Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-13
persons were injured, and they no, an
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IMMENSE HATL-sroNys

persons were Injured, and thev 10, =,
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IMMENSE HAfL-srovrs
MINERAL PoIST, Mo, May ie.-Th,.
section was visited BY most ia,rie, ~ ~,
storm yesterday afternoon. Thara W.. nau
no serious Damage done at this place. hut
u Is feared the country imnedIatelv
south oil here suffered severely. Hail.
stones measuring eleven inches in cir.
cumierence were picked M during The
storm. A colt belonging to Mr.. Frank
harris was Killed by being strnck with
one OF these masses OF Ice.
N0RrONvILLE VISITED
AIcnisoN, KAN, May l2.-Abont IN
O'Clock yesterday morning sovers
cyclone struck the town Of Nortonviiia
seventeen miles northwest Of thIs r,,v
doing an immense amount OF ,iamage'
The brick block which had inst heen
completed by Mccarthy & LAWSON WAS
completely wrecked The bank bpilding
adjoining this was demolished MANI
dwelling houses were unroofed ana
almost totally destroyed. Reports from
the surrounding country state that tho
damage to property liz very great. MANY
farm houses, barns, etc, having been
blown down No lives we're lost. bnt
many were slightly and few seriously
injured.
PLAYED HAVOC GENERALLY.
BoNNE TERRE, Mo-, May l2.--The
heaviest rain and hail-storm that was.
perhaps, ever known here, passed over
this part OF the country last evening
The hail-stones fell In great numbers and
extraordinary size, many being as large
as goose-eggs The iron roof of the
boiler-house Of the st. Joseph works WAS
literally rlddled, us II by grape-shot
Much damage has been done by the
breakage OF glass and beating down of
growing crops
APANiC.
LRAvENwoRTH, KAN, May l2.-About
noon yesterday a terrific tornado, accom-
panied with rain, struck Leavenworth
from the northwest. Roofs, sidewalks
aud everything movable went in its path.
The first object struck In the CITY
was the Morris public-school, a
four-story aud basement structure
on the northern limit OF the
city, where 500 children attend A panic
was raised among the children, and be-
fore the teachers could realize the dan.
ger about fifty Of the children rushed out
into the storm. The remainder we're
queted. No damage was done further
than uHroofng the building at Balm &
Varney's warehouse, Ia the center OF the
city, The roof was blown into the street
below, killing three horses and fatally
inJuring the man who was driving them.
Ga the northern esplanade, where the
Missouri Pacific Railroad company rs
leveing the bank, horse was blown
over 100 feet down the bank into the
river and killed. The damage to crops
in the surrounding vicinity is very heavy,
whole fields Of corn having been washed
from the ground.
AN INDIANA CYCLONE.
INDIANAPoIIs, IND, May IA report
TO the Associated Press from Williams.
port, Ind, says a cyclone struck this
place this afternoon destroying every
thing in its track Several houses and
barns were carried away. Reports come
from Attiea, about two miles east of
here, that it struck that place
about the center Of the town and de-
stroyed several Of the business buildings,
including the new mill, the Revere house
and the Chicago & Great South,
ern railway Offices The wagon
bridge over the Wabash river was
torn down. Several persons were on
the bridge at the time. All are supposed
to be killed. AZ the Revere house sew
cral are reported killed. At this place
two btiCk houses belonging 10 Henry
Butt were torn down and Mrs Butt was
badly injured.
ARACE WITH A CYCLONE.
! CHICAGO, Ill, May l2--The passen-
gers on the Chicago S Alton train which
arrived here tonight had remarkable
experience with cyclone at Pontiac, liz
A storm cloud was seen gathering in the
west, moving In north TO
west direction As the train
sped on the storm kept coming
nearer and the passengers began to real
| iZe that they were being chased by q
cyclone Just as the engine pulled into
| Odell, Ill.,, the storm struck the town
and the air was full Of debris. In a mo-
ment seven stores and the hotel
were unrooied, and one large brick
building was nearly destroyed Under the
wreck OF the structure two children were
buried. The telegraph wires In that
vicinity are reported down.
| Specials from Streator and Rockford,
Ill.,, and Peru, Ind, tell OF terrible wind
and hail storm at those points. About
$3.50 p. m. heavy, roaring clouds from the
south aud east met Just over this city
and the city of Rockford, and light was
suddenly converted into darkness. A
downpour OF hail followed, damaging
trees and breaking windows. In the
country surrounding Streaton, rain and
hail ragged for an hour and a half. and the
destruction visited upon grain and corn
was very great.
McOloslSey Mead