People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-06-03

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arlly crazed with grief as any other
person in his position would have been
The farmers are giving and helping
very literally. The farmers in this in
stance, as in everything else, are prov
ing themselves to be true American
citizens.
Arrangements are being made to
again establish the Alliance Exchange.
A big stock was carried by the ALI
ance folks in this store and it is a
great and total loss.
Wichita has started a purse for the
relief of the distressed and Mayor
Thompson has telegaphed to the mayor
there that all contributions will be ju-
diciOusly distributed.
1t is difficult for us to give anything
like a detailed local account, because
Of the cramped condition we are in,
Only few notes that pass through our
5efuddled brain.
Telegraph and telephone wires were
all down Friday night. The first con-
nectiOn was with Wichita by telegraph
about y o'clock Friday night. This
wire was kept hot for many hours.
The Standard and Mail offices are
badly wrecked, but they are able to get
out their issues at home. There is
about as much left of the Monitor Of
flee as there is OF the YOICE-yery lit
tie of value.
Ida Jones, the girl who was killed in
the Phillips house, had worked at that
house for several years and her pleas
ant face was known by hundreds OF
Sumner county people. Her remains
were taken to Topeka last Monday,
where her relatives live.
1t is estimated that thirty thousand
strangers were in Wellington last Sun
day. Had very strong wind came up
while so many people were crowded
around the rickety buildings, it IS hOr-
rible TO imagine what would have been
the consequence.
There are no better people on earth
than the average American citizen.
He is always ready TO lend a helping
hand to his afflicted brother. This is
plainly shown by the kind offers of as
SiStance to the Wellington people, who
suffered such heavy losses.
Charley NIillard stepped into the
Alliance hotel with Ed Forsyth and
Dick Weaver to get out of the rain.
Charley got out with Slight injuries,
Ed was buried beneath the debris and
died Saturday evening and Dick had a
leg broken and was otherwise bruised.
but is getting along nicely.
Dave Leahy, the Eagle reporter, who
made the write-up of the disaster, is an
old Wellington boy and knows as
many people here as any Wellington
man, which gave him the advantage
over reporters of other papers. His
report is the best that has been writ
ten and We publish it in full.
Through the kindness of the Wich-
ita Eagle and the A. n. Kellogg News.
paper Co., We are enabled to get out
this issue. A better report than the
above could not be written. Only al
few mistakes and we will endeayor to
call attention to few of them in the
following notes.
The cyclone commenced its awful |
work at about 10 minutes of nine
o'clock. ItwaS few minutes pAt nine
when the rescuerS yentured upon the
street. The terrible scenes they wit
messed can never be realized except by
those who assisted in the awful work
of hunting for victims.
The VOICE family and all connected
with the Office escaped entirely unhurt.
The office is total wreck. however
and very few articles of value can be
saved. There was no one in the Office
at the time, the foreman having left
about 10 minutes before the cyclone
struck it. He says he is the happiest
man IN Wellington.
For blocks on each side of the terri. |
ble destroyer the wind ragged with aw-
full fury and buildings in all parts of
the city are badly shattered and many
are still in dangerous condition. 1t
would not take very strong wind to
level many more houses to the ground.
The work of repairing is going on as
rapidly as possible.
The cyclone came from the west and
commenced the terrible destruction
Just east of the Rock Island railroad a
short distance north of the depot. Go.
ing directly east instead of north. las
stated in the report above), it lashed
everything in its path into atoms. the
path of the main force of the storm
being little less than two blocks wide.
Passing clear through the city. il