The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-09
A KANSAS CYCLONE G.
A KANSAS CYCLON {.
The Terrible Cyclone Visits Pfats.
Stafford and Rice Counties.
Many People Killed and Injured by
the Funnel Shaped Cloud.
cattle. Horses, Fences, Barns and
Trees Destroyed.
A Dating Robbery Perpetrated at
Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs.
HUTCHINSON, Kans., May S.-The
news reached this city yesterday that
the wind storm that had been raging
for the last three days had eliminated
in "A cyclone in the northern part of
Pratt county, extending over the east
ern portion of Stafford and up into
Rice county.
The funnel shaped could formed be-
tween seven and eight O'Clock, and
could be seen for miles. The district
over which it passed was sparsely set
tied, and but for this fact the loss of
life and property would have been ter
rible. The cyclone first struck at a
point about five miles southeast of
Stafford, and for miles in a northeast
erly direction left nothing but barren
waste, strewn with the wrecks of
houses and barns, trees and fences, with
here and there the bodies of stock,
either killed or crippled by the wind.
The only person killed outright was
VIM. Crawford, whose neck was bro
ken ty the flying timbers of his house,
which was totally demolished.
The casualties, so far as known
are:
William Crawford, neck broken.
William ROlf fatally injured.
Oliver Beard. paralyzsd; cannot re-
Jason Beard, internally injured; will
die.
A. F. Guianup. 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
will die.
Joseph Terris, injured about the
head, will die.
Mrs. Guinnup and babe; the mother,
internally injured and the babes thigh
broken.
Mrs. Lindley, seriously hurt.
Daughter of Geo. Dervis, fatally in
jured.
About twenty or thirty more were
more nr less injured.
A. +. Guinnup'S house was totally
DESTROYED and himself and family bad
ly injured. His wife and young
babe were carried Il distance Of hun
bred feet and the child's thigh was
broke.
Joseph Giles house was totally des-
trOyed and the contents scattered III
every direction.
The house belonging to Mrs. Lind
ley and occupied by herself and two
step children. Maude ard WIN. Blue
was blown to atoms, Mrs. Lindley was
Ceriously injured and is not expected
to recover.
Joseph Sellers fine two story house
was torn to pieces, and SO scattered
that not splinter remained on tue
former site.
Another large house not yet occu-
pied was demolished.
A large number of horses and cattle
were killed aud crippled. EhysleianS
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 cy-
clone crossed the Santa Fe rail
road between Sterling and Allen
the telegraph poles were leveled to the
earth and other damage done. There
were no fatalities in that district. AS
soon as the news of the cyclone reached
Stafford mass meeting was held and
committees organized to carry on Tie
work of relieving the distress In sys-
tematic manner More than a hun
dred people are left homeless and with
out food or clothing. Reports from
other towns throu ghOut the southwest
part of the state indicate heavy WINDS
for three days past, but nothing In Inc
nature of such tornado as visited
Stafford county.
AT SIOUX FALLS.
SIOUX FALLS, OAK, May S.-One OF
the ayiest, steadiest winds ever
known in this section prevailed Mon
day and Monday night, eliminating IN
rain. About midnight the wind blew
box car from the side track onto the
main track of the Chicago, Milwaukee
g. 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:
brakeman, was instantly killed. Sew
eral others. including passengers, eS-
capped with bruises.
AT ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL, MINI May S.-After blow
ing hard all day Monday and Monday
night in the northwest the wind yes
terday increased to gale and did con-
siderable damage to buildings and
| crops. At Buffalo, this county the
storm reached its greatest severity
Wheat was in many places blown out
of the ground by the roots. In othel
places it is buried SO deep that it vii
never come up.
At Yankton the wind storm assumed
| the violence of a hurricane. The Cit
hall, a new and staunch building
rocked so that the council hastily ad
journed and went into the street. Tn
EStorm was followed by soaking rain
at Hinckley, Minnesota, sever
wind storm prevailed all day, doing
damage to imber and blowing dow
shade trees. An engine running be
tween Sandstone and Sandstone juno
ton was wrecked yesterday Afternoon
by a tree falling across the engin
while running at a speed of fifteei
miles an hour. Engineer Dorr es
taped uninjured, while fireman Elme
Miller had his head and legs badl
bruised.
Daring Robbery.
| COLORADO SPRINGS. May, 9Th
most daring robbery in the history G
the country was perpretated at Flor