Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02


iuFed, but none fatally.
THE STORM oESrBAL ~ T1iE wisr.
ST. Louis. April g.-rhe storm was
general Ia the West. The tornado
touched 70. Louis lightly aud but little
damage wns done here with one *.
ceptlnu. Beck Hall nj 1850 South
broadway was blown down and four
men, working on the building were
badly hurt. Henry Luck was hurt IN.
teTnally and will die. Emil schmidt,
rheo. Pipcr aud John iensel were all
badly bruised and cut, but not danget-
DUSTY. Much damage was dono to roofs
aud fence, but though large In the
aggregate, individual instances wofu
not Of any moment. Tonight II In
clear with only moderate breeze
blowing.
rrLEcRAru WIVES rROsrRArED.
OMAHA, Nob., April 2.--rhv tcic.
graph wires ali over the State ate
prostfated aud u "a impossible 90 obtain
news OF tho extent ot last nights
cyclone. The Western Union reports
have the only wire In operation In
Nebraska and that along the line Of
LlkhoFn road. a special from Norfolk
In the northern uati of the State, says
that the cyclone struck the town mt n
O'CLOCK ami dii considerable damage.
II this proves 10 be- tao same cyclone
which icvnsted Ne-on the destruction
throughout tue State must have been
great. The storm ttavoucG 10 miles
over the richest farming section NJ lhu
Slate, dotted with small cities and
villages. The wind WIS blowing gale
a a. a A
directions. Hundreds Of telephone
wires are still down ne the result OF
Saturdays storm.
KANSAS ~ DARKNESS.
KANSAS CITY, April e.--fhc storm
IN Topeka ami vicinity ragged moro Or
less luriously Thurdny night aud Fri
day. Nearly every property holder In
the city suffered some lOss hut none to
10 any great amount. The city Is In
darkness tonight because Of the damage
to the electric light plants. The
Western wires arc all down and no
word Ia 10 DO had rom the near by
towns. Reports which have not been
verified say that there has been some
los- of life aud great property damage
In these towns.
SEDALIA, No., April 1.-The storm
here ii the worst In years. II blow
rtong all day and the wires aud poles
In the city are down. The heavy cor.
rugatCd iron roof of the Melke Car
rlagc factory was lifted OIL by the
wind. At Otteryille, fourteen mile,
east OF here, box car was blown from
the side track and toss,d over upon the
right Of the way. No loss Of HE Is re-
ported.
Al AUGUSTA
the storm wrought molc havoc and
caused Considerable loss Of life. Houses
were leveled 10 the ground and this iu-
mates were crushed and mangled and
some OF them killed. This dead Of that
place are: Harmon Hnskins, Albert
BATneu, VIM. Barnes, VIM. Rhodes.
Tho fatally injured are; Mra. HAr.
mon HOskins, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Az.
hOti, j. II. pa,ti and four members Of
his family. The people Of Augusta
aud vicinity lost nearly everything
they had and relief is being sent there
from the surrounding towns. South
Haven suffered severely from the
storm both In the way OF material
damage and numuer of hvos lost. The
house OF John Moore was levoled 10
the ground and Mr. Moore and One
child killed while others escaped. Juo.
Burmasler's house was crushed like an
egg shell and his whole family
was killed Instantly. They are:
John Burmaster, wife anu three
children. Mrs. Frank shepherd was
KILLED by flying timber, suftaining frsc-
turo OF tho skull. a score OF other
people were injured In the storm, bt
II u believed that no more fatalities
occurred. Eight miles north OF Wei.
| lington the house Of John ShownlteIs
was demolished and tho whole family,
thirteen mcmbcfs, were injured, none,
however, fatally. John Little, living
| four miles north, was killed, ana LIE
/ wife died shortly after. samuel But
/ tefworth, living just west Of them
| had two children badly injured and
| may not tuCover. Buttcrworth'i
daughter escaped wyh slight injuries
um omCAoo cfoUDBUE5r.
CHICAGO, A pril "A $3.50 pm. yes
terday the day which had been threat.
ei.ing all the afternoon became a.
| night. In another minute n terrible
cloudburat occurred. The wind blew
with terrific force aud blew rain along
the streets In sheets, sweeping every
thing movable before 1t. The wind
WIS Of cyclonic force. On The corner
Of Halitrad and Pierce streets II tore
down house and killed tGrue peuons
Serious damage Is reported In yariOu,
paris OF the country, but 1t Is not yet
known u other casualties have occur.
red.
The building at Halstehd and
Pierce streets was o seven'stOry brick
structure. II was surrounded by one
and twO.story frame and brick build
ings, the homes OF laLoreTs, and
crashed upon thom aud instantly
cru .hcd out the lives Of three uufortu
mates, anu fatally or seriously injured
many uther.. Those instantly killed
are: David lIullett, six mOnths
Horace Moe,t aud Alice Moett, and
. years. Those Injured are, RoCe HUI
lett, aged s; crushed about the head
aud shoulder; Miss Ada kouwn was
buried beneath mass u bricks which
crushed her through n chair In which
she was sitting; Horace Walsh hau hi,
body fusrlully bruised; Mary Wiganl
had her head aud body badly crushed
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