The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-26
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greatly damaging the stock. The Buck
ridge block. q brick, was unroofed and
the buildings occupied by the Daily Re
view. were badly damaged. The city
ta,l was unroofed and the Wisemal
brick block urroofed and the front
blown N. The K1umpp block was
blown N, and the amphftheatre. horse
and cattle sheds and floral bail. togeth-
err with agricultural hall and other build
ings at the fair grounds. were complete
IL demolished. The streets are complete
" blocked with trees, fences and out
buildings, signs and plate glass.
The Christian and Episcopal churches
were wrecked. The round house OF the
Memphis railway was a total wreck and
freight cars are blown from the tracks
in the Pacific and Memphis yards No
lives were lost, though Thomas Smith,
at the zinc works, was strrck by nying
imoers and badly injured and several
others were more or less seriously hurt
The damage to crops alone viii amount
TO thousands Of dollars. The storm last
ed for thirty minutes. The rain feH IN
binding sheets. accompanied by hail.
HURRICANE AT MACON. NO.
Macon, Mo-, June "a hurricane
ragged here last night, damaging build
ings more or less seriously. wrecking
trees and telephone wires and doing
other damage. The storm territory was
fifty miles wide from Brookield to
Clarence. As far as known no deaths
resulted.
SEDALIA AND VICINITY.
Sedalia, Mo-, June 25.-An electrical,
wind and rain storm struck this city
this morning. doing much damage. Trees
we've uprooted and barns, fences and
many small houses completely wrecked.
4 Missouri, Kansas and Texas passen-
ger train ran into a couple OF box cars
that had been blown from the siding
near Montrose. The engine was party
demolished and young man whose
identity is unknown and who had sought
shelter in one OF the cars, was killed.
Crops have been utterly destroyed in
many sections OF this county. No
reported.
A COLLISION IN KANSAS
Kansas City, June 25.-David /. Jones,
an engineer on the Kansas City. Fort
Scot: and Memphis. died here today Of
injuries received while in his cab al La
Cygne, Kan. during last nights storm.
Jones engine collided with some cars
that had been blown across the track
from siding. The engine was over
turned and Jones internally injured and
his fireman slightly hurt.
REPORT FROM FORT SCOTT.
Fort Scott, Kan, June 25.-Six and
Observation-Disclosures inches OF rain
fell here last night, making the greatest
precipitation recorded by the weather
observer in many years. There were
two washouts on the Memphis road be-
tween Hammond and this city. delay
ing all passenger trans. Another wash
out is reported between Richards and
AmetZ on the Missouri Pacific. Both
Marina ION and Mill creeks are running
up stream from backwater and rapidly
rising The wind did some damage. No
casualties are reported
HAILSTORM AT PUEBLO.
Pueblo, Col, June 25.--The hailstorm
that passed over this city and vicinity
last night was the most severe ever eX-
perienced here. Incredulous persons are
inclined 10 doubt the statements made
in regard TO the size of the stones which
fell, but many are willing TO make affi-
davit that some OF the hail stones weigh
&c over eight ounces. In Bessemer a
stone was picked up which measured
10 ga inches in circumference and
s S-4 ounces. Fortunately the path OF
the storm was not wide and its duration
was not great. For this reason little
damage was done. although some win
doxs were broken in the southern por-
lion of the city. The storm extended
for some distance east and farmers ar
irving from that locality report tina;
the crops and orchards have been very
seriously damaged, and it is thought
that some stock has been killed.