The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-28
THE FATAL FUNNEL

THE FATAL FUNNEL
Deseruefsoo ~ . Storm in Northwest M.
~soari-s<veral Per,oas Klseae.A M.ea
Denage % Property-F2nuy Drev,,A
IN ArkAnaaA
ALBAxY No. June S-The little vii.
a5e OF Lone S'ar. ,his tGearry) county.
Was wiped o1t of existence by Q cyclone
Thursday afternoon and the surrounding
country derastased Three p-rsoas we're
killed outright and . half dozen more
p@oab Y fatally injured l. 10 Impossible
20 estimate the damage lone hut it VIII
amount TO thousands OF dollars.
Ats:1 p. n two funneI-snaped clouds
app q ed In the northwest travelling
aTaDIdy AID very law dosR
" Tie frame residence o: Il p. Williams
three miles east Of Albany. was struck
and completely demolished Nothing Of
tae building vas lef- standing except .
corner post WiIli.mI niae-y.ar-old
500 and tis mosher-in-law, Ms Crispin.
were killed outright And Mrs Williams
and three small children were fatally in.
jur-d
nne Ha.ely east Of the residence Of
M Williams Was that o. Mr.. Nj lion. Il
wasrizht in tie cyclones track and Was
swept from the face OF the earth in Q
tyr hiking. The timbsrs composing il were
scattered al over the surround ng country.
Mr. Million AMI his family had seen the
approach Of rhs storm and taken refuge In
ycioa cave and all escaped injury
Moving On til two great clouds wheeled
down OF the village o. Lone SsAr. de-
stroyinS tn ssorehcu e ef 4 C-Tovnsend
the Baptist Chsrch and almost every resi-.
dence in the place
Mr.. Townsend. who 10 also the post.
master. was fatally injured, Is was Ms
George Stineman
More than people were rendered
homeless N N instant by the storm and
usny were slightly injured
The destruction was most complete AID
there exists Immediate recessirv for re-
lief The citizens CT Albany me-, yester-
day morning aad raised several hundred
dollars ami furnished . large amount Of
clothing asd provisions for the relief Of
tie scorr-srricsen people o: Lone Srar.
The cyclone passed e 20 The southeast
dong great damage 20 g~rowinG cropsL Or.
coa-ds and forests in its path A. Sloan
Spring and Freewate- great damage Vas
also doue, but so far no reports CT fataIi-
ties have been received from there
~ N1DANAI CIISrE-
MAETsvTrLE No, June IA disas-
trous cyclone passed over Union town.
ship Midway County. Thursday after
oon Two large fuuuei--aaped clouds.
one coming from the southeast and the
other from the uorthwes, net near the
southeast corner OF Caion township
whiriins and twisting a. a fearful rate.
taking q northeasterly course. School
houses dwellings AMI barns were torn
down, orchards uoroo,ed and great trees
torn OUT By the ROOFS.
TIE FIRST place struck by the storm was
the residence Of s. c. Leecn- III roof
was torn ca and his eIgnc-ac-e orchard
wzs entirely demolished
One-hafuile east the house. OF J. W. 2
Wat aai John Alien were 1amas-i
fhs residence OF NJ. D. Simmons near
that Of NJ. Allen was wrecked
The "Saowbel- scaool house. one
q1aroe- of q mile northeast Of Sim0ous'
was completely demolished III.
school was died with pupils. On: AL
escaped iniu-y except = lirtle laughter OF
rs J. n asrkey, WHO mad her am
Token
Within . few hundred yard. o; the
school house. tie res adeace OF J. 5 Mem
nard. his barns and outhoUses were blown
away
mile further on the Logan school
hous. WAS lifted from the side Of . hli On
which l. sto,i aad landed On the top o.
the emineuce Oae after another the houses
and barns OF J. 4 Sparks Perry Jackson.
E!~<ard Cr-nsaaw. Daniel Melton. James
& ns and Sanuel kins were demolished
bv the cyc,one
At the Logan school .~o pupils were
slightly injured and az the residence OF
Samuel Kennard Ms Kennard vas
kncc6ed iusens be
Continuing N its track the cyclone swep:
down OF Pa-neli City doing greA, damage
aad wrecknS the school house and many
residences.
EIGEr OF a FAMILY pRowyED
LITTLE Rock AK. June 2-Deputv
Cuit-d States Marsha Sewton Fsugken-
burg repo-rei to-day that on his tip 20
Conway an Van Buren, Counties, just
conc AIDED be learned that during Q heavy
rain stern ia that section u the State last
Sa:urias night az old mar named Ener.
500 had the misfortune TO lose his vile
and seven Eli drn in . food
As near IS the marsha could earn-and
the facts are meager-taere had been .
tremendous rain near Clinton the county
seat OF Van Buren,. on TIE upper Red
river. aad { vas near this p'ace the Acct.
dent TOOK place. Eunerson who IS An
oI1 settler II Van Buren, County, vas
wIth his family n his house ~ night when
the storm was raging. After An hours
rain the water gradual flooded his house
AMI fearing be and his family would be
drowned, ne gathered two Of his
children in his arms and
made for the door 20 escape As the door
opened. q huge log asoat dashed in the
entrance and knocked the irsie ones t-ou
his arms They f=.l az his fe-t mo tbs
swift current and were lost Het,., book
cp two more. one il zach arm. aod scc.
ce-ted in getting our with chsG saf2T,
telling MS wife 20 follow with IL o;herA.
TX. II attempting 10 escape in ID same
manner the mother, WITH r~o chit4~su in
her arms and three clIngins 20 her Asess.
Was carried down with the dood and
GroxueG
The father and two children. the only
ones lefc IN q family OF eieven. escaped
With their ives The q sat vas dark AID
the facher. ~ III the only two survivors Of