The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-03
TERRIBLE STORM.
A Tornado Passes Through Well
ington and Harper, Kan
Fifteen or More Persons Killed aud Many
Wounded - The Scenes Or Terror
and Wreck Of Build
Engs.

WELLINGTON. Kan, May 8O.-Death
dealing tornado swept down upon this
city and vicinity Friday night without
warning from the signal service, and
when II had passed on its fearful way it
left at least ten dead and scores of
wounded and $500, coo damage in its
trail in this city alone, while at the
towns Of Harper and Argonia almost az
great disaster is reported, and in all
the surrounding country there Is every
reason to believe that there is death
and ruin.
It was just o'clock when the storm
descended from the west upon this city.
It came in manner that no two can
agree in describing. Some say IT was
in the shape OF a twister, while others
say it did not have the Characteristic
funnel shape OF the tornado, while 9TH
ers say that it simply descended in the
shape of a storm cloud and then sud
denly lifted, sucking everything be
meath it with it, and then as suddenly
dropping it.
The loss to property alone in this city
will be $500. 600 dollars as nearly all Of
the large stocks OF goods in the stores
were destroyed by the cloud burst,
which followed the tornado after it had
taken all the roofs away. It is safe to
say that $50 buildings are complete
wrecks, while I50 more are partially
wrecked.
An the casualties are not yet known,
but the following list of the killed is as
accurate as it can now be made: James
IIastie, unmarried; killed in barber
chair in the Phillips house while being
shaved. Frank Campbell, married;
killed IN the Phillips house. James
Mayor, a piano tuner Of Kansas City;
killed in his room in the Phillips house
while reading his Bible Mrs Sashcr,
recently married. crushed and burned
to death. The shock has affected the
mind of her husband. Miss Strand,
Mrs. Sasher's sister; crushed and
burned TO death Henry AdamsOn,
.laborer; pierced by a heavy fragment Of
plate glass. James Weaver, occupation
unknown; crushed beneath the walls
Ida Jones, q waiter; crushed to death
beneath Il falling wall- Hart Upson,
still missing.
Fatally wounded: Charles Adamson,
unmarried; Mrs. Capt. Mahan, badly
crushed; Mrs T. J. Hanna, crushedi
Mrs. Murphy, skull fractured; Charles
Stoner, Santa Fe conductor; Maggie
King, young daughter of the late ]. n.
King, wounded; Ed Forsythe, a printer,
bones fractured and internal injuries;
Silva Forsythe, printer, skull frac-
tured; Walter Forsythe, a printer, in
ternal injuries; child Of ex-SheriR
Thrall, internal injuries; Mrs. Robert
.Millard, internal injuries; James Law
renee, republican candidate for attor-
ney general, arm and leg broken; Lieut.
William French, Salvation army; Cadet
Sammons, Salvation army; Mattio
Hodges, Guy Colby, Dick Weaver, Carrie
Mitchell and Z. J. Forsythe.
Between forty and fifty moro are in
jured, but none seriously.
Ten persons are now dead and all the
except Mrs. Murphy, who viii probably
die before the next twcuty-four hours.
IT is now conceded that all the bodies
are found and the people have aban-
doned any further search. The cyclone
which was seen here at o'clock passed
northwest about mile west of Corbin,
in Sumner county, It did no damage
so far rs heard from, in that vicinity at
least
Another cyclone originating in the
Indian territory was seen west Of Cald-
we'll, but it was very small and did not
. touch ground.
A farmer who has just arrived in
town reports a species of cloudbnrst at
s. South Haven, in this county. The rain
fall is said to be terrible.
AT HARPER
HARPER, Kan, May Sf.-The stern
reality Of a storm wrecked town dawned
upon the sorrow-stricicen people OF
harper ana vicinity oQuNEy morning
The correct list of the dead SO far as
Hscertained is as follows: w. L. Strana-
than, Mrs Thomas Gallagher and four
year-old child, Louis Harrison, Mrs
Howard Tomlin's child.
The supposed fatally injured are as
follows: Mrs Howard Tomin, Mr.. and
Mrs Felrath, Pete Girard, Mrs A Frey,
Mrs l.. Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Nance,
Mrs Sayres, James Dickinson, s. Chal-
lis, wife and baby.
The seriously wounded are; S. E
Cole, Robert Liebrecht, Peter Corby,
James Dickinson, A. E Mallory and
wife, Mrs. Minor, Ezra Evans, Mrs.
Baker, Winn Baker, Mrs Mathews, W.
G. Lind.
Many thrilling and heartrending tales
of narrow escapes were reported all day
yesterday from the country where the
tornado travelled At Danvile, about
ten miles east of Harper. the tornado
seems to have taken the form of a cy-
clone, rising in the air and passing over
the village and doing no damage
Reports from the country through
which the tornado of Friday night
passed demonstrate the losses to be
greater than ut first reported. The
course of the storm as indicated by its
trail represents an imperfect letter IS, d
esnd swept over the country for q dis
tancs OF at least fifteen miles
EsaIsinr the British FIaF.
LONDON, Efay sO.-The news from
America that the authorities at New
York refused to raise the British flag oI
the queens birthday has caused a de
dftied sensation, as it is generally cOnsid
cred in England as a reflection not 81
much on the queen as the English peo
pie, in view Of the fact that other for
'eign flags are said to be freely esrhibitec
on the public buildings 1t is said that
the conservatives will make free ane
effective use of the incident as indicat
ing a distinct unfFisndl8ness TO the En-
Ulish people where ever the Irish havs
nniitical eontrol and as an argument