Telegram-herald., 1889-06-18
RUIN IN KANSAS.
4 Furious Storm Wipes = Hamlet
Cot - k1lste2ce.
TsIOslews TIE UsLUCkY VILLAGE
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Places

AwfVL STORMS - KASsAS
~ LeUls Jlue 10 Additional &dsioes
a1out nr disaster Al k&nszs froEE wind ane
r-in storms are thAI Insentown sso0t -
teen uailes ~ess u tort sootL ga 1As
Niohlg@ Shs Western railway. sss slEV
Usily swept away ana ts.aI t~0 sonleI
Gnd fosH ehllaIvE .ete oIssEod tEloa-
to~n which ls place II "a Ia
hsbAsnts ls IL tie Inldst Cf d thlckiy-
settled country aRo u II fesTsd thai
tie loss of lie II eNsE heavier than
ported As the ~1Tos are down fOi
nrteea miles ca es<l.eT ssde, EottinE dsh
nIte can be learned The storm str0cA
the western part % bourbon County late al
night coming fToIa Ihs sess. - here II had
PLAYED great hssoc At Augast@ IL 60
sunaed the form ef cloud burst aud
though every thing possible h@S been done
IL obtain ee tails by Tie railroads az Is ~
certainty al presenL
filu tort scott n oommcnced raining
sbOu . el0ck SUNDAY morning Old fesi
deuts s4y II sas the hardest rain IN tblIts
years Mater commenced rising II
BUCK run AZ IL the morning L&mo
4 heads Ice dam on sixth street burst
about 10 o clock ia tie forenoon, causing
the water ia Buck run tO rise at the rate
OF aboat thre. feet al hour carrying away
several houses and the bridge across Sixth
street The part ot Fort Scott known "a
Belitown Is under water This was oauseS
by the overflow from Narnaton river Ieo
pie were taken oat with boats
Several bridges were washed ont anc
trains were stopped on both sides OF fori
Scott The Kansas Nebraska A DAkots
track IL undtr water FOR about nine miles
out The Memphis road j. badly dam
aged for about 600 feet out ter
miles north OF fOTt Scott Ali the people
In the bottom In Last EoTt Scott moved out
AT last accounts the water had stopped RE
ing. and II no more rain falls the fOOc
viii rapidly subside Every EFFORT j. being
made 10 obtain information from Union
town
ELDoEADo, Kan, June 1.-THE upper
valley Of the Walnut Is Hooded from
cesstye rains The streams being higher
than they have been FOR yeaTs. Saturday
night The TlVeT came up 90 suddenly that
family by the name OF Graham start
ed from their home 10 the high Land
The mother and babe were drowned
the father and one child escaping Grain
nelds are hooded and much damage mus
result portion of the Missouri laeine
track is washed away and there have beer
no trains in over the Santa Fe since sunday.
1t is surmised that a number OF people have
been drowned ia the lower valley The
water il receding 4 later rumor reporu
the drowning OF o. Beaman. IA Cassidy.
WICHITA Kan June IA violent rain
and wind-storm visited Southwestern Kan
sas Saturday evening. and in some places
was accompanied by hail Most OF the
wheat being harvested but little damage
was done TO crops The buildings OF ths
Southern Kansas Sugar Company at Con
way Springs were blown down and much
new machinery which was recently pat IN.
was badly damaged. large barn eigh,
miles north OF Conway belonging 10 \.
Bowman, was blown down aud six horses
were killed.
rT1;No VALLEY. III, June 1.-THE heav-
lest rains that have fallen for years ia this
vicinity fell FRIDAY evening and SATURDAY.
The Illinois river is overfiowing Its banks
and thousands Of acres OF corn In the bot
tom lands are under water The Rock
Island track was partly washed out here
an1 trains are delayed
CYCLONE on THE GvIF
WAsHINGToS, June 17.-Hsvana reports
that Saturday night saA Sunday morning
there were very heavy squalls with sis
inches OF rain there. A cyclone crossed the
western Caribbean 10 the eastern gulf
BALTIMORE, bid June IA special from
Rockville, Montgomery County, says that
the lightning struck the private residences
OF Bell Ward, near Hunting Hill and Ia.
building with all It's contents wa destroyed
Two colored persons at work on the farm
OF Spencer Jones, near Knowles were
struck by lightnimg One was killed anC
the other seriously injured
IN WEST vIDGTNIl
MARrINsBuRG. W Va, June ia very
heavy storm passed over the southwest
part OF Berkeley County sunday evening
4 terrific gale Cf wind that die great dam
age followed by = terrible thunder
storm. This was followed by heavy hail
storm that added greatly 10 the destfIc-
tiveness The hsil.stoncs lay In fome
places three or four inches deep Cropt
and trees are ruined 1--we stock was bad,
bruised and in some instances killed Sew
eral houses and barns We're wrecked bv the
wind No loss Of life has vet boen reported
owing to the lateness of the hour at which
the storm occurred details are mesgeT