Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-15
DEATH AND DEVASTATION.
Terrible Effects Of Cyclone That Swept
Over Kansas City Yesterday
Forenoon.
Buildings Demolished, Bridges Wrecked
and Other Costly Damage
inflicted.
Death Roll Of About Forty, Including a
Number of Little Children.
Incidents.

KANSAS Cry, May ia fearful storm
OF rain and wind swept over this city to-
day, continuing from IL o'clock until noon
The Court House, on Second street was
totally destroyed ah.'ve the second stfry
A number of persons were hurt there, but
nons killed as far as known. At this time
the Lathrop school building, on Eighth
street, is partially wrecked and many
children caught in the ruins. Seven are
said to have been killed, and the full extent
OF the disaster is not yet krown. The over
down and five deaths are reported from
there out OF fifteen girls at work in the
building, while nearly all the others are
wounded. A O'Clock report from the
Lathrop school makes ten badly hurt be-
sides those killed. All the water works
building, near the Court House. were blown
down, and one or two persons there are
missing. At the Western Union telegraph
Office but one wire is working out OF the
city. Communication has been established
with st. Louis over that wire by the way
OF Dallas, Galveston, New Orleans
and Memphis. Aspa n OF 1.-THE bridge next to
Harlem was blown down and t is reported
forty persons were killed at the bridge.
FURTHER NEWS.
KANSAS Cry, May 11.-One span at the
north end OF the railroad bridge across the
Missouri River was blown into the river,
blockading the Hannibal & st. Joe. Rock
Island, Wabash, and Kansas City. St. Joe
e. Council Bluffs Railroads. Eight girls
were taken out Of the overall factory, four
OF whom are dead, many others are in the
ruins but there is scarcely hope for their
lives. In the confusion il il impossible to
ascertain definitely the extent of the ca
lamity, but it is said over twenty employees
are imprisoned in the basement OF the fac
tory. The disastrous fury OF the storm
was confined to the uorth end OF the city
except in the destruction OF the Lathrop
public school bull ling on Eighth street, and
buildings generally, except those mentioned,
withstood the force OF the storm. The
main Office of the Western Union Telegraph
building is in this portion OF the city and
the poles are heavily weighted with wires
which were broken off, letting the wires
down in tangled heaps. Many wires were
also carried down with the broken bridges.
HUNTING THE DEAD.
At 3 p. NJ. as nearly as can be learned.
AMID the intense excitement and confusion,
about twenty persons are known to be
killed.
FRANK SMITH. of Smith & Moffatt. own
ers OF spice mills, situated in the old works
building, Second and Main streets, was
killed.
DEPUTY SHERIFF DoEHRTY was buried in
the ruins OF the Court House. At 3 O'Clock
the searchers are reported to have come
in sight of his body.
A teamster who took refuge in the Court
House is also missing.
At the La'hrop school eleven children
are reported dead.
Of the four buildings wrecked all were
more or less unsO nd.
UNsouND BUILDINGS.
The school building has been twice con-
demned and the court house Was by many
considered unsafe No one was killed ex~
cept in these four houses. The storm,
though entailing so heavy loss OF life, wns
nothing Of the nature of the tornado that
visited the city three years ago. 1t was e.
violent wind accompanied by O flood OF
water and some hail which turned many
streets into rivers. Signs, shutters, chin
neys, ETC., were blown with the gale and a
plumber OF vehicles overturned in the street.
The black clouds that rolled over the city
CIe<toeu ttlL1Oeu Sue utaIhu0So VI AisAo duO
made the timid ones crouch in terror in
cellars. The streets were entirely deserted
and in some instances horses were seen
wandering about attached to vehicles and
seeking refuge from the pelting storm.
THE KILLED AND wouNnrD.
The following is the list as nearly accu-
rate al can be given at 4 O'Clock. The tel
epnone wires are all GOWN, ana thls IN
creases greatly the dlihcuity IN getting
early ana rehab!e lniormatlon, among
those reported killed there may be one or
Two not dead. Al the Latnrop SCHOOL,
Kl,ieo:
NELLIE ELLIS
MAY BISHOP,
JOSIE MAsTiS and little brother,
NATE SMITH,
Ruth JAMESON
BESSIE !Nsco,
Matte MooREs.
EDITH PATCH,
hoBERT ePRAGCE,
l.. 1. MOORE, Jr.
among the lnlureo are:
MAY HOOVER oaoly h"rt'
ELLA Terry,
EDNA EVANS,
EVA dAzLETT,
NELLIE CURRY,
MAUD AskE".
At the waterworks building, two-story
brlck used as an engineers once:
w. "A. Weioon was injured ABOUT the heao
breast quite serious.
MAJ: LIvERMoRE, hurt ABOUT the mead.
LIT. r. II: HEPURG, knee broken and hurt
about head.
NELSON HURT, cut on head.
Az Smlth q Mo1f:lts spice mills adJo!nlng'
AV '"e eo"'' n'"'o' oi oooo'i" ""'A AVA 1'
still MISSING He ia snnnosed to he in the