Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-16
ROWLING TEMPESTS.
Southern Kansas Counties Swept
by a Cyclone.
One Man Killed and Many Persons Badly
InJured-HOusos, Barns and Fences
Wrecked--A Gale ia Min
nesOta.
WINDS WILD WORK.

WINDS WILD WORK
HUTCHINSON, Kan, May a-The news
reached this city Tuesday morning that the
wind-stoTm that had been raging for the
last three days had eliminated in a cyclone
In the northern part OF Pratt
County, extending over the eastern
portion OF Stafford and up into
Rice County The funnel-shaped cloud
formed between : and 5 o'clock and
could be seen for miles The district over
which 10 passed was sparsely settled, and
but for this fact the loss OF life and property
would have been terrible The cyclone
first struck at point about five miles
southeast OF Stafford, and for miles In
sontheasterly direction left nothing but
barren waste strewn with the wreck
of houses aud 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 William
Crawford, whose neck was broken by the
Tying timbers OF his house, which was
totally demolished The more seriously in
jured were;
William Bolt, internal injuries, fatal; Oliver
Beard paralyzed from breast down. can not
possibly recover; Jason Beard, internally
injured and bleeding from ears, is not
expected 10 live; little girl OF George
Deves fatally injured; S. S. Crawford,
fatally injured; Mrs. j. Love, seri-
ously injured; Peter Scarlet, leg
bFoken Mrs. John bartlett, shoulder blade
broken and other INJURIES will die; William
McVey, internally injured, can not recover;
John Ferris. injured about the head. viii die.
About twenty or thirty more were more
or less injured.
A. f. Guinups' house was totally de-
stroyed, and himself and family badly in
iured. His wife and young babe were
carried distance of 100 feet and the
child's thigh was broken. Joseph Giles
house was totally destroyed and the
contents scattered in every direction.
The house belonging TO Mrs. Lind
ley and occupied by herself and two
stepchildren-M aude and William Blue
were blown to atoms Mrs Iindley was
seriously injured and is not expected To
recover Joseph Sellers fine two-stoTy
house was torn TO pieces and SO scattered
that not splinter remained on its former
site. Another large house not yet occupied
was demolished A large number of horses
and cattle were killed and crippled
AesoQn as the news ofthe cyclone reached
Stafford mass meeting was held and COM
mittees organized to carry on the work OF re-
lieving the distress In a systematic manner
Business has been suspended, and every body
is lending a helping hand Subscription
papers have been started, and the people
are responding literally, but there is much
distress to be relieved and food and cloth
ing TO be bought More than hundred
people are left homeless and without food
or clothing.
DULUTH Mimi, May S - The tornado
which struck Dakota Monday night reached
this vicinity Tuesday forenoon, but veered
off to the southwark, and Duluth has SO far
escaped except for hard showers and some
wind Reports from down the st Paul& Du-
luth road say the wind attained velocity
of tornado, tearing up trees and doing
other damage No details are known
here as TO whether any houses were
wrecked Telegraphic communication has
been interrupted, and the North American
Company only had one wire to st Paul and
the East until $50 Tuesday night Whether
the wires were interfered with by the
storm or forest fires is not known.
ST CLoup, MINI. May S-A terrible wind
storm has been raging here since Monday
evening No great damage has been
done in town, but reports from sur
rounding towns in this county state
that number OF houses and
barns have been unrOOfed or removed
from their foundations Binding clouds of
dust filled the air. Forest fires are raging
In the vicinity of Kimball Prairie, and the
loss will be heavy unless rain falls soon
Crops will be damaged
MILWAUKEE, May "a cyclone struck
Ashland Tuesday afternoon, coming
from the southwest, unroofng the Ashland
Mercantile Company's store and up
setting small dwellings, barns and
frames not inclosed Considerable lumber
piled on the docks was blown
into the bay, and large number of
logs were driven from their moorings, but
secured again Telegraph poles were blown
down and many on the Northern Pacific
Il Omaha were burned. cutting off tele-
graphic communication The storm lasted
but few minutes, resembling a tornado,
and vanishing as rapidly as it came. The
damage will not exceed $40 O00
BELvIDERE, H., May ia most terrific
hail, wind and rain storm visited this city
and vicinity Thursday afternoon Old RESI-
dents say that it was one of the hardest
ever seen here. Hailstones as large
as walnuts fell for thirty min
utes. The fruit trees are all In
full bloom and much damage will
be done to cherries and late apples Some
of the earlier varieties will probably not
suffer SO badly. Complaining was about
completed, but much will probably have to
be replafited, the seed being literally
washed out of the giound. The florists
will be the worst sufferers, hundreds of
lights of glass being broken and the plants
being cut to pieces
ST PAUL, Mimi, May 1l.-Heavy rains
have extinguished the forest fires in this
state and in Dakota The damage has been
enormous.
WnLiAMsPoRT, Pa, May n.-Barnum's
show was stampeded by wind-storm last
- ntc
overturned, an antelope was killed. and the
trumpeting of elephants caught under fall
ing canvas caused intense fright and con-
fusion Many OF the performers, men and
women, were shockingly hurt.
PITTsBuRGH Pa, May IL. There was the
heaviest rain storm here yesterday since
the memorable cloud burst of 1874, when
nearly 200 people lost their lives. The rain
fell in torrents, and in few minutes the
streets were converted into small rivers;
cellars were flooded In all parts of the city.
The low lands along the Ohio river were
badly flooded and numerous farms were
completely washed out. The storm was
accompanied by remarkable electric dis
play, and several houses were struck by
lightning on Mount Washington.
NEW YORK, May ia tornado swept
over this city yesterday, doing considerable
damage, but no one was seriously injured
The storm also swept across Long Island,
and buildings were blown down, huge piles
of lumber scattered and several persons
injured Great numbers of animals were
killed
REMOVE, Pa, May lS.-Mrs. William Nc
Nall and her four children of Ridgway, Elk
County, sought safety from Fridays terri
BILE storm in the cellar OF their house.
While there lightning struck the house and
the mother and three of her children We're
killed The other child. babe OF month
was alive and uninjured in the arms OF its
dead mother
CentenanRns Pass Away.
GLENCOE, l. L, May Mrs Mary Nolan,
aged 104 years died here Monday
JEFFERsoNvmLE, Ind, May I'm Silver
Creek township Monday occurred the
death of Mrs. John Hill, who was born in
Tennessee l02 years ago
PARIS, May s-Jose Eiva Galbau, q
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