Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-25
DAMAGE BY STORMS.
s,yprsl Persons Reported Killed by
Lishlnins.
,pops AND ORCHARDS DESTROYED
Nail stones Some of Which Measured
Jyer Ten Inches In
Dibmatar.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, June 25-
s,eclals to the Star from Rich Hill,
/ Mo-, says:
A tornado struck the northern part
o, this city last night. The dam'g
will amount to thousands of dollafe.
One Get OF kilns anu one set OF fur.
4 psces OF Cherokee Canyon Smelter
company were blown away, caught
fire anu We're totally consumed. The
blscksmith and other buildings at the
plaul we're blown away.
The Rich Hill Canning factory was
totally wrecked. The brick block OF the
M, 8. Cowlts MeIcsntije company was
uproofed anu The water poured H.,
greatly damaging tue stock. Buck
etidge block, bricB, was nni0oted, end
bulldings occupied by the Daily Re-
view badly damaged. TIE city hall
was unToof.d and the Wiseman block
upiooied anu the front blown iu. The
Klump block was blown In.
The amphitheater house, hoTpe stalls
and sheds, f1Jral hall, agricultural
hslls and oiher buildings at tue Fair
2Ituuue WcIc Cohpict1iy ucm'iirhcus
The Christian AMI Episcopal
churches were wrecked. The round
house OF the Memphis railway 10 u
total wreck anu freight cars were
blown from the tracks in the Paci 10
ami Memphis yards.
Thomas Smith OF the zinc works
was struck by flying tim0srs aud bad.
ly IL jured AM several others were
more Ur less seriously hurt. The dam.
ago to crops alone VIII amount To thou.
SANDS OF dollars. The storm lated
thirty minutes. The rain fell in tor.
Tents, accompanied by hail.
BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
MACON, Mo-, June ga hurrl-
cane rSg,d here ast night, damaging
buildings more or less seriously, wreck.
ing.trees and telephone and telegraph
wires ana doing other damage. The
STERN territory was fifty miles wide
from Brookfeld to Clarence. As far
rs known no deaths resulted.
CROPS DESTROYED.
EEDALIA, Me-, June 25.-An cleo.
ttical, wiud and rain storm struck this
city this morning doing much dam
age. Trets were uprooted and barns,
fences anu many small h usos were
wrecked. A Missouri, Kansas &
J Texas pnfscnRe r trp.n ran in o q coupIe
VI box CARS that had been blown from
the siding near Mon trose. The engine
was partially demolished and young
man, unknown, VINO mad fought
shelter In one OF the care, was killed.
Crops have been utterly destroyed In
many sections OF this county.
HEAVY RAINFALL.
FORT ECoTT, Ksn., June 25.-Three
anu thirty .iouf hundreuths inches OF
rain Tell here last night, making the
greatest precipitation reCordei by the
weather observer In many years.
There are washouts on the railroads
delaying trains. Both the MarmatoD
and Mil Creeks are running up stream
lrom back water, and rapidly rising.
The wind did some damage.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 25.-Reports
OF heavy storms throughout southern
Illinois and Missouri continue to be
received. Last night and until an
early hour today st. Louis was again
deluged with rain. While the wind
has been destructive to trees, crops and
buildings In some sections, the rain has
greatly benefitltd some crops.
Around Cairo, Ills, fully five inches
OF rain has fallen within the last week,
breaking the drouth and saving corn
and other crops.
81. Joseph, No., suffered especially
from the wind. Big trees were uprooted
and small buildings crushed. Other
xuh 3 h., rial u
severe were Moberly, Alexandris,
Fsyette, Trenton and Csliforni
Several lives were lost through light
ming. Mrs. Ruben Rickabaugh, wife
Of a farmer, was Instantly killed while
ntting at the window OF her house.
Two miles from Albany. Albert Rous.
ter, farm hand living near st.
Charles, No., has also been killed.
while number of farmers In both lii.
nos and Missouri had barns and crops
turned by the lightning.
The immense advance elevator ga"
IN East 81. Louie, in which was stored
10000 bushels OF grain, was etrucE by
hshtniDg and set on fire last night but
nfemen saved It from destruction.
HAIL STORM AT PUEBLO.
PUEBLO. Colo. June 25.-The hail
stoIm tnnt passed over this city and
cinity-last night was the most Sc
we're ever experienced here. Incredu'
US persons are inclined TO doubt
the statements made In regard to the
tlse OF the stones v bich fell, but many
are Wiling to make affidavit That
some OF the hail stones weighed over
eip bit ounces.
In Bessemer stone was picked up
winch measured los riches in clrcum-
terence and weighs It ounces.
fortunately the pau OF this storm
Was not wiue and its duration was no!
great. For this reason little damaue
wan done, although windows were
broken In tho spuInern pOrtion OF the
city. The storm extended Tor some
distance east. and isrmers arriving
from that locality report that the crops
ana orchards have been very severely
damaged anu is Is thought that come
ttook has been killed.