The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-29
The CYCLONES WORK
Terrible Destruction of Life and
Property.
PARTIALLIsT oFTHE CASUALTIES
Daylight Discloses Sad Scene o! Desolation
and Death-Harper, Kan, Also
Visited by the Cyclone.


Visited by the Cyclone.
WELLINGTON, Kan, May Southern
Kansas has again suffered visitation from
the dreaded cyclone which swept across
Harper and Sumner counties leaving death
and destruction in its track To add to
the havoc wrought by the cyclone, water
spout devastated the northern part of
Harper county and lightning claimed its
share of the damage.
Whole towns, farm houses and barns
went down before the terrible force of the
storm and human life was ruthlessly
sacrificed.
Fifteen dead at Wellington, seven at Har-
per and unveriied five at Argona compose
the list of the victims in the towns, while
from the country districts come reports of
SIX killed. The list will probably be in
creased, as complete details are wanting.
The storm burst with fearful sudden
ness, giving no one an opportunity to
escape its furry. AT Rego the storm took
the nature OF water-spout, but details of
the Damage done are not received, and it is
not known whether any lives were lost.
AL wellington the Episcopal church was
down almost TO atoms, while the Luth-
eran church, directly opposite, was
turned upside down, the floor now
resting on the roof and being other
Wise unhurt. The Wellington school
house was completely wrecked, and on TOP
OF the debris sits heavy stove upright
and uninjured.
freight cars were lifted from the tracks
and carried long distance in the air and
deposited on the ground uniniured.
horse was carried to the roof of a two
story house and deposited there, while a
paoy was taken from cradle in the same
mouse, carried 200 yards ard laid gently on
the ground only slightly hurt.
The loss Of property in the city alone is
nail a million dollars. Nearly all large
stocks OF goods in this city were destroyed
by the cloudburst which followed the
cyclone. Reports from all the country
west are very discouraging. While there
ls no DEFINITE news, the indication is that
the
DESTRUCTION WAS TERRIBLE
1t IS safe to say that $50 buildings were
wrecked and as many more partially de-
moished.
All the casualties are not yet known, but
the Following are as accurate as can now
be made:
Mrs. SAsRER.
Miss STAND, Mrs. Sasher's sister.
HENRY ADAMsoN.
JAMES WEAVER
IDA JONES.
FATALLY WOUNDED.
CHARLES ADAMsuN.
Mrs. CAPTAIN MAHAN.
Mrs. J. L. HANNAH.
Mrs. MURPHY.
CHARLES SToNER, Santa Fe conductor.
6 Little MAGGIE KING.
Ed. FoRsYTHE.
SILVA FoRsYTHE.
ALTER FORsYTHE.
Fx-Sherif THRALL's child, Republican
candlte Tor attorney general, leg and arm
broken
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM French and
CADET SIMMONS, of the Salvation Army.
MATTE HODGES.
Guy COLBY.
Dick WEAVER.
CARRY MITCHELL.
E. j. FoRsYTHE.
Missing-Professo Mayer and Hart Up
son.
Forty O., fifty more are injured, but not
seriously
The greater portion of the city is COM
pletelY devastated and the entire commun-
lty, consisting of 5000 to 5000 people.
thrown into CONSERVATION. The shouts of
rescuers mingled with the cries of the suf-
ferlng, while the unhurt rushed from their
homes partially dressed. AS soon as the
wind subsidized every able bodied available
man in the city
ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF RESCUE
under the leadership of George Whittier.
president of the council. At O'Clock the
tornado descended on the town. The Luth-
eran church was tnrned completely over,
the court house was demolished, the Pres
by terrain church was reduced to splinters.
and OF the Specknock block on the princi-
pal street, composed of half dozen BRICK
buildings, nothing is left but pile of
brick, mortar and lsthes. The Standard
block, consisting of six brick buildings is
completely wrecked. The Wellington Ddflu
Mail and Sumner County STANDARD were
published in this block Their plants were
utterly destroyed, az were the Monitor.
Press and Voice in the SpecknocK block
The foundry and stove works were leveled
to the ground.
On Washington avenue every house
on each side of the street was unroofed.
The opera house Is q wreck and Phillips
hotel is ruined. Over half dozen or more
bodies will be taken from its debris. The
principal church is in splinters. and the
school house is total wreck. ONLY one
telegraph wire is in operation
messages Irom DanNllle report a very
disastrous cyclone at Harper. Two HIM
dred men are at work clearing awav the
Phillips house wreck. AT least two more
bodies are expected to be found there A
special train brought twelve physicians
from Wichita.
THE SEARCH FOR BODIES WAS CONTINUED
with undated eagerness, and at o,clocl,
the body of James Mayor, piano tuner of
Kansas city, was found and taken from the
ruins of the Phillips House. Beside him
was bible, which he was reading at the
time the hotel was destroyed. About thirty
minutes later the body of Hart Epson. a
barber, was found beside the chair in
which he was shaving TASTY, when both of
them were killed. Immediately after the
body of Epson was discovered the bodv of
Tom Cornwell, farmer of Belle plain. was
found.
Lieutenant French, of the Salvation
army aud comrade are very seriously in
jured. and may die at any time
At O'Clock Jesse Bowers, the colored
barber who was injured, died, and Ed
Forsythe will probably not survive the
night.
All dead bodies are now at the under
takers and will be buried tomorrow.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
The fire in the ruins of the Alliance ex-
change building has been subdued. The
of one Of the firemen caught fire
while he was making desperate effort 10
rescue an unfortunate woman who was he
Ing cremated, and he came within an ace of