The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-21
DESTRUCTION.
Kansas Visited By Winds and
Flooda


Fort Scorr, Kan, June IA report
has reached hero that . cyclone visited
Uniontown Saturday night. leaving death
and destruction in its wake 1t is impos.
sible to obtain definite Information as all
the wires on both sides Of tho place are
down and II is Q matter Of doubt whether
it was q cy clone or . cloudburst 1t IL re.
ported that two women and fou children
were drowned. but their names can not b
ascertained. Houses were blown down.
property greatly damaged and it is feared
that many more lives are lost thar have
been reported.
The country about Cniontown is thickly
settled and the latest reports are that tho
loss Of life will far exceed any present
estimates. The whole country seems
to have been flooded Traffic has
been suspended on the Missouri Pacific
and the Missouri. Kansas & Texas. Every
possible aid is being rendered the suffer.
ers. A heavy rain and wind storm passed
over this section Saturday night and yes
terday morning but owing to the cOndi-
ton of the wires little information can be
obtained.
In this city there was much damage to
property but no lives were lost A section
OI inc CIV kuOWu Is - SVLA~
pletely wiped out and many houses were
carried of by the high waters Of the Mar
maton. The mmense dam above the city
broke early yesterday and b water
rushed down Wall street to the depth OF
several feet, flooding cellars and causing
great CONSERVATION. People were taken
out Of houses in wagons, and in Beliesown
many Of the residents were forced to leave
their dwellings in skis to escape death.
UniontOwn is situated on the Wichita &
Western railroad in tho valley Of The
Marmaton, fifteen miles from Fort Scott
1t was organized as q town in 1865, al.
though a post-of;ics had been established
there in 1862 About six years 6 the
town contained eight general stores, "
hotels, q lumber yard, . livery stable. .
mill and had q population Of about 800.
1t has grown considerably. however, since
then.
WALNUT RIVER FLOODS.
AUGUSTA. Kan, June H.-farties living
north OF here on the Walnut river came
to town yesterday and reported the river
out of its banks and some places sur
rounded by water. They procured some
boats and returned.
The river here at that time was not IN.
usually high. but as tho parties reporting
the high water above came only about
five miles it was thought it woud raise to
. dangerous point here. In q short time
it commenced rising about five feet an
hour, and finally began to back up in the
low places. Soon it broke over the banks
about one mile northeast of town and
came with such q rush that the people in
the lower part of town barely had time to
escape from their houses, leaving their
household effects behind. Many had tc
wade through water waist deep
While only . few buildings in town have
been taken out there are about seventy
five houses in water from four to ten feet
deep. which will cause great loss in every
case and many thousands of acres Of wheat
and other crops are totally destroyed,
while the number Of cattle, hogs and
horses lost will run into the thousands.
Two iron and one wooden bridge have
gone out and the Augusta water mills
have been swept away. The material in
the Santa Fe Company's yards foated out
and the Santa Fe depot had to be aban.
doned.
The passenger train ON the Santa Fe
line got here and could get no further nor
return by its " tracks and was into
over the Frisco track. but the
trains will be unable to get east OF
here for several hours Superintendent
Wentworth is here attending to affairs in
person. which ensures the early moving
Of trains.
The damage to crops, stock and other
property is estimated at from $50, 900 to
$4,000
Mrs. Graham and child were drowned
and many others ara u~naccounted for
north of here. Sons are still in trees and
o q housetops surrounded by water. which,
o n account Of b scarcity Of boats, have
not been reached yet. In some instances
RATS were constructed, but owing to the
strong current they were of no avail
STORM IN WEST VIRGINIA.
MARTISsIURG, W. Va, June ia very
heavy storm passed over tho southwest.
ern part Of Berkeley County yesterday
morning. a terrific gale of wind that did
great damage being followed by q terrible
storm and this by q heavy hail.
The hail stones lay in some places three or
our inches deep. Crops and trees are .
livestock was badly bruised and
n some instances killed. Several houses
md barns were wrecked by the wind. No
oss Of life has yet been reported. Owing
O the ~lateness of the our at which the
torn occurred, details are meager.