The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
THE w1ND-sToRM.
Some Of LIS Qneer Freaks in and Around the
Peerless Princess.


day anxious inquiries poured in on the
EAGLE from all surrounding cities with
reference to the damage done. Consider
ing the havoc wrought in other cities,
Wichita, indeed, can count itself FORUM
ate in escaping so well. OF course there
was some damage. but not to any extent
compared with other places No part OF
the city escaped the furies of the wind,
but College Hill was the greatest victim.
The storm hit that portion of the city
pretty hard, and while it damaged prep
erty to considerable extent no personal
injuries were inflicted by it.
Bob Darragh who is temporarily resid-
ing out there, writes concerning 1t as fol-
lows to to friend on the EAGLE:
"All living directly on a north and
south line with us from Lincoln TO Cen
trail avenue as far as can learn have suf-
fered. 1t struck us about $50. l had re-
tired, but was awakened by crash of a
large window light, size 20x34 inches, and
the next moment the bed WAS flooded and
l wet through. The chilly feeling was in
creased good deal by the fearful wind.
The whole room was flood before we
could get anything up in front of the win
dow. ] have felt sort of chilly all day, but
hope to suffer no bad effects from the
wetting. Just as the window crashed our
barn was RACED to the ground and timber
scattered everywhere, the stock in same
two horses, a cow and Colonel Murdock's
colt. Victoria Wilkes-all escaped and at
the present time to all appearances april
l, p. In without a scratch. The chicken
house and all other outbuildings also, are
gone glimmering, every part of them. My
pug dog and dog house were found about
two blocks away. dog all right, while a
washtub was picked up quarter of a
mile off. A road car and a buggy were
smashed by flying timbers. From all APP
pearances the wind took the roof first,
then the frame work tipped over.
You have no idea how the wreck
looks. Pieces OF timer were driven into the
ground two blocks away like posts and
more than a person could pull out without
first taking an AK or maui aud knocking
them from side TO side to loosen the dirt.
The shingles have commenced to rip off
the corners of the house and the brick
chimney over the kitchen was taken off
even with the roof. The hatchway blew
off and let in a food of water but man.
aged this morning to get that back again
and we are only hoping now the house will
stand the storm"
A. z. Wheaton, living at the corner of
Lincoln street and Brown avenue, was
also sufferer. Thirty feet of his fence
was smashed into smitherens and blown
all over the neighborhood. The doors
were also forced before the wind, the
chimney was blown down and the roofs
IF If 4 hn ht1il 4 ha
premises The kitchen of the residence of
George Davis on the corner OF Brown and
Kellogg streets was snatched away from
the balance of the house, lifted over fence
and wrecked about 100 feet away.
The smoke house of J. H. Brown living
on the corner of Kellogg and Tracy was
turned over three or four times a fence
blown down and several trees torn from
the ground.
The residence of Ed Goodiu and Charlie
Orr, on the corner of Kellogg and Tracy,
also sustained serious damages. The west
side of the house was twisted around, over
500 shingles were blown off of the roof, a
stable was picked up and blown to pieces.
the wreck covering almost eighty acres of
ground. Four horses and two cows were
in the stable and didn't receive scratch
The chicken house on Tom McMahan's |
premises was lifted up by the wind and
carried over half mile before it touched |
ground again.
One of the large plate glass windows of
Mr.. Saurs drug store on East Douglas ave-
nue. was struck by a flying sign and broken |
into thousand pieces. The plate was val |
cd at 800.
A showcase in Mrs. Mediums store on
East Douglas avenue was also struck by a
flying sign and broken.
The large showcase of Rogers the photo |
grapher stood the storm in the early part |
of the night, but about o'clock in the
morning it was blown over aud shattered |
10 pieces.
The sky light in the brick business
building on College hill on East Douglas
avenue was blown in by the storm. This is |
the second time this building has suffered |
this mishap.
A flying piece of timber struch Frank |
Donovan on the shoulder near the union |
depot and injured him slightly.
The old cooper shop on South Mosley |
was blown down and badly damaged.
The old Santa Fs house on East Doug |
las avenue lost its front in the storm.
A freight train on the Santa Fe track |
between this city and Derby was blown |
off the track.
About fifty feet of the roof of Biting |
Bros business building was blown loose |
but it was weighted down and escaped |
falling into the street.
Yesterday afternoon the daughter of |
Captain Shields of the West Side saw |
some object sailing high up in the air /
which attracted her attention to such an |
extent that she watched it closely. Soon |
it halted and descended with such force |
that it buried itself to a considerable |
depth IN the ground. 1t was a long board |
and where it came from is still a mystery. |
Mrs Mallon OF Fifteenth street was |
hanging out clothss yesterday noon, when |
piece of timber descended from the |,
clouds and struck the ground within q |
few feet of her Upon investigation she |
found it to be the frame of a bureau mir |
ror with part of the glass still in it. 1t |
is scarcely possible that such an article |
length of time, and vet it looked as if it !
had been part of the wreck caused by |
the wind during the night.
AT o'clock yesterday morning as one /,
Of the EAGLE force was going home be WAS !
struck in the face by a part of a |
buffalo robe near the corner OF Second and /!
Main, which had been waited by the wind \
from some unknown regions.
The roof of the Butler block was slightly |
injured.
About five miles east of town aloag the |
Frisco track the wind PLAYED some inter- |