The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-06-06
THE FATAL CYCLONE.

The FATAL CYCLONE.
Particulars Of the Late Terrible Storm.
MKANsAs.
ATcHIsoN, KAs., May 8.-A terrible
storm OF wind and rain passed over Northern
kansas last evening. IL extended through
nearly the whole northern tier OF counties In
this State, out was most violent between
Blue Rapids and C.ntralia, stations on the
Central Branch Railroad. about ~ miles dis
direction q little north of east, and passed in
to Nebraska through Richardson County.
The town of Irving, Marshall County, 80
miles west OF this CITY, was nearly r ~ "a
cyclone and leveled every thing in It's pain.
About 10 buildings we're destroyed. u per.
sons Killed ana a ~ t 20 ~ 'n0
John Keeney. wife. father and con, Killed;
Mrs. w. j. Williams. killed; Mr.. Buckmas-
ter's children, killed Jacob subin's wie. IA
tally injured; e. Sheldon, wife and sister,
dangerously hurt ana not expected to sur
we, Mrs. W. @. Bates and two children. bad
ly hurt-One has since died; Mrs Noah. Mrs:
Geo. Martin, and several others, more or less
among the buildings blown down are two
churches, one fine stone building, the pubic
school, the grain elevator, railroad depot,
Wetmore Institute, and the residences OF
John A. Warden, Charles Preston, w. II.
Sabins, NJ. L. Leddy and Messrs: Armstrong.
Thompson, Sheldon, Bates, Williams ana
The Daily Champion has Q special from
Frankfort, Marshall County, giving the FOL
lowing list of casualties in the vicinity OF that
James Downs and wife, killed; John Howe
aud hon, aged IL, killed; Mr.. Grooves, killed
Miss Grooves, leg broken; child OF MI
badly injured; John Vaughan. severely IN.
juIed; Mrs. A. S. Fox, right arm broken ;
Henry johnson. mortaly injured; Ben Fox,
Mr.. Bolton, leg bI oken; Joshua Howe. James
Vaughn, Henry CDzar, Robert Lougblin and
Miles Kelly aud fanny, all badly injured.
At Cent? ALA, kemaha County, s5Vcrai
houses were unroofed, and one house and =
barn blown down. Trees were uprooted.
fences laid fiat and great damage was done
At Beaitie, Marshall County, on the st. Joe
and Denver Road, number of houses were
blown down.
states that the storm was exceedingly violent
in the vicinity of DeiphOs, OTTAWA County.
Fifteen dead bodies have been brought In
from two square miles OF tel ritory. One man
from Belolt, Mitchell County, was taken up IN
his wagon, thrown to the ground and in -tant-
ly killed. A woman and child were thrown
agail st wire fence and killed. Five per
sons were killed in one house near Delphos
Crops have been severely injured.
Reports from Scandal, Republic County
state that the storm was very severe in that
section, but no casualties are yet reported
The citizens of this place have raised this at
ternOon IL 200 for the reiiet OF the sufferers.
special train leaves here ut mdnis he
carrying supplies of medicines, blankets anc
| clothing.
MANHATTAN, KAs., May 31.-A cyclone
passing northcasteriy, crossed the Sig Blue
River at the mouth of Mill Creek last night
| Trees were uprooted, cribs, fences and crops
| were destroyed. The house OF AZ: Candray,
the path of the storm; 1t was unrooted arc
crushed. Fifteen persons were in it ut tn!
time. MIR. Candray was somewhat injured
and his sister IN law, Mrs. Tatlock, and CHI ilt
were killed on Fancy Creek, II miles nortf
| of Candray's. A fine frame church, dedicat
ed by the Methodists last year, was com
and horses killed and other property de-
sIroyed, but no other lives lost.
MANHATTAN, KAs., May 3l.-The Blu,
Valley mail is just in. F. b. sponsler, a relia
BILE citizen of this place, writes that Irving
and Blue Rapids were nearly destroy
ed by the cyclone. Eleven dead bodies
| nave been taken from the ruins at Irving
/ family by the name of Truckmarter are kill
| ed. The mill ar Blue Rapids is pcrfec
! wreck. The latest reports place the number
| of killed at Is, wounded at s., and q houses
| destroyed. News OF further destruction o
| life and property are constantly coming in
This is the most destructive tornado eve
| known in Kansas.
| messenger Just in from Randolph, RILEY
County, brings the Information that thu
| cyclone struck the stone house of Mr.. SWINGS
| in the vicinity of Randolph, totally destroy
ruins. Two-a little girl years old and :,
baby-were killed; the remainder were bad
| ~ bruised, one seriously. The wind fend to
| tally demolished the frame church near Ran
| dOlph and lcveled the stone house OF MI
Wcisvndangers to the earth. In fact, the tor
nado literally destroyed every thing In 1t
| path. Its track was about SO feet wide, ant
| the appearance of the monster was that o
an inverted funnel moving along. occasion
ally bounding some distance from the earth
MINNEAPOLIS. KAs., May S1.-A cyclon
visited this county (Ottawa) at p. m. yes
rerday, doing great damage to life and prop
erty. It formed on the Saline River, in the
south part of the county, blowing down som'
houses, and crossed over to the Solomon
River, passing northwest of this town abou
four miles, unrOoting houses, killing stock
blowing down houses and killing and wound
ing the inmates. Your correspondent ha
visited the track of the storm, and at thi
damage. The track Of the storm was no
more than eighty rods wide and about ten t
fifteen miles long. The houses have Blow
Two or three deaths have been reported ant
ten or twelve wounded. George Krone, wifi
and family of six, are all wounded. A mar
her two Children were wounded. Two chill
dren are reported missing. Light rain. will
clouds of dust accompanied the wind. To
morrow, doubtless, will reveal further de
| structiOn and damage to life and property
| 4 stranger, name unknown, stopping II
| KrOne's house tor shelter from the approach
ing storm, was killed.
IN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 31.-Aterrifc cy
clone passed over the eastern portion o
Jackson County Friday night, doing grea
damage at several oints:
struck the house OF p. L. Harris, which wa
completely demoli he'd, aid himself ant
family, consisting of a wife and four children
carried into the air completely out OF sigh
and dropped in different places and direc
tions at q distance of from 100 to 200 yard
from the site of the dwelling. Mrs. Harri
and one child, a little girl aged years, wer'
killed instantly. Mr.. Harris lived until
O'Clock the following morning, and anothe
| child, babe months old, Is no doubt deaf
by this time. The other two childI en-, CIR
and boy, We're badly injured, but will proba
bly, live. The body of Mrs. Harris and one o
| about 200 yards northeast of the house site
while that of Mr.. Harris and another chile
| were found in close proximity to each otne
directly southeast of the house site $50 yards
The other child, boy, was found In tn
direction from which the tornado came lyins
| In q pool of water 80 yards away, larg'
bunch of wet straw wrapped 30 tightly
around his head and shoulders that it wa
| with difficulty removed. How it came ther'
Is a mystery which will probably never b.
solved. The boy was but slightly injured