Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-06
a TORNADO.
o"e OF the Greatest and Me.s Destructive |
%" h"""rd-rh.re Were Many r~.pi.
Killed aud Fatally Mnnxi.d.


Killed and Fatally Mnnxl.a.
CncAoo. April -a.--That the storm az
Thursday night and Friday has bccn
one ot the most far>rcaching and de-
s'r"e''vc ON rccord ~ borne ont a. frar~
inentary scraps OF Information straygle
In Nom the northwest, the far west aud
southwest over the badly crippled. al
most nnworlSablc wires which escaped
the fury of the warning elements. The
Justly fanous-though not popular
Kansas cyclone seems i'm this instance
To have conprchcndcd vast cxpanse OF
territory upon which tn wreck i,s fury.
and any estimate approximating the
amount of damage done to property or
the number of lives lost IL out of the
question.
The Western Union officials at io:so
Friday night report that OF their hun.
drcdS OF wires west. northwest and
southwest, they have no, ono upon
which To receive or transmit the Asso.
ciatcd press dispatches.
North OF milwaukee, Swath has been
moved through the fimsy metallic
lines, isolating the twin cities and I'm.
tcrmcdiatc points. 10 Omaha not one Is
left The Pacific coast Is a. inacccs-
siole 10y telegraph as the dark un.
known; and beyond Kansas CITY havoc
rcigns supreme.
The ARIA of low barometer which Inns
hovcrcd 80 long over the lake region
and northwestern states seems To have
invited this onward rush OF high pres.
sure. the weather map indicating two
distinct storms. branching from point
apparently In northwestern Texas, like
"a huge Y. and taking their course one
northcrly aud one northeast.
In the onward march north. I'm Nhirl-
ing shriolSing cddics ''blccding Kan
sas' first fen under it's mighty power.
Death and destruction marked It's bale
ful progress from the moment Il left the
rolling prairies of the Indian territory.
Erasping In it, pitilcss clutch the pretty
little city of Towanda. kas.. Il bounded
ON with ever increasing volume. leaving
In it's wake u maze of shattered build
ings, score of manglcd oorpscs, and n
hundred torn and bleeding victims.
Wellington, Caldwell, Augusta and
kiown, kas. then furnished their.
quota To the death harvest.
Passing northward through Knnsas
Nebraska, the Dakotas and Minnesota
n track OF desolation miles i'm width
marlss its passage, and feeble walls
stragglc through the fag ends of pros.
trnte wires from interior towns anxious
10 tell their tale OF woe.
From Omaha and Council Bluffs tho
tale II but repetition Of that from the
southwcst-cr crippled wires, buildings
unroofcd, fences and trees laid waste.
chimncys, signs and plate glass fronts
smashed and scattered.
Minneapolis and -. Paul have no
outlet, and their story Is yet untold. and
only "A cessation OF the awful visitation
will admit Of summary OF It's results.
Following the northeast prong OF this
remarkable atmospheric outburst the
south and east portion OF Kansas il
shown to have been attacked with the
same Irresistible force that characterized
the movement OF the disturbance Ira the
northward tangent. Kansas CITY was
again, forcibly reminded of the
Lathrop schoolhousc horror of 1886. In
which many little children were crushed
and numerous homes were wrecked and
made desolatc 10y the heavy hand
OF death; when the building ~ Fourth
and Main streets was collapsed. adding
five victims "a the list OF fatalities. and
when the great Hannibal and ~. Joseph
bridge was blown bodily from rs mas
sivc stone foundations into the trencher-
Gus Missouri. for Fridays reports indi-
cate that another school-housc has been
wrecked. houses uuroofcd and untold
lesser damage done. though happily no
loss of life is reported from there.
Not wire remains from thence "A
the southwest the damage and loss OF
life being purely conjecture. though the
widest rumors arc rife
Passing over Missouri and Illinois.
numerous accounts Of the varying
phases of the storm are beginning to
come i'm by roundabout routes. and 10
cap the fcarfusclimnx Chicago was next
attacked. The story OF It's ravages has
already been told Lashing the waters
OF Lake Michigan into fury a. II speedcd
onward. IL crossed into Canada.
At 10 o'clock midnight AN attempt
WIS made 10y the Associated press 10
serve Denver with their dispatches. No
direct wires remain. and the postal
telegraph are attempting. by the way
OF the Canadian Pacific wires. through
Portland, Ore, and down 10 San Fran
cisco, 10 get their dispatches eastward
20 Denver. while the Western Union. by
the New Orleans and Southern Pacific
route, IA endcavoring 20 serve them via