The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-11
A Big BLOW IN KANSAS.
THE FORMATION OF A FUNNEL.
SHAPED CLOUD SEEN FOR MILES.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND A NUMBER
INJURED. EIGHT FATALLY.

could be seen lOT miles. lut ulSbIlC
over which it passed was spaTsel
settled, aud but for this fact the los
of life and property would have bee
terrible.
The cyclone first struck at a poln
about five miles southeast OF Stafford
and for miles in a n~oTtheasterly diret
ton left nothing but a barren waste
strewn with the wrecks Of houses an
barns, trees and fences. with here an
there the bodies of stock. either kille,
or crippled by the wind. The onl
person Killed outright was William
Crawford, whose neck was broken b.
the flying timbers of his house, whici
was totally demolished. The casual
ties rs far as known are:
William Crawford, neck broken.
William Bolt, fatally injured.
Oliver Beard, paralyzed; cannot re-
cover
Jason Beard, internally injured; will
die.
A. +. Guinup, internally injured.
Mrs. j. Love. seriously injured.
Peter Scarlet. leg broken
Mrs. John Bartlett, shoulder blade
broken and other injuries; will die.
William McVeigh, internally injured
cannot recover.
Joseph Ferris, injured about the
head; will die.
Mrs. Gulnup and babe, the mother
internally injured and the babes thigh
broken.
Mrs. LIndley, seriously hurt.
Daughter of George DAVIS, fatally
injured.
S. 5. Crawford, fatally injured.
About 20 or 80 were more or less IN
jured.
A. F. Guipup's house was totally
DESTROYED, and himself and family
badly injured. HIS wife and a young
babe were carried a distance of 100
feet, and the child's thigh broken.
Joseph CHESS house was totally de-
stroyed, and the contents scattered In
every direction. The house belonging
to Mrs. Lindley, and occupied by her
self and two stepchildren, Maud and
William Blue, was Flown to atoms.
Mrs. Lindley was seriously injured,
and is not expected to recover. Joseph
Sellers fine two story hOu. was torn
to pieces and so scattered that not a
splinter remained on the former site.
Another large house, not yet occupied,
was demolished. A large number of
horses and cattle were killed and Grip
pied.
Physicians were summoned and the
people of the whole country turned out
to render every assistance possible.
Many other buildings were more or less
damaged, and, where the cyclone
crossed the Santa Fe Railroad, between
Sterling and Alden, the telegraph po.es
were leveled to the earth and other
damage done. There was no fatalities
in that district,
As soon as the news of the cyclone
reached Stafford a mass meeting was
held and committees organized to carry
or the work of relieving the distress in a
systematic manner. More than a hun
bred people are left homeless and with
out food or clothing.
Reports from other towns through
out the southwestern part of the State
indicate heavy winds for three days
past, but nothing in the nature of such
a tornado has visited Stafford county.
CAR BLOWN FRoM THE TRACK.
CHICAGO, May S.-A despatch from
Sioux Falls, Dakota, says: One Of the
heaviest, ~steadiest winds ever known in
this section prevailed on Monday and
Monday night, eliminating in rain.
About midnight the wind blew a box
car from the side track or to the main
track Of the St. Paul Road at Dell
Rapids. A freight train, running at
full speed, struck the car and the entire
train and locomotive were wrecked.
Fred. Smith, a brakeman, was instantly
Killed. Several others, including pas
sengers, escaped with bruises.
AGALE IN MINNESOTA.
CHICAGO, May ga despatch from
st. Paul, Mimi, says that after blow
ing hard all day Monday night in the
Northwest. the wind yesterday in
creased to a gale, and did considerable
damage to buildings and crops. AT
Buffalo, this county, wheat was in
many places blown out of the ground
10y tie roots. In other places it Is
buried so deep that it will never come
up. At Yanktown the wind blew a
hurricane. The City Hill rocked so
that the Council hastily adjourned and
went into the street. A soaking rain
followed.
At Hinckley, Mimi, the wind did
damage to timber and shade trees. An
engine running between Sandstone and
Sandstone junction was wrecked yes
terday afternoon by a tree falling across
the engine while In motion. Engineer
Dore escaped uninjured, while Fireman
Elmer Miller was badly bruised.
SIX CARRIAGES BLOWN OVER.
F~ARIBAuLT, Minn,, May S.-Yes-
terday's storm ragged here with ter
rife force all day. Parties who started
met with much difficulty. Six carri-
ages we're blown over. Fire started in
the timber near Walcott Mills, and
spread rapidly over the wooded coun-
try between there and Faribault,
destroying immense quantities Of
wood. hay, fences and outbulld-
ings on the farms, The farmers
abandoned their houses and removed
their families and household goods to
open fields for greater safety. The
amount of damage done is estimated at
over $50, 200. Trees were uprooted
and thrown across the roadside in
every direction. A house belonging to
a ma named Hoyt Letween here and
Medford was blown to pieces. There
were several persons in it at the time,
but they escaped serious injuries.