The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-05-30

luYed. 10 add 10 the hOrTOr OF the 61C-
nation fire broke ont among the ruins
and many Of the injured are supposed to
have been burned to death.
TERRIBLE HAVOC.
Further Particulars Of the Cyclone ct
weIlington, Kan.
WELLINGTON, May 30-The destruc-
ton to slife and havoc to property
wrought by the cyclone is terrible. I'M
the darkness Of the night and the confu-
sion incident to such catastrophe, it
was impossible to realize the enor1nity
Of the calamity. Light Of day invests
the scene of destruction with a distinct
and awful realization of it's scope. The
loss Of life is appalling, and the ruin Of
property great.
The storm came from the southwest
and approached the city with rotary
motion. When it reached here 1t de-
scended upon the center Of the city with
appalling force, suddenly lifted, sucking
everything IN its grasp, and as suddenly
dropping it. Trees were torn from. their
roots, houses turned around, stoves ac-
| tually lifted until they. landed ON the
second floor of the ruins. Cars which
stood on the track u of the Rock
| Island road were lifted up and
| carried distance of 900 feet. In one
instance a horse was actually taken
from the ground and carried to the top
Of two-story building. A little child
was taken ont of its cradle, carried dis
tance of two blocks and deposited upon
the ground without being injured.
/ Death at Dance.
The most appalling scene was that at
the Phillips house, where ball was in
progress when the cyclone burst. The
dancers were given little opportunity to
escape from the topping structure. As
the building began swaying In the ter
rife gale the people in the crowded ball
room made frantic rush for the doors.
The stairways and halls were immedi-
ately filled by the crazed men and
women, who tore at each other in their
mad rush for. the open air.
/ With the crash of the walls about and
over them there arose great wall cf
despair from the imprisoned and doomed.
| AS the timbers crushed down upon the
struggling merrymakers their hoarse
cries were throttled by the weight of
the mass of timbers above them. Then
came the silence Of death and insensi-
bility, only to be followed q moment
later by the shrill blasts of the tempest as
it rushed ON to other destructive work.
Those who escaped from the building
began Immediately the work Of rescue.
Some of those who fed from the build
ing had left wives and sweethearts, hus-
bands and brothers behind. These they
sought in the pile of bricks and timbers.
As fast as the bodies were taken out they
were surrounded by crowd of anxious
people who vainly tried to identity the
mangled remains.
A meeting Of the Salvation Army was
In progress in hall near the Robinson
block. The falling walls Of the building
crushed the hall, and it is known that
two were killed. 1t is probable that
when the wreck has been cleared away
it will be found that many more perished.
i In many instances those who were
taken from the ruins were so disfigured
that it is almost impossible to identify
them except by the clothing and this
win take time until the people have be-
come calmer than they now are. 1t is
estimated that there are 150people badly
injured and the death list win undoubt-
edly reach thirty in the city. while re-
ports from the immediate surrounding
will probably swell that to forty. From
the wrecked condition of the houses. it
Is believed that this is the worst storm
that has ever visited Kansas. One hun
dred and fifty-two houses are to be
counted as having feIl to the force of the
tornado, and OF these fully one hundred
are completely wrecked.
The following dead have been identi-
fed:
Mrs WILLIAM SAHER. IS.
KITIIE STRAIN. 60.
K SILVA.
WALTER FoRsyTHE.
IDA JoNEs. M
FRANK y. CAMrBELL.
JAMES HAsrLE. -xss. 81
L1eoNARn ADAMsoN.
Pn0EKssoR MAYER
HIATT UPsoN.
| WML1AM FRENCH.
TWO HUNDRED HOUSES
IevelSi ~ the Cyclene 81 weliin~t0u.