The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-09
TELEGRAPHIC.
A Kansas Tornado.

KANSAS CITY, April IA tornado
mad with destructiveness swept over
Kansas last night Butler county seems
to have suffered the greatest havoc.
Tenawanda was wiped off the face of the
earth, and Augusta, a few miles distant,
was buffeted out of all semblance to its
former self. No house or building was
left standing in Tonawanda. The town
and not house or building was left
standing. The storm razed everything
in its path and left dead bodies lying in
its wake. Four bodies have already been
Twenty persons were fatally injured, and
large number Slightly. AT Augusta Her
FAINT child of Will Rhodes we're killed
outright Fifteen others were hurt more
or less seriously. The wires are all
down and it is impossible to obtain de-
tailed account from either place In
Kiowa the Missouri Pacific depot and
number of buildings were demolished.
Though no loss of life is known several
mishaps are reported The damage to
property is great. AT Wellington William
Llttle'S house was wrecked, and Little
and four of his children were killed. Joe
Walters house was carried from the
foundation, and thirteen inmates were
more or less injured. Butterworth's
house, with its occupants, was carried
several hundred yards, and some of the
inmates were fatally hurt. From indica-
uons the storm swept across the country
from Indian Territory, through Barbour,
Frazier, Sumner and Butler counties.
Villages and farm houses were carried
away as it swept along. The tornado
contiptled in Kansas and Northwest Mis-
souri, today, but was less destructive
Southeastern Kansas was also visited last |
night by one of the most destructive |
storms in years. No fatalities are report |
ed, but considerable damage was done. |
AT OTHER POINTS.
Atchison was visited by tornado to-
day at noon Several buildings were I'M
rooted and demolished, and signs and
awnings were scattered in every direction.
The Santa Fe depot was unroofed, the
scholastic convent demolished, Thrall &
Co.'S warehouse destroyed and the
grocery store of Taylor & Co. put in
ruins. The prison roof was carried off
and the building partially demolished.
A small house in the Missouri Pacific
yards was blown into the river Hun
dredS of chimneys were blown down,
and great deal of minor damage was
done. Fruit suffered badly in the country,
but no one was injured. AtLeavenworth
the Great Western Stove Works was
partially unroofed, and work will be sus-
pended for several days. At St. Joseph
nearly every telegraph and telephone
wire in the city has been torn down.
Numerous small houses were demol-
shed, and many large ones unroofed.
Thousands of dollars damage was caused
by the breaking of plate glass in the store
windows In the eastern part of the city
1 brick house was blown down, serisusly
njuring child. AT the factory of Tootle,
Hosea & Co. there was a stampede of
several hundred girls when the wind tore
! portion of the roof off No one was
injured. A dispatch from Law
'ence, Kan, says the wind has been
blowing a gale there since midnight
Many buildings were unroofed and sew
,ral houses demolished. The roof of the
Haskell hospital was blown away, and it
vas necessary to anchor the building
With cables to prevent it blowing over.
n Kansas City the damage consisted
of roofs blown away and plate
glass windows being broken. The roof
If the High school, at Locust and Twelfth
treetS, was blown off. There was no
,anic, but the school was dismissed
signs were blown down all over the city,
ome of them crashing through costly
)late-p1aSS windows There has been no
oss of life
ToNAwANDA'S DEATH ROLL.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April Late ad-
,ices from the town of Tonawanda state
hat four persons were killed and sixteen
injured by the cyclone which completely
wiped out that town.