St. Paul daily globe., 1892-04-05
Cherryvale Suffers Severely
Two People Being Killed
by the Tornado.
Houses Demolished in Va
rious Places and General
Damage Done.
Tremendous Hail Storms in
Many Instances Cause a
Heavy Loss.

souri,, the details of which are only just
beginning to be received. So far as
advices indicate, the storm was not so
severe as that of last week, but the tel
egraph wires in both states have been
seriously damaged, and reports are not
Obtainable from all points where the
storm is known to have ragged. 1t may
be, therefore. that later dispatches Will
show that more lives were lost and more
damage done than is now apparent.
The storm was of different character
in almost every place heard from. AT
Cherryvalc. Kan, it was atornado. One
mile east of the town the wind destroyed
six houses. and two people were killed.
1t has been impossible to learn their
names. Up to 10 O'Clock tonight it has
been impossible to get telegraphic
connection with Cherryvale. and the
particulars of the disaster cannot be
learned. AT Burlington, Kan, the dis
turbance took the form of hail storm.
Hundreds of window lights were
broken and much damage was done to
fruit trees and crops generally.
killing Hail.
The hail stones were eight inches in
circumference, and the fusilade which
they made upon roofs of houses was
alarming. AT Emporia hail also fell,
the stones measuring an inch and half
in diameter. The storm prevailed in
the country districts in the vicinity of
Emporia and did great damage to fruit
trees and crops.
At Fort Scott, Kan, the storm was
the severest that ever visited that
vicinity: many roofs were blown away,
stables demolished and outhouses blown
down. Several windows III store rooms
were smashed in, and altogether the
damage is considerable. There was no
loss OF life, though The narrow escapts
were numerous.
Garland. near Fort Scott, town of
about 400 inhabitants, was visited by the
same storm. The hail smashed every
window in the town and did great dam
age to crops in the surrounding
country.
AT Bosworth, Mo-. the storm was
seen approaching, and the people, nat
urally nervous over the terrible expert
ence or their Kansas neighbors. sought
safety in their cellars. The storm came
on with terrible swiftness, but as it
seemed about 10 strike the town it
veered to the northwest or the east. In
that direction is thickly settled farm
ing region. Six houses in the path of
the storm were demolished. Farris
Nardis was badly hurt by flying tim
bers. Mrs. Wright. the wife of farm
er, was seriously injured, and several
others were slightly hurt.
bad yVaterspOut.
The storm, besides being similar to
tornado, was accompanied by water
spout which flooded all the creeks
Waukunka creek is out of its banks
and is rising rapidly. The creek is
Just east of the High Rock road. The
road is inundated, and the fields for
miles down the creek are under water
The crops there have been entirely
washed out. and the farmers will be
obliged to replant their crops. A ter
rible gale today followed the storm.
Reports from all over Kansas note Its
prevalence and give accounts of dam
age, which. however, was confined in
all cases to leveling OuthOuses, break
ing windows and signs and wrecking
roofs.
In this city the report got started in
some mysterious manner that cyclone
was due to reach hele at 2 o'clock. The
report spread with great rapidity and in
a short time was Oh every lip. Supt.
Greenwood, of the public schools, hastily
called meeting of the school board and
urged that the schools be dismissed for
the day to prevent any loss of life i'll
event of the buildings being blown
down. The order was issued and the
scholars were sent home with haste. at
O'Clock the streets of the city were
nearly deserted and hundreds of people
could be seen looking out of windows
scanning the sky for signs of the ap
preaching storm. The wind blew al
most a hurricane during the entire aft
ernoon, but there was no cyclone and
the damage was very slight.
A Genuine Cyclone.
A special to the Times gives the de-
tails of the storm at Cherryvale yester-
day. The special says: This section
of Kansas was yesterday visited by
terrible storm. This time it was a gen
uine cyclone. A funnel-Shaped cloud |
in the afternoon was seen approaching |
the town from the southwest. 1t was |
accompanied by deep roaring sound, |
and as it drew near it could be seen |
BILE velocity. 1t travelled with incredi- !
BILE speed and barely missed the town, |
passing one mile to the southwest.
1t demolished six houses in that VI
cinity, killing two people and fatally |
injuring another. The house of John
Reever, a farmer. was torE to pieces by |
the cyclone. Mrs. Reeves was killed |
outright, and Mr.. Reeves was fatally |
injured. Mrs. Nixon, the wife of another
farmer in the vicinity was also fatally |
injured in the demolition of her house.
Mrs. E. r. Lawson, of this city, was
struck by lightning during the storm
and was instantly killed. The damage |
to barns. 0uthouses. fences, ETC., is very |
great Reports from various places in |
the vicinity of Cherryyale report that
severe storm ragged there yesterday |
afternoon and last night, but no further
fatalities are reported. Much damage |
to crops and farm property is reported. |