The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-09
WESTERN CYCLONES
a Terrible Tornado in KRnSas-Many In,
iuFed- Reports from Minnesota.

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iuFed-Rsports from Minnesota.
HUTCHINSON, KAs,, Mays.-The news
reached this city yesterday that the
wind storm which had been raging for
the last three days had Culminsled in a
cyclone in the northern part Of Pratt
county, extending over the eastern por-
ton Of Stafford and up into Rice Coun,
ty, The funnel shaped cloud formed
between 7 and 8 O'Clock and could be
seen for miles, The district over which
II passed was sparsely settled and but
for this fact the loss Of life and property
would have been terrible, The cyclone
flfst struck at a point about Eve miles
south Of Stafford and five miles in q
northeasterly direction. Itleit nothing
but barren waste strewn with the
wrecks Of houses and barns, trees and
fences, with here and there bodies OF
stock either killed or crippled by the
wind. The only person killed outright
was William Crawford, whose neck was
broken by the flying timbers Of his
house, which was totally destroyed.
The casuities, 80 far as known, are
William Crawford, neck broken; Will
liam Bolt, fatally injured; Oliver Beard,
paralyzsd, cannot recover; Jason Beard,
internally injured, will diej AL Gui,
nip, internally injured; Mrs, ], Love,
seriously injured; Peter Scartel, leg |
broken; Mrs. John Bartlett, shoulder
blade broken and other injuries, will
die; William McVeagh, internally In.
iured, cannot recover; Joseph Ferris,
Injured about the head, will die; Mrs,
Guinip, and babe, the mother internally
injured, and the babes thigh broken;
Mrs, Lindley, seriously hprti daughter
OF George Deves, fatally injured; 5. s.
Crawford, fatally injured. About
twenty or thirty more were mere or less
Injured.
a. +. Guinip's house was totally de.
stroyed, and himself and family badly
injured. His wife and young babe
were carried q distance OF 100 feet, and
The Child's thigh was broken. Joseph
1ile's house was totally destroyed, and
The contents scattered In every dlrec-
lion. The house belonging to Mrs.
Lindley and occupied by herself and
,wo step.children, Maude and VIM.
Blue, was blown, to atoms. Mrs. Lind
ey was seriously injured and Is not ex-
oeCted 10 recover. Joseph Sellers fine
.wo.story house was torn to pieces and
10 scattered that not q splinter remained
On the former site. Anotherlarge house
not yet occupied was demolished. A
arge number OF horses and cattle were
iilled and crippled, Physicians were
and the people OF the whole
country turned out to render every as.
istance possible.
Many other buildings were more or
ess damaged, and where the cyclone
,rossed the Santa Fe Railroad between
Sterling and Alden the telegraph poles
we're leveled 10 the earth and other dam.
Ige done. There were no fatalities In
hat district. As soon as the news Of
he cyclone reached Stafford mass
Meeting was held and committees organ.
zed to carry on the work Of relieving
he distress In systematic manner.
lore than q hundred people are left
lomeless and without food or clothing.
reports from other towns throughout
he southwest part OF the State indicate
leavy winds for three days past, but
lothing in the nature OF such a tornado
8 visited Stafford county.
A dispatch from ST. Paul, Mimi, says
hat after blowing hard all day Monday
nd Monday night In the Northwest the
Wind yesterday increased to o gale and
lid considerable damage to buildings
nd crops. AT Buffalo, this county, the
torn reached It's greatest severity.
Wheat was in many places blown out Of
he ground by the roots. In other
,laces it Is buried 80 deep that II will
lever come up. AT Yankton the wind
torn assumed the violence OF a hurri.
,ane. The City Hall, q new and staunch
rocked so that the Council
hastily adjourned and went into the
treeE The storm was followed by q
Ioaking rain. AT Hinckley, Mimi, a 80.
iere wind storm prevailed all day, doing
iamage to timber and blowing down
Ihade trees. An engine running be-
,ween Sandstone and Sandstone June
ion was wrecked yesterday afternoon
BY a tree falling across the engine while
running at a speed Of fifteen miles an
hour Engineer Dorr escaped uninjured,
while Fireman Elmer Miller had his
head and legs badly bruised.