Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-03
At LEAST FIFTY DEAD.
The Awful Summary Of the Killed in
the Kansas Storms.
TELEGRAPH STILL FRUSTRATED,
p-. III, Msagrs Details Of the Storms Fury Are
Bad Eaough-HOussS Lifted from Their
Foundations and Their 0ecu-
rants Dashed to Death.

V,xs,s CrrT, April Mot until to-day
= ts'erraphic communication restored
We, mar district of Southern Kansas
.,.t.,b was visited Thursday by terrible
-,-s and Yesterday by a terrible tor
e- Tbe dispatches tonight do not re-
.--. foss of life, other than that as stated
t--5av bv the Associated Press.
7,Ts details of Incidents Of the disasters
q. ~arious points present many strange
s-1 -1re horrible features. one strange
.-5 at the same time horrible late was
--ar which OvertooS the family OF AIoert
i--..srs who lived on a farm near Wamego
nv fsr,iIr had retired for the night, when
~ s,o~-, struck the house. The force OF
as s.o~n first moved the house from its
s-..-5eti0D aud dashed it 10 pieces on the
-.--,.-t over 100 feet from its original posi-
80 and then carried away the debris so
..,,;t was nearly impossible 70 tell where
.-Es5 stood Portions Of the house have
L.., f,rud al distances as far as mile
,--r, f-s foundation, and pieces of the tur-
-.--~s are scattered all about the place.
49,. ..-air but slightly damaged was -ound
,ss-,v "a half mile distant from the Ioca-
r8r Of the house.
l-~ Frcers was the only member OF
s,~s.v of four who escaped death. Mrs.
I-,,s~s. who had been sleeping with her
.v7 children, WAS found nearly quarter
-te mile from the location. ClGsped IN her
arms was her siX-montns-olc oaoe. botn
T.7 aDDareutlv Deeu dashed to death on the
--C,rf and were crushed ana mangled In a
S,-~i5Ie manner. There was scarcely an
,-rb-oxen bone I'm either body. The faces
~ Nom presented the appearance OF having
b,g- 1,[vder-burned. Examination showed
t-9- Inc force Of the wind had driven into
,-s;r f5,es and under the skin small part
ic.es of sand and dust.
lfr Evgers was found the morning after
.ts storm wandering aimlesSly about MS
flrm oblivious of the injuries that he had
.-s-8ined His arm was broken and he
WAS hsslv bruised. He was made as COM
Portable as possible by those VINO escaped
injury and soon recovered cQnSclousneSS.
When told, however OF the IaIe OF Ms
wife and children his mind wandered ana
f-alv cave way under the terrible inteil-
-s~,s In is not believed be can recover
e~f even il he does his reason vii! De gone.
lanes Tsvlcr's house is near that OF Mr.
r-yets He had been but recently mar
red The storm destroyed MS nome ana
rsrried himself and wife rod from 10.
roe terrible force Of the wind stripped
,-sm of every vestige Of night clothes
T-av wore obliged 20 gather from the
+s.is what remained OF their clothing ana
make the most of 10. TheirnelgoooTS were
ralrlv as destitute as themselves ana every
s.5~e i'm the town had been destroyed.
T8vIor could find no trousers until TO-DAY,
srd he was obliged 20 do as best ne coulo
,.tr-ore II his wife's skirts.
AyTowsnda the baby OF James Blake
was. one of the victims. II met death IN a
.s~rible manner Its body was not found
mil Fridav noon, and the seorchers were
b,--taed % see that IL was without head.
It rad been decapitated, but how has not
5ser determined. The head was found
..rv 100 wards from the body. GuIlotlne
never made a ueatcr decapitauon.
Near Strong City, James Gordon, an old
hermit farmer lived alone. His house was
Two roOmed hut. The front room served
AS a bed chamber. The cyclone lifted TINS
s.euof a building from the ground leaving
.sa floors still firm upon the foudatlon
leaving the bed standing in its usual posi-
Hon and its occupant Unhurt When Cor
fr7 realized what had happened he de-
-a-ted from his usual habit and sought the
company Of his neighbors.