Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-05
HARD ON THE WEST
= Combination Disastrous to-
Life and Property
FIERCE GALES IN KANSAS
newse>l Persona Killed sa< Many Houses
Dsz1lishsd by Cyclones N
kSnsss-Tae FLOODS.

1Du.1A Ksa. Nay A-Tne mast ter
- "a destructive sss<n tat ever
oomUo1 IN this sscsisa Devastated ne
- ssoe1x valley. s0athesss al ls-
- unndzU nSvhs AeSus 5 o. clock
QDD swsps ~ - Lyan valley. Dc
1U svssyshing tazs cane In "a.
- \ eDsEsssy males lsog saa
49, u Wi1nA hsn hsif sAs -
9 l6kssl . sotsl dsstxusasA ct
j. 1Asss Ass Dad
- DexSsas wsrs kAlsd oasr,sht
- - vsss nsAp - lees injured
- 1870 sasos ljv~ Many eshsrs
- - Hssses wsrs blown Down
- = nAny instances were torn 70
DDquD ~ scattered over arsss OF hSlt
= - d 1fAmeser. Trees we're torn
uDA &c spoes and stoas walls ieveled
- - swtA The dssA - reported Are;
rAs vseanA
0DhnA YiAxsoa. of Topsks; IN
eA woman. recently moved into
- usiuhssshsod. svusbed, hrA sarah
Uup4 spsnhsd by falling walls
1he e.vio~sly wosnded ares James
n01&1eA back thp~gAs - Be broken,
- o. sosspA He'd, tive ribs broken.
nag ~, Eddie He'll. coaeussisa of the
1saiA viii die. SaAs Zissies. seriously
hure
Ths sssr1a's Approach
The kgns creek valley Is the richest
Deg0Da II Sh4wnss county. IL or IL
h11o sssthea&s of ropekA saa near the
osaGs county line. About o'clock
hsAsy bank Of clouds appeared IN the
Doxthwest and almost a. the same
time smother cloud formed IN the
pwehsssA The storm advanced from
bod directions very rapidly. Between
lhsa wzs ne main ssor0. funnel-
BhapsA add oue-half mile in diameter.
po<fing and tossing. and seeming some
linss 20 svsrturn. To work up and down
and siaswsss. and sometimes to scatter
Sver wider territory. changing in color
Bvery minute and borne in . north
SasteSiy direction a. . terrible speed
Its Work.
In . twinkling houses snd barns were
losu 10 pieces and scattered In every
1irscsiaa- Joseph Heil's farmhouse
Hss <ushsd Hike "a eggshsll and Mr.
Hen vas tsrribly injured in
Me back and about the had.
\ y not believed thss he can live.
His ll1tls daughter had her arm
broken. his boy was crushed in the
yallkag anbsrs and ell the other mann
bers Of ths fa.nily were more or less
bruissA Snas Ziegler vas seriously
bnFoA He house was blown down
~ - family caught in the debris-
rhav were ss~sxed with pieces
- humber snd al injured
1amo Mitchell. . prontnsnt farmer.
bsa badly iajussd; ID b thought hls
toek y brossn- Hb WIFI WAS unhurA
but I'll his ave childrsa were more o.
80 hjxssA IL y thought that
Z3tehsQ viii die.
nssv~ see vssA
e&sphsn Plszopa. . Topeka citizen.
80 6sEansly ka1sA. Pfaxtsn was Viz
hing his - en Ne farm The family
1srN al IN Tia kouss whsn the storm
ytruok u The bsilding was broken 70
ksxmssas- No one knows just how
B hsppsued. bot the old mans dead
>ody v.s found N the pasture roc feet
kom the houss and stripped sf all
AotAing The terrific force Of the
Dtsrm mad carried him bodily through
Inc sir, wrenshsd and Sossed his body,
md the hAiistsnes Had covered il with
bruises
Nra Sarah Hurd was caught u,der .
Milling stone house and fcarfully
bruised she died Tuesday. The rest
" abe family were all injured. bat
yone dangerously.
Two barns on The Philip Judd stock
farm i'm Elm creek valley were de stroyed
and the root was taken from his house
The Lam Methodist church Is wrecked
Tie house Of Thomas Brooks was en-
ursb' destroyed. not a vestlse Of IL be-
NJ lsf4 excep. tia foundstisn- Twenty
I've fNrm houses and barns were de-
ssseysl s,d nearly score of families
were loft homeless. Aid has been sent
- fr~m shis city.
Bis~s tate rreessp.
xAssAs Ckrv, Mo-. May A-Near
Antsrs. Kan. Monday night storm
psrrisA sway the house Of james Drake
ns1 took his ityesr-old daughter and
leagsd her IA sree.ep unhurt Drake
,ad - wife were eoth injured H. IL.
EYs HS>~>c Ne> coDDteSelY 0e-
VwsYsa snd sse Pleasant valley schsol-
hsuss wAs torn 20 pisces
60 Giu.A Wear Espsvsa.
nnvonzA. Ksn-. May "A terrific
NAABeswu psssed over The southern
$780, Of shis es~nty shout sunset
96sn6ny evening, the particulars Of
pA6nA are jsss esns.G - MueA dam
- wss done ~ property. bss - far -
- - issrnsd The cniy death WAS that
~ NrA wllssm oDeaasA who
v~s ssswn against hsvh vire
bGos> ssd - ssdfv injured shas she died
i NV hs~rs afssewsrd
16eauA osn.. Nsy A-Tbs hsus Of
q y knAin sssr hsre wss rusned BY .
A1arus Feenasy norNsng ssd IS~kin
kn1u6. HIS b~<iy wss carried . niles
ga crushed Eat on the srssnd. MIRA
Innin nay Dc. one If her children "a
eyuA Ls61n wss a rsncAman The
boops a. neels ether aamsGs. seiaS
vuohned - . serrow ssrp
9ss~wo~ss s~ss ~ Iiseas p~.S
2 Euan Npex. Ark. May "A severe
S<kses~ Rys.~iles vest Il here Men
Nv ssrsa Pie steamer ssseys Ls-.ss
hnap~nesv~a . snsEl-sszed cv~lsue II
49, - NE river fr~m - sas>. .aa
- swsnpsa n 10 fess - vsa>r. All
- swew eseapcd ia ssfesv. Tie bat
hur<tna . sNegs at I. sss ss,esss. az eoru
- - 49, Ct <eteunL sN - ~ns.h