Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
STORMS In THE WEST.

seventeen niles SOubn-
west Of this city, doing an immense
amount of damage. Reports from
The surrounding country state that
the damage to property is very great,
many farm houses, barns, ETC., hav-
ing been blown down.
ST. LOUIS, May PA special
from Mineral Point, Mo-, says: !" This
section was visited by most terrific
hail storm yesterday afternoon
There was no serious damage done
at this place, but it is feared the
Immediately south of here
suffered severely. Hail stones meas
uring eleven inches in circumference
were picked up during the storm
A colt belonging to Mr.. Frank Har-
ris was killed by being struck with
one of these masses of ice."
A special from Bonnie Terre, Mo-,
says: 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 of
extraordinary size, many being as
large as goose eggs. The iron roof
of the boiler house Of the st. Joseph
Works was riddled as if by grape
shot. Great damage was done in
the breakage of glass and beating
down of growing crops"
LEAvENwoRTH, KAs., May 12--
About noon yesterday, a terrific
tornado, accompanied with rain,
struck Leavenworth from the north
west. Roofs, sidewalks and every
thing movable went in it's path
The first building in the city struck
was the Morris Public School, four
story and basement structure on the
northern limit of the city, and where
nine hundred children attended. A
panic was raised among the children,
and before the teachers could realize
the danger, fifty students ran into
the storm. The remainder were
quieted. The damage to crops in
the surrounding vicinity is very
heavy, whole fields of corn having
been washed from the ground.
OsWEGo,- N. Y, May 10. This
morning Norman Lounsbury, aged
seventy eight years, a farmer neal
here, in fit of jealousy, shot his
young wife, aged sixteen years, and
her relative, Horace Payson, aged
thirty-five years. He then shot him
self before officers arrived to arrest
him. They are all dead.
WINCHESTER, VA, May ia
fearful storm passed over this place
this evening, lasting fifteen minutes.
Two clouds of greenish cast hang.
ing low, one from the northeast, the
other from the southwest, met and
burst Immediately over the city.
The wind attained a great velocity,
and hail stones the size of walnuts
fell to a depth of from two inches to
three feet. The trees were stripped
of their foliage, and the rain fell in
torrents, filling the streets and
cellars. Every house with a western
exposure had all the window glass
destroyed. Carriages were over
turned on the roads leading to the
city, the occupants narrowly escap-
ing with their lives. Fortunately,
the storm did not extend more than
a mile on either side of the place.
The people we're greatly alarmed
during its prevalence.
EMPORIA, KAN, May IA wa
terspout passed down Jacobs Creek,
fourteen miles southwest of here,
yesterday. B. B. Jacobs, a farmer,
saw the storm coming and gathered
his wife and two young children and
his brother, Charles, in a wagon and
started to flee, but they were over.
taken by the torrent, which swept
away the vehicle and the occupants.
Mrs. Jacobs and the younger child
were drowned, while Mr.. Jacobs
nearly persisted in endeavoring to
save them. The brother saved him.
self and the other child.
Usage CITY, KAN, May 1.-THE
heaviest rain and hail storm ever
known in this part of Kansas took
place yesterday. 1t began about IL
o'clock A. NJ, and continued for
thirty minutes, until the ground was
covered with hail stones, and in
many places were piled up several
inches deep. Eighty per cent. of
all the exposed window glass on
the north side of the houses were
broken. The storm came from the
northeast, and did not extend more
than mile west of the Santa Fe
road at this point.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, May 7.-One
of the heaviest rain storms ever
known in this section took place
yesterday afternoon, doing a vast
amount of damage to property.
Some of the smaller dwelling
houses were washed from their foun-
dations, and large amount of lum-
Der was swept away. The total
damage in the city caused by the
flood is estimated at $4,000, and in
the surrounding country at $40, 900.
FORT SCOTT, KAN, May 7.-One
of the most severe storms of the
season passed over this city yester-
day at noon. About one o'clock
Lambs ice dam broke, and the i'm
mense body of water, uniting with
the already swollen Buck Run,
rushed down the valley. The house
occupied by Sarah Brown, widow,
was struck by the torrent and swept
about one hundred yards down the
stream, where it lodged among the
trees. Mrs. Brown and four of her
children were in at the time. The
water rose rapidly around it to the
depth of several feet. The mother
held her little six months-old infant
in her arms above the water, leav-
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