Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-13
STORMS AND CYCLONES.
The Damnge They Have
Done In the East.



RozE3 (Ma. Nay IA RESORT
oames tEom FieeAy SpxinGs, II miiss
nerth of Roalo. that Ne Rs1atsr part q
that towa vas Destroyed b. storm iaal
right A maiaEitY of fha rcgidenca1
and many of the husins@ hloeks wers
nnTpafed and almosa campiesaiy demoI.
ished. bat ss lives ware iost. and only
four peEsona weEo tniursds and teeF not
seriously.
AxuHnuH fKanssa) Mag 12--Af IL
oAelosk yeatenday mnfninR severe cy-
clone struck the town of Mortougills.
segenteaE miles soalhWoss Of AhiH city,
doing an imnnenao amount 81 dAmazs.
A brick block which had iuat bssn com
plsted - MoOaFehY 4 Laysoou, Was
oompletaiy wrecked. 1ho bank baiid-
ing adjoining taia waa demoli1hed. sad
many DWELLINGS, WeFs unroofed and al
mos1 totally destroyed Raporsa from
she surrounainR ooantEy a1ats thal tha
damaRs % property y sery great
ozxEN n1DuE.
GnEzN RDan (Mo.l, May l2.-This
village suffered severely by res1erda1's
gt0rm- Houses we're removed from
Cd. fences blown down and great dam
ace done to fruil ana shade lrsas. The
alass IN the windows ot neaFly every
6uildina in soWn ax9ossd 10 ths force Of
the storm vas snEttefed by h6ll. No
lives were loss.
csAeK oExx.
OsAaR Crrx (Mo.), NAY IA NO
lsn9 storm struck this placs at : o'cIook
yesterday afternoon. lastimQ about an
hour and half. daring which tiae the
raia poured IN eorrsnts, 20 that within
ten minutes from the time Il boRAn, the
streets and fslds we're dooded and COW
cred with water. keuoaa we're tern
duun and trees aprooted and blown IN
every direction. The OsaEe river has
flooded ils banks two miles south of
here, causing immense damage aud
dzivsng many psopla from their houses.
oDEE.L.
JoLrEr (IIla.l, May i2.--A most De.
stfaettve cyclone is reported from Odell,
q village forty miles fFom Joliet 90 The
Chioaao 4 Alton Railroad. This after.
neon about ( O'clock the storm burst
The delegates 30 the Staie sabbath
School Convention returning On the
train arriving here 81 s p. n, stats that
ag the train vas nearing Oden they saH
tho storm appFsaehina. First they sac
the roof Of "a elevator rise and sail on
in the air and the building collapse;
thea trees aud houses we're raised up
and tnmbled oyof like feathers and
we're shattered 10 pieces. boih brick and
frane snd all sizes, from shanties 20
tro-etory buildings The train was
stopped, but as the wind vas blowing
parallel with the track il vas not upeat,
slough bricks and sticks broke the
windows. Considerable time vas re-
quiFsd 20 move The debris from the
track before the train could proceed.
After the eYclone the people busted
themselves In looking under the ruined
houses for those missirg. fhe train
resumed its journey without giving the
delegates chance 10 learn the nnmber
Of casualties. but they report that sew
eral men, women and children aro killed
and injured. The local telegraph agent
has been trying 10 raise Odall Gil even
ing, bat cannot saceoed, and she real
extent Of the loss Of life and damage
eannot be asoeEtained.
JOLIET.
One 81 the aeveFeal storms ever Known
in Joliet struck here about $50 this
evening. A delnge Of hail and rain
inundated the streets, and The thunder
shook the earth. The thundaKbolfs
we're deafsning and the electric display
vas unparalleled. A circus was having
q perfoEmaEoe, and Ia the midst Of the
performances the storm struck tbs tens
aud turned the whole show upside
down. Women screamed aad animals
howied, and q general stampede easned
amid sheets Of lightning, drsnehiBR
rain and 4 resistloss gale. Three per
soma were seriously inferred By falling
poles and q number we're hurt aliRhfiy.
sEARcHrno N THE HUNS Al KAHsks
CITx.
KANsks CrrT, Nay I2.-The search IN
the eaina of the bnildings wrecked yea-
tsrday continued until after midnight.
and was resumed this morning. The
bodies Of the dead children are all oct
of the LsthEop school building, but
three men are still missing, Who aFs
supposed 30 have been IN the factory
building. 4 meeting viii Be heid this
afternoon 10 provide temporary quar-
tsEs fer The county and ooaFt ofisials,
and 20 decide upon thoiF future aetioa.
The records and papers, all q Whiea
are saved, viii Be rsnlsVsd 70 aome con
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