Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
A CYCLONES WORK..

a CYCLONES WORK..
Several Counties in Southern Kansas suf.
fer Severely from Tornado-One Man
Persons Observation-Disclosures, Barns and
Fences Demolished, Trees Uprooted and
Live Stock Killed - Destruction in MINI
nesota-A Shower of Frogs in Dakota.
HUTCHINSON, Kan, May S-The news
reached this city Tuesday morning that the
wind-storm that had been raging for the
last three days had eliminated in a cyclone
In the northern part of Pratt
portion of Stafford and up into
Rice County. The funnel-shaped cloud
formed between and O'Clock and
could be seen for miles. The district over
which it passed was sparsely settled, and
but for this fact the loss of life and property
would have been terrible. The cyclone
drst struck at point about five miles
southeast of Stafford, and for miles in a
southeasterly direction left nothing but a
barren waste strewn with the wreck
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 William
Crawford, whose neck was broken by the
flying timbers of his house, which was
totally demolished The more seriously in
ured 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 to live; Little girl OF George
Deves, fatally injured; S. S. Crawford
fatally injured; Mrs. ]. Love, sert-
inSu Dot0
broken; Mrs. John Bartlett, shoulder blade
broken and other injuries, will die; William
McVey, internally injured, can not recover;
John Ferris, injured about the head, will 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
jured- His wife and young babe were
carried a 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
tepchildren-Maud and William Blue
were blown to atoms. Mrs. Lindley was
seriously injured and is not expected to
recover. Joseph Sellers fine two-story
house was torn to pieces and so scattered
that not a 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
Physicians were summoned and the peo-
pie Of the whole country turned out to rem
der every assistance possible. Many other
buildings were more or less damaged, and
railroad, between Sterling and Alden, the
FOL n1n 1oI tot !,
and other damage done. There were no
fatalities in that district.
Assoon as the news of the cyclone reached
Stafford a mass-meeting was held and COM
mittees organized to carry on the work OF re-
lieving the distress in systematic manner
Business has been suspended, and every body
is lending 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 a tornado as visited Stat
ford County.
JAMESTOWN, D. T., May S-About clock
Monday night peculiar circumstance was
noticed by q number Of people. A small
black cloud, hanging rather low, was
noticed to move rather queerly, 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 q block away It
Is claimed that a funnel-shaped cloud, in
dicating 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 whirlwind and carried in the
air until it spent itself, which happened to
be over the center OF the principal business
| streets
BISMARCK, D. T., May S-The rain which
has been hoped and prayed for has come at
last. 1t commenced falling Tuesday morn
ing and continues steadily. 1t 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
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, 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 a number of houses and
barns have been unroofed or removed
from their foundations. Binding clouds OF
dust filed 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.
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 a good
yield OF grain all over the country visited
by it.