The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-12

~; JeSSfo w oouWarQ, nineteen, cut IN neaui All
| ME Travis twenty-one, thigh crushed and arm
| broken; Maggie Bird, seventeen. bruised; A. p
Hutchins. arm broken; Kate Carroll eighteen
cut in face; Annie and Burt Turner, sisters,
bruised; Stephen Morse, shipping clerk, cut
about head
Injured at the courthouse--Ed Hedges, clerk,
leg broken; James Chase and Eugene Moore,
| clerks hurt about head; William Scurrs, clerk,
bruised.
Injured at the United States engineers Office
w. A. Waldon, seriously hurt about head and
breast; Major Livermore. hurt about head;
Lieut. F. II. Young, skull broken; man named
Nelson, head hurt
1t is probable the list will not be completed for
day or two, until the missing ones are ac-
counted for. Several of the injured were proba-
bly, carried away without names being reported.
The loss on property cannot be stated with
any defniteness. being chiefly in small and nu-
merous amounts. Following are some of the
estimates made: On the bridge. $4,000; on
the courthouse 5000 on the overall
factory, SIC. 600; Smith & Moffatt. stock $12 600;
There was much damage in the aggregate to
partly finished buildings Twenty-Five small
houses in process of erection in the southeastern
part of the city were blown down. The Central
Presbyterian Church, at Eighth streea and
Grand avenue, was damaged to the extent of
600. The German Catholic, Ninth and
McGee, was damaged 81, 200. Two stained glass
windows of the First Congregational. on
Eleventh and McGee, were blown in; loss, 5000
and Humbolt schools were damaged 81 200
row Of houses being built at Eighth and Cherry
were damaged $4,000 The Kansas City sewer
pipe factory was partly demolished; loss $4,000
The Yates Ice Company's stables. at the foot of
Broadway, were wrecked; large number of
similar casualties with equal or smaller losses,
are also reported. The total damage is roughly
estimated at $150000 portion of which is COW
cred by storm insurance
The storm was generally considered hurr
cane, rot tornado or cyclone. 1t was tre-
mendous gale of wind, with flooding rainfalls.
Telegraph and telephone wires were prostrated
to the extent of total stoppage of business
for time. The Western Union had but one
wire working out Of the city until night. when
several more were obtained. Communication
has been resumed with Chicago, st. Louis,
Omaha and Denver beside the South. but work
is carried on under great difficulties 1t is ex-
pected, however, matters will be in pretty good
shape by noon to morrow.
The Hannibal g. ST. Joseph business will be
transported across the river by ferry. The Coun-
Gil Bluffs road will use the Missouri Pacific tracks
north from the city. A local representative of
the Hannibal road said it was hoped to get the
bridge in order SO as to permit the crossing of
trains in five days.
Regarding the condition of the Lathrop
school building. it appears that repairs were
made after the building had been condemned
second time, and it was considered safe by the
board o. education. The members of the
boarAwin publish a statement to this effect to-
morrow. An order has been issued to close the
public schools for the remainder OF the week.
Meagre reports are being received here re-
garding the storm elsewhere At Nortonville,
Kan, the Timess special reports total damage
of about $40, 000 The depot aud Touring mill
were wrecked at Parkville, on the Council
Bluffs road The destruction at Wyandotte,
Kan, will probably aggregate $4,000 At Leav-
enworth several buildings were unroofed, and the
loss is $1,000 or Sc, 600. At ST. Joseph there was
a heavy rain storm, but the damage was prob
ably not very great. The storm did not reach
Atchison. A merchant of Odessa. Mo-, who ar
rived here tonight, reports the storm very Sc
we're there, wrecking five churches, two ware
houses and several dwellings. He places the loss
there at from $65 900 upwards