The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-04
Special to the REcoRp-Ux1oS.

KANSAS City (Mo.), April 3.-With the
cessation of the storm the telegraph is
again brought into service. The wire
service is still bad, but enough informa-
non has been obtained to show the terri
BILE destructiveness of the storm. All
that territory lying west of the center OF
hingman County is still cut off from the
world, and the extent of the destruction
Of life and property in that territory can
rot be learned for some days yet.
Following is the estimate placed on the
dead and wounded as near as can be as
certained at this time: South Haven, 8
dead and 81 injured; Wellington, dead
and % injured; on farms between these
two towns, dead and injured; Towan-
"a, II dead and 50 wounded; Augusta, Z
dead and 10 injured; Homestead. dead
and injured; Strong City, 2 dead and s
wounded; Salina Is Injured, 8 fatally.
These towns are the only ones from
which anything like definite report has
been obtained, and the possibilities are
that when the western towns and villages
are heard from the death list will be
SWelled TO nearly 100.
The storm at 1owanda was frightful in
lis severity, Towanda is a small village,
thirteen miles from FL Dorado, of 300 in
habitants. The storm left not a single
house standing. OF the eighty families
there is not one that is not sorrowing for
dead member or friend lost in the
storm. Six persons We're killed outright
and several so badly injured that they
cannot live.
The Starts Wamego, Kan, special says:
Seven persons killed is the dreadful rec
ord OF Thursday nights cyclone in this
vicinity.
The house of Albert Taylor was COM
pletely demolished, and was scattered
about broadcast over his farm. Mrs. Egg
gers was found dead, clasping in her
arms the dead body of her younger child.
The body of the elder child was found
some distance from those of its mother
and brother The faces Of all had the ap-
pearance Of being powder burnt. dust
and dirt having been forced through the
skin by the force of the wind.
The house of John Taylor was moved
some distance from its foundation, and
was then dashed to the ground with ter
rible force, wrecking it completely. Tay-
crushed and mangled beyond recognition
His nine-year-old child met death in the
ruins, its body being found near that Of
its father.
The house of J. T. Gems, occupied by
John Fullmer, was wrested out of shape
d1id alIAlOSI COLL plSteIy WrecAeu. full-
mer's wife and mother were terribly in
iured. Other houses in this vicinity are
badly damaged by the storm, but no
other fatalities have been reported.
All throughout Kansas the storm ragged
furiously. The house of Joseph Glassen
at Kansas City. Kansas, was demolished
completely. Glassen, his wife and child
were killed outright. Several were in
jured, but none fatally. Annie Connors.
aged five years, was thrown violently to
the ground by the wind and had her hip
crushed.
The storm in Topeka and vicinity ragged
more or less furiously Thursday night
and Friday. Nearly every property
holder in the city suffered some loss, but
none to any great amount. The western
wires are all down, and no word is to be
had from nearby towns. Reports, which
have not been verified, say that there has
been some loss of life and great property
damage in these towns.
At Salina, Kan, house was carried
from its foundation and wrecked, and
the family, at supper at the time, were all
more or less injured.