The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-02
Another Fatal Ri0W-Osage and COWley
COunNioo Tern Up.

A terrible cyclone visited Usage County,
Kansas, on the night Of Sunday, the l:th.
passing from the northwest part Of the c0un.
~ 10 the Msrias La Cysnc River and striking
says: The first damage done was on the farm
Of Mr.. Powell two miles northwest Of Olivet.
whose house was utterly demolished. Tue
family reiterated to the cellar and escaped
With slight injuries horse was iit stn out 81
dashed upon the ground In . cOrnfeld one
mile away. Cattle were lifted from the
ground, carried into the air and torn to pieces.
Trees were torn from the ground by hundreds.
From this point the storm moved little
living near Olivet, lost her house and every.
thing In It. A planter farm house and build.
ings were left In rains. Three negro children
near Olivet were badly injured. Tho
physicians Of Malvern. Olivet. Lyndon
md Usage City arc ~ the Er,nn q =. and
can be done 20 alleviate the suffering. NJ.
ROscncrAMts, who lives northwest. and John
Harper, Who lives northeast OF Malvern. arc
known 10 have been killed. Mr.. Roscncirnts,
Mr.. COlyar, Miss Frances Colysr, Mrs. Cslkins,
Mrs. John Harper. Mr.. Martin Nealy. Mrs.
D.vlin are badly hurt John Lee, Thomas Leo
and WIN. Appier are badly bruised. \ great
| number Of Others whose names We have not
been able to obtain were more or less injured.
| The houses and buildings OF the following
| neneo peTSOuss UcklnnSnS HOAX oHNeS Ill"
following the track Of the cyclone. were TO-
tally destroyed: /. ". Powell. Mr.. Brown
Philip Latta, David Dufiield. Mr.. koscncrants
u. NJ. Austin. John Colyap, q. W. Brincr, Jesse
Lee. John Calkins, John Rateman, john Har'
Hr Ssyn WH ,sx :od sG %r Abraham S1sna%
The Prcsby terrain Church ut Quenemo wa'
destroyed The destruction Of these building
10 complete from roof to foundation.
C0wioy County, southwest OF Usage. and OF
the southern boundary Of the State, WAS also
visited ON the same night by the same or I
similar aerial destroyer. A correspondent
writes: II appeared to start on the head o
Dutch Greek, aud went In nOrthcNsterly Ill
rectiOn. Its extreme length was less th'S
twenty miles. and its course about two n lies
northeast Of Winfield. at the village Of Floral
Here, when Il crossed Timber Creek, the wa
Ter vas taken from the creek and scattere'
over field and forest; the leaves were witherc
by the heat OF IRE, great trees were taken GU
by the roots. and what but 2 few hours betOr
harvested, are now indicated BY the debris q
houses and Outbuildings, and piles of stra,
that line the hedges. FLORAL present
the saddest picture. Here was . n-'
frame church Of the Christian denomination
and The pieces that to- ere r. s ssssr
|. large school house shared the fate OF I'll
church. d. Reeds large stone store Ouildin
aud stone dwelling adjoining It were demo
ished and the stock was scattered to the iOt
winds Of heaven. NJ. Reads iOss n fully 81
20. In this village every house WAS destrOyc
A. this writing there II . record Of twent!
} | eight houses that are totally destroyed, vi
the loss on buildings II $N!O00. The lOss
crops can not b calculated. Ono child - dea
and an old man can nos survive his injur1e
Fifteen other persons are suffering from scvts
' Injuries, but none necessarily fatal. Tie pc
, pie escaped by fleeing - caves and cellar
. sumner and Sedgwick Counties. to the We
also suffered severely, several persons beil
killed and many injured.