Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-23
HULL TERRIBLE SIORNS
CloudbursEs Thoroughly French
Several Sections Of the Country.
alIY CROPS ARE WAFER SOAKED
1ess sf Life 2ad Gssat Damage 10 Prep
srty ia kaasas. Asntsekg, Illinois
4aa MissoaFt-Cy cisass, Thunder
.ad Il SEssiaz.

KANSAS csFY. NO. June 2a-At Cha
aute. Kan. the worst wind and rain
storm ever known struck the town Sat
arday and lasted about forty minutes.
Several buildings were badly damaged
About :, 30 acres OF wheat near the
Seosho river east Of the city were
ruined, entailing loss OF about so. 00o.
The storm could not have come at
worse time for the crops Wheat " a. just
ready for the reaper. and at some places
had already been cut and stacked
Much Of the crop where the storm
ragged IS q total loss and the rest has
been badly damaged. Corn had Just got
fair start and was in no condition 10
withstand a heavy storm Much of il
was washed away and much VIII have
70 BE- rsPlanted- Comparatively meager
reports have been received from the
country districts where the storms oc-
Cured and tuI estimate of the dam
age to crops cannot be made. From
the facts at haad. however,, il Is esti-
mated that the total loss will not fall
far short " a fall half million OF dollars
~ MISSOURI
CHARLESTON. No., June -. "A ter,
rife windStorm passed over this city
Sunday afternoon IL blew down
many trees. almost demolished tho
Baptist church, unroofcd the opera
house and also the store of A.
A. MeElmurry. doing great damage.
The residence of IL. NJ. Sherman was
unroofed and one OF the walls blown
down A large number of houses
were damaged J. j. Russell and
family narrowly escaped being killed
They were returning from ear
Rage ride when large wooden o-na-
ment was blown across the horse and
buggy. demolishing the latter and in
juring the horse. Mr.. Russell and his
family escaped with slight bruises The
damage IS estimated 1T so, o0o. No lives
have been reported last
IN KEsrycKY.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. June GA num-
DER of severe local storms occurred in
several sections in Kentucky Satur-
day. Heavy rains flooded low lands
in the vicinity OF paducah and some
damage was done to crops. At Boaz.
in the next county To Paducah, several
small houses were blown away. At
Bevier. near Greenvilie. seven houses
were blown away and four persons in
jured. one, a Mrs Miller. perhaps
fatally. At Campbellsburg several
houses were wrecked
IN ILLINOIS.
EyyISeHAM. Ill, June 81. - The
southeastern par. of this county was
visited by a cyclone Saturday after
moon. crops, fences, orchards and farm
buildings suffering severely. John
Grace's two-story house was blown
down and John Wsifenbach lost
his dwelling. orchard and all
outbuildings- John Bearman, an
other farmer, was struck on
che head by flying timber and IA
laily hurt The reports are meager,
aud IL Is thought fuller information
will show heavy losses of life and prop
erty. The track Of the cyclone was
about 600 feet wide, and everything
was laid low in its path A heavy rain
fall accompanied the storm
CAmo. Ill, June ga cyclone Sun
day afternoon did considerable dam
49, OCA8A - Ahtee GotoS>s
tearing up trees by the roots, blowing
cars oil the railroad tracks and knock
ing ali the telegraph wires down L.
NJ. Lass, of the Derrick boat, was
blown from tho bank across the
river on 10 the sand bar. The ferry
boa. Gwynn, from Paducah with an
excursion party for Cairo. Just landing.
was blown over TO the Kentucky shore.
Aside from roofs and shrubbery very
little damage was done in this city.
There was no loss of life.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
KSoxvuLE, Tenn. June 22.--There
was terrible electrical storm here sun
day John Humphreys, with his family
and his brother, were slit ng in bed
room at his home on Euclid avenue,
watching the storm Becoming dark
Humphreys stepped 20 the window to
raise the curtain. when an awful fash
came and Humphreys fell to the floor
His brother was badly shocked and
little daughter was knocked down. In
vestiEatioa showed that Humphreys
had been instC.itly killed.