Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-07-09
Terrific Storms.

swept Friday might. The severest
blow came on the fields of grain that
promised the most bountiful yield in
many years, which were swept bare of
vegetation. The seas of rain were
abetted i'll their work of destruction
by tornad0es. IT is too early yet to
sum up the loss, but the total is ap.
palling, and those to whom the angry
elements spared life have little left to
sustain it.
The storm focus embraced an area
OF 200 square miles, with the south
western corner of Missouri as the CEN
ter. The greatest loss of life is re-
ported from Winona. Mo, where elev-
ell corpses were found. with as many
more missing.
Uncontirmed reports are received
Of the loss of life as follows: Three
at Fayetteville, Ark; one at Paola,
Kan; one at Richards, Kan, and six
of hunting party in Indian Terrific
ry. This gives known and probable
loss of forty three lives. This to-
tai will be increased when the re.
ceding waters permit thorough
search.
The loss of property can be placed
in the millions. Dwellings,. fences
and farm buildings were carried off,
and highway and railroad bridges
swept away. Thirty of eighty build
ings i'll Winona succumbed.
SPRINGFIELD. (Mo.). July S.-A Sc
we're electric rain storm swept along
the james river and as far south as
Ozark last night Livestock was
killed by the wind and lightning.
The crops were badly damaged by the
| storm. Theree houses ut Sparta were
destroyed by lightning. Reports of
the flood Of Win0na, Missouri, pub
Hshed heretofore, are now known TO
have told only part of the horrors
of the disaster. Owing TO the fact
that Wirona is in mountainous re-
gion, almost inaccessible by wagon,
and that the railroad is washed away,
news OF the food is hard to obtain.
Railway connection viii be cstab.
lished this afternoon by;running a
train to either end of the Current ri.
yer, branch of the Kansas city, Fort
Scott and Memphis. but it will be sew
eral days before the gap can be closed
up i'll the road. Several officials Of the
railway: and other parties left for
Winona on a special train this morn-
ing to render all the assistance posi-
bic to the flood stricken people. The
bodies of Rev. G.. w. Duncan and
daughter, Matte, and Miss Norma
Nevins were found under a large
drift of broken timbers. About a
mile below Winona was the body of an
unknown man, who was stopping at
one of the hotels.
GUTHRIE (Ok.), July 9.--A terrific
hail and wind storm prevailed here
last night. Hail fell large as hens
eggs doing an immense amount of
damage to crops and breaking hun =
dreds Of windows, III one township
there was a water spout, and bridges
We're washed away.
FREDoNIA, (Kanl July ga blind
| ing rain storm, accompanied by high
winds passed over this locality ex-
tending three miles north yesterday at
three o'clock. Ia forty minutes fully
fonr inches OF water foil washing
away the sidewalks. At La Fohtaine,
Kansas the residence of r. Giles was
biewh off the foundation. At New
Albany the roof of the brick school
house was blown away, damaging the
j building to the amount Of $4,000
The Christian church, in course Of
construction, was leveled to the
ground. The family of John Cox
hush md, wife and seven children
while crossing small stream were
thrown into the water, but fortunate