The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-15
RAIN. HAIL. AND WIND.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY THE ELE.
MENTS.
Parts OF Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and
Illinois Swept.
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sI. L ,'pSa oor 'munication. rhich WI
badly broken last H.. n', reveals tho %
that the storm, part Of v "ich swept owe
this city, was general in c.c.Taeter, an
traversed not only large part Of Missouri
but covered various sections OF 4. ansas
Iowa, and Illinois.
The velocity OF the wind in this CITY wa
fifty miles an hour, and came APPARENT,
from nearly all directions, but mainly from
the north and northwest. No serious in
diyidual losses were sustained, but grea
number OF minor ones are disclosed in tn,
way Of damage to roofs, gable ends o.
houses, chimneys, shutters, signs, fences
trees, shrubbery, etc., the whole OF which
will aggregate many thousands OF dollars
Some slight injuries to persons are report
ed, but nobody was seriously hurt. East
st. Louis suffered in q similar manner,
and train Of twenty-five cars moving
on the Belt road on the river-front
were blown from the track, and most
OF them badly wrecked. Bellevile, ILL.,.
was badly shaken up, and q number
OF houses more or less iniured-Done Sc
riousIy. At Alton, ILL.,, three churches
lost part OF their roofs and walls. and the
Lacede Hotel was dismantled. Several other
buildings were slightly injured, and the
streets Uttered with fallen trees.
At Sumner, ILL.,, large fiouring-mll was
unroofed and heavy damage caused to ma
chinery and stock from the deluge OF rain
which rushed through the building from
top TO bottom. Several other buildings
were more or less injured At Carmi, ILL.,,
several houses were slightly shattered, but
no serious damage done. At Olney, ILL.,.
two churches were badly injured and a
large number Of trees uprooted and
other damage done. Near Browning,
No., train was blown from the track.
Conductor Watson was badly hurt, a bag
gagc-man slightly wounded, and six pas
sengers injured. In the vicinity Of Lin
veus the storm did great damage to crops.
buildings, and farm property generally.
At WelIsville, NO., schoOl-house was
nearly destroyed. At Jefferson City the
main-cell building OF the penitentiary was
unroofed and one or two other houses dam
aged.
DISPATCHES from Marysvile, Mo-, say
twenty busIness-houscs were unrOofed. q
number OF small houses and shops wrecked,
the City Hall unroofed and partly blown
down, and the post-otiice and two newspa-
per offices badly damaged. The large ele-
vator OF BrintOn IL Welch suffered Sc
verely, and the Kansas City railroad depot
and Wabash freight-house was badly in
jured. Twenty thousand dollars
will not cover the damage TO the
town. Burlington Junction is re-
ported almost completely wrecked, not a
dozen houses in the town escaping injury.
One man was fatally wounded, and thirty
cars were blown from the track. The lit
tie town OF Sidney is also reported badly
damaged. At Maiden, Mo-, one church, q
school-house, the Masonic hall, and an un-
finished hotel were demolished and several
residences seriously injured. The loss is
over $4,000. At Stanberry, Mo-, one
church was wrecked and two others
greatly damaged. The tower Of the
Normal school was blown down and
several dwellings moved from their
seven miles from Marysville, had nearly all
its houses injured. Several other hamlets
and small villages in Missouri were more
or less damaged. The storm was accom-
panied by a heavy rainfall in most locali-
ties, and in some places large hail fell in
great quantities, doing serious injury to
orchards, gardens, and growing crops.
SEVERE HAIL-ST0RN IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, July 14.-Dispatchesfrom Louis
vile, Cass county, report that the most Sc
we're bail-storm ever experienced in that
locality occurred yesterday forenoon. The
ground was white with hail. Small grain
was scattered, corn stripped, and much OF
the glass in the town shattered.
HEAVY wIND-sToRy IN DAKOTA.
BISMARCK, OAK, July H.-All day yes
terday the barometer continued TO TALL until
about o'clock, when the heaviest wind
storm ever known in this region began and
lasted about an hour and half. The wind
at one time reached the velocity OF sixty
miles an hour. Lumber-piles were blown
down and few houses in course Of cree
ton demolished. The wind-storm was fol-
lowed by heavy shower.
A dispatch from Dickinson says one or
two fronts were blown in by the storm,
and the shops being built at that point by
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
are damaged slightly. A prediction is
made at the United States Signal Office that
the storm will be very severe in the East.
EFFECTS OF TIE KANSAS TORNADO.
LARNED, KAN, July 14.-Particulars Of
the tornado on the Pawnee river are arriy-
ing. Rows q Buffers mill was blown
away, and Fitzgerad's shop and sheds are
gone. Large hail-stOnes killed young
calves and lambs. Corn was cut so that it
will not hide a iack-rabbit The hill north
west OF Brown grove looks as black as IL il
had been burned. The hail-stones cut the
grass As if il was ploughed, and the heavy
rain following washed il away. The eX-
tent Of the damage Is unknown.
SEVERE STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
READING, PA, July 14.-Last nights
storm was the heaviest known for years in
this section. Fences were leyelled, trees
uprooted and stripped of fruit, and many
fields washed out. In the lower part OF the
county the storm was accompanied by hail.
MISSOURI VISITED.
TRENTON, Mo-, July IA severe storm
passed over this town yesterday. The
PRESBYTERIAN church, public school, and
other buildings were badly damaged. The
destruction in the vicinity Is estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000.
CYCLONE IN INDIANA.
ELKHART, ND, July IA terrific cy-
clone. accompanied by bail, visited this
section this afternoon, uprooting trees and
doing immense damage to crops.
Probable impeachment Of the May or
of Ct LOuiS.