Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-12
TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
WRECKED AND
s~ TWELVE CHILDREN KILLED.
Other Buildings Blown Down and Lives
Lost-The Streets Running
Rivers of Water.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May II About
half.past 10 O'Clock this morning omi
nous storm. clouds began gathering oveI
the city. They first appeared in the
northeast and, surging westwardly
across the city, turned suddenly about
In their course, and, descending re pidly
broke upon the city In terrific bursts OF
wind and rain that swept all lighter
objects before them. The darkness wal
almost like night, and people fed Il
the nearest shelter and awaited with
blanched faces the fury of the ten pei t
Clouds seemed 10 Craze roofs of thu
highest buildings. and poured out theil
torrents In apparently solid masses for 9
time. The storm struck the city in full
force about twenty minutes past IL, an6
ragged for half an hour. The streets wers
running rivers of water, carrying boxei
and signs and other similar articl lei
blown from the buildings or swept NJ
by the food. a number OF vehicles
were overturned, and in numerous in
stances drivers abandoned their horse
to their fate, and sought refuge In stc re-
and houses. Some hail accompanied
the storm, but the fall was not great.
The Lsthrop School building occu.
pied q prominent site at the corner O
Eighth and Main streets. It was sur
mounted by q tower, which for som,
time has been considered unsafe. Thil
morning the building was crowded with
children. The wind swept across Broad
way from the west, and seemed to con
centrate its force in descent upon tn,
tower, which yielded with crash. and
carrying down the heavy bell, plunged
through the intervening floors to thu
basement.
Persons near, hearing the crash
made their way as best they could
again at the beating storm, to the sea
The gale quickly subsided, and tn
work OF rescuing was undertaken b,
eager hands. Owing to the prevailing
excitement the first work was not YER,
effective, but the fire department an(
police soon arrived and an organizes
search was commenced. The dead an,
wounded were taken out as quickly a
possible and carried to the natat atoriun
adjoining, which was turned into &
hospital. Here the parents and friend
of the little ones soon gathered, eac
searching for his or her own, ant
leach uttering heartrendering cries a
they recognized In the MANNED an
bleeding forms those whom the,
, loved. Among the FIRST taken ou
several were dead, and one or wv
mangled beyond recognition, thei
clothing being torn and their bodie
covered with dust and mortar, th
deathly pallor of the skin showing /
\ painful contrast against grime an
bloodshed.
Many heroic scenes were enactet
during the rescue, and of the wounde
, children, some Of them seemed to bav
i grta.er control than their elders. On
little girl, half buried in the debri
over whom rescuere were busy, begge
them to leave her and help boy b
eide her, because, she said, he was onl
five years old. The scenes in the Nat
torium as the little ones were brougl
= In and laid upon improvised cots, Il
u dead placed together upon one aid
were pitiful beyond expression.
b dozen dead were taken out during d
Iday and the bodies sent to the bous
+ of sorrowing families. Several OF &
children belonged to prominent fan
lies of the city.
Il At No. 110 West Third street stood
three-suory brick building in the mi'
die of the block, the third floor of whit
was used as an overall factory, col
J, Quoted by Haar Brothers. The first al
!. second floors were occupied by the CIR
y ham Paper Company. In the factol
!. were about twenty five employees, chief
|, girls. They when the storm broke Of
started for the cellar. The building fl
with q crash, being razed entirely
y the earth, and five of the alright
girs were caught in the ruins. Fo
II have been taken out dead. A nunb
Iof others we're injured, and some q
}, missing. A force of laborers are bu
t. tonight by the fllckering lantern ligf
upturning confused masses of brio
land timbers.
eI The County Court House stands
d Second and Main street on the hill, {
d posed TO winds from the north q
IT west The building was erected neal
d twenty years ago for hotel purpos
10 but when completed was purchased
1.-The county for 5000, 900 and convert
into Court House. The building
Ialways been considered rather unsat
- factory, and the roof has frequent
a. suffered injury from high winds, 7
' storm struck the northwest corner
Iday, blowing In the roof and the ma
\ portion of the walls of the third a
four tn stories. The wall of the east 9
was blown into the street, and Depu
Sheriff Dougherty was caught 81
killed.
N Across the street, on :he northw,
II corner of Second and Main stree
8; stood two story brick building, one
.. the Oldest buildings IL the city. L
y building has of late years been ocC
pied by the United States EngiDee
Adjoining that on the west was thr,
story brick coffee and spice mi
!; Iowned by Smith & Moffatt. This bull
Is ing was demolished, falling over up
to the adjoining one, and both were Co
3, Ipletely wrecked. Frank Smith,
senior partner of the firm, was tax
Iout bleeding from the RUNS and died
q short time. Mr.. Moffatt WAS bad
hurt, and three employees were tax
Al out.
nj The second span from the north Q
of the bridge across the Missouri, OBJ
site the city, was blown into the riv
the piers being left uninjured.
q num0e OF telegraph wires were CARR
n down with the broken span. Workm
n are busy tonight raising wires fri
" the wreck, and 1t Is hoped commune
tion in that direction will be restoi
by tomorrow morning. The bridge
iowned by the Hannibal and St.
Company, and is used by that road,
% Wabash, the Rock Island and Ksns
' City, st. Joe and Council Bluffs. I
bridge authorities say they expect
repair the bridge in ton days.
n' SCOTS EMULSION OF PURE