Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-28
Appalling News Again Comes
From Kansas.
The Thriving City Of Yelling
ton Laid in Ruins.
Huge Brick Blocks Crushed to the
Earth Like Eggshells.
At Least Fifty People Killed and a
Hundred Injured = Fire Adds
Horror to tho sceno- OF
Destruction.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS Cry, May 27.--A special from
Wellington, Kan, says: A cyclone
passed over this place this evening, kill
ing and injuring 500 people. The storm
passed directly through the center Of the
town, wrecking everything in its path.
Fire broke out in the wrecked district,
and is now burning fiercely.
PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
A Journal special from Wellington.
Kan, says: A cyclone tonight ploughed
through the business part OF town with
immense destruction TO property and
some loss Of life; just how much, is
impossible to tell at this writing. A
heavy storm of wind preceded the cy-
clone about half an hour. A lew minutes
after O'Clock the cyclone struck the
city, coming from the southwest. Wash
ington avenue, the principal business
street, is lined on both sides for blocks
with ruins. To add to the horror, fire
broke out among the debris of Colonel
Robinson,s block, and Mrs. Susan Asher
is supposed to have perished in the
flames.
A solid block Of brick buildings, con-
tanning half dozen stores and printing
Offices, lies in q tumbled heap. just
across the street q laborer named Fam
ming was taken out of the ruins dead.
II is thought other bodies are in the
Hundreds of dwellings were either
totally destroyed or more or less dam
aged. The city is in darkness, as the
broken mains made it necessary to shut
down the gas works and save destruc-
ton from fire.
Hon. James Lawrence, Walter For
'sythe and Ed. Forsythe were danger
ously injured.
Seven bodies have been taken out OF
the Phillips house ruins, and large
force is at work removing the debris.
Two members of the Salvation army
are expected to die from injuries re-
lceived. tff'% -
At Squire Smiths residence, seven
persons are more or less injured.
The streets are Uttered with tin roof
ing, cloth, awnings and timbers. The
people on the stfeets are carrying LAM
ter1s, and At b utterly impossible to get
at the, exact facts.
The destruction is simply awful and
every minute adds to the horror OF the
situation. The Standard and Mail
Offices are wrecked. The opera house
and dozens of the best business build
ings are destroyed. Fine school build
ings and churches are ruined and the
loss will foot up many thousands Of dol
lars.
No reports have been, received from
other points. {a
Wellington is the county seat Of Sum-
ner county, and has q population of
over 10000 inhabitants. II is in the
center Of thickly settled agricultural
district.
AWFUL DESTRUCTION.
ATimes special from Wellington, Kan, !,
says: The cyclone was terribly destruc-
tive. At 11o'clock fifteen persons are
known to have been killed, and the in
vestigation Of the wrecked buildings is
only barely commenced. The cyclone
the center OF town. On Jefferson avenue
it destroyed the Lutheran church.
Furious work was done within the COM
pass of the four squares bounded
BY Jefferson avenue, Avenue G
and Seventh and Ninth streets.
Every building in those two squares is
demolished and wrecked. Fortunately
the residences in that locality were not
numerous, otherwise the loss of life
would have been much greater. The
Phillips hotel was demolished, and
seven dead bodies have been taken from
the ruins. The work of rescue there is
only begun. The house was we'll filled
with guests, and the loss of life is
thought to be great. The destruction
in the northeast part of the city was
great, but definite details cannot now be
had. Great confusion prevails every
where.
Following is complete list of the
killed at,2 80 this Saturday morning: !:
Frank d. Campbell, James Hastie,
Leonard Adamson, Ida Jones, Mrs.
Sasher and her sister, Kittie Strain.
Professor Mayer and Hort Upson are
missing and probably killed.
Lieut.. VIM. French and Cadet Samms
of the Salvation army, Mrs. Murphy and
. child named Matte Hodges are badly
injured.
Charles Stoner, Guy Colby, Dick Wea-
yer, Carrie Mitchell and Ed. Forsythe
each received injuries more or less seri-
Gus.
The streets are impossible and moth
ing but ruin exists everywhere At least
fifteen bodies have already been taken
out of the ruins, and something less
than seventy-ive are injured. Men are
working everywhere to rescue the inn
prieoned ones. No one now can realize
the extent Of the catastrophe, and day
Light will alone reveal the saddest scene
OF ruin and desolation ever witnessed in
Southern Kansas.
The Cole & Robinson block ruins took
fire., and strenuous efforts are beinp
made to rescue the people known to be
buried there. RI
THE LOSS HALF A MILLION.
Er. LOUIS, May 28.-The Globe Demo
Gratis Wellington special says the loss
by the cyclone will aggregate $780, 1000
Two hundred buildings were destroyed
The house of Squire Smith was lev elled
and several members of the household
maneled, probably fatally. The fire a
this hour q =. M is still raging.
TERRIBLE FATALITY.
WEL1ISoToN, Kan, May 27.-Hilvs