People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-06-03

Midland elevator slightly damaged.
Harper City Mills, smoke stack down
flour house blown from around large
amount Of filled sacks, roof partly of mill
damage about 500.
North Side hotel, frame, occupied as Q
residency by the families OF Slane an(
Yoachum, total wreck; damaged s, 000.
Arlington hotel, occupied by Glrard and
family, total loss.
Tucker stable demolished.
Theo lIepsher, half a mile west of Har
per, house partially destroyed and barD
blown down.
b. +. Dunn, seven miles west Of Harper,
sheds down and great injury to orchard.
Ramseyer. half a mite west of Harper,
hold goods destroyed.
Cochran, two miles west Of Harper,
house blown down.
The house on the Rothwell farm, tive
miles west of Harper, destroyed
Or. Knapp, two miles west Of Harper,
housc partially destroys Cd aud stSble' 49,.
gone.
Baldwin, four miles northeast OF Crys
tal, fine house and barn wrecked.
Octagou school house, totally DESTROYED
Clark, near OctagOn school house, house
demolished.
Jon Powell, two miles north Of Crystal.
two barns blown down.
Fawcelt, two miles north Of Crystal, one
barn destroyed.
4. A. Mallory, two and a half miles
northeast Of Crystal, house and Two stables
demolished
Ed. Miller, three miles northeast ofCrys-
tai. house aud stable destroyed.
McMullen. three and One-quarter miles
northeast Of Crystal, house of founda.
lien.
Thos IIendrixson, three aud one-hslf
miles northeast Of Crystal, house aud sta
b destroyed.
G. HoInhardt, two miles northeast Of
Harper, house totally wrecked.
John n. Babcock, three miles northwest,
house wrecked.
Geo Gould, fifteen miles northwest,
house demolished lie says the storm
formed almost over his house and went in
two directions.
II. L. JOrdon, while returning from At
tica TO his home in West Lake township,
caught in storm and hid bis wagon de-
molished and team got away lie caught
another loose team.
Taylor Bros. seed house, near At,ica,
total wreck.
NJ. ESconce, nine miles northwest, house
partially wrecked and granary, barns and
other buildings destroyed. His fathers
house acrosf the road destroyed
+. p. Raymond, fourteen miles north
west, house demolished
j. A. MOores aud \ Terrel's, two miles
northeast OF Attlca, houses badly dam.
aged.
f. A. Beatty, ore and one-halt miles
northwest, house aud granary totally de.
strUyed
The Maxwell rink was demolished
Lamar ~ son. 2-sLOry stone, slight dam
age; waIcrOum down.
The most complete wreck caused by the
storm was the hu!ldin. occupied by ths
Harper Mercantile company and the Ma
sons. IL went down ina heap, burying all
within It's wnlls-scareiy one brick being
left apun another. Very little will he
saved unchanged The fine furniture and
costly parapheInaia Of The Masonic lodge
are total loss. Several were caught in thtI
wreck, but no one WIS killed: among then
were Lewis aud Robert Liebricht an,,
Peter Corby. the two latter being badly
injured. The knights Of Pythas lodge
lost all.
Pelzell's cigar factory is total wreck
and the loss 10 stock and manufactured
goods great.
Several large glasses were broken in the
second story Of the Chicago Meat market,
used us lodging rooms by the Farmers
restaurant; also the said restaurant sus.
talned some damage.
DIR. II. c. Martins Office was damaged
by some shingles of, plasteriug cracked,
glass broken and awning down.
On West Main street the roof went off
the Red barn shed was demolished.
The Harper Normal college, fne two
story brick, had belfrey blown away and
the heavy cOrnice off; roof damaged.
Small frame, occupied by Misses Elliott,
Bear aud Haynes, wrecked.
Baptist church, beltrey blown OF; root
main part is not as badly damaged as at
first thought; it is thought that 800 will
put it in shape; frame.
Mrs Vests Millinery store buildin,
was badly damaged and stock injured.
The Forey block, twostory brick, show
the south end blown ont and roof of. Tn
west lower room was occupied by the
Graphic Office and the upper rooms by
students and for other purposes.
The Patterson veranda was blown away
from the front and the tin roof taken of;
damage TO rooms was by water. several
being pretty badly wet; some glass broken
The front was blown out Of Cox 5
variety store; damage slight.
Citizens bank, roof injured
Wright & Clound, grocers, were dam
aged to some extent.
Elephant store sustained some damage
to stock by leakage
Cole Bros, building was unroofed but
stock was not damaged to any serious ex-
tent.
+. B. Orr, hardware, ROOF off OF two.
thirds Of building, plate glass brokeI
stock badly damaged by water.
Merrick block uuroofed.
O6ert IL Collins, clothing. glass broken.
Glenn Drug company, three large glas,
in front. also glass at rear, show case brok
en-. Their ware room was completely de.
stroyed and stock LOST
l. h. Sitter, GROCER, glass front out.
Robinson g. bunnell, ware room down,
roof damaged, glass front blown in.
Christian church partly unroofed anc
west end blown in.
J. G. Wenser's coal sheds and feed store
tie latter two-story frame house, reHI
and upper story occupied by the family
are totally wrecked; feed mill is badly dam
aged.
Catholic and Mennonite churches damag
ed
Fair buildings and fence wrecked.
The fine and costly new school house II
the west part Of the city is badly wrecked
the south side Of the upper story beins
blown in aud the north wall bulged out
cupOla aud bell blown of.