The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06

and in the vicinity of Blue Springs the
rainfall was accompanied by large
showers of the black sulphurous mud.
The storm was plainly visible at indie
pendence, Buckner, and other adjacent
points, but no effects of 1t were felt.
LATER FROM THE CYCLONE.
ATCHIsoN, June 1.-The committee of
surgeons and citizens sent 10 Irving,
Kansas, on Saturday, hav,' returned;
they report that the dead Il: "r all been
buried, and the wounded have Ia.en ten
derby cared for. Relief committees have
been organized at Irving and Frankfort,
and are doing everything in their power
to provide for the necessities of the suf-
ferers. The following is a list of those
killed at or near Irving: Mrs. Susan G.
Buckmaster, aged A.; Elizabeth Buck
master. 8; Alice Buckmaster, 6; Laura
E. Buckmaster, 3; CelestIa Buckmaster,
2; Clinton keeney, 60; JnO. keeney, 40 ;
Mrs. Flora Keeney, wife of John, A.;
Mrs. w. j. Williams, AZ; Miss Emma
Sheldon, %; Fannie Swacha, age I'M
known; Mrs. Newark, so; Mrs. George
Martin, 3D.
The following is list of those wound
ed at Irving:
S. w. McCilliker aged %, scalp wound
and severe confusion ofthe back; Benz
Foster, 16, scalp wounds and Commissions
generally; Mile Weeks, 80, base of scull
fractured, and will probably die; Miss
Fannie Sabbin, 80, one severe confusion
of back and commissions of brain; Jacob
Sabin "a, double fracture of right
humerus, fracture of right fore arm, left
shoulder dislocated, and right leg frac-
tured Will Sabin. 3, severe scalp wound :;
Mrs. Eta Bates, 32, general Commissions !;
Henry Howe and SidnOr Bates, 5, z and
ID, arms fractured severely; j. sse Bates,
8, scull fractured; Keeney, II, shoulder
fractured; Lea Hunt, aged 80, severe con-
tusiOns of body; Mrs. Lea Hunt, 20, gen.
eral Commissions of body; Fay, Della
and Baby Hunt, @, 4and 2 years all suf-
fering from Commissions and lacerated
wounds; Nellis Sheldon, 80, severe inter
nal injuries and Commissions; f. Sheldon,
35, wound of ankle and general contu-
sions; Jesse Gallop, 4, scalp wound and
right foot crushed Mrs. J. V. Gallop, 80
severe confusion of body; Charley Gal
lOp, II, severe confusion of hip; John V,
Gallop, 33, severe confusion of back ;
George Martins child, Z months, severe
wound on head Mrs. j. w. Griffin, 33,
extensive laceratiOn and confusion of
right hip; Miss Jennie Snider, severe
scalp wound and right leg crushed; Mrs.
Eda Snider, 80, severe confusion; HI. FO-
gate, 30, RIBS fractured Frank Sexton,
"a, severe fracture of the arm and should
eri Peter Buckmaster, 40, two ribs brok-
en-; O. Buckner, g, scalp wounds; James
and Mark Kenney, 13 and II, severe
fractures and Commissions.
The following is a list of those wound
ed in the vicinity of Frankfort. James
Downs and wife, John Howe, aged IA /;
Mr.. Graves, Henry johnson, Mrs. Henry
johnson, Mrs. Vanhall, Mrs. Jasper,
wounded; all the latter very seriously.
The destruction of property will foot
up very large, but no reliable estimates
can yet be formed of the amount. Hun
dreds of houses have been DESTROYED, and
crops in parts of the country traversed
by the cyclone, utterly destroyed. The
track of the cyclone reaches from three
quarters of a mile to mile in width.
At intervals, as 1t occasionally left the
ground for short distance, and again
descended, wherever it struck the ground
1t swept everything, houses, trees and
crops. Where it passed the Blue river
it lifted every drop of water in its course,
and passing over a we'll In Irving, il
schooped 1t dry.
The following is list of those woun.
ded at Frankfort:
G. A Fox, severely hurt; Mrs Groves
severely; John Brogham severely; Mrs
Fox, severely; Benz. Fox, a boy, severe
ly; Robert Langles, dangerously; Mr..
Bolton, severely; Joshua Howe, badly
James Vaughan, severely; Henry Calen
wife and child, all severely hurt; John
Ostherg, child of Mrs. Morefietes, Sc
verely; Dave Webb dangerously.
This makes total of 20 killed and 16
severely wounded near this place. FIT
teen are reported killed and many woun
ded in the vicinity of Delphos, Ottawa
county, and several Commissions are re
ported at other parts of the country BY
the storm. 1t is therefore certain that nc
less than forty have been killed, and 7C
to 80 wounded; all the latter very Sc
verely.
The relief committees of Atchison and
st. Joseph have each given $500 in casl
for the relief of the sufferers, and have
called on other cities to take similar &C
ton.
A dispatch from Sabetha, June ID, T
30 a. m, says seyenty-five to one hun
dred persons are destitute of everything
In the vicinity OF Reattie bedding ani
clothing are in great demand.
ADDITIONAL CYCLONE ITEMS.
The Marysville (Kan.,) News, of the
Goth says of the cyclone which visited
northern Kansas last Friday:
The storm was most severe at Irving
| AT about five O'Clock in the afternoon
the storm burst upon the devoted village
and for two hours a most horrible TRACE
dy was enacted. Eye witnesses inform
| us that the sight was too horrible for de
scription. The earth trembled as will
an earthquake; the sky was black as ink
the air was filled with sulphurOus fumes
vast water spauts gyrated to every poin
of the compass; a roar like Niagar,
Falls filled the stricken people will
fear; the falling buildings, the flying de
bris, the shrieks of the wounded, tn,
walls of the bereaved, the blanchet
faces of the stOutest and bravest, made
scene CHASTITY, weird, and never to b.
| forgotten by those who were so unfOrtu
nate as to be in its power
Various descriptions were given of thu
features of the storm. One of tn,
most graphic was furnished by Mrs
| Gaylord, who saw what we may call tn
"onset" from one Of the mill building Oh
the river. The cloud seemed, said Mn
G. as if built up of successive layers O
ashy smoke. 1t came on with a roa
that could be compared TO nothing saw
that of an immense mass of towering
flame, yet without any of the cracking
sound usually associated with fire. Il
the brief moments of its passage,
broughl with it a darkness like that @
late twilight. In its circle it was resist
less. A farmer was coming towards tn
mil, the wagon was torn TO PIECES, bu
the horses were unframed. Not ia
from the mills is, or was, the iron bridg
across the Blue, built some years age a
a cost of $4,000. This was torn dow
by what is known as the first" storm
The superstructure was torn clear frOI
the piers and thrown yards away, mas
of twisted iron and broken timbers.
The Atchison Champion says:
From Major Downs, who was at Stool
ton, Rocks county, Friday evening, W
learn that the tornado which dealt deaf
and destruction near Delphos, Ottaw
county, gathered in Northwestern Kan
sas. 1t divided at the head waters c
the two forks of the Solomon, a fearful
gale rushing down each valley until the
reached CaHker City, and united.
gentleman who was an eye witness q
Cawker says he could see two cloud
coming toward Cawker, and saw then
come together. He says the shock Pre-
, duced by the collision was terrific an
resembled the report produced by tn
explosion of a powder mill. At first tn
clouds refused to unite, but went tuml
ling and rolling down the valley, no,
together and then apart, for several mile.
when they finally melted into one fur