New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-30
FRIGHTENED BY A TWISTER."
PANIC STRICKEN SIGHTSEERS AT WELLlNG-
TON KANSAS.
EXCURSION TRAINS CARRY THOUSANDS TO VIEW
TIL RUINED TOwN-FURTTIEH DETAILS
OF TIE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROP
FRTY AT HARPER.


have visited this city before those when SINCE
earliest daylight have geen pouring In on every I'i
road and highway. ON all its four lines eht'''"b
here. the santa Fe has been ru1nng EXCURSIONS Hoh
a. far north rs Hutchinson south from Arkansas '!
and west from Medicine Lodge. while the Rock Island
has been equally industrious In forwarding Ssh' se'l' W
the stricken city. Division Passenger Ag'nl Nur'och OF
the Santa Fe estimated the crowd at 1o'ooo' "m'h
Is exceedingly Conservative estimate Vu'cr hht
caames have been attended With greater ioSN I'll
life, but rarely has picture OF such utter ucso'"
and ruin been presented that seen In thls ue''S-
taed district The miracle Of it all Is that the loss
Of rfc was not fourfold greater. This is to BE- at
tribued to the fact that the churches and the schoo
houses In the Ornado's path all empty. ana
the business blocks practically deserted excepting IN"
two hotels, where eight Of the casualties 30 ir re
ported. Occurred.
Notwithstanding the character Of the day, since
daylight carpenters brcklaycrs and timers have been
busy making the partially wrecked buildings habltaoc'
Temporary shelter has been provided for homeless
unforunatcs and relief organization has been or
canizcd 10 raise the necessary funds to Keep thcm
from absolute dcstltutiOn and want.
when the Wichita excursion crowd camo In during
the carly afternoon it, members reported That "A
bulletin had been posted by d" The Eagle mat the
cond tons were favorable for another tornado ot
: O'Clock The ky that time WIS tpical
Italian sky and the Wcmtl report was treated ~
n lest AT O'Clock. however. Il dense clond came
up over the southern horizon Which wa- heavily charger
with clecticty. and great alarm spr'ad among IN"
rcopc The alarm w;s increased to tn" widest terror
when four or rushing into the main street
shouting " the multitude that tornado was approach
ing and 10 rs fjr place, OF safety. f'aridl rush
was made for Easements and stairway ana IL Is "a
great wonder tha, Of people wcrc not crushed
10 death IN the mad stampede. one woman iaIntd'
and. while she unconscious her chlld straycd
away. but was picked up and taken care Of by an
officer.
T@c rport was ioanS to Ht '1 was Tor sc
travcilinc rapidly in a northwestern direction.
This lncrca,'d the c&citcmcnt and the ler ter.
ror The alarm suNsided somewhat in u, l,W
minutes when The twist"r had dis lp ar'i cnllcy.
An on,id stairway between two building. 10 wi.h
about nac-,a people sought refuge. yielded b''a,h
their weight, but no ono was hurt \ heavy rain
followed and the alarm -ub,id,d entirely "h,n M IA"
shinc again. The cloud paas'H northwest about
mile wo,' II 'orin. IN sumner "nniy. u "iu u"
dauiAse f,r a. h"ari from IN NAT Nsiniy W ~, 80
Another tomato originating A thc tFil'niy N,'' h h
west Of Caldwell. bu Il Wa, small and 'ld not ""'n
the A Jund .
w.chm. Kan. May 2o.-The storm '"li q Friday
nrlr was siX mile, wdc-a straight blow with severe
hnll along the !dc. The storm on-inid "'>' ana
-oh of Harper and swept away thirty hve bHi1i" .
before reaching that town. ~ iinspcr The ruin j.
fearful Al least sixty building are In ruin, ana
their coutent- a complete wreck hundred
more house, are damaged more or less and scaFo"ly
a building c.capcd inlury IN o." town. Hnn"I"
of families are homeless and desiiut". without iooi 'r
shelter. \. Beatty, farmer had all Dds bni'd'"i'
dc,trovcd. III, vlfc- thigh was iroh"n ana DIS
little daughter received severe scalp wound = II.
Cl,alns and wife each had an arm troAen. ana th'r
house scattered 10 thc winds.
