The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-18
ANOTHER CYCLONE
Portions of Kansas City, No., Destroyed
by Wind-Storm-Three Persons Killed,
Many Wounded, and Over $500, OC0
Worth of Property Destroyed.

by a Wind-Storm-Three Persons Killed,
Many Wounded, and Over 100000
Worth of Property Destroyed.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, May H.
A terrible cyclone struck this city and
vicinity at 4:SO o'clock yesterday. The cy-
clone divided as it struck Kansas City, and
completely made the circuit of the town.
Over $500, 900 worth of property was de-
stroyed in fifteen minutes Four lives are
known to be lost, and many persons are
badly injured The storm was terrible one
while it lasted. Hailstones as largea hens
eggs fell in great quantities. The
air was filled with the flying debris of the
buildings which stood in the cyclones path.
Men and women, horses and buggieS were
hurlad through the air. The escapes in
many cases were miraculous The storm
left havoc and destruction in its path. The
streets are strewn with mattresses, pieces of
lumber and household articles. In many
places planks and pieces of lumber have
been driven three or four feet in the ground
The storm struck the city from the north
west, coming through Wyandotte, jumping
across the Kansas River to this city. Here
it divided and made the circuit of the city.
Wyandotte suffered severely, and the little
manufacturing suburb of Argentine is a
complete wreck. 1t is fairly wiped out At
this writing it is impossible to estimate the
total damage or loss of life. All who suf-
fered from the effects of the terrible cleo
trio current air in a dazed condition
and do not know what their damages
are. Only one man was found who was in
Sured against loss by cyclones. After MAX
ing the circuit of the city as far as the vi
entity OF Sixth street and the city limits, the
cyclone jumped to the Missouri River, next
touching at Randolph, about four miles be-
low the city. Here it formed water-spout
four hundred feet high, and went sailing
down the river. Three churches and two
saloons were scooped up by the cyclone
here. The negro settlement in the
vicinity of Twelfth and Charlotte
streets. was razed to the ground.
The Mayor and his associates are doing
everything to relieve the homeless sufferers.
At least two hundred and fifty families are
homeless. The weather now is clear. The
list of dead and fatally injured is as follows:
David Reed, farmer, fatally; Mrs. David
Reed, killed; Joseph Burns killed; James
Clellen, fatally injured; Mrs. Dye, fatally
injured; Willie Selvin, eleven years old,
killed; Mrs. DR.. Chapman, killed. Mrs.
Reed was killed near the Blind Asylum,
Wyandotte. The boy Willie Selvin was
killed by one of Coles circus wagons, which
fell on him and crushed him to jelly. The
list of the wounded is still coming in. 1t is
thought the storm struck Clay County and
parts of the Hannibal & st. Joseph Rail-
road.
AT OTHER PLACES.
Specials report that the storm did consider
able damage at Liberty, Mo-, damaging
large buildings and blowing down a smaller
one. A large portion of the roof of Marshal
Jewell College was torn away. Damage to
similar extent is reported from Pattons-
burg, in Davis County, and again the ST.
Louis & San Francisco Road is said to have
suffered severely, but nothing is definitely
learned yet.