The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-05
STORMY TIMES.
Widespread Region Of Soaking
Rains and Disastrous Winds
THREE LIVES LOST In SOUTH DAKOTA
Fatal Effects or lightning in OhIO-ThEeo
Persons Injured In Kansss-DiEastrOus
Hail in VViscOEsin-SO Lives
Lost

yeste rday and demolished six barns
The path of the storm was only about
800 feet wide and not a single house
within the city limits was in its way.
Horses were lifted from the ground,
hurled into the air and sent sprawling
90 the earth Wagons were taken up
bodily and hurled to atoms.
Five miles northeast of here two
houses and three barns were literally
carried away. The debris from the
storm it left this city spread along
its line for nearly mile.
at WaverIy, twelve miles northeast,
two coal sheds were ruined and brick
: smoke stack of the roller mills fat
tened to the ground o. P. Chandler
and his son were in one of the barns
when the storm struck it and were
pinned under the boards, but were only
slightly injured.
Three people were killed at Hazel,
sixteen miles southwest of here, and
the storm is said to have been very Sc
we're in that vicinity. No other fatal
tiles have yet been heard Of
A heavy rain and hail followed the
cyclone, but did no damage
HAZEL, S. D., June 3.-A cyclone
passed three miles southeast of town
yesterday afternoon, taking a north
westerly course demolishing many
houses and barns, including H. Kru-
gers house containing six persons,
three of whom were killed and one
slightly wounded The killed are: NJ.
-Hoag, Kruger and his son.
a WIDESPREAD STORM.
~ CHICAGO, June 3.-Over half of the
United States was simultaneously
covered with water last night and the
edge of the great wet spot was laid
ragged with cyclone. The condition
of telegraph wires north, south, east
and west from this city showed state
of affairs seldom if ever equalled.
Soaking rains were in progress, &C
comp tnied with driving winds, to New
York ON one side, to New Orleans on
the t!ler, beyond st. Paul and Mime
apoliS ON the north and in the west for
an iRdtti mite distance. Milwaukee re-
ported the worst electrical disturbance
on record, making telegraph or tele-
phone communication practically i'm
possible except at short intervals.
Further northwest in the DaL1otas
-1nany towns are wholly cut off and the
TACT that a cyclone had ravaged the
e 'untry about Watertown raised the
question if there had not been serious
loss at life. and property in the distric
temporarily isolated.
LIGHTNING IN OHIO.
CISC1&NATI, June S.-Specials report
vz1urslc rous casualties from lightning il
the storms.
Holm Osborn, of Elkhart, Ind, fel
dead upon the appearance of a vivit
fash of lightning. The coroner say
The died from fright, not from cleo
trio shock.
At Columbus, Ind, Peter Mcqueen
and Fred Pancake were rendered in
sc 1si3ie by stroke of lightning an,
t4"e horse they were driving was killed
cIcar Frankfort, Ind, last night 81
c tie and four horses were killed b
hes timing. They were all found lyin
ucar a barbed wire fence.
DIsAsTBoUs HAIL AND RAIN.
= DARLINGTON, Wis, June 3.-One {
the most disastrous storms ever know
I'm this section visited this city last ever
Ding at o'clock The storm came froI
EGhe zcEth-an nusual quarter. TIL
wind fbsew hurricane and the rain fe
lin torrents and hailstones as large g
shens-eggs crashed against houses an
through the foliage. Many window
were broken Several outhouses wei
blown down and incalculable damas
TO crops resulted. The river rose fol
feet In an hour and bids fair to be Il
highest ever known No Loss of life
reported.
SEVERE WIND. ETC.
YATES CENTER, Kan, June S-Mol
day night at 10 o'clock severe win
rain and hailstOrEn passed over tn
county from the south and was
severe ten miles south of this city as
utterly demoliSh tbs residence of
Clayton and scatter and ruin q
contents- Mr.. Clayton and his wi
and nine-year-old son were all severe
injured, Clayton SO badly that his I
scovery Is doubtful Growing Gro
were also considerably damaged in II
locality.
LIGHTNING CUTS a srEEPLE IN TWO
KEoKUK, Ia, June S.-During q pt
nominal storm here last evening 1igl
ming struck the Holy Cross Episeor
church. cutting it in two. Mrs Edwa
Keith. recently from Chicago and pro
IneEt in social circles, received t.
Eible electric shock At first it "
thought she was dead, but hopes 3
entertained at q late hour OF her
ssoVery-