New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-28
TWO WEEKS OF STORM.
AN UNEQUALLED RECORD OF DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION
TOMATOES REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE WEST
FROM TEXAS TO MICHIGAN HUNDREDS
or LIVES AND MILLIONS OF
PROPERTY LOST

or LIVES AND MILLIONS OF
PROPERTY lost.
The fierce wind and ra'nsiorms which for tho last
TWO weeks have prevailed IN the southwest West
and Northwest from Texas to Michigan. were mrs.
heard from AZ sherman. Tex. which. on ay H. wae
visited by a tornado. the nerc'si in the history
az North Texas Two hundred people were reported
killed on that day and IN the path or ne cyclone"
40 wards wide nothing In the city 81 sherman was
left standing. over hiiy people were also injured
An account OF the storm said thai there was
roaring wind coming from the south ana the
air was thick with wind The property loss was "s-
,imated a; 10000. The storm began In the south
east corner Of Denton County ana swep; through
the state until IN, Rel River. On III" Indian Ter
rltory border was reached. when II scattered ana
ceased lis deadly work. II travelled j" miles
Another storm passed Just ives, OF Den'son at the
same time
On Sunday May Il. the storm had travelled 'nt-
thor north and reports were received from many
par,s OF Kansas OF great damage 10 IN" ana prop
er,v The storm came from the Southwest ami
vas preceded by a heavy fall OF rain ana nan
,unnel- SHAPED cloud travelling slowly. cane from
Tho oor,oste direction from the wind. Notwlthshni-
Ing the precautions taken. many people IN various
sections OF the State travrrs"i by inc STORM "'i'
killed Frankfort. Seneca. Oneida. Sabeth". Benton
and slmsonia all suffered. Reports. though n"ces-
CARLY rncagre Indicate that probably hfty people
were Killed and twice many injured. The money
loss to farmers whose houses. barns and crops
were DESTROYED was necessarily large.
D,spatches on Sunday night indicated that the
storm was not confined TO Kansas. Central HI
r,,e cities were visited by foods Of rain and high
,.,rde Al Peoria Smsonia. ST. Augustine Gales
burg and Peklr considerable damage was done
That night there was also a tornad" IN inc south
west corner OF Marshall County. Kentucky. ana at
Eva Ave people were killed
Tho tornado also dld some damage In Southwest
ern Missouri Vermillion. South Dakota. also fel:
the edge OF the storm Sunday morning. ana th're
were many losses reported from neighboring sec
lions OF the State.
While the storms had developed Into Tomatoes
4, eome parts OF the country Immediately west OF
the Mississippi River. and death and disaster 10
n,onertv had resulted, there has been "A steady
downfall OF rain for the last ten days In moet parts
NJ Missouri Iowa, Kansas, the Dakotas' LIMOS
and Michigan. The bottom lands OF the Missouri
were flooded and during all OF last week reports OF
disasters from all sections kept coming In. Tues
day there was a tornado at Eldon. and rains waehed
awav bridges In the western and southern portions
OF the State.
On Friday May %. the Mississippi at Cairo had
reached the twenty ivefoot mark, rise of five feet
I'm twenty-four hours by evening 1t rose hve feet
more.
Further reports on Thursday night gave details Of
moro tornadoes In Kansas. at burlington, Arkansas
civ and other points Crops on the Missouri bottom
lands were all reported destroyed. Heavy rains and
floods were reported from Iowa. while Northern Min
ncsOta said 10 ne under W0ter lnOuSaHuS Oh
acres OF wheat were destroyed near Alton And still
the rain and hail storms continued
on MAY % came the first reports Of the severity
NJ the storm in the ne.ghborhood OF st. Louis.
throughout most parts OF Iowa and Missouri the
rains had ceased but in Southern Illinois the flood
continues.
In Southern Kansas. last Saturday, II had been
raining for two weeks steady. Thousands OF acres
in Coney, Anderson and Linn counties were under
water
Last Sunday night a tornado swept across POLK
and the eastern end OF Jasper counties. Iowa.
over twenty are known 10 have been Killed there
and many more injured II came from the north
with tremendous wind. II had been a not ana
sultry day Then came violent rain and thunder
Storm which preceded the sudden roar OF Inc
tornado The towns OF Polk city, Ankeny ana
Valcra were the principal towns visited by the
storm Sunday night also Dubuque was the centre
NJ a viosit electric storm. Four people were
killed and many bridges were blown away. Fifteen
people were killed at Dyersvie. Bloody Run ana
Nanchegter near there. A cloudburst dcvasted
McGrsgor the same day and left everything for ten
miles around in ruins. At least fourteen people
were carried down the Mississippi and drowned
Ten miles 4 the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paui
track were washed away. and the loss was over
100000.
Similar stories OF disaster came from MARSHALL
town and Oelwein, Iowa. five people being kiiieu II
the former place. -
on Monday evening a tornado passed through
Oakland Tuecola. Lapeer and Macomo couhees'
Michigan. About ffty people were killed ana a.