The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
WESTERN STORMS
Wind Shakes Up Both Kansas and
Dakota.
Northwestern Kansas Visited BY . Damsg.
Ing s-torm-Greas Injury to Crops
Fatal Win md Rain Storm In d.
kota-Wster-SpOut.

County, gives b following account Of the
terrible hail and wind storms last Friday
and Saturday nights which visited Rocks
County and passed through Osborne,
Mitchell, Cloud and Ottawa Counties be.
fore they expended their force: The
storm began" said Mr.. Mohler, Tin the east
ern part Of Rocks County, passing directly
east through the South Solomon valley, de-
stroyiDg crops over a territory averaging
six miles in width. The wheat and rye
crops were In most places destroyed for a
distance Of over one hundred miles. Many
OF tho farmers whose crops were thus
damaged have, where possible. cut their
wheat and rye for hay. This hail storm
was the most destructive which eve Wis
tied that section Of tho State. Between
seven and eight O'Clock on Saturday Y q
ing o terrific wind storm, or, more proper
", q tornado. accompanied BY q tremen.
deus rainfall, passed over about the same
section Of country, doing immens DAM
age in the destruction of buildings. In
Corinth township, in which I reside,
two school houses and four barns were en-
tirely demolished, q large number Of wind
mills were blown down and many dwelling
houses were unroofed. Similar damage
done in Mitchell aud Cloud Counties.
As far as l have been able to learn but one
life was lost, that OF . child. which was
crushed in the ruins Of q building at Be-
lott. A wealthy farmer named McKaskey,
near Cawker City, Mitchell County, on the
evening Of the storm had gone to church
with his wife, leaving his two daughters
alone in the house. Whom the storm
broke upon them the girlslfelt the house
moving from its foundation, and in
the excitment Of the occasion, while trying
to extinguish the lamp, 1t overturned and
exploded, setting fire to the hou Sc. The
girls rushed out Of doors in the terrible
wind and rain storm, and throwing them
selves fat on the prairie in the drenching
rain, remained there until the storm died
away and witnessed the destruction of
their home by the elements. The fine barn
and outbuildings were also destroyed"
Nj. Mohler stated that these were only q
Of the many instances Of damage done
by this storm which have never been 70
FoRf YATES, Oak, June 1.-THE great
est tempest ever known in this part Of
Dakota passed over Ibis point at two
Saturday morning. Houses were
blown down, fences lifted up and hurled
through space for miles, trees torn up BY
their roots and borne along for sev-
eral rods and Indian tepees picked up and
10 one knows where. The wind
came up while people at the Fort and in
were sleeping, and the first intima-
ton they had wa the removal Of their
roc<. from I've their heads by the storm
King. With the wind came the heaviest
thunder and the most vivid lightning eve
seen here. Ten minutes after the storm
broke it began to rain In torrents,
1t up for more than an
hour and causing immense damage by
washouts in nev-msde gardens and wheat
corn fields. Several persons were
killed by the lightning and falling debris.
These so far identified are Shell King, the
:hlebraici Indian chief, and his son. A
living two miles south OF here |
who's. name could not be learned, was
'ound dead in his field, half a mile from !
he point ut which his house was located.
The building had been completely wrecked,
md it is supposed the Man had been car
led to the point Where he was found by
he tempest. One side Of his head was !
rusLcL Matte Da:utrow Xxi, IL girl OF
thirteen. living at a settlement six ale
has not been seen Sit c. the storm
struck tia. point, and it IS believed she
vas blown into the river ant drowned.
is being made FOR the body.
The loss in this vicinity will amount TO
many thousands. That among the Indians
8 especially severe, as hundreds of tnem
lad every thing they had swept away b.
Winds. At Grand Forks it has been
necessarily for fOrty-eight hours,
cellars in the business portion of
city, and rendering the streets i'm
'assable. To add to the general democrat
q sewer burst On Dcmers avenue,
easements to the depth Of Eve
eet. aud destroy ng furniture and perish
bile goods.
At st. Thomas lightning tore away the
ide Of G. b. Walkers residence and struck
he Christian elevator. TIE latter was
urned to the ground, together with about
900 bushels OF wheat. The st. Thomas
lumber COMPANY sgd a portion OF Its
property. The loss OIL The elevator is about
1O.OQO.
VINIrA, 1. T., June ia waterspout
urst over the district Of Armtiz yester-
ay morning, iocding the entire section.
III the bridges OH the Big and Little Cabin
were washed away. The Missouri
Kansas 4 Texas road los ; three wooden
and one iron bridge, also several
niles Of TRACK near Blue Jacket station
-A 49,
General sheridan. |
WASHINGTON, June ll.-General Sheridan
esterday passed y ccmDaratively comfort