The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-04-06
ANOTHER TWISTER.
The Kansas Cyclone Came Along on
Schedule Tima-Four Fatalities
ut Cherryvale.
An Illinois Town Also Visited, bnt No
One Was Killed-Shower
of Mud.
Unprecedented Floods i'm Illinois and
Iowa - Other Storm
News.

1 news.
| CHICAGO, April 6.--Another heavy
storm, this time accompanied by hoodf
in some places. has caused damage 70
property, loss of life and injury to per.
son, in the West, Northwest and South,
west. The territory covered was almost
the same as that devastated by the hur.
ricane of last Friday, and although the
effects were not so disastrous as those
of the earlier gale enough has been
learned to show that the visitation was
heavy. AS before, Kansas bore the
brunt of it. At Cherryvale there was q
| genuine cyclone. A funnel-shaped
| cloud in the Afternoon was seen apI
| preaching the town from the South
west. 1t was accompanied by deep,
roaring sound, and, as it drew near, IL
could be seen turning and twisting
with terrible velocity. It Travelled
with incredible speed and barely missed
| the town, passing one mile to the south.
west. It demolished six houses in that
vicinity. killing two persons and fatally
injuring two others.
The dead are: Mrs. E. r. Lawson,
struck by lightning; Mrs. John Reeves,
crushed with her dwelling.
Mrs. Perry Nixon and John Reeves
were fatally injured.
The house of John Reeves, a farmer,
was torn to pieces by the cyclone. Mrs..
Reeves was killed outright, and Mr.
Reeves was fatally injured. Mrs. Perry
Nixon, wife of another farmer in the
vicinity, was fatally injured in the
demolition of their house. Mrs. e. B.
Lawson, of this city. was struck by
lightning during the storm and was
instantly killed. The damage to barns,
outhouses, fences, ETC., is great.
| some Hig Hailstones.
| AT Burlington the disturbance took
the form of hailstorm. Hundreds of
| window lights were broken and much
/ damage was done to fruit trees and
| crops generally. The hailstones were
eight inches in circumference.
| At Emporia hail also fell, the stones
/ measuring an inch and half in diam
| eter.
At Fort Scott the storm was the
severest that ever visited the vicinity.
Many roofs were blown away, stables
demolished, and outhouses blown down.
There was no loss of life, although mar
| row escapes were numerous.
| Scared at Kansas City.
In Kansas City the report got started
in some manner that cyclone was due
at . o'clock. The report spread with
great rapidity and in short time was
on every ones lips. Superintendent
Greenwood of the public schools hastily
called a meeting of the school board
| and urged that the schools be dismissed
for the day to prevent any loss Of life in
the event of buildings being blown
| down. The order was issued and the
scholars were sent home in haste. At 2
o'clock the streets of the city were
| nearly deserted, and hundreds of people
could be seen looking out of windows
scanning the sky for signs Of the ap-
preaching storm. The wind blew almost
| hurricane during the entire afternoon,
but there was no cyclone and the
| damage was very light.
| Heavy SHOWS i'm the Northwest.
Specials from the Northwest tell of
big rain and snowstorms, the latter
prevailing with terrific force in the
| Dakotas, even approaching to blizzard
| in intensity in some sections. Devils
Lake reports full fedged blizzard,
| while at Huron the snow during the
day was scattered among q great deal
| of rain, nearly three inches having
| fallen. But the blizzard seems to have
extended from the northern part OF
South Dakota clear across North d.
| kota. The snow extended along the
Missouri river and over into the Black
| Hills.
wiped Out Earnhltl.
In Illinois cyclone struck the. little
towh of Barnhill at o'clock D. m.
Every house in the place was wrecked
and only four or five were left on their
foundation. About ten houses were to-
tally destroyed, and one woman, Mrs.
Harry, was seriously injured. The
heaviest rain in years fell. Elsewhere
| throughout the state the greatest dam
age was by floods. At Jerseyville the
rain came down in sheets, causing Ma
copin creek to overflow its banks.
Bridges, Fences and Farm Buildings
were swept away and cattle drowned.
AT Clay City the almost constant down
pour of rain since Sunday morning
caused the Little Wabash river to rise
fourteen feet during the night, which is
faster than ever known before. 1t Ia
now out OF its banks and is spreading
over the wide bottom lands. The Kas-
kaskia river is out OF its banks at Mas
coutah; the Sangamon, in the vicinity
Of Decatur, is . raging torrent and the
Vermillion was never 20 high before at
this season of the year. The levees
which protect the Mission coal mines
from tho latter stream are weakening,
and II they should give away and flood
the mines tho damage viii be verY