The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-04
THE TERRIBLE TORNADO.
FREiKS OF THE WHIRLWTND THAT
SUEPT THROUGH KANSAS
A Cow Landed u Roor-A Schooihouss
swept Away. Leaving Floor. Desks, aaA
Books rntact-James Wilson 1mpnled on
ecnnti;ng- Hundreds OF IrlureA

| swept Away. Leaving Floor. Desks, ana
| BOOKS rn'act-James wilson Impaled on
| Observation-Disclosures or Injured.
WICHITA. Kan. April 3.-The force wind
storm which commenced on Thursday even
| Ing about q o'clock hns blown over. but the
havoc which marks its course will take timo
torepair. The tornado swept the entire SOUTH
west rart OF Kansas reaching from Kiows
along the southern border OF the State to
South Haven. from there northeast through
Sumner county round by Mulvane to Towanda
and Augusta In Butler county. and thence to
Florence and along the SANTA Fe main line.
Death and destruction were left everywhere,
but tho details u the disastrous wrsok accom-.
plished are slow In coming in.
At Towanda. In Butler county. three moro Of
the injured have succumbed-Mls Anna Rob.
ina. tho Postmistress: Ferd Maxwell. and Ira
Hixon.
Two moro dead bodies have been found on
the prairie. Jessc wilkins and Mrs. Jesse Will
| iins. They were liftcl ont OF their house and
dashed to death quarter OF q milo distant.
The FIRST storm news from the neighborhood
of Lorena, south OF Towanda, was received
Inst night. and tells Of havoc to buildings.
| granaries. aud stock. Mrs. Henry Goff was
| blown through a hodge and wire fence and
suffered injuries from which she has since
| died.
D. Smith, wife. and child received some In.
| jurlcs In tho same way. and James Mcpherson
| and vito wero found doad In tho creek some
distance from thor shattered house.
| At liosohill Mrs. A. Tnncv had n leg torn of
and died this morning. Mrs. Branfleld West
had her body entirely pierced by u splinter.
The village Of De Graft In Butler county.
vas was anplhilated and Of the sixty abtants
EurSIa. "t Greenw rt a'" couStv, Mrs. Mary
Ri2or was killed by flying timho,a.
od N"nT For r a. Marion county railroad
whose names havs not been Procured. SsSp in
| the northwestern corner of .CnwJey county.
and the few Inhabitants were carried in all
dirsctionsi many Of them being seriously hnrt.
known to be fatally injured $500,
Motn 2, n b Plaza M lillian i nH
motive Henry Willis apd Jake Tins are among
the fatally injured In this neighborhood and
N Mrs; George Bradaeld is numbered among the
The tornado passed two miles enst Of Lewis:
| vile md struck the farmhouse OF Albert
Mrs. EGsers. her two chdr eE"S and S' 'ff farm
WheP E. EGgsrs hseame conssous he
later dead. with one child closely held to her
| breast. The other one was found at greater
%S nS 81 IKE pat sG %%srs Esf s
| son OF william EQRarS IN Butter county
was taken from his fathers arms BY the force
| in front Of the Mortified pnrents.. while the
| father barely felt the force of tho wind.
William Corners and james Horton were
| driving In a light wagon when the storm ap-
| preached them. and they whipped their horses
| into run to escape. C0nlers Jumped out and
ran to the head Of tho team. when a tornado
bWn and h Wss Ths Rorsss
hr w Tee ~ and he says he did
James Wilson. in Greenwood county. wa
caught up BY tho tornado. carried through tho
| atr and forced agninst the side Of u barn.
Xhere a scantlinK was run through his body
He was pinned to tho barn eight feet from the
| ground. and died In horrible agony. =,
storm near Augusta was carried away almost
intact. Tho building was torn from the hoor.
which WAS left standing. On the floor the
tables. books. and other school supplies were
left entirely undisturbed.
The house OF William Rice in Towards was
not only taken away. but even the foundation
stones were blown put OF the ground and the
been Q house there.
At Haven River a cow was lifted from tho
ground and carried to the tor of house and
deposited on an angle OF the roof so that she
could not fall. and 1t was necessary to kill her
TO- get her from her position.
In most instances those who were killed
died instantly from being struck by flying
the deaths lingering, The hundreds who were
injured have broken limbs and severe contu.
sions. In very few cases will the injuries
prove fatal. although many victims were COM
PEELED to lie all night in the soaking rain which
followed the storm.