Telegram-herald., 1889-06-19
SEVERAL DROWNED.
A Number or Lives Lost In the
Kansas Floods.
THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER WATER.
Dwellings, aud B-rH1 Buildings Wrecked
4ad Crops Ruin cd Havoc Created by
Hurricane in a New York
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KANsAs CRY. No Juae Is Reports from
Central aad Southeastern kansas are 10 the
effect that tho storm which has prevailed
thef- during the past two days ha- done i'm
nlee-e damage 60 farm property and crops
The NsrueUon river at Fort SCOTT, which
va substcing early Monday afternoon, Is
again rising flooding the entire northern
portion OF Fort Scott 1rsric Oh the Mis-
sOuri Kansas Texas road Is entirely sns-
pended
The reported storm at Uniontown proved
% DO a very small affair. The trains on the
Frisco road are ali lying st Augusta Kan
tho tracks Tor miles beyond that point hav
log been washed away The Missouri Pa
cinc tracks az Eldorado are under water
and the damage 10 crops Is estmable.
Great Boud reports severe damage from .
terrific hGii-storm Several persons are re-
ported drowned near Chanute, but no par
tlculars have been received
The storm Ia Missouri was also OF a severe
character. kilograms from Sedaha report
the entire suspens OF tra2ic on the Mis-
sour, Kansas 4 Texas road, running
rroul that place west Al Springfield No,
ayoung farmer named Clarense Turner was
killed Dy lightning.
lola, Kan, June l6-Allen County has
suffered severely during the last thirty
and Us principal tributaries which have
covered the bottoms for a mile or more
on either side There hss been
loss OF nfe or OF live stock. bat It IS feared
that hundreds Of acres OF wheat which
we're igst r1peDins aud promised a very
large Yield. wffl be almost a total loss, while
the submerged corn and other crops will be
greatly damaged The ST Louis Wichita
& Western railroad bridge across Rock
creek east OF this town has been under
mined and Il only held by the iron track
from going down stream On this side ot
the bridge nearly quarter OF mile
or track LAS beeu washed from the
bed rsile the railroad has been seriously
dsmaxea Near the river vest or the
city a large number OF small bridges and
culverts along the wagon roads have been
washed out and workmen were engaged
All cay Sunday strengthening the river
bridge. which II Is feared has been seri-
ousiy undermined The water reached its
highest point AZ s clock Monday morning
since which time it has been slowly reced-
ing and IL = now hopsc4 the worst Is past
HuNsoLDT. kan June i The Seosh5
river Is Eve miles wide at this point but Is
falling Ten thousand acres OF wheat have
been ruined The people and stock had
ample warning 20 reach the higI lands, and
the damage - cOnnaec % crops
CsDAEvALE Kan June lS-Two brothers
-Brack and Sheridan Hones--were drowned
here sundsy morning in attempting 10 ford
the Big Canadian river.
ANorHvR FLOOD II PENN sYI-vASTA
WrLrAsrssoEr. Pa June lS Heavy rains
prevailed again in this section Monday aft
erno0n. causing the streams 70 rise rapidly
Au eigbt-foot food 10 Lycoming creek
Bodlass and Rslston, on the Northern Cen
tral railway. completely cutting OF com
uuaicsrion on tnst road between this city
and E,mira AL trains on the northern
Genital between these two points are "a az.
rird up. snd viL BE- for several days unit.
the gaps can be closed
DESTRUCTIVE GALx ~ INDIANA
CRAwSoEDsvIrLE Ind. June ls-A fear
m storm vfsfted the southsa saste IN portion
of rats township sunday night IL extended
ovsr a scops % country Ten miles long sBf
on. nile wide and ended IN a regular
cloud- hurst The damage 20 properly vas
great fences snd o-1dzes being washed
swaT ana barns torn down Growing crops
/ ia ths storms path were destroyed and
where t1ruptk.s were crossed th- water
cas them down % the level CT the country
f on ettber ste
+ TlsfBarCVss vSECEEr sT ~TcIoNE
/ M1opLzrozN y l. June IS Tie ter
rihle eiecsric Storm wa.ch visited the
T shenango valley region sunday vss accom-
raaied st NorpJcA by = tornado which
devssta.ed the large and handsome GENE
+ tsrv fusr beyond tte outskirts of the VII
I age. where most of rha dead II the Gown
lie buried AZ ths height ~ the storm
+ dense black funnel shapes cloud vas seen
+ approaching -be cemetery fram t5e Ne.t
A. eudel ~ rhe lend roar ~ furious rfnds
snd a -edeuhie8 1ovuponr 0f rain and bail
F AZ -ha edge ~ the cemetery the tornado
2 struck che sart5 Vtsa terrific violence and
| swept across -he grounds 81 GsraStafing
PARA F'n fset wi 3e TWISTING ahout snd rr-
rosting trees AMI -arubeery and tossing
AMI vhruE huEs marble and CYAN -
racuurerrs as ths,-Eh tler we're so usrv
pieces ~ cork Nearly every beadstous
and monuments ID the path 81 the
tornado vas broken or defscef 50
a. to - practically ruined sCrae
of the nncnumeu1s destroyed were
elaborate sni costlv fsaiiY memorials.
F. Weighing frou Eve 20 tvs1-v cons he
T Esuaas dene ir The cemetery ar-l rrot I'D
ta nanv t1ogSanCs cf solisrs Srra-z4 -
sav tbe tornado spenr i-s furv chlelv et-a
iu -ae hCunds 80 tne cem@rsrv s. The dana
aye srue en- either stae rvss cou6nsd to ebe
crreetur ~ fee trees and -a- guroofrg
81 several ogthrllf-a--s
The Fr--lsear-. Frox-ssnun-
wAsHrverox Tane Is P~e-Id .nt He~r1-