Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-02
POOR KANSAS
Swept from End TO Bnd BY I
Cyclone.
Town Of ToYlndl Wiped OF
Fac. Of Eartb.
lot a Building Left Standing in The
PlaCs.
Many Killed and Hundreds Injured In
th. State.
tn, Damage 10 Property Everywhere
Will b ImmenS,
lot a Building Left Standing In The
PlaCs.
Many Killed and Hundreds Injured II
Ii. State.
tn, Damage 10 Property Everywhere
Will b lnmenS,
One OF Most Destructive Storms Ever
known In Kansas.

OF mad desti iuouvenees swept over hAnsss
last night. Butler county seems to
| have been the scene of the greatest
h,voc. The town of Towsnds was wiped
a the face Of the earth. Augusta, a few
miles dstsnt, Was boffeted out Of all sem
| blsnce TO its former self. Not = building
left stand ny in Towsnda.
The tjwn was asleep when the storm
swept down, rt1sd everything in its psth,
and left dead bodies in ts wake. Four
dead bodies have been recovered from the
ruins already searched, Twenty persons
we're fatally hurt and forty more seri-
ously mi 1red. besides 8 large number more
or less MANNED.
At Augusta three were killed ouhi ,ht,
two fatally mi ired and fifteen others baIt
more or less seriously according to present
reports. All wires are down and it is i'm
possible to get any detailed account from
either plsc4.
Apparently the same storm touched
Kiowa and Wellington. Ia kiora the
Missouri Pscific depot and 3 number OF
dwellings were demolished. No loss of
life is known but several minor mishsp'
are reported Damage to property is said
to be great.
Wellington and vicinity Suffered COZ =
sdersbly, several people were killed. vii =
lam Littles house south Of Wellington. was
blown 10 spllnters Al d Liala and four chill
dren silied Joe Wsltons house was picke d
up, 3 of the occupants we're more or less
injured, Sam Butterwortha house ard occu-
psnts were carried 300 yards in the air,
some of The family were fatally hurt.
The storm, as far as can be determined, i,
swept across the country from Indisn Te:-
ritory into the south part OF Barber county
Kansas. taking the little town Of kiova In
it's path In 3 nofthessterly direction it
passed through Frazier Gounty and ihrough
the center Of sumner county. Bendipg as
bow, it passed almost directly north through
the remainder of Summer county ard aloug z
the western part of Butler county. vi =
isges and fArmhouses were carried away
The tornado continued in Ksus,s and IN
the northwestern part of Missouri today
| with less destruction A dispatch from Fort
Scott states that southwesterD Kansas vss
visited last rish by one of the strongest
wird storms for years, No reports of in-
juries to persons have been received many
country barns. outbuildings, hsystscks and
occasionally well constructed residence
was destroyed.
The wind at LeavenwoIth at noon be-
come 3 hurricane, blew away a part of the
roof OF the Great Western Stove Works ami
the works suspended for the day The roof
of the Great Western Mschine Works was
lifted several feet and dropped again. The
tin roof Of Csruird's Opera House ard the
roof of the Caldwell building was blown
sway.
At St. Joseph nearly every telegraph ard
telephone wire WAS torn dow f, numerous
small houses demolished any many large
one uproofed. Thousands Of dollars worth
of damage was caused by the breaking of
plate glass in the store windows. In the
eastern part of the city brick house was
blown down, seriously injuring a liille girl
At the factory Of Tootle Hosea q Co, there
was a stampede Of several hu1dred girl.
A violent guss tore porii0i ofihs roof 0 A
OF The factory. Ne one was ir jured.
A dis patch from Lawrence, Kan, says !:
"The wind hiss been blowing gale here
since midnight, at times it has attained the
| velocity of - miles an hour. The roof Of
Haskell Hospital was blown away and it
WAS necessary TO anchor the building with
cables. No one vas Injured. The patients
are being cared for elsewhere"
AT Olsthe. Ksn.- the general store Of
Farmhouse and stables in the country were
unroofed, but ns one WAS Injured. Az
Marshall. Mo. the cup1ls Of the Mettodi,,
church was bl1vn down Plate glass win
dows we're blown In and roofs carried Away
At Sslins, Kan, the house Of NJ. A.
| Brather was carried from it's foundations
and wrecked. The family were at supper
sll were ir jured and two are not likely to
/ -. -
was demoli. h a. but the family escaped
| injury. Mrs. zimmerman took refuge in
her cellar; the house WAS demolished and
| Mrs. mmermsn fatally injured,
| AT Ottawa, Kan, the tower of the water
| companS's building topped over, roof'
we're carried away, and sidewalks turned
over. Trees ware uprooted and much
| damage done 10 orchards.
| At Wafrensbnrg, Mo, the Methodist
church was unroofed, and the Cupola blown
dawn.
At Chill co,he, Mo, the cupois of the
Methodist charch was tI)pn down snd
buildings untoofed. No one hurt.
In this city Kansas City the wind
| reached velocity Of fi miles. The dam
| age consisted principally Of roofs being
| blown away and plate gisss windows broken,
| T1e roof Of the high school was blown o6
| The school wss dismissed, it being feared
| the building vas pn.sfs. The roof Of al
| apartment house vas bIo-n away and q
grocery store lost its roof and portion OF
| its front.
Signs we're blown down all over the city,
| some crashing through costly plate gas
.indoss. Osher iado~s we're crushed ia
| by force Of the Wind. The telephone wire.
throughout the city we're prost,ahd The
smokestsek Of the poser house on the
| n ogthssst Etsc,ric Line toppled over, necss
sitasing = suspension OF traffic. No loss OIL
/ life.
The srsstest damsge vas sodsrei by the
telegraph companies. The Western Uaioa
n pJrts no communication With poiats ves
| of the centre o: Kansas. and has bur fe<
workable wires ezs!. The telegraph pole.
along sii the rsiirosds vest Of here were
prostssted, causing woaful tsn2ie Of vires
| The loss at Ct joseph 10 $50, coo. Sew
eral steamboats, there we're s~smped Of
| driven ashore.
| Specials from HIsvsths, Kan, s .neca
Oaeids, Horton. Ltsreuce, BoIcko~ and
Mary Vile. Mo-, report great loss. The de
sroyed viIlsse OF Torsnda, Kan, mad 4
| population of 1900
At Strong C.tS Kansas, the storm fsset
faricuslg. The house Of James Chaser
vas demolished. His wife, son and ebils
we're killed.. Several others we're iujurst
but none fsssIly.
i At Dss Moines, Io~s, the storm di'