The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-21
BIG STORMS In THE WEST
FOUR LIVES LOST IN A BLOW IN
ARKANSAS.

Dwellings and Barns Unroofed and
Demolished Over a Large Area-In-
calculable Damage to Crops and
Heavy Loss Of Life IN Kausas-A Del
uge at Osceol9, Mo.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, June 20.-News has
reached here of destructive storm in the
eastern portion of Crittenden county some
miles from Marion. Alarge area of coun-
try was devastated, dwellings and barns
were unroofed and blown down, feuo.
ing carried away and large
patches OF timber leveled. Mrs.
Sarah Shadrick was struck by a fyipg
piece of timber and her neck broken. A
stavemaker named Stanley was crushed by
falling trees, and two boys, sons Of mill.
man named Hollingsworth, are missing.
and it is believed were killed.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN KANSAS.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, June 20-Heavy storms
which swept thorough Kansas Yesterday
have, 80 far as heard from, done inealcu-
liable damage to growing crops. At Fort
Scott large dams broke about fifteen min
utes after the storm began, and the bottom
lands were completely flooded, houses swept
away ilhc otlhNo ~ 10 l6dI6Q plAL MANY
lives are lost. The water, in what is known
as Buck Run bottoms, is fully a
mile in width. Many men. women
and children can be seen on the roof tons
and in the trees by spectators, but it is i'm
possible to reach them. A rescuing party
were compelled to abandon their boats Two
Of them saved their lives by catching hold of
trees, but the other, John Connalin, aged
10, caught hold Of a limb which broke and
no cd g., -
that he was drowned.
A DELUGE AT oSCEOLA.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, June 20.-The Stars
specials report terrible rain and wind
storm in the vicinity of Osceola last night.
About six inches of water fell. Great dam
age was done to growing crops. A pas
senger train on the Kansas City, Osceola
and Southern railroad was ditched three
miles from there, killing Engineer Lighter.
man named Crandall. who was thought
to have been on the train, is missing. AT
Emporia three and half inches Of rain fell
in three hours.
BUILDINGS FLOODED.
Nearly every cellar in the city Is flooded
and the lower floors of many houses are
covered with water to a depth of several
inches. Wheat and corn have suffered con-
siderable damage.
n NJSAOA WhACA phsSC0 ON6T kATkhuSdb
City last night did great damage fifteen
miles southeast Of there. The dwelling
houses OF John Bowman. w. Bennett,
Samuel Brown, K. Kersey and William
Brown were completely wrecked. All of
the inmates escaped without serious injury
except Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, mother of
John Bowman, who was fatally injured
A daughter Of Mr.. Bennett was in the cell
lar and was completely buried under the
okrfo h..A 4
Der OF barns and granaries were blown
down.
THE FLOOD IN ILLINOIS.
PEORIA, ILL.,, June Additional par
ticulars Of the flood which washed Farm
creek aud Copperas creek valley Thursday
night verify the first reports of heavy dam
age People on Fon du Lac were COM
pletely bemmed in by angry waters, but
yesterday two men from there rowed to the
bridge and reached this city. Farmers for
i've or six miles up the river and one and
half miles back to the bills have
lost all their CROPS. In many places the
water is yet standing nine feet over the
corn fields Along the Toledo, Peoria and
Western railroad there is terrible scene of
wreckage. The household furniture Of peo-
pie In Farmdale and Hilton was all washed
away. China, baby carriages, wagons,
dead cattle, pianos, tables and fences are
piled ten feet high against the railroad
trestle. An iron bridge, 300 feet long, over
the mill creek which had just been COM
pleted, was washed away and has not been
located.
In Fou du Lac township, where two big
brick yards stood Thursday, there is now
ten feet Of water. The loss Of crops, live
stock and gardens will be enormous. In
Limestone township Elass Hermann was
driving home when a bolt of lightning
Killed both his horses. but he escaped.