Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-12
1 FEARFUL HURRICANE
oauses GrenE mavoe at
Kansas City.
numersas mufleEnn ner1Fs1 ea-A
aeneaa-aamao nenasaAmsn wfih
ncnxlmz Aaaa - AA1e ADeAx
Ene E1ls1e onen-Eha Mlllra
ana aasmEeG ne Kaasna.


I'm DzsnzznR.
KArnan Crxx. EGay Ia eyaIone vis-
iksd hase - no1n 1ooag. AhA conrl-
honrs was dsninisshed and 4 numbeE 81
ner1o,,s hust snsrs. Ths Tathsop rshosl
waa wrsoksa ard many children weFs
have henn kii'e3 An uFanaA fae4ury
was Alown fIonn nnd fse aeafha ars ~
pertsd. Fifte1n girls aze repeEl9d ba6ly
Tm HAVOC wnoUaax.
A fsasfui Storm of 9iad ana rnin
oreE1 oEor thia city today, eou1iu1ina
froEa II O'Clock uniil noon. Ihe epaff-
hunns % Eseuad atHaet VAS tetnllF de-
etrolef abosa tns assnn4 atuFg. a uEm-
hsr nf paEs1na weFe hart, bze none we're
killed, ns fns as ia knnwa ae this tim8.
The Ta1hrop school bniI2iua uae par
tally wrecked. ana many ohlidren 8sre
nansnt "a tie ruins. Hsgen are said 10
hass been killed. and TIE fu1 sxssnz Ct
ths disaster u noe knoun- An overall
faotary on 6eoond slsoet was blown
down. Five dsafha BeEe reported from
there Ons of nfteeu Riffs at work IN che
buildsnes while nsaFiy all the 0thsrs are
wounded.
- m.-Ths rspoxt from ne Lathrop
aoh0ol makes aen badly huKt besides
ehu1s killed. Ide Uater works baildtne
near the courthonss vas blown down
and one or tive persons there are re-
ported missing. A. TIE Western Uniou
TeleGfaph oflce bot one wire L w0Fkinp
ouG of tha oifY. Communlealion has
hoen established with s.. Louis over
shas uigs By uay % DalIas. G4lveston,
New Orleans and Msmphis. A span es
the bridge next 70 HaFiem II blown
d0un, amp 4 is reported thsf forty por-
sons were killed al The bridge.
YUEh ACCOUNT oF nan CALAMITY.
KAxsAs Orx, Nay 11.-About 1880
O'clock shis moEninQ eminuus atorn
ol0uds began gathering oEeF the city.
They nrsf appeared ia the northeast,
ard auERinR WeatsaFd cntc1s the city
turned suddenly about ID THAR course,
and, descending rapidly, broke upon the
city IN terrific harst1 Of wind and rain
that swept all the lighter objects before
TEEN. The darkness waa almost like
night. and people fed 20 the nearest
shelter and awaited with blanehsd faces
She fury Of she tempest. The eIouds
seemed to REans the roofs Of the hinhesl
buildings, and poured ouf thsir torrents
IN apparently solid masses for tine.
1ME 9TnEM 9TnunK THK csrx
In ifs fu7i fotca about twenty minutes
past eleven and ragged for half an hour.
The streets were Fanning rivers cs
water, carrying boxes aud signs and
other similar freight blown from build
inQa or SWEPT by fhe hosd. num.
bsF Of vehicles we're oEartaEned. and IN
numerous instances the divers absn-
dened their horses TO their fate and
sought refuge Ia stores and houses.
Some hail accom- panied the storm, bat
the fail waa not great, Otherwise the
loaa 20 property would have have boan |
enormous from water streaming In af
tho broken windows. A. Il was, the |
windows In quito q large number Of |
bzildinQs we're blown 10 and goods aad /
furniture 4afe water-soakeds All this, /
however, proved entiFsly insignificant |
when the full extent Of the disaster !
WronRht By ahs storm beoame known.
THE LA1KRor SCHOOL BuE1DMo
0esupied prominent site st shs corner |
o. Eighth and Main streets. Il con-
slated Of main bailding. 70 which an !
art wing had been added. The build /
inc was surmoanted ~ tower, which /
for some time had bean considered un-
safe. Il had basn twice condemned,
once within 8 few weeks. but no action |
had hesn taken IN Tie matter. This |
morning the building vas crowded with |
children. many Of whom vent nearly 4
franfic with grief over the appalling |
darkness aud Stiffness whioh pFseaded /
the tempest. The wind swept q vide |
way acros9 Broadway from She west i
and seemed 50 concentrate its force /
upon the t0WeF,.uhioh yielded with q /
crash, and carrying down the heavy /
bell plunged through the Intervening |
hoora % the basement. The main /
building b maaa Of ruins within the /
shattered walls. which still stand. The /
wing vas comparatively qniniufod and |
the scholars In Il were not hurt.
In the main b1ildlng, howeReR, tha /
eject vas awful. The falling noors |
preeipitatad the terrified caildsan 10 the /
basement, where masses OF bricks and /
beams crushed them 20 the ground and |
buried them from Tiew. Persons near. |
hearing the crash, made their way a. |
hest they coald against the beating |
storm % the scene. The gala quickly /
subsidized and TIE wsEk Of FoscainR waa /
undertaken b. eager hands. Owing 70 |
the prevailing exuitsmsnt the nrst work |
Waa nos very elective, bui the are de- !
partmsnt and police soon arrived and |
an nFQaufHaa search Wna 0ommonced |
TIE dead and wounded were lSken oui |
&c Qnickly as posslblo and carried 10 q /
nataaoriam adjoining which waa turned |
into q hospital. Hare the parents and
IL.
each saaFuhfnR for bic or her own and
uatsring hsartEendinR cries aa theg re-
cnrniRsd TIE manned and bIsedina
ths ferns of thoss whom they loved.
Among The hrst taken 0as, several
were dead ,sna one o. twe we're maneled
almost beyond reeeanitisn. Their
clothing vas torn and their bodies we're
covered With duz1 aud mortar. tha
deaihlv sailor 81 ths akin shouinQ ID
painful nonfKaa4 aRninst The CRIME and
bioodslains. Many heroic scenes we're
en&eted daring the sesnae by the wound
ed childFun. ooune 0f them seemed b
have nfsatsr self coutroi than theiF
eldara. One littls gisI, half buried IN
The debris, over Whem tAe rasonsEs weEe
haay, bsRRsd them 10 leave her and
hsip q boy beside her. because, she said.
be was uRly oVe years old.
The scenes n The aa1aloEium, aa the
little ones we're brought In and laid no
on impFosiasd eota. tha dead beinR
placsd Together npca one aides we're
pitffui beyond expeeSaion. A dozen
dead weFe taken 0af during The day
and their bodies gera eent 70 The houses
of their sorruwlna families Several gf
tha ehildfen belonged 70 pzominant
families ID The city.
At No. ITO, WeEs Third street, stood
three alury bxiek baildfna, ca the mid
ale 0f the hlock. tha third hoer Of uhioh
An oyEaAIL FAcruM1.
aandnsasd hS Haar Hrothsxa TIE arss
ana sscuad nooEs we're ecrnpied b the
Graham PapsR Company. II the fae-
tory usFs aboal tWsnty-ava emplayes.