Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-15
The GREAT STORM EXTENDING
ia ruvelcome and Devastating Visits
to Various Parts Of the
Country.
!, Many Cases Death, In All Cases
Ruin, Mark Its Rapid Onward
Course.
Cincinnati Reported as One Of Its Victims
Telegraph Communication With
That City Destroyed.

KANSAS CITY, May 12.-Meagre reports
are received here regarding the storm else
where. At Martonville, Kansas, Times
.pecial reports the total damage at $40,-
OOO A depot aud Touring mil were
wrecked at Park vile, on the Council Bluffs
road The destruction at Wyandotte.
Kansas, will probably amount to $1O, 900.
Al Lpave7wOrth several buildings were un-
roofed, loss. $1,000 or Sc 900. At ST..
Joseph there was heavy rain storm, but
the damage WAS probably not very great.
The storm did not reach Atchison. A
merchant from Odessa. Missouri who ar
rived here tonight reports the storm very
severe there, wreckng five churches, two
warehouses and several buildings. He
places the damage from $65, 200 upward.
WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED.
RoLIn, Mo-, May 12.- Report comes
from Vichy Springs, twelve miles north o!
RolIo, that the greater part OF that town
was DESTROYED by storm last night. The
majority OF the residences and many bust
ness blocks were unroofed and almost com
nletely demolished, but no lives were lost.
only four perscne were in ire d, and they
not seriously
BUILDINGS DEMoILsHED.
ATcBlsox, Kas, May 12.-At IL o'clock
Yesterday morning "A severe cyclone struck
III. town Of NortonvilIe nine miles south
west Of this city, doing an immense amount
70 damage. The brick block which has just
been completed by Mccarthy Il Layson
wa. completely wrecked. The bank build
ing adjoing this was demolished. Many
dwellings were unroofed and almost totally
destroyed Reports from the surrounding
country state that the damage to property
il very great.
ORCHARDS RUINED.
GREEN RIDGE, Mo-, May l2.-This village
suffered severely by yesterdays storm.
Houses were removed from their founda-
tons, out-buildings destroyed, fences blown
down, and great damage done to fr it and
shade trees. Glass in the windows OF
nearly every building in the town exposed
to the storm was shattered by hail. There
were no lives lost.
TORRENTS OF RAIN.
OsAGE CRY, Mo-, May ia violent
storm struck this place at 2 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. lasting about an hour and
half during which time the rain poured
down in torrents, so that within ten min-
utes from the time it began the streets and
fields we're flooded and covered with water.
Fences were torn down, trees uprOoted and
blown in every direction. The Usage River
has flooded it's banks two miles sOnth OF
here, causing immense damage and driving
many people from their houses. The crops
in the surr ounding country will prove n
total loss.
GHAsTLY SEARCH.
KAysAs Cry, May 12.-Search in the
ruins of the buildings wrCcked in yester-
DAYS storm, wherein twenty people were
ktlieu ,i6d many injured, contiuued uatIs
after midnight, and was resumed this morn.
ing The bodies OF the dead children were
ali out of the Lathrop school building, but |
three men are still missing who are sup
posed to have been in the overall factory
building. meeting will be held this after
noon to provide temporary quarters icr
the county and court officials, and to de- |
eide upon their future action. The records |
and payers all OF which are saved, will be |
removed to some convenient building.
CINCINNATI ISOLATED.
CHICAGO, May 12.-All the wires leading
east from Chicago have been badly demor-
aliEed tonight by storms at Lafayette. |
indianapolis, Winamac and tOgansPort.
At Cincinnati a cyclone is reported which |
has cut the city off from telegraphic COM
munication on all sides.
NEAR JOLIET.
CHICAGO May 12.-An Inter Ocean, j oliet.
M,special says, a most destructive cyclone
isnported from Odell, forty miles south OF
Joliet on the Chicago & Alton this after
noon about o'clock. Delegates to Sab
bath-school Convention returning on the
train, arriving here at 6 p. m. cay as the
train neared Odell they saw the cyclone
appr aching. At first they saw an
air and the building collapsed. Then
trees and houses raised up and tumbled
over like feathers and were shattered to
pieces. The houses were both brick and
frame and all sizes from a shanty to two
story building. The train was stopped.
but as the wind was blowing parallel with
the track, it was not upset, though bricks
and sticks broke the widows. Considerable
time was required to remove the debris
from the track before the train could pro-
coed. After the cyclone people busted them
selves looking under ruined houses for those
missing. The train resumed it's journey
without giving the delegates a chance t"
learn the casualties. but they report sew
-ral m-ll. women and children are killed
and injured. The local telegraph agent
has been trying to "rise'' Odell all the
evening, but cannot succeed, and the real
extent Of the loss and damage cannot be
ascertained.
CIRCUS STRUCK.
Later.-One OF the severest storms ever
known in Joliet struck here about $50
this evening deluge OF rain and hail in
undated the streets and the thunder shook
the earth. The thunderbolts were deafen-
ing and the electric display unparalleled.
circus was having q performa nee, and in
The midst OF the performance the storm
struck tn tent and turned the whole show
upside down. W. men screamed, animals
howled and a general stampede ensued
amid sheets OF lightning, drenching ram and
resistless gale. Three person. were
seriously injured by falling poles and
number were hurt slightly.
DELUGE AT WINCHESTER.
MANCHESTER, Va, May ia fearful
storm passed over this place this evening,
Ia ting fifteen minutes. Two clouds OF q
greenish cast, hanging low, one from the
northeast and the other from the south
west met and burst Immediately over the
'1y. The wind attained a great velocity
ana hailstones the size of walnuts fell
10 10 The depth OF from two inches to three feet.
Trees were stripped OF foliage. The rain
lei ieil IN torrents filling the streets and cellars
Inc Court House with it's western exposure
mao all the windows broken. Carriages
were overturned in roads, the occupants
narrowly escaping with their lives. The
~, !" eAtenuen only one Ihiie oue -"
either side OF the place.
DEATHS IN INDIANA.
iSDIANAPoI.Is, May ia report to the
associated Press from WilliamspOrt, In
diana, says cyclone struck this place this
evening destroying everything in it's track:
several houses and bar in the north end
oi the town were carried away. 1t seemed
10 have formed about two miles north
west OF the town and took southwesterly
t'lrection travelling about thirty miles an
no9r' striking the extreme north
END OF this place. A report has
tome from Attica about two miles east
mat 1t struck tn place about the center
pl the town and destroyed several business
buildings, including a new mill, the Revere
ppolse, and Chicago & Great Southern
WWan,way off, es. A wagon bridge over the
wabash River was torn down. Several
PERSONS were on the bridge ut the
h hme and all are g ppoeed to have
sa Seeh killed. At the Revere House
Ietefal A. IRA. are reported to have been killed.
H. .nis place two brick houses belonging to
ps..y Butt were torn down and Mrs.