Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-05-01
A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO
Visits Kansas City, LeaVenWsortl1.
Ssdaila and EoTtonuitie.
over a Score 0f Lies Lost In kan
sas City.

From aGe Kansas CITY Times t-LLrl-
The most terrific storm ever Witness
ed in Kansas City and in its deadly re-
snlts one Of the most horrible viSitatiOns
that ever befell any locality, swept over
the city this morning IL was not n
cyclone, but a hurricane for which the
people OF this and neighbOring towns
would gladly have substituted a cyclone.
No cyclone could have spread disaster
over so wide an extent of territory nor
could It have destroyed life and wreck
ed property more frightfully even ia It's
own limited path The buildings
selected for destruction were those
which were filled with human beings,
and the consequences were simply APP
DaIling. The LathrOp school at the
corner of Eight and May streets, crowd
ed with pupils, was the scene of the
most heartrending disaster. The walls
were crushed in by the force of the wind
snd numbers of the pupils imprisoned
by the ruined masonry. Several of the
children were killed outright and many
others seriously wounded. The court
house walls gave way in the two upper
stories and crushed ont the lives of
three Well-knOwn citizens. The spice
mills at the corner of Second and Main
furnished the third of the worst casual
ties, and there, too a prominent citizen
was q victim.
The undertakcrs' rooms have been
since the storm occupied with bodies
mangled and crushed, 10 some instances
beyond recognition. From the LathTOp
school came the remains Of children be-
longing 20 leading families IS we'll as
10 those in humber walks Of life The
tears and cries Of mothers Of all classes
and ranks OF life mingled together.
The destruction TO property on the
West side and in the bottoms is enurm-
Gus. Telegraph poles strew the streets
in every direction.
DR.. Kellogg, Of the natatorium, the
large building adjoining the lathrOp
school, threw open his building for the
use of the dead and wounded, and by
his kindness materially assisted the
physicians aud PareRts in caring for the
bodies and sufferers. He placed all the
clothing, bedding and furniture at the
disposal Of those in charge.
The fireman and police turned out
promptly and did heroic service at the
building, taking out the dead and
wounded and removing them to the
proper places where they could be cared
for.
DIR. Sam II. Anderson was the first
man TO reach the Lathrop school. He
was blown down three times before he
arrived, and was cut in the face by fall
ing material while getting ont boy
VINO was screaming Tor assistance,
now IT CAME UP.
The storm came up suddenly. Il
had been lowering and cloudy ali morn
ing, but not so as to indicate unusual
disturbance. The course Of the clouds
the northeast and moved across north
of the city to the northwest, then turn
ing quickly they came with terrible
force directly at the town, The wind
blew with "a force Of eighty miles an
hour and the rain and hail fell in MASS
eS with the momentum of solid bodies.
On the west side several valuable
buildings were wrecked Chimneys
fell and roofs were demolished, letting
in water and damaging personal effects
TO an incalculable extent. The streets
are swept clean by the rivers of water
which ran down for half an hour. The
storm lasted about that length of time.
One of the most serious disasters Is
the destruction of two spans of the
Missouri river Bird e. This will cut on
a large portion of our railroad COM
municatiOn with the east and north.
AT LEAVENwORTH.
LEAVENwORTH, Ks, May 11.-At II
O'Clock to day a fierce cyclone struck
this city and did an immence amount of
damage to property. The Morse school
building, il which were the superinteud-
ents twelve teachers and 500 scholars,
was the first large building struck
Half of he roof was blown on, but not
one person was struck. The gale then
81 rf a 1aLva
house, tearing about forty feet of roof
loose and scattering it in every direction
killing three horses, dangerously
wOunding one man and damaging Il
stock of hardware TO the extent of
about $4,000. Two railway bridges
were washed away, one at EastOn, on
the Kansas central, and one at Fair
mount, ON the Union Pacific. Eight
barns were blown down in Salt Greek
valley, eight miles northwest OF here.
StDALIA, Mo. Nav IA destruct-
i've cyclone struck this city about L 80.
The wind and the storm was fearful
The sky took on terrific aspect, and
rain iell in prOfusiOn. Ii is estimated
that the damage done IS at least $500,
UUU. Nobody was killed so far as was
learned.
LATER: 80 p. MN Pettis county
so far as can be learned at the present
writing, at least three people were xii
led by the storm.
NORTONvILLE, May III Special -
a very destructive wind storm accom-
panied by a waterspOut, swept over the
city to-day and the result is that ten
buildings were leveled TO the ground
luckily with NO loss of life, although /
two farmers were severely injured by
falling timbers
Reports from the country say that
the storm was equally severe west OF
here, but no loss of lire is reported.
WASHN ITON LETTER