New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-01
REGN AN DEAI TEL.
Only Death and Destruction Left
in the Path Of the Kansas
Cyclone.
Many Bodies, Horribly Crushed,
Found in the Debris at
wellington.

WELLINGTON, Kas., May 80. Southern
Kansas has again suffered visitation from
the dreaded cyclone A mighty tor
nado, mile and half wide,
formed last night in Harper county
and swept across the counties oil
Harper and Sumner and left death and de
struction in its track. To add to the havoc
wrought by the storm, water
spout claimed its share of the gen
eral wreck and devastated the
northern part of Harper county, while
lightning added its fires. Trees, barns,
farm houses and whole towns went down
before. the terrible force of the storm. and
human life went out i'll the twinkling
Of an eye Fifteen dead at Wellington
and seven at Harper compose the
lists of victims in the towns
while from the country districts come the
report six killed, making total OF thir-
ty-eight dead. The lists in the next day OF
two will probably be largely added to as
the complete details are learned.
The storm came with deadly suddenness,
s9ipi1iS lO OIC VIC ClldliCV W cSCdpC IT'S Jury.
Barely was the roar of the approaching de-
stroyer heard before the prosperous
town of Wellington was in ruins.
AT Harper alec the storm came without
warning, it swept down upon the town
with aw ul suddenness, and before the peo-
pie began to realize what had happened
the best part of the town was little less than
CONFUSED MASS OF DEBRIS.
Every telegraph wire i'll the city is pros
trared and the news from that town comes
from only indirect sources. The fire is
now completely subdued in the ruins
of the Alliance Exchange building
which is about the only building in
Wellington that caught fire. Mrs. Sasher
ami her sister, Miss Katie Strain, were in
burning building. They cried piteously
tor aid, and their screaming
so maddened Mr.. Sasher, the young
husband that he made an effort to
jump INTO the flames to get to the woman
who was his bride only four months ago.
Friends prevented him and kept him con-
fined in the house of a friend.
When he heard that the scorched
body Of his wife and sister-in-law
were at last taken from the ruins his mind
became unbalanced and at last accounts he
was absolutely mad.
The fire assumed the proportions of a
conhagration, and it i!lumined the heavens
and the surrounding
SCENES OF DEv AsTATIoN
and ruin to such an extent that it was real
~ thought the entire block was on fire. The
building was valued at SIS, 900 and the stock
at about $40. 600. The bodies were burned
to such an extent that it was futile to at
tempt to dress them, for on the simple
touch Of finger the skin would slip from
the flesh.
The city council and executive commit
tee Of the board Of trade met to-day and de-
cided to make no appeal for aid, although
they are certainly in need Of it. Mayor
Thompson being questioned, however, rela-
tive to the matter admitted that any aid
sincerely rendered weuld be appreciated.
The following is a complete list Of the
dead:
James Hastie horseman; Frank D. Camp
bell, horseman; James Mayer Kan
sas city pano Re pa 1aa
Hart Epson, barber; Ed Forsythe, barber: L.
Adamson. BARBER; Mrs. William sasher; Miss
@Kittie Strain.
Faint groans are alleged to have been
heard Tonight under the debris OF the Con-
rad hotel, and fifty men are tearing up the
piles OF brick and mortar in hopes of
being able to rescue somebody. 1t
is said that a woman and baby
were at the hotel last night
having Just arrived on the train from the
West. The cyclone also struck the towns
OF Harper and Crystal Springs. The latter
place was completely demolished. The
following is list OF those killed at, Harper:
]. L. Stainhain. crushed III the fall OF his
house; wife and child OF James Gallagher, II
81 ISno,, lin, Two, IL
Tonlin. james Harrison, William Stevenson.
The most seriously injured are:
Samuel Cole, injured internally, probably
fatal: Robert Lihercht: Samuel Challis; Mrs.
Samuel Challis, internally injured, probably
fatal.
The total loss aggregates about $500, 900
on which there is less than $4,000 cyclone
insurance.