The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-19

minor damage to buildings a. K Leo
nard and Loomis McKim were caught II
the storm and received painful injuries
Leonard is badly cut about the head ant
Is injured internally McKim got bro
ken leg and many cuts and bruises or
the body.
Lincoln. Neb., June 1S.-Violent WIND
storms prevailed over a wide district II
Nebraska late last night and early this
morning. In Lincoln some minor dam
age was done. At Munroe, west OF
here, the storm approached the VIo-
lence Of a tornado. Hardly chimney
is left in the town. and many roofs were
taken off. The house Of Peter ToOln
was tatolly wrecked, and Mr.. and MTs-
Tobin slightly injured. Norfolk suffer
ed from the storm in the way or un-
roofed houses. Two men were injured,
but not seriously.
Sedalia, No, June 1S.-The town was
visited by a fiery electrical and WIND
storm this evening. The power house OF
the Sedalia Electric Railway and Pow
er company was struck by lightning
and all OF the dynamos ruined, leaving
the city without street lights tonight,
and stopping the cars on all of The SIX
car lines. \ restaurant on Main street
was blown down. a number Of frame
buildings were twisted off their founda
1ions
Charlotte, ". G, June 1S--At O'Clock
this evening a cyclone swept over West
Durham. The Baptist church was blown
down. The large storage house of the
Erwin Cotton mills was blown down,
and the stock of cotton CLOTHS stored
there was soaked with rain.
Winnipeg, Man, June -18.-D!spatches
from the west report serious foods and
cloudburst west Of Calgary, in the
Rocky mountains. The suburbs Of Cai-
gary are submurged, fifty families made
homeless, and several bridges washed
away.
Paris, June ia cyclone swept over
the village Of Bezons and Colombes, near
this city this afternoon. Houses collaps-
ed, trees were torn up, telegraph wires
were broken. several people were injur-
ed and much damage was done.
At Asnires, the cyclone worked havoc.
Three persons We're killed, and twenty
seriously injured.
At the time the cyclone struck Asner-
ais, fair was in progress. Everything
was uthterly demolished. Two hundred
trees were uprooted. The roof of Coig-
nets fireworks factory was blown off; a
tall chimney was blown down, and the
boiler exploded, killing several persons
and injuring fifteen. II is reported that
five persons were killed in a cafe. In
every direction houses and other build
ings were more or less seriously damag-
ed 1t is estimated that throughout the
district over which the cyclone moved
at least twenty persons were killed and
ninety injured. The whole garrison a.
Courtsevoie, about fifty miles northwest
of Paris, went at a double-quick pace 10
Asnerais after thed isaster, where the
scene is now one of widespread and ap-
palling desolation. Every booth, van |
and merry-go-round in the fair was
smashed. In the distance, the cyclone |
presented the appearance Of a cloud Of
smoke going from the southwest TO |
northeast. Roofs were seen flying in the |
air like kites. Ambulances and forty |
carriages are now searching for the dead |
and wounded The people are complete |
ly dazed, and women and children can |
be seen sitting weeping upon the door |
steps. Considerable damage was also |
done at ST. Denis.
Madrid, June 1S.-Violent hail and |
rain st orms have swept the province of |
Sagovia, In the old CASTLE district. Crops |
have been ruined, houses flooded and /
cattle and goods carried away by the |
foods The people are panic stricken.