The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-03
ANOTHER TWISTER.
This Time II Strikes Near Inds-
Pendences Kan-s
AND DEHOLISHESl STONE DWELLING.
Eight Persons IA the House snd Two oz
Them Were IEilIsd-EIOOda ia Indiana
Have Caused Great Damage 70
Property-Thrso Livea Lost

ISDErESDESC Kan, June At
o'clock Monday night a tornado formed
about four miles east OF this city and
struck the stone house Of James Sulli-
van, utterly dem olishinR it.
In the house at the time were eight
people and two OF these were crushed
ont OF all semblance TO human beings
These were: Mrs. Lucy NJ Cecil. A
four-year-oId child Of Mr. Sullivan
Mrs Sullivan was taken uncOn-
scious from the ruins snd on recover
ing it was found that she was badly
hurt She Immediately asked for her
baby, and upon being told that IL was
still in the house she craWled on her
hands and knees into the ruins and
brought the infant out 1t was sound
asleep and unhurt.
The other members Of the family were
considerably bruised and would M
doubtedly have been killed had il not
been for the effective work Of Mr. John
Anderson, who lives just across the
road from the house His house was
untouched by the storm, and when he
discovered what had been done 20 the
Sullivan residence he at once began to
work clearing away the debris and sue
ceeded in getting to the injured people
and caring for them before they were
suffOcatcd.
The tornado appears to have formed
entire fury and strength on this one
house. for no other damage has been
heard Of from it,
The house was a tvO-story dwelling,
built Of stone, and was considered one
of the most solid and substantial houses
in the county.
FLOODS IN INDIANA.
ISDIAEAFoLIs, Ind, June The
floods in indianapolis and vicinity,
| caused by the heavy rains of Monday,
have caused the loss OF at least three
lives. Carl Weaver, aged o, was the
first victim, and he was drowned while
/ catching driftwood in Fall creek.
John Henderson and his 6-year-oId
/ son We're also drowned by the slipping
/ away of part of the bank. Many houses
| in the lower portions of the city are
| flooded. The oil tank used by Kiugan
& Co. for holding their fuel supply was
undermined and toPpled over. Its con-
/ tents, 10, 600 barrels of oil, were saved.
Reports from all over the state show
/ that bridges have been washed away
and much other damage done. The
| tremendous rains of the past six weeks
/ have pretty nearly submerged the en-
/ tire country around Wabash. All
| streams are now out of their banks and
/ flooding thousands of acres of lands.
/ The Wabash river, us a consequence, is
| higher-than it has been iH-a decade
| The lOWlands are covered and the
| corn and wheat crops are destroyed.
/ The water is up about several manu-
/ featuring establishments, which have
| been compelled to shut dow n, and in
| some cases To cut their boil 20 save
/ them.
! The big levee on the Salumonie river,
| at Largo, gave way yesterday afternoon,
/ inundating the surrounding country,
/ and both the Big Four and Wabash rail
| roads are having serious trouble
| On the former there are five washouts,
/ one at Rays, another ut JOuesboro,
/ where 500 feet of emGanzment is gone.
! At Summitviile, at Fail creek aud
| MarlzIeville the track has been carried
| away. Freight trains are NOS moving
/ and passenger trains are transferring.
! Telegraph wires are down in every di-
/ rection. Last night the Wabash river
was rising at the rate of two inches an
] hour.