The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-02

which were also wrecked. Many Of the occu-
pants were killed or injured. as follows:
KILLED
ALLKS. Mrs. Eixx. invalid who lived on the sec.
ond door, IL Pearcs crushed about the hesd and
body.
uowAx. Mrs j. L. /, Pearce street. crushed about tho
abdomen
GowAS. w,LL,A. Year, old, IL Pearce street, head
crushed.
oowAs. MANY years old. I, Pearcs street. smothered
beneath tho debris.
HEWLETT. DAVID g.. months DID, IL Pearce street.
terribly crushed.
Morr, EDWARD. cyears old. IL Pearce street. smo,h
cred.
Morn. HORACE. years old. IL Pesrce street. snoth.
cred.
WALSH. MARY. 20 years old, II Pearce street. niece
OF Mrs Gowan: had not been found at2AM
INJURED.
ALrcE HuLkr1 g years old. crushed about the legs
body. and head.
No Ana Known of s12 ives. Harrison street. visiting
tho residence OF Thomas Huiett buried beneath a
mass OF bricks and fatally hurt.
MARY wiGAs7. II rearce about the legs
and body
HORACE wIGASr infant badly bruised about the head
JAMES Mort u Pearce street. bruised about the head
MRs JAMES Morn. badly bruised ana mangled.
NAME Morr. 10 years old. bad wound on the head
James MCGOWAN. his wife, and his son Will
liam. 10 years old. are supposed to BIO buried
The hmiId,po wos11a ,oo+ ,o,, ,v IN ,,,d,
II Ind mat hean oracted NV Vonne T. Eant
manufacturers Of brass wort. and was nrocti'
callv completed tho roof having heen f,nishad
this weat
Immediately In the rear OF the building was
two-story brick house. the home Of Thomas
Hulett who lived there with his wife and nine
children. They were at supper and were en-
tertaininc as puests Miss Emma Hone, rails.
tive and her friand. Mrs Ada Kaown whan
tbs building fall m. MA a, NJ br,ck iron wood
ond nIo at.r comnI.toIv huriod uuIott. hon.o
All Tho IN ratos wsre r,lIo5 NJ tn;nraa
Frank DiiI.n~ vho va. n. .a,n !. IN IN s.-oo.
s.vs ba f,rst nntiood that tI,a raar uolI mn.
hulpinr ont The rain was dr;vi,o IN to-
rents. There wna great ouot ~ VIVID ri.
lowed nv a deafeninp noise which continuod
,or soma Tina as the masses ~ dshris nilsd
nm tho snollar structmrss Than ~. go.
Of those of tbe huried unfortnnotes who wera
not dead mr. nnconscioua An .Iarn, n, Srs
wos turned in and aa COON ne tl,o n,tmra -,
tha disa ster was Known baln hsoon to ar.,ya
from alI directions and tho work n, tear,re
awav the wrackaoa was MON ntlv hsgnn
XMAS CRY Anr,l 1-Ranorts arc inst nv.
irving here of rraat loss of lie and destruction
~ nroner+v nv tho tornado which svsnt ov.r
Kansas and veatarn Missouri Last nieht and
TODAY. The town OF Towanda. in western
Kansas. WINS ompletely DESTROYED. Four per.
sons were killed and sirteen iniurad
Augusta. in Butler county. was greatly DAM
aged. and Ave persons are reported IA kilIes
and fifteen wounded. Wellington and Kiowa
were much damaged. and loss OF life IA re.
norted from the former Mace.
From Ottawa, Olathe. and sallns come re-.
ports OF severe winds, which blow down mnny
houses. fnjurino seyeral persons hut causiny
no deaths At Leayenworth the Opera House
and two large manufacturing establishments
were unroofed and many plate rlass windows
were DESTROYED.
The reports from the western part of Kan
sas are very meagre on account of the lack OF
Geographic facilities. but 1t is evident that
much damage has been done, and thore has
probably been great loss OF life. In this city
the Western Union Telegraph Company is
greatly crippled. and at 8 o'clock to- night had
only one wire cast and none west.
In this city one Of tho most violent wind
storms known In this vicinity In five yoars
has been raging all day. and IL increas-
ing In violence Many houses have been I'M
rooted and trees blown down all over the city
woman was struck BY wreokage from tho
Woodland Hotel and severely injured. A large
tree was blown down on Woodland avenue.
crushing in corner Of theihouse Of A. I. Rid
die. Telephone wires are down all over the
city.
WICHITA. April LA tornado. attended by
tho greatest number OF fatalities ever credited
to single storm In tho State. swept over
southwestern Kansas last night leaving In
it's wake death and destruction.
The storm seems to have first descended
upon Kiawa and to have jun ped from there to
New Haven. Sumner county. through which
county 1t cut swath nearly mile wide where
ever 1t descended to the earth.
Jumping this (Sedgwick) county. the wind
next bombarded Butler county to tho north
east and almost oblltersted the villages Of Au-
gusta and Towanda.
Five people were killed outright.