The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-04-07
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on line drawn from southwest to
northeast and passing about two
miles east Of wamego. From that
point five deaths are already report
ed and one other victim Of the
winds rage can not live. Those
killed outright are:
Mrs. Albert Eggers and two chill.
dren, aged 8 and 5 years.
Joseph johnson, . young man xho
worked for Albert Eggers: head Was
half torn of, while . piece Of wood,
IL Is supposed, pierced his breast.
Child Of Joseph Taylor, aged Q
months; dead in the road without
stitch Of clothing on it.
Joseph Taylor is injured inter-
naily and physicians declare that he
may not survive. Taylor and his
wife, whose infant 10 listed vRth the
dead. were found unconscious In Q
field some distance from the spot
where the dead baby lay. Mrs.
Taylor's condition, too, is prec ari.
Gus, and 1t Is rs likely As not that
her death will follow that of her
child and husband. Her face was
so filled with furiously driven dirt
that II looks as IL burned by powder.
The dirt is so firmly imbedded, too,
that 1t can not be washed out.
Fitz Reiscr. has his shoulder and
spine injured and will not recover.
In the vicinity OF the little Will
ages Of Elk, Elmdale and Home
stead the greatest ravages OF the
tornado in Chase county took
place. All Of these hamlets are In
the southwestern part of the
country. For about fifteen miles
the t, rnado cut q wide swath OF
devastation. and then 1t appears to
have veered southwardly toward
Butler county. The dead include:
William FISCHER.
Theodore CLOSER, wife and infant
child.
George Blossom.
These five are probably fatally in
jured:
Robert Flat.
William Schneider.
Mrs. William FISCHER, leg and
arm broken.
Tom Ramsey.
Infant child OF T. w. Maxwell.
Twenty other persons sustained in
juries of less serious character,
many Of which will require surgical
treatment.
Incidents OF narrow escape are
many and marvellous. The Max
we'll family was Imprisoned within
the debris Of their fallen house, and
to the terror of their situation was
added that Of fire communicated
from an overturned stove. Just as
they had lost hope Of rescue rain be-
gan to fall in torrents and ex.in-.
guished the flames. The dead body
Of William FISCHER was found an
eighth Of q mile away from his
house In the morning partially de-
voured by hogs.
Five persons, inmates of the house
Of William Teats, were injured.
William Schneider was found un.
conscious upon the ground q consid-
cradle distance from the Teats house
where he lived, lying against . hay
stack, which had i'm some measure
protected him, although his re-
coyery from his injuries Is hardly
expected.
IN TEXAS.
A dispatch from Santa Anna,
Texas, says:-At about 3 o'clock
Thursday night black cloud was
seen forming and in q few minutes
1t took shape and began to move
with q long appendage like a tail
touching the ground. The noise
resembled that Of a heavily laden
train on trestle, and In q few min
utes 1t began its work. 1t is i'm.
possible in writing to portray the
violence and fury Of the storm and
the destruction and desolation
caused by it. Never before has such
q scene been presented to our peo-
pie and the strongest hearts are
InA hx-N hu hA, al L
tioE. Following is q list of the
dead:
Frank Brooks.
Louis Brooks.
Mrs. Frank Broo ks.
The house Of Mr.. Copenhovers
was one Of the first demolished, the
strewn to the four points Of the COM
pass.
Next the storm struck Mr.. ]. G..
Lambs house, wiping 1t out Of exis-
tence.
Next Mr.. Heath's house fed the
demon and in q few moments IL was
torn to pieces and strewn all over the
prairie.
Mr.. J. w. Halls residence was
next struck and Jared the same fate.
and A. G. Reeds house
was entirely destroyed and all Of
the family Of five were injured.
At place named Trickham, five
miles from here, two houses were
driven into each other, demolishing
them, but no one was hurt.
Telegraph poles were pulled out
Of the ground and wires twisted up.
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