Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1882 — The Cyclone Elsewhere. [ARTICLE]

The Cyclone Elsewhere.

The storm inflicted a damage of $200,000 at Leavenworth, Kan. . St Mary’s Academy was blown down and five of the young lady pupils killed. „ At St. Louis, Mo., the damage was considerable. A number of steamers were blown from their moorings and sunk. Hundreds of houses were unroofed and thousands of trees prostrated At Kansas City, Mo., houses were unroofed, windows smashed, and a great deal of other damage done. The loss is estimated at $200,000. At Cairo, IIL, the tornado unroofed the Vincennes wharfboat and overturned twenty box-cars in the Ulinoiß Central yards. A colored man was killed at Beach Ridge. At Metropolis a coal-barge was sunk and the roofs of several buildings were taken off.