Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-23
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ne.
braska and Oklahoma Are
Visited BY High Winds
and Downpours.
MANY REPORTED INJURED
Small Tornadoes Strike Sew
eral Points-Food Warnings
Issued-Many Streams
on Rampage.

Kansas City. Mo. June 1~a.-Fourteen
persons were killed as a result of the
wind and rain storms that prevailed
in this section of the southwest last
night. More han a score of others
were injured. none fatally.
At Richmond. Mo, Mrs: Arthur
Convey n small child, and Mrs. Mary
Bell, We're killed. The Convey home was
lifted from it's foundation, carried sc
yards and demolished. Mrs. Convey
and child were buried in the wreck
age. Mrs. Bell was struck by light
ming. DC Williams. a farmer, and his
wife. living near Richmond, were
struck by wreckage when their home
was swept away. Both were dan
gerously injured.
At Westmoreland. Kan, Charles
Morris, president of the Kansas, South
ern & Gulf railroad; his son, Guy. and
John Gunther. a druggist, were
drowned near Westmoreland when a
bridge ave way under the gasoline
car which is operated on the railroad.
Morris n his. son We're on On in
spection trip. A wall of water swept
down upon The car and whirled it into
the swollen stream.
Gene Nichols, Il farmer, living near
Wamego, was killed by lightning.
Paris. Sedalia, Lemonte n Ne
vada. Mo-, reported several persons
injured.
rive members OIL the fanny y J na.
Burgas, a farmer near Onaga. in Pot
awatomie county. We're killed and two
seriously injured in a tornado which
swept the county early today. accord
ing to reports received at the Topeka
offices OF the Union Pacific railroad.
The same report asserted that houses
were wrecked and stock killed. and
much other property damage done.
Yesterdays rains. which extended
over northern Oklahoma. all of Kan
sas, Missouri. Iowa and into eastern
Nebraska. were the heaviest in years,
according to reports to he weather
bureau today.
Storms diminished in violence to-
day, extended over central Iowa and
occupied a district of 500 miles, De-
Moines being the eastern edge of the
affected zone.
The disturbance was moving in the
direction of the great axes.
At ST. Joseph, Mo, much damage
was lone by flooding OF cellars fol-
lowing a two-inch precipitation. The
lowlands near the city We're mum
dated, but residents were able to re-
move their property in safety.
Many miles of railroad track We're
swept away and today all trains en-
tering Kansas City were hours be-
hind schedule. Southern and north
ern trains were marked from four to
five hours late, while eastern and west
ern connections were from one to three
hours behind.
Flood warnings to all points in the
Kansas river valley and along the Mis-,
souri, river, between n City and
Jefferson City. were issued by the
weather bureau today. Tributaries of
the Kansas river were reported bank
full.
At Beloit. Kan, nearly six inches of
rain fell in "a hours.
AT Lamonte, Mo, a tornado de-
stroyed the home of Ira c.. Rimel. a
wealthy farmer. The family escaped
injury.
Railroad reports said the storm at
Joplin. Mo-, reached the proportion of
q tornado, in places doing considerable
damage.
Near Salina, Kan, q number of silos
n small buildings were demolished.
Oscar Olson. a 12-year-old boy. was
driving ran away Ernest Brandt. a
farmer. was struck by lightning at
Beatrice. Neb., n will die.
Reports from Ellis county, Kansas.
were that seven small tornadoes in
succession swept that section. Houses
were demolished and great trees were
uprooted. At a picnic at the home of
John Atwood, a farmer, the guests were
lifted from their feet and blown sew
eral hundred feet. None, however, sus-
tanned serious injuries.
Marysville. KAN. reported the Blue
river there rose eight feet during the
night. Farmers were forced to move
out of the lowlands.
The farm house Of Joseph Gregg,
near Latour. Mo-. was blown to pieces
and Gregg's aged aunt. Mrs. Altman.
was killed. Anothe aunt residing with
him, a Mrs. Gregg, was injured, it is
thought fatally.
A baby was killed and several per-
sons hurt in a tornado which swept
over Montrose, Henry county, Mis-
souri,. according to a report here today.
Farm buildings suffered great loss.
A tornado which passed v Archer.
Okla. last night blew down barns and