The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
Il Proves to be Disastrous and
Fatal.
Fuller Reports Concerning its
DeStructiveness.
A Train Goes Through a Bridge
Killing One Man.
Bridges and Trestles Swept Away
at Various Points.

susl severity for the season. But nothing
like the full exten. Of .msge dene could
be learned until yes erday, owing ID the
fact hat the | grspA lines, coming IN for
theis share OF the general havoc, had been
broken aud proslrated in all directions.
IN sEDALIA.
The storm was on V an ordinary one with
the exception of the very b, avy tluDder
and vivid fla hing of lightning. Il Con-
tinued throughout the n GIT, and RAN fell
uuIil after four o'clock YES erday afternoon
almost without interruption, causing a
Try considerable rise ia the a ijacenI creeks
and r&vines, but without dong any serious
damage. Flat creek is report ont of ITS
banks late last night, but IT is not thouG
ii will do any great damage.
SOUTH OF sEDALIA.
the storm was even he .vier than here and
all the creeks and rivers are reported much
swC lien. AT Warsaw the ram fell In tor
rents, deluging tIe stie aud sweeping
away The debris and dirt toward the river
and bottoms, and il is feared The Usage will
become very high.
At Windsor the farm lands are reported
badly washed owing TO the lOOssneSs Cf
The soil from the action OF frost,
Furth,r south the floods and rain are
said to have been eveu more sevrre. A
Sc riOus w1shout is reported between Ladue
and ID. epwat r, which though repaired will
take several days TO Permanently make
60 d. Beyond this no damage III This d.
rection is Yet reported.
WEST OF sEDALIA.
is the point where tie storm seems 10 have
expended the zenith of lis force, and alorg
the main line of the Ms ouri Pacific be-
tween Pleasant Hill aud Kansas City it was
particularly disastrous, the following
bridges being reported swept away by tie
tremendous floods CT wa er.
Big C eek bid .e No. 2, sixty one miles
west of Sedalia, of Ito feet span, and a fine
comb stiOn bridge, is entirely gore.
The bridge over Wilson's creek, sixty-
two miles west of Sedalia, Nc. den uu:s
46 feet long, is also gone.
Also the sixty-lhEe4 feet tresile Leading
to the Maddox creek bridge sixty five miles
west OF Sedalia, and Big creek bridge No.
3, forty seven feet long md sixty six nhlss
wes' OF Sedalia. All these brides are be-
tween Lees Summit and Greenwood and
will require imme Use labor TO replscs.
AT PLEASANT HILL
the storm was very heavy and caused seri
Gus floods which invaded the comp sny's
works and round houses, the water rising
in the latter buildings TO a depth OF two
feet In ab ut fifteen minutes. much 10 the
alarm of the inmates and rendering ii i'm
passible 30 either get out the engines or
continue work.
ON THEL&
The result was even more serious from
the fact that il enta'ied loss OF life. When
the floods were at their heighih about $50
p. ~. freight train No. l29, drawn by en-
CINE 316, Eogineer Thomas Tewey in
charge aud Fireman Charles Hodges, was
caught on the trestle work of Big Creek
bridge, three and half miles out from
Pleasant Hill, just a. il gave way. The
engiue and seven cars went down carrying
with them Tewev, Hodges and an unknown
man, who was In charge OF car OF live
stock and household goods, the latter being
drowned while Tewty and his fireman
were caught in the debris and held fast for
some bouIs before they could be exiricated.
Tewty VS. finally rescued and taken 10
Hsrrisonville, while the fireman and the
body of the passenger were brought to
Pleasant Hill. The fireman was but slight
ly hurt, but rep Tts concerning Mr.. Tewey
were OF very contradictory character,
some saving ne Is seriously In uIed, while
Others claim his hurts are OF
very irihing character. A large
number of cattle are reported to have BE-. n
lost by the ACCIDENT, but no reliable infOr-
nation as to the actual number could be
obtained last night.
immediately on receipt of the news Of
the trouble SUP erinteIdent Hsger got out
the construction tain with pile driver and
wrecking apparatus, and with a large
force of hands left Tor the scene to give the
repairs his personal supervision. Ii was
stated on good authority last night as
probable that no trains would be able TO
pass over the main line before Saturday.
In the meantime the regular trains will go
via the Lexington branch, which seems 20
have ESCAPED damage, ard spe~lal will be
run between Pleasant Hill and Sedalia,
and another from the west of the blockade
to Kansas City. In additi n to The dam
age to the roads the telegraph wires were
badly broken down In sli directions and
have not 4 II been pl iced In position a. Yet,
which causes a lack of Information from
other points which were doubtless serious
ly affected by the storm.
Owing to the high and rapidly rising
waters in Grand and Deepwaler rivers, a
force of hands we're sent out yesterday to
weigh; the bridges over thos- streams with
Steel rails. From Superintendent Van
Dyne the reporter learned last night that it
was not likely the waters would become
dangerous, ss they had begun 10 abate al
ready.
About midnight ooe of the company's
officials came up from that point aud re-
ported ali apprehension OF danger passed
as the streams were falling rapidly vi bout
ha vIpg reached the damage point.
AT wAVERLY.
Marshall, Mo-, A pril News is received
here OF a cyclone which struck Wsverly,
Mo-, about 6 O'Clock last night, destroying
the residences of j. s. Wells and w. b.
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