The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-05
Ths dlaily . 'lletin.
SATURDAY. JUNE 5, 1886.
A CHAPTER OF STORMS.

SlOTlu ClUuuS boS"h S5"ehNihS WV
the city. The first appeared in the
northeast, and surging westward
across the city, turned suddenly |
about in their course, and descend
ing rapidly broke upon the city in
terrific bursts of wind and rain, that
swept all lighter objects before
them. The darkness was almost
like night, and the people fled to
the nearest shelter. The clouds
seemed to Craze the roofs of the
highest buildings, and poured out
their torrents in apparently solid
masses for time. The storm struck
the city in full force about 11:2O,
and ragged for half an hour. The
streets were running rivers of water,
carrying boxes and signs and other
similar freight blown from buildings
or swept by the food. A number of
vehicles were overturned, and in
numerous instances the drivers aban-
doned their horses to their fate and
sought refuge in the stores and
houses.
All this, however, proved entirely
insignificant when the full extent of
the disaster became known. The La
throp school building occupied a
prominent site at the corner of
Eighth and Main streets. The build
ing was surmounted by tower. The
wind swept midway across Broadway
from the west, and seemed to con-
centrate its force upon the tower,
which yielded with a crash, and
carrying down the heavy bell,
plunged through the intervening
floors to the basement.
The main building is mass of
ruins within the shattered walls,
which still stand. The wing was
comparatively uninjured and the
scholars in it were not hurt. In the
main building, however, the effect
was awful. The falling floors preci-
pitated the terrified children to the
basement, were masses of brick and
beams crushed through them to the
ground and buried them from view.
Persons near by, hearing the crash,
made their way as best they could
against the beating storm to the
scene. The dead and wounded
were taken out as quickly as posi-
BILE and carried to the natatorium
adjoining, which was turned INTO a
hospital. Among the first taken out
several were dead and one or two
mangled almost beyond recognition,
their clothing torn and their bodies
covered with dust and mortar,
Many heroic scenes were enacted
during the rescue of the wounded
children, and some of them seemed
to have greater self-control thar
their elders.
At 40 West Third street stood a
three-story brick building in the
middle of the block, the third floor
of which was used as an overall
factory, conducted by Hoar Brothers
and the first and second floor by the
Graham Paper Company. In TIT
factory there were about twenty-five
employees, chiefly girls. When tn
storm broke out they started for tn
cellar. The building fell with
crash, being RACED entirely to tn
earth, and most of the affrighte'
girls were caught in the ruins
-Four have been taken out dead. !
number of others are wounded an
some are still missing.
The storm struck the nOrthwes
corner of the County Court house
, blowing in the roof and major POI
ton of the walls Of the third an
fourth stories. The south wall 8
the east end was blown into TIL
T. street and Deputy Sheriff Doughert
was caught and killed. All tn
others succeeded in getting out {
the building alive.
Across the street stood two
story brick building, erected in 1876
s by the Santa Fe Stage Company.
was one of the oldest buildings i
the city, from which the stage
formerly were started across I'll
plains. Adjoining that on the we
was three-story brick coffee an
spice mill, owned by Smith & Mo
fatt. This building was demolished
= falling over upon the adjoing on
and both were completely wrecke'
Frank Smith, senior partner of IL
firm, was taken bleeding from Il
ruins and died in short time. nj
he Moffatt was badly hurt and thr
employees were taken out.
The second span from the nor
end of the bridge across the Mi
souri,, opposite the city, was blow
into the river, pieces being left a
parently uninjured.
DIS The depot and Touring mill we
wrecked at Parkville, on the Coun
Bluffs road.
A severe cyclone struck the toy
of Nortonville, Kan, doing an i
- mense amount of damage. A bri
block was completely wrecked. Il
bank building adjoining was dem
, ished. Many dwelling-houscs We
unroofed and almost totally {
stroyed. Reports from the 81
rounding country state that
damage to property Is very great,
A very severe storm, with violt
wind, rain and lightning, visit