New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
FIERCE WESTERN STORMS.
LIVES LOST AND CROPS AND PROPERTY
RUINED.
TREMENDOUS RArYFALLs IN MANY LOCALITIES
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HEMMED
IN BY DANGEROuS WATERS.

MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HEMMED
IN BY DANGEROUS WATERS.
Peoria. H., June 20.-Additional particulars
OF the food which washed out the Farm Creek
and Copperas Creek valleys on Thursday night
verify the first reports Of heavy damage. The
people of Fond Du Lac were completely hemmed
in by angry waters, but to-day two men from
there rowed 30 the bridge and reached this city.
The farmers for five or six miles up the river
and mile and half back to the hills have lost
all their crops In many places the water IS
yet standing nine feet deep over cornfelds.
Along the Toledo, Peoria and Western road is
terrible scene of wreckage. Chinaware. baby
carriages, wagons dead cattle, pianos, tables and
fences are piled ten feet high against the railroad
trestle. The iron bridge 300 feet long, over
Ten Mile Creek, just completed was washed away
and has not yet been found. In Fond Du Lac
township where two big brick yards stood Thurs
day there is now ten feet of water. The loss of
crops, live stock and gardens will be enormous.
In Limestone Township Elass sIeinman was
driving home when bolt of lightning killed
both his horses, but he escaped.
St Louis, June 2O.-The heavy storms which
swept through Kansas yesterday have, far
heard from, done ncalculable damage 10 grow
ing crops AT Fort Scott large dams broke about
fifteen minutes after the storm began and the
bottom lands were completely flooded, houses swept
away like straws, and it is feared many lives
are lost. The water In Buck Run bottoms is fully
mile in width Many men, women and children
can be seen rooftOps and in by spectators,
but it is impossible to reach them.
Kansas City, June 90" The Stars" dispatches
report terrible rain and wind storm in the vicin-
ity of Osceola last night. About six inches of
water fell. Great damage was done to growing
crops passenger train On the Kansas City,
Osceola and Southern road was ditched three miles
from there, killing Engineer Lightner
named Crandall, who is thought to have beeir on
tho train, is missing At Emporia three and
half inches fell in two hours. Nearly every cellar
in the town Is flooded, and the lower floors of
many houses were covered with water to the
depth Of several inches. Wheat and corn have
suffered considerable damage
The tornado which passed over Arkansas City
last night did great damage fifteen miles southeast
Of there. The dwelling-hOuses Of John Bowman
w. Bennett, Samuel Brown, X. Kersey and William
Brown were completely wrecked All the inmates
escaped without serious injury, except Mrs. Eliza
beth Bowman, mother of John Bowman, who was
fatally injured A daughter of Mr. Bennett was
in the cellar and was completely buried under the
debris, but escaped unhuTt < large number of
barns and granaries were blown down.
hb TorJ sScoub. during tne storm and overflow
last night at Ruck Rum rescuing party were COM
PEELED 10 abandon their boat two of the men
saved their lives by catching hold OF trees hut the
other, John Connalin, aged nineteen caught hold
Of limb which broke and he was washed away.
Little Rock, Ark, June 2O.-News has reached
here of destructive storm in the eastern portion
of Crittendcn County. large area of country
was devastated. Dwellings and barns were un-
rooted and blown down, fencing carried away
and much timber levellcd Mrs. Sarah Shadricx
was struck by flying piece of timber and her
neck was broken. A stavemalSer named Stanley
was crushed by falling trees, and two boys, sons
of a mill man named Hollingsworth, are missing
and IL il believed killed.
Louisville June 20-At Lewsport this morn.
ing the Methodist Church was blown down by
storm and Dave Ray, coored, was killed by fall
ing timbers.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 20.-Ths weeks bulle-
tin of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service reports
the temperature about normal and the rainfall
excessive In many localities. Heavy storms
wrought considerable damage by washing out corn
and flooding crops on the bottom lands, and in
the southern districts the cereal crops are too
rank, with tendency to lodge The general effect
however, will be good in the State at large if
followed by favorable weather for cultivation of
corn and ripening small grain.