The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-12
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
A Violent and Destructive storm Pssses
Through Kansas and Parts of KAeh-
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CHICAGO. april IA Topeka, Kas., special
saws: A cyclone started south of the AZ
kansas River near Raymond, Gice County
last light, and moved in northerly d,i
rectin. 1t prosuated telegrapb poles, and
when it crossed the Santa Fe tracks John
Wilson'S house vas Blown down. Mrs. Will
son was lslled and a Mrs. Parker fatally in
| iured. Several other large houser were de-
molished. Proceeding north, tie storm
struck the new town of Chase, aEd demol-
ished twenty-five Of the twenty-s;rs build
| ings in the place, threw cars from the track
and did other damage. Mr.. Reed, hotel
keeper, was Billed and his wife fatally Aurt,
and another woman and. child killed
| About thesame time small cycloHs5with
o Veritable water spout, passed through the
eastern part Of the County, but did little
damage except by drowning out stock. AT
| L. =. LawrenceTs s farm the water was sucked
out of the wells. The cloud, as it approach
ed Chase, was funnel Snapped, whirling end
| twisting with fearful velocity. All the in
| habitants of Chase were more or less hurt.
Among the losers are: Ecl.les Bros, stors-
room destroyed with about $1,000 worth es
goods; Ed Skaters, store7OOm and resS
dence, loss S3,OOO;- Sutton, Swisher & Dr.
pree, storeroom and lumber. several thou
sand dollars; George r. MiAer, new two
story business house, 81, 500. Congregational
Church, 81, 800; Reeds Hotel blown down;
the Methodist Church dedicated Sunday,
4r-., Il nA hoIlxy urraobaI
| several houses overturned;. ALascott Bros ,
store damaged and stock ruiaed; Spires
drug store blown off the foundation; Depot
unroofed;. several parties killed, names not
given. The people are living in box cars
and many are destitute.
A special from Clyde Station, Michigan,
reports a terrible hurricane near Highland
Station, on the Flint and Pere Marquette
Road, south of Holly, early last night. The
extent of damage is unknown, as the tele-
graph lines blown down. and the rails
road agent walked TO Clyde 10 send what he
knew The dwelling of man named
Crandall was blown down. Crandall and
one child were KILLED, and a daughter in
iured. a guest. Mrs. kayler, OF Pontiac,
was also killed, and several, other persons
| injured. The hurricane covered an area of
less than half a mile wide, but leveled every
thing in its path.
Later pa5iculars say of the Oakland
County storm: Lafayette Crandall, his sis
ter and little boy of Mrs Henry Taylor
were killed, and his little girl arm so badly
crushed as 10 require amputation. Miss
! Ora Ward was also injured. The debris
looks like an explosion. Everything is
ground to atoms. One horse was blown out
| of barn and found in distant field COW
cred with mud. An idiot sister of Horace
Sherman, of Alamo was killed, and another
sister leg broken. His wife's Jaw was dis
located. and the whole family carried fifty
yards, thrown into a swamp and badly
bruised.
There are reports also of high
and very destructive winds and
heavy rains in the vicinity of KeOkuk and
along the Wabash and Rock Island Roads,
at Messanqua and Humeston Iowa, and Ka-
kOka and Ashton Mo. In these four places
the damage was very severe, bat full partic-
ulars are wanting because Telegraph COM
munication is shut off
AT KALAMAZOO.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, April IA severe
hail and wind storm visited this region yes
terday afternoon. At Kendall on the
South Haven Road, it was regular cyclone.
Mr.. Wilde's house was blown. down. He
was killed and his wife and friend injured
Other buildings were unroofed.. The cy-
clone moved east across the northern part
of this County, unroofng barns and doing
Otnef IL Is man was
killed in Cooper Township.
Additional particulars of the-oyelone show
that the devastation was greater than sup
posed. Houses were unroofeaan2 in anum-
ber of cases torn to pieces. 0ne man had
| the timberS of a barn driven through his
house. In another case the front of mouse
was torn Off Isaac Simmons house was
torn to pieces and he fatally iniared by the
| falling umbers. A swath twelve to forty
| rods wide was moved across the north of
| the country, timber and everything being
destroyed The storm seems TO have origi-
mated near the west edge Of this County. 1t
moved northeast across this into Barry and
Eaton Counties at Crosseye Corners and
Hickory Corners in the former and from
| Charlotte and Kalamazoo Townships in the
latter. Devastation and death are reported.
| ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
| DETROIT, April There is not muoh
| fuller intelligence from the tornado near
| Highland. The storm appears TO have first
struck o0 the farm of John Bird, near High.
land Corners, damaging it considerably
then passed east, blowing down fences, trees
and everything in its path, and next strik-
| ing the barn of George Lewis, making COM
| plete rain. The house of John kellogg was
badly damaged. 1t then passed east of the
house of Mrs. Degarmo, damaging it con-
| siderably; then struck the house of Mr.
| Beaumont, damaging it, and blowing his
barn into the lake. The house oS Alo9zo
Dean was badly damaged The track of the
storm was about forty rods wide.
| Arthur,s Veto.