Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-05-12
AS Parents Gather and Recog,
nize their Little Ones.
Interstate Commerce Bill up
for Discussion-Notes.
Damage Done by Cyclone.

Damage Done by Cyclone.
KANSAS CITY, May about 1880
o'clock this morning storm clouds be-
gan gathering over the city. They
first appeared in the northwest, and
surging westerly across the city turned
suddenly about in their course and
descending rapidly broke upon the
city In terrific bursts of wind and rain
that swept all lighter objects before
them. Darkness was almost like
night and people fed to the nearest
shelter and awaited with blanched
faces. The fury of the tempest clouds
seemed to Craze the roofs of the highest
buildings and poured out torrents In
apparently solid masses. For a time
the storm struck the city In full force
about ll:2O, and ragged for half an
hour. The streets become running
rivers Of water carrying boxes and
signs and other similar freight.
Lathrop school building occupied a
prominent site at the corner of Eighth
and Main streets. 1t consisted of q
main building to which an art wing
had been added. The building was
surmounted by a tower which for
some time had been considered I'M
safe and 1t had been twice condemned.
This morning the building was crowd
ed with children, many of whom be-
come nearly frantic over the appalling
darkness and stiffness which preceded
the tempest. When the wind struck
the tower it yielded with crash and
carrying down the heavy bell plunged
through the intervening floors to tn,
basement. The main building is 4
mass of ruins within shattered walls
which still stand. The wing was
comparatively uninjured and scholars
there were unhurt. In the main
building, however, the falling floor
precipitated, terrified the children to
the basement where the masses OF
bricks fell, crushed them to the ground
and buried them. The gale quickly
subsidized and the work of rescuing was
undertaken by eager hands. The fire
department and police soon arrived
and organized, and search was com
menced. The dead and wounded
were taken out and carried to the nat
otorium, adjoining, which was turned
into hospital. Here parents and
friends Of the little ones gathered, each
uttering heart rending cries as they
recognized in the manned and bleed
ing forms those whom they loved
Among the first taken out, severa
were dead and one or two were almos
beyond recognition. Their clothing
was torn and their bodies covered
with dust and mortar. Some of tn,
wounded children seemed to hav,
greater control than their elders. On,
little girl half buried in the debris
over whom rescuers were busy, begged
them to leave her and help q boy be
side her, because, she said, he was only
5 years old.
THE SCENTS IN THE NAToToRIUM
As the little ones were brought In and
laid upon improvi'ed cots. and dead
placed together upon one side, wer'
pitiful beyond expression. A dozer
dead were taken out during the day
and their bodies sent to the houses o
sorrowing families. Several Of tbs
children belonged to prominent fafni
lies. At No. 40 West Third stree
stood the three story brick building
IN the middle Of the block, the THIRD
floor of which was used as an overall
factory conducted by Hoar Bros, AND
the first and second floor by TIL
Graham paper company. In the fac
tory were about twenty-five employees
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