River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-07
A LONG DEATH Isl
The Victims of the cyclone in Kansas
VIII Number sixty or nore-Many Per-
sons Infurad

Inc ficuhs OF the tNctone IN hansa'
VIII Number Sixty or Hore-Many Per
sons Injured.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-. April As the
telegraph service is being reestablishac
through the storm-swept district Of
Kansas many strange stories are being
brought in about the freaks Oh
the wind which caused SO much
devastation all over the west
ern part of the state. The list OF
dead and injured is increased with
every new report received and it is now
estimated that the list of fatalities will
reach sixty within the state border
while three are reported killed at Okla,
homa.
The following is the estimate placed
on the dead and wounded as near as il
can be aseertained at this time: South
Haven, eight dead and thirty-two in.
jured; Wellington, four dead and TWEEN.
ty-three injured; on farms between
these two towns, five dead and nine in
jured; Towanda, seventeen dead and
I fortv-five wounded; Augusta, seven
DEATH and nineteen injured; Homestead.
five dead and seven injured; Strong
City, two dead and eight wounded; Sa-
lima, fifteen injured, three fatally.
These towns are the only ones from
which anything like definite report
has been obtained, but from meager
reports received the dead at other
places will make up the estimate OF
sixty, as stated above.
Butler and Greenwood counties APP
pear to have been the worst victims, as
they were in the immediate center OF
the low atmospheric pressure. From
these counties come the stories of the
winds fantastic work. A son of VIII.
liam Eggers, in Butler county, was
taken from his father arms by
the force of the wind and dashed
against tree in front of the Mortified
parents, while the father barely felt the
force of the wind
William Corners and James Horton
were driving in light wagon when the
storm approached them, and they
whipped their horses into a run to es-
cape. Corners jumped out and ran Ia
the head of the team, when tornado
struck them. The wagon with Horton
were blown away and he was killed.
The horses and Corners were unhurt,
and he says he did not feel the wind al
ALL
James Wilson, in Greenwood county,
was caught up by the tornado, carried
through the air and forced against the
side of a barn, where a scantling was
run through his body. He was pinned
to the barn feet from the ground and
died in horrible agony.
A schoolhouse standing in the path
of the storm near Augusta was carried
away almost intact. The building was
torn from the ioor, which was left
standing. ca the floor the tables,
books and other school supplies were
left entirely undisturbed.
At haven River a COW was lifted from
the ground and carried to the top of a
house and deposited on an angle of the
roof so that she could not fall, and il
was necessary to kill her to get hel
fro n her position.
WELLINGTON, Kan, April 4.-The
eye one and waterspout which passed
through Sumner county Thursday night
was the most destructive in the history
of Kansas. The roaring of the
wind was heard for miles. Start
ing at point eighteen miles south
east of this city, it cut a path
of ruin and desolation twenty miles
long and one-fourth TO one-hali
a mile wide. Nothing was spared and
everything above ground was literally
torn to pieces. Trees were torn up by
the roots and buildings, live stock and
fences were picked up and carried long
distances.
At Dalton, miles west OF this city,
the storm was fiercest. The house OF
William Little was crushed, ne and his
four children killed and his wife badly
injured. Near by, Samuel Butter
worth's house collapsed and he and
four members of the family were car
ried 300 yards and dropped into
an orchard. His hip was crushed and
his leg broken His daughter was
caught in the timbers of the house but
escaped with Slight injuries. There
were thirteen persons in Joe Showal-
ter's house when it was struck and all
were injured. Showalter had a
leg broken and other injuries. Mr..
Maple and his son, of Portland, were
badly injured by the wrecking of their
house and the father will die. Abou;
fifty persons in all were injured and as
yet it is impossible to make any esti-
mate of the damage to property.
WAMEGo, Kan, April Friday
windstorm passed from the south to the
north about . miles east of Wamego,
and five deaths are so far reported,
while one other person, Charles Fow-
Ter will not live. The deaths are Mrs.
Albert Eggers and two child en-,
Joseph johnson and a child of Charles
Taylor.
SALIVA, Kan, April 4.-Reports from
various parts of the country bring news
of great disaster caused by the storm
Thursday night. The little village OF
Vine Creek was wiped out. At Smolar
ever house is demolished and one child
reported killed. 0akville, a small viii
lage, is blown away and not a house
left standing. Several were injured
there but not seriously.
OMAHA, Neb., April 4. Thirty of the
best residences in the town were com
pletely destroyed by Thursday nights
cyclone. Almost every house in the
north and west part of the town is
more or less damaged, and almost every
store in the business portion sustained
some injury. The damages are 100000
and probably more. There was not
any tornado insurance.