The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-31
HARPER'S CALAMITY.
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straw stacker and two separators.
Andy Davis, grocer, roof blown off OF
wareroom and main building; principal
damage 10 stock was from rain, damage
large.
The rooms occupied by Joseph Miller as
a jewelry store and Louis Miller rs II furni-
| ture store, was partly unroo!ed, causing
considerable damage to furniture In second
story; bad damage to building which Is
brick.
John Baumstark. loss consisted of sepa-
rator, stacker and thresher mess wagon.
Share Bros, fire wall partly off.
a. j. StrOhm. awning damaged.
Murphy Bros, brick building. grocery,
roof off waIeroom and main building gone,
stock damaged by rain considerably.
A Watherly & Co., druggists, brick, two
story. roof gone, little damage to stock.
Harper State bank, stone building, half
Of roof gone
Maxwell building. brick, two story, &C.
cuped by George c. Thornburs's furni-
ture store. roof damaged, skylights broken
and awnings gone.
Bolen Hicks, livery. new part unroofed
and west end blown off and corner of front;
damage $780,
City hose house badly wrecked
Presbyterian church moved party off
foundation and broke down in the middle,
part OF roof gone.
Harper Carriage factory is total wreck;
whole building was occupied by Z. j. Hot
ten as a carriage repair, paint and trim
ming shop; many buggies were buried
under the wreck; loss heavy
The two story brick on southeast corner
of Main was badly damaged, the west end
of second story being blown in and IN
rooted, many glass broken.
Frank Boen's blacksmith shop is total
wreck.
Do1,o-- O. Con,, n1oo,an+ ND o,o
room badly damaged. also stock.
Creamery, occupied by the Star Bottling
works, partially unroofed.
Charles Frank lost house and household
goods,
Williamson's frame house badly dam
aged.
Savers two story frame house and a
barn totally wrecked.
A. NJ. Carter's frame house demolished,
losing much of his household goods.
Holmes lost small frame house.
g. B. Shaw elevator partly unroofed.
Eagle hotel partly unroofed.
Cone barn demolished.
Oliver Bros Lumber Co., Office, sash
house and lumber sheds a total wreck;
loss 50 000.
B. F. Pinson, blacksmith, paint shop
and carpenter shop demolished
E. L. Shuh wagon and carpenter shop,
wrecked,
A. d. Brannan, second hand store, frame
badly wrecked and stock damaged.
Ocrley, frame. front blown in.
Old brick 2-story school building badly
damaged.
About two-thirds of the tomb stones are
blown down in the cemetery and other
damage sustained.
At Harper water works pumping STA
ton, chimney down and house unroofed.
J. Hittle, three miles east of Harper,
barn and corn crib blown down.
Smith Blaisdel, ten miles west Of Har-
per, house destroyed.
Z. P Pennoyer, nine miles northwest of
Harper, house blown off foundation and
twisted.
S Chalis, four miles west, honse totally
destroyed.
j. NJ Means, eight miles northwest of
Harper, barn blown off foundation, injur-
ing IL badly.
G. w. Bollman. four miles west of Har-
per, house and barn completely Destroyed.
J. S. Gardner, eleven miles northwest of
Harper, barn blown down.
u o. Butler, owner of the Ssson farm,
one mile north, buildings all down.
The Methodist church at Crystal, six
miles southwest of Harper, was totally
destroyed. and the Presbyterian church
blown off foundation and wrecked A lso
store, blacksmith shop and many build
ings were destroyed, but no one hurt in
said town.
Lutz,just west ofHarper, house destroyed
George Moeckel, siven miles northwest,
ouse unroofed and otherwise dlmaged.
L. Bed, late of Doniphan county, nine
miles northwest, large new barn totally
destroyed, also other buildings.
Freeman school house, twelve miles
west blown off foundation and wrecked.
Fireman, twelve miles west, barn off
foundation and granary wrecked.
Ellington school house, fourteen miles
northwest. demolished.
Willard Nance, eleven miles north west
house totally demolished.
l.. Smith. nine miles west, large barn
destroyed. Many other barns and other
in said neighborhood are down.
l. Hostetler, seven wiles west, house
partially unroofed and barn badly wreck
ed
William Harrison, two miles north OF
Harper, house demolished.
Morse Wheatley, ten miles north enst of
Harper, separator and sheds wrecked.
Milt Munger, two miles north, large
house demolished.
j. Clark one mile east of Harper, barn
granary wrecked.
Fight or Ten windmills were demolised
west of the city.
II. ID. Robinson, ten miles west. house
off foundation, kitchen and barns down.
j. W Hartzell, seven miles southwest,
house partially unroofed and barn and
granary down.
William Cornwall. seven miles west.
house unroofed and barns and granary de-
moished.
Ellis Miller, two miles southwest, fine
large new house and barn destroyed.
+. W. Stith, in northwest part of Harper
county, fine house totally wrecked. Two
other houses north of said house demol-
lshed.
Baptist church, seven miles northeast,
blown og foundation aud wrecked Many
other houses and barns and all light build
iugs were either blown off foundation or
wrecked.
V. Youngburg, six miles northeast of
Harper bed room blown off foundation
also other small buildings destroyed.
Il. Smithhisler, three miles northeast of
Harper, large barn demolished
Opera house, brick, first floor on south !
side occupied by Lund's drug store, north /
empty; upper story opera house, crushed
IN; part of the bricks and timbers entering
the rear end of drug store; wrecked be-
yond repair; balance of opera house block, |
consisting Of two-story brick buildings, /
totally wrecked.
Dr. c. w Winbigler's office, frame. |
badly damaged
ST. Nicholas hotel, not seriously dam |
aged, aside from loss OF shop and rear /
Rock Island Lumber company suffered
oss OF about 500.
George Shueltz, tailor, lost barn.
IL. & ;. depot is almost total wreck, |
only the portion of the east end left stand |
uC--otfce and gentlemens waiting room. /
City hotel, frame, part of rear roof off
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