Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19
DISASTROUS STORMS
Wind, Rain and Lightning Cause
Great Damage.
PEOPLE KILLED BY THuSDERBOLTS
Hall a. Large ~ hickory >Uts al che.
isoss2n- harsas sifs and otissr n ost-
eFa fs~ns Damaged es Toe
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ranrzox v.s nay Is The home e
Davtor Flnes Al Ia Prairie Via We s.TUck
~ hg ghualng and nrod friass night The
fame. ~.xe quickly eXtlngUishea ~hen
Ars g.sxs sras found a. have been killed
tv lie bolt Her lit1ls child was soineshst
banned bat wlll recover
EBosA Ia Nay Ia Thursday night the
nvers barn II b + Dsys w@s sIucA ty
hshsnllg and destroyed Ten horses were
KILLED and burned IAs LISA IL places -
SSOco
CaKBoHsAS Mich Nss IA severe haSl
and rain-storm swept over thls cfoy st "a
q clock FRIDAY nls ht Windows and electric
sht globes we're broken ~ the hailsienes,
which were ss large a. hickory Asts A@o1A
damage YES Elsc done - fTuit snd aha %
trees
huwAuErE. Nav ls-At Big Patch. Via
THURSDAY night lightning STRUCK barn he
longing IL Alfred Terrell, which va cen-
sanae, together with three valuable horses
which II contained The loss u placed %
g. ooO with no Insurance.
JAcKsoSyuIR, III May "A little after
O'Clock Friday night . funnel shaped
cloud struck the lower part Of this county.
scattering buildings and trees IL every ci-
rectson No losS " Life is reported though
. number of persons came near being badly
hurt Fortunately the cloud rose high Ia
the air without doing teri0as damage.
though for miles eastward there wss inky
blsckness ia ths sky. A high wine and
heavy rain speedily prevailed after tie
cloud passed
RocKFoRD. III, NAY is-The hardest
thunder storm Rockford ever knew oo-
CURED at ? O'Clock Friday afternoon Tho
explosions were terrnc. The rain fell -
perfect sheets for half al hour number
OF houses were struck by lightning bat not
badly damaged A lad named Charlie
keeler wes nshing On the dam and VAS
struck by lightning and knocked into The
river He was dead before lie could be
rescued but whet thoT from the hg ghtning or
drowning can not be told
GAINESVILLE Tex. Nav is-A cyclone
swept across Northern Texas Friday after
noon. AT Forestbnrg Montague County, "a
school house was blown down and Two
children killed Many Others were seriously
hurt and three are stil missing General
destruction was done 20 crops ii Ia feared
more lives have been lost
Kansas CRY. No. May ls-A heavy rain
storm passed over this section Friday, doing
great deal OF minor damage in this city
streets and sewers were badly washed out
The railroads were also badly demorahzed
and not n road sent ia IA train exactly on
time large portion Of the bluff faci0g
the Missouri rlver was washed down over
the Chicago Alton tracks and that road
was con1yelle 10 use the Wsbaeh tracks
Late reports from the storm indicates that
II was more severe than was at first thought
The railroads are the chief sufferers Two
spans Of the Rush creek bridge on the Chi
cago. Milwaukee 81 Paul road near
Liberty Mo were washed away. and
trains between Kansas City and Chilli
cothe have been abandoned The bridge
Is go feet long and % feet high
and IL Will take dsy or two 70 repair IL
The Kansas City. st Joseph Council
Bluffs tracks are submurged twelve inches
for long distance near Parkvile The
Hannibal tracks are also under water near
Liberty and "a passenger train was delayed
an hour there yesterday. The passengers
and urainmen had u get of and wsde Knee
deep TO clear the track All east bound
Rock Island trains go from Kansas
City via st Joseph 10 Cameron The Union
Pacific is badly damaged near Manhattan,
Kan. where the kaw river is thirteen feet
above lov-water mark IL IL feared thai
when the rise reaches Kansas City 10
viii food the west bottoms The Missouri
Pacific is badly demoIalized in al
directions and its trains are from two
to four hours LAT, Several bad wash
outs are Tepor- t0 Setween here and
Little Blue and some small tTesfles are IN
danger The evening trains were sent out
almost on time by most all the roads, but
they expect 10 have hard time getting
through 70 their destinations ia this city
the Eighteenth street cable line was stopped
six hours on account Of the flood and the
power house OF the Tenth street line was
so badly fooled that the water had 70 ba
pumped out Of the boileI-T0om for
several hours TO keep the machinery IN op-
Grafton The Twelfth street line Siopped
FOR over an hour on account Of the water
flooding the conduits in the loop st the
eastern city limits Between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth ftroet- for distance Of two
blocks in the EasteTn part Of the CITY the
entire surface is under water The floors ct
nearly al the dwelling ia that territory are
submerged causing great Inconvenience
IN ArlnouTdale a number of cottages were
flooded y bile on Split Log creek there -
area OF ten acres that is now lake
from five 70 twenty feet deep The house
Of NJ H'ssler Was flooded 20 the ceiling
and The family was rescued with difficulty.
In kansas city. Kan 10 - estimated that
sI5 90 worth q damage hns been done.
Reports from various PARTS q Kansas tel =
unprecedented rain fall and low ian Is
everywhere arc fooded