In the town of Harper james Dickinson WAS Knocked
down and badly bruised. & h. Cole received a slight
injury. VI. ". Corby was badly hurt In The falling OF
The Masonic bloch. Peter GiriId, boy. received
severe wound IN tho log. Mr.. a. Frey ~n' caught In
the ruins Of her hou'c ana received sight wound
Coth Of Mr. Lehiecht, los, lioken. Nj, Florence
s,ycrs was struck hy flying dclrs and remained la
sensible ( r hour.
Mrs Fera,h living west u the town. was brought
in til, morning >cver'iy injured
Gotleb Ilanhirdt and inmiiy, who live t"o miles
northeast Of the town, were seated ut the supper
fable They were carried 100 feet by the wind, and
Mr. Ilauhnirt received wound Ia the foot III"
house If NJ NJ Mangcr, norih %: the town, was
blown down over the family, bruising them badly but
not seriously Eli, Mler and family, two mills
southwest narrowly escaped with their lives His
new hou.r. tie result Of .ue years II saving. was
aid fnt.
A miracuous escape was that Of J. II. ''ibcrt
ard hi, Wife, They in TIE upper story % the
Thompson block when the wall, tuinbled IN. lh"y
oscip.d with few bruises.
Both public school building, badly injured.
one being a total lp,s. The Cat!iohc nnd German
churches were dcmoli'hci, aIi the baPhNt ana
Christian chnrcle, wer. greatly injured. The VA
sonic ilotk, WfuI'u l'i'H ~ A'' ''''iN'
,tl,. company. the Queen city block and The opera
u,,.. Llock are almost WOr,hc,s. ~ The eleven
h,,.cs north Of the santa Ic r1ck cigh ar" ruined
and tIi- contents total loss. The Iuphy' are
heavy L.cr, Their store /, wreck aud their thIv"
dwcihnr, are NOR: or lc,, dnnas'd inc s,nhIPi"
%. the vaterNorh> i, intact. but 'hi'I nN'lhhs
hceiac II /, completely crushed. IN IN '"u -,
low Cemetery. ON" mile northeast, over one h,,u
~ the monuments are PROSTATE. topped io nc HpFti
east The grand ,tard, BOX stalls ana Dilldihe, oi
the Fair Grounds. one mile SOUTH "ie ''N'n'' -
ihe ground
Tie Hutchinson and southern Railroad sent
,pocia train soath from Hutchinson ana kihEnhh
yreiculav. and n relief special viii 20 norm rom
Anth,my sunday morning. The Mayor and fl" De
partmcnt, of Hutchinson, kineman ana Ah'ho'S "''
! relief committees al work
Harper, Kan. May :J-EcpCrts from The c'''uN
arc uIh through which the tornado pa'-L uciohs'.n''
| the ! be greater thal AT first Itpprtci' Inc
course Of tl,, storm rs Indicated bj It's tran repro
.cnis an imperfect letter - and ,wep' Ia hnt "rh
q distance Of ut least fifteen miles. In Garden
| rlans Township. two brothers were phhei up anu
calr, "A distance Of hundred yards ana let u'"n
| almost side by sdc one Of them was badly 'hJu'-i
ly the fall while the other e-onped without ''''"
| Nothing escaped the storms fury and great u"'
age Is not only house and crops. but hons'n"N
Of dollars worhoof stock ha, been hlcd and injured
The nuccus If the tornado began forming i"w
mile, west Of here at q 80 and for over an hOhr 'e
cloud moved about In grcn agitation, having hor,n-
western tendency. At 40 the tornado a'snhlad "'
characteristic share and at once Lesan Its WORK oi
destruction.
II /, impossible at present to estimate the entire
los, sustained by the city aud surrounding couhtri
With any degree Of accuracy. but mon Who nave
travelled over its course that it wiz not fal far
shor of fjOO,Opo. MOI moro thnn IN ONT ol lhr ~"
nr 800 houses Of the city have escaped dhnagc Dut
large majority Of them are only snshiN hamaE" ~
has been estimated that nearly LOO houses arc t01'
| wrecks while ms many more are badly damaged. The
amount OF tornado Insurance III 'hc .nl - ~
hight while In tho country IL Is comparatively holng'
The correct Mt Of the dead so ini as "cetm nP
Calls rI,rs fDlr