The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-06-28
THE FATAL FUNNEL.
Destruction by Storm in Northwest Mis-
sourf-Several Persons Killed and Much

sOurf-Several Persons Killed and Much
Damage to Property-Family Drowned
in Arkansas.
ALBANY. Mo-. June 22.-The little vii.
age OF Lone Star. this Gentry county,
was wiped out of existence by a cyclone
Thursday afternoon and the surrounding
country devastated. Three persons were
killed outright and a half dozen more
probab Y fatally injured Il is impossible
to estimate the damage done but it will
amount 10 thousands OF dollars.
At 2:30 p. m. two funnel-shapsd clouds
app afed in the northwest, travelling
rapidly and very low down.
The frame residence of II. P. Williams,
three miles east of Albany was struck
and completely demolished Nothing of
the building Was left standing except a
corner post. Williams nue-year- old
son and his mother i'm law, Mrs. Crispin,
were killed outright and Mrs. Williams
and three sn all children were fatally in.
jured.
Immedic. " east of the residence of
Mr.. Williams was that Of Mr.. Million. 1t
was right in the cyclones track and was
swept from the face of the earth in q
twinkling. The timbers composing it were
scattered all over the surrounding country.
Mr.. Million and his family had seen the
approach of the storm and taken refuge in
a cyclone cave and all escaped injury.
Moving on the two great clouds wheeled
down on the village of Lone Star, de-
stroying the storehouse Of A c. Townsend,
the Baptist Church and almost every resi-.
dence in the place.
Mr.. Townsend, who is also the post.
master, was fatally injured, as was Mrs.
George Stineman.
More than sixty people were rendered
homeless in an instant by the storm and
many were slightly injured
The destruction was most complete and
there exists immediate necessity for re-
lief. The citizens of Albany met yester-
day morning and raised several hundred
dollars and furnished large amount of
clothing and provisions for the relief of
the storm-stricken people OF Lone Star.
The cyclone passed IF to the southeas
doing great damage to growing crops, or
chards and forests in its path At Sloan
Spring and Freewater great damage was
also done, but SO far no reports of fatali-
ties have been received from there.
IN NoDAwAY COUNTY.
MARYsvILLE, Mo-, June ga disas-
trous cyclone passed over Union town
ship, Nodaway County. Thursday after
noon. Two large funnel shaped clouds.
one coming from the southeast and the
other from the northwest, met near the
southeast corner of Union township.
whirling and twisting at fearful rate,
taking a nOrtheasterly course. School
houses, dwellings and barns were torn
down, orchards uprooted and great trees
torn out by the roots.
The first place struck nv the storm was
the residence of s. C. Leech. The roof
was torn off and his eight-acre orchard
was entirely demolished.
One half mile east the house. of j. W. R
Walt ami John Allen were damaged
The residence of Mr.. d. Simmons near
that of Mr.. Allen was wrecked.
The SNOWFALL" school house, one
quarter of mile northeast of Simmons
was completely demolished. The
school was filed with pupils. but all
escaped injury except little daughter of
Mrs. J. NJ. Berk ey, who had her arm
broken.
Within a few hundred yards of the
school house, the residence of j, S. Mem
nard, his barns and outhouses were blown
away.
mile further on the Logan school
house was lifted from the side of q hill on
which il stood and landed on the top of
The eminence Ohe after another the houses
md barns of j. A. Sparks, Perry Jackson,
Edward Crenshaw, Daniel Melton. James
King and Samuel King were demolished
Dy the cyclone.
At the Logan school two pupils were
slightly injured, and at the residence OF
Samuel Kennard Mrs. Kennard was
knocked insensible.
Continuing in its track the cyclone swept
Town on ParnelI City doing great damage
md wrecking the school house and many |
residences.
EIGHT OF A FAMILY DROWNED.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, June 22-Deputy
United States Marshal Newton FauIken-
,urg reported to- day that on his trip tc
and Van Buren, counties, just
'oncluded he learned that during heavy
ain storm in that section of the State last
Satur !ay night an old man named Emer-
on had the mi~for tune to lose his wife
md seven children in food.
As near as the marshal could iearn-and
he facts are meager-there had been q
rain near Clinton the county
eat of Van Buren,, on the upper Red
liver. and it was near this ace the acci-
ent took place. Emmsrson who is an
Id settler in Van Buren, County, was
nth his family in his house at night when
he storm was raging. After an hours
ain the water gradually flooded his house
nd fearing he and his family would be
he gathered two of hi:
hildren in his arms and
made for the door to escape. As the door
pened, a huge log afoat dashed in the
ntrance and knocKed the little ones from
is arms. They fell at his feet into the
wifi current aud We're lost. He then took
p two more, one in each arm, and sue
eeded in getting out with them safely,
cling his wife to follow with the others,
Ut in attempting to escape in the same
lanner the mother, with two children in
er arms and three clinging to her dress.
as carried down with the food and
rowned.
The father and two children. the only
mes left in a family of eleven, escaped
nth their lives. The night was dark and
ne father, with the only two survivors OF
is large family, stood in water above the
aist clinging to a tree for several hours,
nd when the waters subsideI in he morn.
lg a search was made and the dead bodies
the mother and seven children were dis
1vered scat cred here and there for q con.
derable distance around the place, the
10Th ng having caught in underbrush and
he bodies held fast IN that way. Two of
lie bodies were found in the garden lot. a
hort distance from The house, where they
adj been carried BY the force of the water.
nd others as far as fifty yard from the
ouse.
Twenty-Seven Bodies Found.
JoHNSTowN, Pa, June 22.-Tne bodies
twen1y-seven persons were taken from