Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-02
TERRIBLE STORM.
A Tornado Passos Through Well
irgton and Harper, Kan.
Fifteen or More Persons Killed and Many
WoundeS - The scenes of Terror
aad Wreck of Build
ings.


ings.
WELLINGTON, Kan, May 30.-Dc7th
dealing tornado swept down upon this
city and vicinity Friday night without
warning from the signal service, and
when it had passed on it's fearful why it
left at least ten dead and scores OF
wounded and $500, 900 damage In its
trail in this city alone, while at the
towns of Harper and Argonia almost as
great disaster is reported, and in al
the surrounding country there is every
reason to 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 q manner that no two can
agree in describing. Some say 1t was
in the shape of q 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 q storm cloud and then sud-
denly lifted. sucking everything be-
meath it with it, and then as suddenly
dropping IL.
The loss to property alone In this city
will be $500, 900 dollars. as nearly all of
the large stocks of goods In the stores
were destroyed by the cloudburst,
which followed the tornado after it had
taken all the roofs away. 1t is safe to
say that $50 buildings arc complete
wrecks. while $50 more are partially
wrecked.
All the casualties are not yet known.
but the following list of the killed is as
accurate as it can now be made: James
HASTE. unmarried; killed in barber
chair il the Phillips house while being
shaved Frank Campbell, married;
killed in the Phillips house James
Mayor, q piano tuner Of Kansas City;
killed in his room in the Phillips house
while reading his Bible Mrs Sasher.
recently married; crushed aud burned
to death The shock hns affected the
mind of her husband Miss Strand,
Mrs. Sashcr's sister; crushed and
burned to death. Henry Adamson,
laborer; pierced by a heavy fragment Of
plate glass james Weaver. occupation
unknown; crushed beneath the walls
Ida Jones, a waiter; crushed to death
beneath falling wall Hart Upson,
still missing.
Fatally wounded: Charles Adarnson,
unmarried; Mrs Capt Mahan, badly
crushed; Mrs T. J. Hanna, crushed,
Mrs Murphy. skull fractured; Charles
Stoner, Santa Fe conductor; Maggie
King, young daughter of the late l. n.
King, wounded; Ed Forsythe, a printer,
bones fractured and internal injuries;
Silva Forsythe, a printer, skull frac-
tured; Walter Forsythe, a printer. in
ternal injuries; child Of ex-Sheriff
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
SaInmons. Salvation army; Matte
Hodges, Guy Colby, Dick Weaver, Carrie
Mitchell and Z. J. Forsythe.
Between forty and fifty more are in
jured. but none seriously.
Ten persons are now dead and all the
injured are thought to be ont Of danger,
except Mrs Murphy, who will probably
die before the next twenty-four hours
1t is now conceded that all the bodies
are found and the people have aban-
doned any further search. The cyclone
which was seen here at o'clock passed
-..arsiaErest- about q Hsils- zrast of Gorbin.
in Sumner county. II did no damage
so far as heard from, in that vicinity at
least
Another cyclone originating in tho
Indian territory was seen west of Cald-
well, but il was very small and did not
touch ground
A farmer who has just arrived in
town reports species of cloudburst at
South Haven. in this county. The rain
fall is said to be terrible
AT HARPER.
HARPER, Kan, May 31.-The stern
reality of astorm-wrecked town dawned
upon the sorrow-stricken people of
Harper and vicinity Sunday morning
The correct list of the dead SO far as
ascertained e rs 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, Nh. and Mrs Nance,
Mrs Sayres. James Dickinson. S. Chal-
lis, wife and baby.
The seriously wounded ars s. E
Cole. Robert Liebrecht Peter Corby,
James Dicxenson, A. f. Mallory and
wife, Mrs Minor, Ezra Evans. Mrs
Baker, Winn Baker, Mrs MathewsAW.
G.. Lind
Many thrilling and heartrending tales
of narrow escapes were reported all day |
yesterday from the country where the |
tornado Travelled. At Danville, about |
ten miles east of Harper, the tornado
seems to have taken the form OF 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 TO bs |
greater than at first reported Tho
course OF the storm as indicated by its |
trail represents an imperfect letter -
and swept over the country for dis
tance of 1T least fifteen miles
Raising the British Flag.
LONDON, May 30.-The nows from
America that the authorities at New
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