Telegram-herald., 1889-05-09
WINDS WILD WORK.
southsrn Kansas Counties Szyeyt
by Cylona
OsE Ysy KILLED, NlyY BlplY EURI.
BsildiAxs. Barns 4Rd fsasss Dsaelsshea.
Trees tgEo0z 81 &Ed Ave steck hilks4
"A Shos~E ~ ArNgs 1n D4k~s--
Damage Ia Nll4Assst2


LssI three days Aad ealEatn2ted Il . eye-oas
Ia ths uortAeTa part Of Pratt
County, extending over the eastern
portion ~ stafford and up INTO
Ees County TIE funnel shaped cloud
formed between sHa |. Ooleck ana
could be sstn Tor milsa The district ossT
n aIcA lt passed AS spaTsely settled aud
bat Tor this fact tie loss Of lie snG property
would have teen terrible The cyclone
hrsJ struck at point about i've miles
southeast of stafford, and for lailes IN
sOatheaSteTly direction left nothing bat
barren waste sueHn with tic wreck
OF houses and barns, uees aud ieEoes,
with here and there the bodies Of stock
either killed q cr1pplsd by the wind The
oSy person killed outright was William
Crawford, whose neck was broken by tie
rying tiInDeTs OF his house, Which Was
totally demolished The more seriously In
lGred were:
william Bolt intern al injuries. fatal; Oliver
Beard paralyzsd from breast dowa. eau not
possibly recover jason Beard Internally
injured Gnd bleeding from ears. = nOt
expected 10 1--we; Little girl ~ George
Deyes, fatally injured. 3. 8 Crawford.
fatally injured, Ars. ;. Love, SER
ousIy injured; Peter Scarlet leg
broken: Mrs John Bartlett shoulder blade
broken and other injuries. viii dsei William
McVey, Internally inlUred. can not recover,
John Ferris injured about the head. Will die.
About twenty or thirty more wero more
or less injured
A. r. Guinups house was totally de-
stroyed. and himself and family badly in
jured His wife aud young babe were
carried distance OF 100 feet aud tho
ohilds thigh was broken Joseph Giles
house was totally destroyed and the
contents scattered in every direction
The house belonging 10 Mrs. Lind
ley and occupied by herself and two
stepchildren-Marde and William Blue
were blown 10 atoms Mrs Lndley was
seriously injured and is not expected 10
recover. Joseph Sellers fine two-story
house was torn 10 pieces and so scattered
that not a splinter remained on its former
site. Another large house not vet occupied
was demolished large number OF horses
and cattle were killed and crippled
Physicians were summoned and the peo-
pie of the whole country turned out To rem
der every assistance possible. Many other
buildings were moro or less damaged. and
where the cyclone crossed the Santa fe
railroad, between Sterling and Alden. the
telegraph poles were leveled 10 the earth
and other damage done. There were no
fatalities in that district
AS soon as the news OF the cyclone reached
Stafford a mass-meeting was held and com
mittees organized 10 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
Reports from other towns throughout the
southwest part of the State Indicate heavy
winds for three days past, but nothing in
the nature of such tornado as visited Stat
ford County
JAsrEsTowS, d. T, May S-About o'clock
Monday night peculiar circumstance was
noticed by number OF people. A small
black cloud, hanging rather low, was
noticed TO move rather qHeerly, when
suddenly the cloud was lost sight OF
and a precipitation of frogs was
seen. There were several hundred of
them and they could be seen hopping
up in the streets block away II
is claimed that funnel-shaped cloud, in
dicating a cyclone, was seen in the west
shortly before, and the theory of some is
that the frogs were caught up from some
slough in this whiIlwind and carried in the
air until IL spent itself. which happened to
be over the center or the principal business
streets
SIOUX FALLS, D. T., May s-One OF the
heaviest steGdiest winds ever known in
this section preyailed Monday and Monday
night. eliminating in rain About midnight
the wind blew q box car from the side
track onto the main track Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 St Paul road at Dell
Rapids 4 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 passengers, es-
capped with bruises
BISMARCK. D. T., May a-The rain which
has been hoped and prayed for has come Mt
last 1t commenced falling Tuesday morn
ing and continues steadily. II is the first
rain Of the season. and farmers of the Mis-
souri, slope now think the crops are saved
Similar welcome rains have fallen pretty
much all over Dakota and Northern Mime
sofa
Pierre. D. T, MAY s-Twelve hours Of
steady rain, the heaviest for years. visited
Central Dakota Tuesday. In the present
condition Of crops It now insures n good
Weld of grain all over the country visited
by it.
DILUTE MINI, May g - The tornado
which struck Dakota Monday night reached
this vicinity Tuesday forenoon, but veered
off 70 the southwark. and Duluth has so far
escaped except for hard showers and some
wind Reports from down the 81 Paul & Du-
luth road ssy the wind attained n velocity
Of a tornado, tearing mp trees and doing
other damage No details are known
here as 70 whether anv houses we're
wrecked Tclegrsphic communication has
been interrupted, and the North American
Company only had one wire to u Paul and
the Past until : - Tuesday night Whether
the wires were inteTfered with by the
storm or forest fires is not known
ST CroUD. Ninn 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
sornGing towns ia this county state
that number of houses and
barns have been unroofed OF removed
from tbeir foundations binding clouds OF
dust filed The ar. Forest nres are raging
IL the vicinity Of Kimball Prsirfe snd the
loss vii b heavy unless rain falls soon
Cgous vii be damaged
Cashier IN Limbo
Ytvsas CITY. No. Nav Peter IT Esnt
cashier q the Burliagton freight ofHc.