The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01


struction Of Properly Beyond the Recors
Of Previous Storms.
] The storm which occurred on the 1871
inst, now that fuller reports have come in
seems to have been attended with more ia
tality and damage than any other similal
storm of recent years. The telegraphet
! details show loss of life that is absolute
" appalling, while the extent Of damag,
done is sufficient to give cyclone Insurance.
companies a perpetual boom. The storm
ravaged portions Of three States-Missouri
1 Illinois and Wisconsin. The Illinois storm
1 was doubtless connection of that which
ragged in Missouri. The telegraph gave the
following details:
T. 'i'A' f'st Missouri. go
I yet.H'te- MONTGOMERY CITY, May 10.
A destructive cyclone passed to the south
of Jonesburg Yesterday evening about sew
en- O'Clock. The same funnel-shaped cloud
and greenish appearance was observed with
1.-THE grinding, cracking and roaring
] noise characterizing thesesstorms. Charles
Edding's house, two and a half miles south
west of Jonesburg, was literally torn into
splinters. 1t was occupied by himself, wife
and two children, all of whom are consid
erably injured, and by his mother-in-law,
Tears who vas r,,iIed .bomt 1,o fesi f.o,,,
jha hn,,sa h"r clnth;no str;,,,,aJ f,o,, ha ,,.
hodv and her ha;,. f;1iad1 riti, DIRT and
| vvbo died almost immediately Eyerv.
thing about the house was destroyed com.
pletely. ~" f'' : lt.a
The dwelling of Alkaline Mccullough,
| Ls,ra Nu1es I;taraiIx, 'danol;shaa and En-,
FAMILY ali ;n;,,red and Wrs NcCs,IIonah
ieTt IN 4 crit;caI CONDITION The cb;Idra,,
hn,varer a,.o ~, tn.,law The oemata,.,-
which Contained several fine monuments
| was left a wreck Goodrich &, I.opan,s mill
was unroofed, smoke-stack blown down and
some sheds blown to pieces. John Miller's
prick residence IN the eastern suburbs oil
.ne LOW hau .ne ease sruS T ah1 nMesC
in the house Init none az them We're Turt
John Godfrey's residence, about one mile
northeast of Jonesburg, was swept from its
Iounaa,ion ana scatterea oyer tne yard,
San,iiw "a into the ca,iar uhe,, ths, J beard
the storm, annroacbing and thew safely es.
caped all danger. Horses were crippled
and hogs and chickens were lying around
| i'm heaps dead. the chickens without the
| yestige of a feather on them. The house.
! plete wreck.
The residence of Mr.. Kriegar. owned nv
The late Tbnmas Homes was form 10 atoms
but the family escaped with comparatiyely
| little injury. except Mrs. Kriegar, who was
buried under the falling debris. While she
| is in n critical condition she NAV recover.
All along tbe course of the tornado timber
| was demolished: large trees from one to
three feet thick were torn up and twisted
| off and piled i'm heaps. Fences were carr
RED in ever, direction and boards and
blanks taken for miles.
The track az the cvcIone was about fiftv
| feet vida and some TEN On. twelve miles in
! iengtb- INIT IFS course Fortunately. was oyer
few hnnses. :.
Eoa,srr,, Nar,o
h.i' '
y Inc nrst oestructioh reported Is OIL Milton
! Young's stwo-story farmhouse and build
| ings: next, the barns of H. G. Quincy next,
\ Az house of 7 j,lassford bIovv,, down. He
n. -. -. ~: .-:ss s,:a,..,-N
was oauiy ihJureo' aiso MS ",ie sheleiy.
Next, one mile northeast, the house OF
| Mark S. Pringle was unroofed and moved
! ont of Mace. no one ne injured. "'iH'' 81
lNext io3nn.a Of ! rti,sI ifur,b..r the
80 0dsa.,;,,s p,;,nia, +,rols,o VIZ
n a.s' y, i,,r ;,,raae 70 90 49,
- ~,'ta ~ N, : 49, ant;r.,,
, Tue noase VI IMAM mas ~nS, =,
;nrsd u;s anu Wife anS danghtsr vers tur rt
IL s.Ii ,,'a,,S ,,ns;,s,aS r. Sh.r,,,on AZ
s,so an olu nia az %anaara,,s, ;n;,,rad ~
II +l,o l,a,so - NJ, Ca,.ob par,n,s
-. e,.,.,, ~ .,,,a,7S Tha fo,,,;Iv u,are absent
49, s@ 49, i"'
NJ a. ho.rt;f,,, ros;depce ~ coorae
Stno, w 80 s'.,aht .,,d h;,,saIf g
vereIv ininred. Two horses were killed !.
80 -, ;IIoJ TER fa,,oa ,.a,I hIn,,,n
t vne uUM nhd,, AZ ,,eonh a,char d
.nas IT, Sastvoy.d a NV
Nat the raS;dsrce os Josenb Rur,;nyame
| entirely swent awav. He saved his family
Nv taI-,y,1 tha,, n,,t IN a fisIJ
1 NTha 1890 ras; danca 'o,,a ,,;,a f,rtbar
east of p n Iyckett was taken clean from,
the foundation, himself and wife severely
and Two daughters slgntiy injured; also
nus %lies aeea ,a.ner, oaI NE mc"G w an
second story and was blown thirty feet
from the house and fell in the yard on his
head. He is severely bruised.
r Nexs tne farm arm mousse ., SeSrge never on
III So,nas ~ Sam a. s 0ney o Pcyrw gnhn:on
Richard johnson and Charles. Allen were
all destroyed. Mr.. Allen saved his family
by taking them into an out cellar.
The houses of George jenkins, David
Brunt, j. H. Panhorst and John w. Wray
were all badly injured; some unroofed.
John Jenkins was killed. His house was
destroyed. He lived four miles from this
place.
A son of widow Richards was also killed,
SIX miles east of this place.
The barns Of r. j. Watson, William
Painter and others were destroyed.
The Meridian School-house, three miles
south of here, was entirely destroyed. 1t
was a new, fine building, and well fur
nished.
Fences and trees along the Wabash Rail-
road between here and st. Charles are
strewn fat. Also the telegraph wires and
p1 Mes IA c many pl a.hctt .s .;ed bv tho
same storm al, or near Jonesbure. twenty
miles west of here.
WENrzv1rIE. Nav 10.