF At
9 a dwellings in the southeastern pa