The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-07-20
STAFFORD, KANSAS, July IL, 1882.


TO the Editors Of the STANDARD:
arise to question of privilege, and beg ieaye to
explain In reading the Standard of the 9th inst en-
joyed privilege not often accorded to men, that of
reading their own obituary. My neighbors call me
pretty healthy looking corpse How the report start
ed cannot tell as there was one killed at our town
by the Cyclone although there were 16 more or less
injured and the only wonder is that there were not
cutie number killed. 1t happened at O'Clock P.
NJ April 1889. the day af election for County
Seat. The votes nearly all in. and the voters
nearly all yet in town. besides some from neigh
boring townships. Being Justice of the Peace
was experimenting the election in my own office, in
which there were at the time some 20 persons, ana
many standing in the Streets All at once the cry was
heard in the street; "A Cyclone coming right at the
town Before my Office could be cleared it upon
rs, having demolished IL buildings in its way. All
but myself and Qf te ffers got out closed the
front door, but it was Instantly h4rst 0pep BY TIE
wind and flying timbers. the windows game in with
crash, the roof flew like many feathers, not stick
which has yet been found. At about the same
time the roof of an adjoining building struck the
back of my Office (Which occupy as drug store)
bursting in the door and windows, upsetting book
case, prescription and throwing bottles of med
icine from side to the other, and leaving row of
broken glass and medicines along the middle of the
Roor 1t next took dwelling house, NOT leaving even
the foundation Next a livery stable was completely
demolished with several horses in it, but none hurt
blacksmith shop was next in Its way. The bellows
and anvil found out on the prairie, that's all.
part of grst mill carried two miles. A pair
of weighing 500 pounds were carried forty-fve
yards, touching the ground only once. Opposite my
oiee tie atpEs Qf I. W. Tyrrel with So-foot 'front.'
all of which thrown nsatly aSQss the street, 100
feet wide John Tyrre holding to tine door yhel
the started, carried 70 feet and landed on
his feet without a scratch. man who saw him says
he 10 feet in the air on the way The walls OF my
Office were left standing, but much demoralized My
dwelling house only lost the top of Its chimney my
carriage house, buggy and salky badly damaged A
house adjoining lot to mine sas tnrned Gop-
pletely and then torn to pieces and scattered
over the prairie. Sixteen buildings were torn In
pieces, and every house in town more or less dam
aged On hearing the alarm one of the judges seized
the baot-b and started for place of safety, but
ere he had got h4t 4 few steps he was thrown down.
the box forced from him, and the lid and bottom weFe
found one-half mile apart, and two pieces OF the
sides miles apart and not one of the ballots has
ever been yet. All this was done In about Ia
minutes. When got to the door again saw five or
six persons lying in the street only few feet from
the PROSTATE 'front.' and apparently dead. My wife,
Lima, and Johns wife, got l. WIS basement just
in time, and were safs. BIZ the time could get out
on the street the word met me that A. D. Gronk fore
man of the printing office, and Earnest Watson the
blacksmith's son, were killed. hastened to them,
but found them living then went to work with the
wounded, which took me until nearly morning, dur
ing which time found had received a cut on the
side of my face which bleq freely, covering my face
with blood and dust, brnise on each ARM and EACH
leg, to which paid attention till got through
with the rest. piece of tin roofing was carried for
ty miles, and ladies hat twenty-five from our place,
the Of Chase, which was destroyed, kill
ing two persons, in u an houF.
We have repaired most of the damage here and 6ur
farmers have harvested the finest crop of wheat
raised the State, We have had plenty of rain and
not too much; every is in good spirits, and we
have almost forgotten that ever had Cyclone.
There have been large herds of cattle and sheep To-
Gated in our county this season, and more coming,
which SPEAKS wei for Qnr country. With this ex-
PLANTATION, 1 subscribe myself
WIN. S. TYRRELL, NJ. D.