The Globe-republican., 1892-08-19

And Capital CityNews OF State
Interest.


interest
ThD3tngm at Topeka.
The storm Of August was the worst
since the big wind of April LIST last
although the damage to property was
not 30 great. The velocity of the wind
according to the United States weather
buresn, was sixty-three miles an hour
which is twenty miles less than its
velocity during the April storm.
There was one fatality as result OF
the hurricane Thomas Ward, q boy IA
years Of age, living near Oakland. was
fatally injured. He and his brother
Alfred, boy of Z, had built small
playhouse Just east Of his fathers barn.
When the storm came up they took
refuge from the wind in their playhouse.
Alfred was standing in the door, and
when the barn was blown over was not
seriously injured. Thomas, the older
boy, was caught under the pile of de-
bris and his head mashed. The two
boys remained under the barn, held
close to the ground, for half an hour,
until some Santa Fe shop men, who had
walked home after the first heavy rain,
passed the house and heard the younger
boy screaming for help. There was no
one at home except the two boys when
the accident happened. The boys
father, b. T. Ward, is employed in the
Santa Fe storage department, and was
at his work Mrs. Ward and daughter
had been in the city, shopping. and
were on a car going home when the
wires fell and stopped all the cars.
As soon as the boys were discovered,
the men made haste to dig them out.
but the older boy was so badly injured
that he died at o'clock the next
morning.
Just before the Santa Fe o'clock
whistle blew, and while the storm was
at its height, the workmen in the black
smith shop were Mortified to see por-
ton of the shop roof taken from above
their heads. There was scattering for
better shelter as the rain came in on the
workmen.
From ten minutes to six until few
minutes after eight, not single car
moved on the electric line. Everything
was dead" as the street-car men said.
The difficulty was that the wires were
down on Eighth street and Van Buren,,
and tree had been blown across the
wire in Oakland Earth circuits resulted,
and until the damage was repaired
nothing could be moved. The prompt
efforts Of the linemen soon put the line
into shape.
The Westminster Presbyterian church
suffered considerably. The large stained
glass window on the west side of the
church was blown in and one of the
chimneys was blown over. The church
is at the corner of Huntoon street and
College avenue.
The worst damage to state property
was to the fountain in front of the east
entrance, which was blown over and
broken so that it will have to be re-
moved. This fountain was erected thir-
teen years ago by the ladies of Topeka,
who paid $4,000 for it, and raised the
money by giving socials.
A painful but rot dangerous accident
OCCuII6O dG Guo IcSlutuCo VI IIduh
Myers, S13 west Tenth street. A brick
blew through window, striking Mrs.
Myers on the head, making deep
cut.
The west front of the Central National
bank building, corner of Seventh and
Kansas avenue, suffered considerable
damage by boards from the roof of the
city building opposite beng blown
through the windows. The large plate
glass window on the bank floor was
taken out by big board going
through it.
Mrs. Charles Reynolds was alone in
her buggy driving on Kansas avenue.
and, at near Fourth street, the wind took
the buggy out from under her, and on
falling she struck the pavement on her
head and face. She was mostly uncon-
scious for nearly twenty-four hours,
and is still in serious condition.
Other casualties and losses, mostly
Of less importance than those here re-
cited, are numerous.