Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-05
A Recurrence of TOrnadOes
in Kansas.
Thursdays Destruction Greatly
Augmented.
A Watersp0ut and Hail Assist in the
Work Of Devastation.
Numerous Additional Fatalities Report
od-A Blizzard Raging in the
North west Storm News
from Other States.
Associated Press Dispatches.

ABS0ClaLe0 freSS DlsphCcneS
KANSAS Cry, April A storm of
great intensity prevailed last night in
Kansas and Western Missouri. The
telegraph wires, which were only
partially restored. were again laid on
the ground. Advices are meagre. So
far as known they are as follows:a
At Cherryvale. Kan, six houses were
destroyed and two people killed.
At Burlington 100 houses had the
windows broken by hail; much damage
was done to fruit trees and crops. The
hailstones are said to have been eight
inches in circumference. There was a
simil ar storm at Emporia and much
damage.
At Fort Scott many roofs were blown
away, stables demolished and outhouses
carried off. Several people were pain
fully injured, but no loss Of life oc-
Cured.
At Garland nearly every window in
town was smashed, and crops in the
surrounding country were greatly dam
aged.
At Bosworth six houses were demol-
ished.
TORNADO AND wATERsPoUT.
The storm, besides being similar to a
tornado, was accompanied by water
spout, which flooded all the creeks.
Waukunka creek is out of it's banks, the
roads are inundated, and the fields for
miles are under water. Crops are en-
tirely washed out, and farmers will be
obliged to replant.
Reports from all over Kansas report
the prevalence OF gale and grave ac-
counts OF damage, which, however, is
cOnfned in all cases to the leveling of
dwellings, broken windows and signs
and wrecked roofs. In this city the
wind blew hurricane during the entire
afternoon, and the schools were dis
missed, but there was no cyclone and
the damage was slight.
VICTIMS OF THURSDAYS CYCLONE.
Hall hundred names compose the
list Of those killed in Kansas by the
cyclone last Thursday, and still the
death list is incomplete. Details of the
disaster, as far as it affected the storm
stricken towns, are now believed to be
completed, but many casualties in the
country regions are still unrecorded.
Four towns were wiped from the
face OF the earth, and dozen
or 80 others more or less damaged. The
locations of New Haven, Towana, Au-
gusta and Smolen are now marked only
by wreckage and piles of splintered tim
ber. OF the fifty dead, twenty-seven
were killed outright; the remaining
twenty-three are those who were fatally
injured and VINO have since died.
FATALITIES AT CHERRYvALE,
CHERRYvALE, Kan, April A mile
east of here last night, tornado de-
molished half dozen houses and killed
two people, names unknown. Dexter.
Cowler county, also suffered by wind
The barometer is falling. Another
storm is looked for. An lnky cloud is
said to be hanging over the southw est
of Arkansas.
PICNICKERs KILLED.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April An Alli-
ance picnic was held near Cove Satur-
day. A storm came up. blew trees down
on the picnickers, killed two, mortally
wounded two and dangerously hurt
seven.
BLIZZARD IN THE NORTHWEST.
Sr. PAUL, April 4. 4.-Dispatches from
the northwest tell OF severe snowstorms.
A snowstorm is prevailing with great
force in the Dakotas. At Redfeld, s..
D., tonight, genuine blizzard is raging.
Moisture has already retarded seeding
ten days, and this will set it back more.
HAIL STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
GREENsBURa. Pa, April A terrific
wind, hail and rain storm prevailed in
this locality last night. At Scottdale
and Everson buildings were blown down
or unroofed. The people were panic
stricken. Much damage was done.
OMAHA, April 4.-Reports from West.
ern and Central Nebraska and South
Dakota show that severe blizzard is in
progress. The mercury fell 40 degrees
in three hours at Grand Lodge. and a
norther is prevailing. The worst snow
storm OF the season is reported along the
Burlington, in the Black hills. At Alli-
ance, Neb., trains are showed in. A
heavy snowstorm is raging between VAL
entine and Chadron and Senia, and in
Eastern Colorado.
AuO wNOc oV0 uoWu III nearly all Ol'
rections and trains delayed.
A CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS.
FAIRFIELD, ILL.,, April 4.-The report
has just reached here that Barnhall,
seven miles south of here, was entirely
wiped out by cyclone this afternoon.
1t was learned later that but three
houses were left standing in tie town.
Mrs. Herrey was fatally injured and
other people severely hurt. No further
particulars are at hand.
A Long. Pending Case.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Secretary
Noble today rendered decision in the
case Of Wentil Grant against the North