Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-02

TERRIBLE STORM.
a Tornado Passes Through Woll-
ington and Harper, Kan
Fifteen or More Persons KILLED and many
Nouadca r. The scenes OF Terror
and Wreck OF nuiid-
ings.

WELLINGTON, Kan, May 80. Death
dealing tornado swept down upon this
city and vicinity Friday night without
warning from the signal service. and
when 1t had passed on its fearful way II
left at least ten dead and scores OF
wounded and 100000 damage In Its
trail In this city alone, while at the
towns Of Harper and Argonia almost as
great disaster is reported, and In all
the surrounding country there Is every
reason 70 believe that there Is death
and ruin.
1t was just o'clock when the storm
descended from the west upon this city.
1t came In manner that no two can
agree in describing, Some say 1t was
in the shape of twister, while Others
say it did not have the characteristic
funnel shape of the tornado, while 9TH
ers say that it simply descended IN the
shape Of u storm cloud and then sud-
denly lifted. sucking everything be-
meath it with it, and then as suddenly
dropping it.
The loss TO property alone In this city
win be $500, 600 dollars, as nearly all of
the large stocks Of goods In the stores
We're destroyed by the cloudburst,
which followed the tornado after il had
taken all the roofs away. 1t is safe to-
say that 1850 buildings are complete
wrecks while 1850 more are partially
wrecked.
All the casualties are not yet known,
but the following list of the killed is as
accurate as Ii can now be mnde; james
Hastie, unmarried; killed in barber
chair in the Phillips house while being
shaved. Frank Campbell. married;
killed in the Phillips house. James
Mayor, a piano tuner of Kansas City;
killed in his room in the Phillips house
while reading his Bible. Mrs Sasher,
recently married; crushed and burned
TO death The shock has affected tho
mind of her husband. Miss Strand,
Mrs Sasher's sister; crushed and
burned to death. Henry Adamson,
laborer; pierced by heavy fragment of
plate glass james Weaver, occupation
unknown; crushed beneath the walls
Ida Jones, waiter; crushed to death
beneath falling wall. Hart Upson,
still missing.
Fatally wounded: Charles Adamson,
unmarried; Mrs Capt Mahan, badly
crushed; Mrs. T. j. Hanna, crushed;
Mrs. Murphy, skull fracturcd; Charles
Stoncr, Santa Fc conductor; Maggie
King, young daughter of the late I. N.
King, woundcd Ed Forsythe, printer,
bones fractured and internal injuries;
Silva Forsythe, printer, skull frac-
tured; Walter Forsythe, a printer, in
ternal injuries; child Of ex-SherlfF
Thrall, internal injuries; Mrs. Robert
Millard, internal injuries; james Law
renee, republican candidate for attor-
ney general, arm and leg broken; Lieut.
William French, Salvation army; Cadet
Sammons Salvation army; Matte
Hodges Guy Colby, Dick Weaver, Carrie
Mitchell and +. j. Forsythe
Between forty and fifty moro are in
jurcd. but none seriously.
Ten persons are now dead and all the
injured are thought TO be out OF danger,
except Mrs. Murphy, who viii probably
die before the next twenty-four hours.
1t is now conceded that all the bodies
arc found and the people have aban-
doned any further search. The cyclone
which was seen here at o'clock passed
norttr~cst about "a niile west of CorNoin,
in Sumner county. 1t did no damage
50 far as heard from, in that vicinity at
least.
Another cyclone originating In the
Indian territory was seen west of Cald-
wei, but il was very small and did not
touch ground
a farmer who has just arrived in
town reports a species Of cloudburst at
South Haven, in this county. The rain
fall is said to be terrible.
AT HARPER
HARPER, Kun, May 3l-Tho stern
reality Of astorm- wrecked town dawned |
upon the sorrow-strickcn people OF !
Harper and vicinity Sunday morning.
The correct list OF the dead 10 far as
ascertaincd is as follows: W. l.. Strana-
than, Mrs. Thomas Gallagher and four
year-old child, Louis Harrison, Mrs
Howard Tomlin's child.
The supposed fatally injured are as
follows: Mrs Howard Tomlin, Mr.. and |
Mrs Felrath, Pete Girard. Mrs. A. Frey, |
Mrs l.. Harrison. Mr.. and Mrs. Nance,
Mrs Sayres, James Dickinson, S Chal-
lis wife and baby.
The seriously wounded are; S. L.
Cole, Robert Licbrecht Peter Corby, |
james Dickenson, A. f. Mallory and |
wife, Mrs Minor, Ezra Evans, Mrs
Baker Winn Baker, Mrs Mathews, W.
G.. Lind
Many thrilling and hcartrending tales |
Of narrow escapes were reported all day |
yesterday from the country where the
tornado travelled At Danvillc, about
ten miles east Of Harper, the tornado
seems to have taken the form Of a cy-
clone. rising in the air and passing over
The village and doing no damage
Reports from the country through
which the tornado of Friday night
passed demonstrate the losses 10 be
yreater than at first reported The
'ourse Of the storm as Indicated by its
trail represents an imperfect letter -
and swept over the country for dis
lance OF at least fifteen miles
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