Show THREE DAYS STORM SPRING springfield FIELD mo july 6 A storm awful lu in its if terror and total in its work of destruction wiped out the town ot at winona on the abe current river branch of the kansas city fort scott boott memphis railway iu in shannon county at 1080 1030 last night that eleven persons persona vat their lives is ie known to a certainty and eight men are missing A heavy rain followed by a furious wind set act in at 9 velock last night while the wind ceased the rain continued until 10 lock the water seemed to come down in a continuous i stream at 1015 lock four feet of water was on the streets in fifteen minutes many buildings could no longer stand the ibe strain and began to careen and succumb to the waters vivid flashes of lightning pierced the downpour which came like the falls of niagara houses were smashed and in the water were hundreds of MOD men women and children jt it was like a shipwreck in the ocean when day dawned there was nothing of the homes in the town there was no shelter eh elter no food no clothing la in all thirty buildings were destroyed st lit BAXTER SPRINGS kan july 6 bactor springs spring was laid in ruins live nv people were killed and twenty others badly wounded by a cyclone which struck the town own about 6 last evening eV doing ining KANSAS CITY mo july 8 re be of the storms during the he past part three days show the entire eastern water shed and the he rocky mountains mountain to the nebraska IN and iowa lines and to fexas were swept on friday night the severest blow came fields of grain hat promised the most moat bountiful yield of many years were swept bare of latida batio n the seas of rain were abetted in the work of destruction by torna tornadoes doer it to Is too early yet to sum up the loss lose but the total la in appalling rind those to whom the angry elements spared life have little left to sustain it the stories storie of the storm are so similar that a statistical summary to is all there theror Is left to tell the storm focus embraced emora oed an area of square miles with the southwestern corner of missouri aa a center the greatest gres joss joes of life is reported from wiona where eleven corpses have been found with as many more mis sing at baxter spring in southwestern kassu five were killed and eleven seriously injured by the cyclone that accompanied the storm tine one person was drowned at columbus and two at ollowa kneas at van buren ark a mother and babe were drowned A family farl of live five was waa encamped on the banks of flab fish creek indian territory nothing of them or their belongings was found except part of jofs a wagon on a pile of drift driftwood wood at mo where the rainfall was lour four inches in no ne hour five pero sons 0 as were lost look unconfirmed reports are received of loss lose of life as follows three at fayetteville ark one at paola kansas one at hanow w six of a hunting party parly in indian territory tula tn la gives the known and pro probable a ble low lose of thirty four aves alvet this ofala total will be increased when the re ceding water permits a thorough search the low lose of property can be placed io in the millions mil llone dwellings Dwell un fences and farm buildings were carried off and highway sod railroad bridges swept away thirty of eighty buildings in winona succumbed five residences church and warehouse went down at baxter springs six bridges went out oui in russell county kansas about jet ferson city mo many square miles milea of growing grain were destroyed the traffic on fort foit sott boalt M aphis Fall railroad road is temporarily suspended reports of damage to property other than above noted come from five points in kansas nice in miss missouri url six aix in arkansas aud two InIn in indian dlan territory the Tho storm spent itself in illinois but having jost joet its force proved a blessi bleasius tig to the crops GUTHRIE okla july 8 A terrific hail anu wind storm prevailed here bore last laet night the bail fell so ae large as ae hon hona bens a eggs egge doing a large amount ot at damage to crops and breaking but bud dredd of win dowe in 10 one there was waa a waterspout bridges were washed away |