The St. Cloud journal., 1873-05-15
THE MAY STORM IN
II. = KANSAS.
FURTHER PARTICU-
AIRS. n
Whole Families Tro1on 70 heath and
Buried In Mountains OF
Snow.
BARNS AND OUT.HOUSBU WalRLED
. TnROuoEl THE AIR LIKE
0THAW0.
SAD sToR1Es.

sr. Jo., NO., Nay 4-The Gazette
prints the following: From . gentle.
man who came In On the Denver road
yesterday W learned tho particulars,
in part, Of another terrible storm in
Kansas, In which fiftesn persons sre
known 70 have been killed in Cloud
county, and reports Of other losses Of
life are constantly coming in. He says
its equal was never known in that SEQ
ton before, and fears are entertained
that, when the worst Is known, the loss
Of both life and property will be much
more serious than it is now thought to
be. During the storm the wind blew
in fearful blasts, and trees were uproot'
cd iu twinkling, as if they were
sapliugs, and barns and sheds were car.
ried into the cir and landed hundreds
Of yards distant, a. if they were ~ light
and feathery % down.
WHOLE FAMILY PERISH.
The gentlemao informed 10 that o.
Sunday morning, about daylight, vnheu
tho storm Was severest, tho roof was
blown off tho stone house Of > Mr.. sny.
der, residing near the ea'.t boundary
Of Cloud county. Psrt, Of the build.
ing was also blown IN, but fortunatel,
mona Of the inmates were injured By
tho falling walls. They were left to a
more tsrrible aota heart.rendiDg fate
than this, one chat did not bring death
"swife and sure" but that tortured out
their lives ia Glow degrees. The snow
vas then several feet deep, and tho
fakes continued to fall 20 fast and in
such bliodiog drifts that the house was
soon filed with the *'feathery fakes" !"
and which were to be their winding
Sheet The blowing away of the roof
left them exposed to tho snow and
Wind, and they could not have survived
any great length of time. Mr.. Sny-
der's family consisted Of himself; wife,
i've children, and q laborer who was
there to assist him in his farming du-
ties.
A SAD SCENE.
The remains Of Soyder were found
several feet from the building, and it
il thought from surrounding oiroum.
stances that he left no stone unturned,
or spared no pains to suocor his per-
ishing family. Finding that he could
not shield them from the storm or get
them to any place whore they would b
safe from the keen and biting blasts, it
seems that he started north in tho hops
Of obtaining assistance, and return yst
in time to save his family. Alas ! how
vain all earthly hopes. He could not
have gone but few PAGES when he
Was overpowered BY The chilling winds
aud deprived of his Me.:: When found
the children seemed to have some ad-
ditional wrappiugs and covering that
hsd been hastily thrown over them,
and it may be that tho mother survived
for some time after the roof was taken
away by the winds. The scene that
presented itself Monday morning when
they were discovered beggars descrip.
tion. The youngest child, young boy
OF tender years, was euclasped in bis
mothers arms. His little face, now
cold iu death, did not betokea any
signs of anguish In his last momeots,
and smile rather seemed to play upon
bis countenance as he slept so peace
fully and quiet "afte1 lite'sfitful fever -
The other four children were sleeping
10 couples, and had nestled near each
other, as it ia an effort to keep warm.
The remains were taken to . nelgh ghbor.
ing farmhouse, aud were to have been
inferred yesterday evening.
ANOTHER FAMILY OF SEVEN.
Afew miles west Of this another
family, sevea in all, met with = SINH
lar tate. Mr. Ulrioher, . native
ct 9e1uany, was = residing
in a small frame building that had
been improvised until his means would
allow him to build 4 moro comfort.
aols one. Ulrioher seems to have got.
ten up and with his wife made an Of.
fort to reach the barn, which was built
Of heavy timbsrs, and was more safe
in q storm than the dwelling. It was
doubtless bis intent to try and get his
wife there and then return for bis sis-
tor and children. They never reached
their dsstiontion, however, and were
found dead beneath the snow, half way
between th corn.crib aud tho house.
The child1 en- were all frozen to death
in their ! ,eds.
LATE NE vs. ITEMS.
: j he widow Of the late Adjutaat
den' ,ral Nichols has been appointed
70 stmistress at Leavenworth, Kan.