Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-02
FATAL T0RNAD0ES.
uouses Demolished and Human Lives
Crushed Out.
TERRIBLE WORK THURSDAY NIGHT.
.-,. Desiroyed and Many People Killed
A., Ean,as-A Cyclone Last Eve
ming IN Chioseo.
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r.,.,s CRY. No. Apnl Last nights
49,. entirely destroyed iowanda. Kan,
Kim. .vcnty people; wrecked Augusta,
go, fanr and seriously injuring many
.|,.. aid great damage at wellington.
,r,- several people, and demolished
.l bindings at Kiowa. Particulars
-.. be difficult 10 obtain on account Of
~. ,.ntirucd prostration OF the tele-
c.r.c service.
.rib'e wind-siorm prevails to-day
...--.out Kansas. Missouri, aud South
r.ta. The Western Union reports
... clio, lave been losing wires every
.-.,.,. far ilo last four hours. They have
@,--t.es wires left out Of 500.
1rsrRDAYs TORNADO.
,--r.,. KAN, April IA tornado
... t... city 40 noon to-day, unroohng
r-Mug several large buildings.
f ..taunr signs, awnings, and out
.. r.. .F,rg direction. The Santa Fe
.I...I depot was uurOOied. and the
+.,.. .. fl. Scholastic Convent was de
...l Ibe ice warehouse OF the IErall
..p.nr was destroyed. and the gro
... e.r.. .gse of II. Taylor IL in ruins.
r.f 0f the CITY prison was carried of
80 4r.rf0u of the building demolished.
I..,..- house in the Missouri Pacific yards
@.. Ir.pu into the river. Hundreds of
..~..s. lsyo been blown down and
....ft.lI 0I damage has been done. The
i... damage iu the country - 20 fruit
.-..- lilo ground rs very soft on account
recent rams. and thousands Of trees
t.-.larr torn up by the roots. No one
FL. been repoIted injured.
lorg LITTLE CHILDREN BILLED.
Tho tornado continued in Kansas and
,.r.rtlw. tern part Of Missouri to-day,
..,,... less destructive. At Wellington
en-. t.l.. oi % man named Little was de-
,..H.I and tour little children killed.
t-...r house, with thirteen inmates. was
ua aul dropped, and everybody IN
ia..u..Io Or less hurt. The house Of
I'LL. .rtd Butterworth was carried
f..r rt.-.ugh the air 300 wards. Some Of
....s ID were fatally hurt.
f..r reports say that not house or
was left standing in Iowanda.
.. .Hr was asleep when the storm
.s.t ..F.. running everything IN its path
..yn. dead bodies lying IN its wake.
Irr ..ai bodies have been recovered
r. .ts already searched. Twenty per-
.a a- ista.ly hurt aud forty more seri-
..t rlrei. besides alarge number more
O-.... manned.
lHIFE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
40 augusta three were killed outright
Ir... H0.kins. James Barnes, and the
rtlt rui of Viii Rhodes, which was
..... .uf uf ITS mothers arms and dashed
brick wall. Rhodes himself is
injured. as IL also the wife of Har-
lftfHnu % Utra were mora
a.. r.0usly hurt, according 70 pres
..' reports, but al the wires are down.
tf impossible % get any detailed ac-
f from either place.
A. .Nrence tue wind reached a velocity
.. .l.g-fOur miles. In Kansas City II
-.... -iXty-four miles. and a great deal
l-e WAS done 10 signs, glass. inse-
.... 0gad'ngs, electrlc-wlrcs. dc.
.r.riNr ADDITIONS TO THE CASUALTIES.
Ala tons are constantly being made to
storm casualties. In Kansas City.
r. two persons were fatally injured.
ug the towns suffering are Marshall,
rhur- DLilcutLe, and st. Joseph,
.lI ~aliua. Ol4fhe, and Ottawa, Kan.
.v families lived no IOwanda, Kansas,
. ... one Of them escaped injury or
lie 90 some member.
THREE PH0pIE EILLKD.
.r.ao. April AT about ESQ this
,....nt ttIe sky. which had been threat
fhe afternoon. became black es
.f. and ln another minute terrible
hurst occurred. Tie wind blew at
.lue rate and drove the ram IN
,....- 4.uug The streets, sweeping every
faH'. object before it. The wind was
.....wc force. and at the corner of
h..eai aud Pearce streets tore down a
l.. aui killed three people. Serious
..ul-. Del reported in various parts of the
.'.. ul % is not known whether other
casualties have occurred or not.
ILoBmLY MoRE FATALITIES.
IG'r-Ihe house which blew down was
-.v.l--t0ry brick. IL was surrounded
t. ..H.- lui two-st0ry frame dwellings, oc-
H.I ll poor families. Several Of these
a.- crushed and three children instantly
j. Three people missing are sup
d o.. te under the ruins--DrobaOly
.I Twelve others were injured, OF
,..u tV0 Or three are likely 20 die.
H li FRICTION MUST HAVE BEES GBEAT.
N"..t. NfH. April TELEGRAPH wires
.tl tao state are prOstrated, and II -
...c Co obtain news Of the extent of
a.- u-lt. cyclone. The Western Union
tLa' 10 hos the only wire IN opera
u.- .l Nebraska, and that is on the line
.ae tlal0rn road. A special to the bee
. A.u..L, Ou that line, IN tue north
ft .f tue state. says a cyclone
$500 tIe town about ii o'clock last
.l..t t4.I I.l consider le damage. If this
I move % be the same cyclone
e. .ty.,fatei Nelson the destruction
ll lA a bcen great. The storm ira
..r-. .l.. .U miles over the richest farming
..l 40 tle state dotted with small
t all villages The wind is still blow
- here and the wires are down on
a. .r.. Hundreds Of telephone wires
'r..