The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-08
Fifteen ger.oE, mnot fragile Dea:,;.
Particulars Of Ike Tcrrihi, Ei>a,ter.


W. were Yesterday informed, 10y a gentle.
man who bad lust arrived in our city from
The scene of tie disaster, Of another of those
terrible and appalling suow storms that have
caused such fatality in the northwestern
counties of Kansas. Oar readers will re-
member 'ha horrors of the DellcTilic storm,
and wh-t Icss Of lie attended it. This
gentleman informs rs that the late storm in
Cloud county FAR exceeded That in ferceneSs
and damage, and while no less than fifteen
pCs5ons agc known 10 have persisted, frozen
10 death, il is feared that this loss Of life
viii be greatly Increased when the true result
is Known.
On 8 tull:y TIE wind and Snow com
mencea beating down. and j; assumed lis
wo.-t Ihas, ab,r' DAYLIGHT Sunday morning
Trees were raroote3 as il they were straws,
and the fierce blasts Of the storm demolished
sheds, harms and feaoes, and the air was full
Of large particles oi wood, shingles, &c,
carried along rs though light as paper.
Sich = Storm hiss nc~rr bsfore been known,
and no comparison can lie drawn
4 sir Uiricllyr, 4 Gsr,aan citizen, wio
lived ia the Northwestern part of Cloud
county. whcsr family numbered seven per-
sons, Were all froZ D., and whce found iay
cold and siii in deaths embrace, about bali
way between their hun-e and z corn-crit.
hey had apparently left the house. small,
temporary frame buildirg, with The Intention
~ taking refuge ia the barn, which being
iriiitlo heavy, s;sunch iimhsrs, wouid rrot,-
sh.y breast the storm tie Ter. They never
reached their destination. -
Hardly + farmer hut what had sorle stock
frozen, and IN many instances the &c umula-
ton of wears was swept away. Gae instance
OF where a vuusg gentleman sua lady started
from Il reighhoF's, where they had been
spending the evening 10 20 10 tie home Of
the yourg lr3v. They started AGAINST the
wishos of their iIiends, who warned them Of
what miziit he The CONSEQUENCE, lat She, INK
ioua rh1t her aged parents might not be
caused unea-iness by her absence, determined
10 brave the storm. and they started. They
never reached their destination, though not
a mile distant Both were found ~, zen 10
dcath.
Duirg the height O. tie storm, the roof Of
the store house belonging TO Mr.. Snyder. in
the eastern lari Of the county, was blown OF,
and the whole interior OF the building ex-
posed 10 The rayagas Of the Storm Ii poured
down. down, gradually filing The entire in
side with the snow. To the depth of SIX or
eight feet had il fallen outside, and huge
piles hsd drifted around the house, max ING
egress impossible. Death was inevitable, and
their only course was to remain in the house.
The horrors OF the situation can never he re
allied.
MIR. Snyder's family consisted of eigh;
persons, himself, wife, five child rem, and
farm hard. all were lost.
The body of Mr.. SNYDER was found
short distance from the binding. and from |
the condition IN which he was found it w.s |
supposed he had made every possible effort |
and cxer,ion TO succor his ill-fated family. |
-Four of the children were found in bed Ind |
died up 70 one another IN close embrace "a
If 10 keep warm. When found the chill /
dren seemed 10 have had mos. of the avaiia-
be coverings thrown over them, and from |
appearances when found, il was supposed /
the mother bsd robbed herself TO save her /
little ones. On Muadsv morning, when \
found, the li:lie l,ov. the youngest OF the /
family, was having IN the mothers arms, rs
ii she had tried to impart warmth from .
herself TO prolong lis little LIE. II was
sight tina, h,rgars description, and God for
bid tina, We should ever have OCCASION 10 |
chronicle similar one.
Ii Is feared that great loss Of life has oc- /
CURED all over the country, and when cur 1
informant lefi Monday afternoon, rumors 1
were coming in Of additional disasters, |
although nothing definite had been ascer- |
tanned.