Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-04-02
AN AWFUL TORNADO
Sweeps Over a Large
Portion of the West.
HEAVY DAMAGE IN KANSAS.
Many Lives Lost and Hundreds OF
Buildings Ruined.

KANSAS CITY, April "A tornado OF
mai destructiveness swept over Kansas
Thursday night. Butler county seems u
have been the scene Of the greatest havoc
The town of Iowanda was wiped OF the
face OF the earth aud Augusta. a few miles
distant, was bufTcted out Of all semblsnce
TO its former self. Not a building was
left standing In Towanda. The town was
asleep when the storm swept down, rased
everything in its path and left dead bodies
lying In its wake Four dead bodies have
been recovered from the ruins already
searched Twenty persons arc fatally hurt
Hnd forty more seriously injured, besides
a large numh.r more or less manned.
At Augusta, thrc men were killed out
right, Harmon Hoskins. James Barnes
and the infant child of VIII Rhodes, who
was blown out of bis mothers arms aud
dashed against brick wall. Rhodes him.
self II fatally injured. a. is also the wife
OF Harmon EIoskins. Fifteen others were
hurt more or less seriously. according -
present reports All wires are down, and
IL is impossible 10 get any detailed account
from either place.
The same storm touched at KiowR and
Wellington. In Kiowa, the Missouri
Pacific depot and a number of dwellings
and buildings were demolished. and
though no loss of life is known, several
minor mishaps are reported. The dam.
age 10 property Is said TO be great.
Wellington aud vicinity suffered con
siderably and several persons were killed.
William Little's house, south Of WellinR-
ton, was blown To atoms aud Little and
four children were killed. Joe Walton's
house was picked up. and thirteen OF lis
occupants were more or less injured. Sam
Butterworth's house ana its occupants
wero carried 800 yards in the air. aud
some of the family were fatally hurt.
The storm. as far "a c,;n be determined,
swept across the country from the Indian
Territory, into the southwest part OF Bar
Der county. Kan, taking the little town
NJ Kiowa In it's path. In northeasterly
direction II pissed through Frazier county
and through the center Of sumner county.
Bending as n How,
IL passed almost directly north through
the remainder of Sumner county and along
the western part OF Butler county. Vii
lagc and farm houses were carried away as
it swept along. The tornado continued In
Kansas and the northwestern part Of Mis-
souri, yesterday. but was less destructive.
A dispatch from Fort Scott states that
southeastern kansas was visited by one
of the strongest wind storms for years.
No reports Of injuries TO persons have been
received, thoue;h many country barns,
on buildings aud haystacks and occasion
ally n we'll constructed residence were
destroyed.
The wind at I.eavenworth at noon had
become a hurricane and blew away y part
OF the roof Of the Great Western stove
works and work was suspended for the
day The rvyc OF the Great Western ma
chine works was lifted several feet and
dropped again. The tin roof Of Carwird's
opera house and the roof of the Caldwell
building on Delaware street were blown
away mt noon.
At ST. Joseph every telegraph and tolc-
phone wire has been torn down, small
dwellings demolished and many large
ones uuroofed. Thousands Of dollars
worth of damage was caused by the
breaking OF plate glass Ia store windows
In the eastern part OF the city brick
house was blown down. burying Tillie
Bushnell, aged Z, seriously injurin1 her.
At the factory Of Tootle, Hosea & Co..
there was a stampede of the several hun.
dred girls. A violent gust tore portions
OF the roof OF the factory.
At Marshall, No., the cupoia OF the
glass windows were blown In, and roofs
carried away
At Salina, tho house of NJ. A. Brather was
carried from its foundation and wrecked.
The family were at supper and all were In
jured The house OF Samuel Buckhoider
was demolished. Mrs. Zimmerman took
refuge IA her cellar. The house was de-
molished. and Mrs. Zimmerman WA "a
tally injured.
At Ottawa, Kan, the tower Of the
water compauy's building was toppled
over, roofs carried away and sidewalks
turned over. Trees were uprooted. and
much damage was done 20 orchards.
Az W,apusjurg, Mo, the Methodist
church was unroofed and the cupoln blown
down
At Chillico;h. Mo-, also. the cupola Of
the Methods, church was blown down
aud the builiing unroofed.
Iu Kanst, City the wind reached We
locity of -ixt,.four miles. The damage
consists principally OF roofs blown away
and plate glass windows broken. The roof
of the high school was blown of The
roof OF an apartment house was blown
away and grocery store lost It's roof and
and portion of its front. Signs wcrc
blown down all over the city. some OF
them crashing through costly plate glass
windows. Other windows were crushed
in by the force Of the wind Telephone
wires throughout the city were pros
trated. The smokestsck Of the power
house on the Northeast electric line was
topplcd over, necessitating = suspension
Of traffic. Telegraph poles all along The
railroad west Of here have been pros
trated, causing woeful tanyle of wires.
The loss NJ 81. Joseph is $4,000. Several
steamboats, there were swsmped or driven
ashore
Specials from Hiawatha, Kan, Sen
acs, Oucida. Horton, Lawrence. Bolekow
nnd Maryville. Mo. report great loss The