The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-17

in it, wak~-sDnc Person Instartiv
Killed seven Fatally and . Large <um-
her Mare or Les< seriously i"in~ed =
Mare than . Hundred Homeless People.
HUTCHINSON. Kas., May Sly the ter
rible cyclone which passed near stafford.
Monday night. one man was instantly
killed. a half-dozen fatally wounded, aud
twenty or thirty others more or less
seriously injured Houses were demol-
ished. barns torn down and IN places the
growing crops were blown from the
ground.
The wind had been blowing a perfect
gale for three days All over Western KAN
sas. but the destructive path OF the cyclone
was confined to IA narrow strip beginning
in stafford County aud extending IN
northwesterly direction through Rice
County. II started in the southwest part
and passed through stafford County IN
northeasterly direction.
The first house struck was that o. Il.
Slade, about six miles south OF the town
OF stafford Hardly splinter was left TO
tell the tale. The family were bruised
up considerably. but as yet none have
died. Al Greenup, who lives northeast OF
Slade. j. badly hurt, and there j. some
doubt 81 his recovery. His house ana
barn are entirely gone. The wind lifted
the house in the air and threw II 20 the
ground about a hundred yards away. de-
inolishing il so that II did not leave q
board six inches in length. Mrs. a.
Potter'- house and stable were blown
away. but the family escaped un-
injured. Mrs. +. Llndsay's house
and outbuildings were entirely demol-
ished and the family all badly injured.
George Dews' house was also in the track
of the cyclone. and IL was swept away,
and his little girl was hurt internally. >.
s. Crawford j. badly injured, and there
are doubts about his recovery. His sou
william was instantly killed. his neck
being broken. j. Il. &. Cooks large cat
! tie sheds were entirely gone. J. Is. Burns
1 lost heavily by his sheds being destroyed.
! ]. Loves house il a thing of the past.
His wife was blown fifty feet north of the
4 house into a wagon. which she clung 70
I and * took her over one hundred yards
! further. The spokes In the wheels We're
4 blown out. and when Mrs. Love was found
! she was clin2ing 70 the tongue 81 the
I wagon She Will not recover. The Eurc-
4 ka School-house. very large building,
4 was the next building attacked. All there
4 j. left j. few posts that We're placed III
I the ground for a center foundation. The
4 desks look as though some one had nsed
Z an axe on Them
\ Peter Scarlet about six months ago
erected very large dwelling on his farm,
I one OF the best in the county. OF which
there j. not vestige lelt. One Of lis
sous was cut badly in the head.
John white. proprietor Of the Will
hite nursery. has been damaged con-
/ siderably. His house is gone and the
/ glass in his hofbeds was all broken by the
hail. Frank McCoy's house was picked
up as though il was an eggshell, and was
torn asunder in mid-air.
The storm seemed 10 have increased in
force when il reached John Bartlett
house. which il one and one-half mil
south and three miles east ot stafford.
The structure was carried away, also his
stables. His wife was blown one hum
dred yards. aud hay rake blew on her.
breaking her shoulder blade and her nose
and putting out one eye and injuring her
internally. II IL doubtful whether she
will ecoyer. His eldest boy was thrown
thirty feet and landed on header. The
wind carried the boy and header over half
a mile. and for "a quarter Of a mile II was
in the air. The boy is considerably
bruised. and has an ugly cash ia his head.
The three Youngest children were thrown
one hundred feet into a pile OF corn
stalks. and were severely bruised VIM
Mcvay. aged sixteen years. was thrown
70 the ground aud was struck by some
fiying boards from Mr.. Bartlett's house
} cutting him up so that be is expected 70
die at any moment.
The Bartlett School-ho Is scattere
} around the whole district Joseph Ferris
and family have lost their home. Mr.
Ferris Is seriously injured about the
1 head. His daughter. Annie Ferris, was
thrown two hundred feet in the air. She
has regained Consciousness enough q
state that when the roof blew from the
house she was drawn up by the wind. and
: that is all she remembers. After the
storm left Ferris house IT pursued a
: northwest course. and tore up number
4 of small buildings. A portion OF ths
! storm struck near Huntsville. destroying
barn and house for Charles Withroder
: The cyclone was followed by heav,
: rain and hail storm. which added fresf
agony 70 the sufferers, many of whom re-
: NAMED exposed all night. A. soon Al
: the news reached the town % Stafford
q physicians aud rescuing parties went 4
the aid OF the victims OF the storms fury
= Relief committees have been organized
t, and business i practically suspended, s.
! jealous are the people TO render all as
si-fance possible. More than one hun
x bred people are homeless and destitute
= No estimate ~ the pecnniary loss has We
been attempted.
Appor tionment ~ Fund~ Among the Ma
tionai Guards.
y WASHINGTON. May 9.-The apportion
: ment az the 10000 appropriated by I'll
last Congress for distribution among IN
q National Guards ~ the several States
I. has been made BY the War Department
Il Under il the several States and Terrific
II ries will receive the following amounts:
!. Alabama. 20 49,; Arkansas. 0,6ai; Cal