TERRIBLE CYCLONE IN AMERICA.
A terrible cyclone crossed Eastern Kansas about the middle of June, killing more than 50 people, injuring over
100, and destroying much property. The storm moved from west towards east, the chief damage occurring in Marshall County, along the iline of the Union Pacific Railway for a distance of 30 miles, beginning 90 miles west of the eastern boundary of TCantaii. At Irving 12 people were killed and 40 wounded, and nearly the whole town destroyed ; at Delphoa, 15 wtue killed ; at Frankfort, 8 were killed and 13 wounded ; at Blue Spring, 3 were killed ; at Beloit, 3 were killed ; and at Fulton, 9 were killed.' The iron railway bridge over the Blue River was blown to pieces, its rods and girders being twisted like wires. The cyclone is described as a dark, funnel-Bhapea cloud, moving about 10 miles per hour just above the earth, with a whirling motion estimated at from 60 to 100 miles per hour. The path traversed varied from 300 to 700 yards wide, being distinctly marked, as every tree, house, fence, or obstruction along it was destroyed.
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Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 2 August 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)
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186TERRIBLE CYCLONE IN AMERICA. Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 2 August 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)
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