The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
SUMMING UP.
List of Fatalities BY the Recent Severe and
Disastrous storms From the state of
Texae Tn ChicaUo.


Samuel Barsdale. watchman.
Miss Mary Walsh, visitor from Jo-
liet, Ill.
Alice Hulett, aged Z.
Wamego. Kan: Mrs. Albert Eggers,
farmers wife.
Two children of Mrs. Eggers. aged 3
and >.
Joseph johnson, farm laborer.
Charles Taylor. farmer
Mrs. Charles Taylor, his wife.
Nine-year-old child of above.
Augusta, Kan: Albert Barnes,
farmer.
Infant child of William REoades.
Harmon Hoskins, farmer.
Infant son of the latter.
Mrs. Herbert Abbott.
Wellington. Kan: Mrs. Joseph Sho-
walters, farmers wife. Her infant
child.
William Little, farmer.
-Four children 0f the latter.
Bangs, Tex: Miss jackson.
Louis Brooks.
Frank BROOKS.
Mrs. Frank Brooks
Strong City, Kan: John Closer,
farmer.
Mrs. John Closer, his wife.
Infant child of the above.
South Haven, Kan: benjamin IL.
Maple. farmer.
James II. Maple. his son.
Wichita. Kan: Patrick Marlin. farmer.
Eureka, Kan: Miss Mary Rizer.
Moberly. Mo: Mrs. James Connolly.
st. Joseph, Mo-: Seven-year-old child
of Rev. L. Il. bushnell.
Santa Anna, Tex: Willie McCullorn,
aged "a.
Dubuque. Ia: An unknown man.
Wintersct, Ia: John Bard.
Vine Creek. Kan: Miss Smith, farm
er's daughter.
NEAR COVE, ARK.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 4.-Word
reached here yesterday morning of Il
singular and distressing accident near
Cove, Ark. An alliance picnic was held
Saturday which drew together crowd
of people numbering 100 or 200. In the
afternoon storm came up. The wind
was very strong, leveling everything in
its path. When it struck the woods in
which the picknickers had gathered
trees were blown down in all directions,
one OF which caught and killed two
persons and fatally injured two others.
Several persons were dangerously hurt
by pieces of flying timber. Cove being
some miles from a railroad or telegraphic
station it is impossible to get further
particulars.
RESULTS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April THE fatal effects
of the fearful storm are now fully
known. The ruined buildings yielded
a ghastly harvest. Four crushed and
broken bodies were taken from beneath
the huge piles of tangled rafters AID
bricks which had crushed life out in
stantly in their fall. Little Alice Hugh
lett died Saturday morning from the in
iuries received. All the people who
were in the frame cottage crushed by
the collapse of the great factory arc
now accounted for and the number of
those killed is known to be eight.
HAIL AT BURLINGTON. KAN.
BURLINGTON, Kan, April 4.-Sunday
about 1890 o'clock hail storm struck
this city. breaking out nearly all the
window lights in buildings on the south
side. Some of the hailstones measured
eight inches in circumference. The VI.
E. church and public school building
suffered heavily. A great deal of dam
age was done to farm property east and
south of here. Wind and rain accom-
panied the storm.
AT TOwASDA. KAN.
WICHITA, Kan, April 4.-Yesterdav
two more names were added to the roll
of victims whom death claims at To-
wanda. They are: Mrs. John Kerr and
Earl Kerr. her son. Both of these un-
fortunates died from the effects of skull
fracture received from flying missiles OF
the night during that appalling moment
of storm and stress. These added ones.
mother and son. increase the number of
dead at Towanda, as direct result of
Thursdays fearful tempest to a present
total of eight.
AT NoRBORNE, 10.
NORBoRSE, Mo-, April A terrific
hail storm visited this place at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. doing considerable
damage Stones fell measuring four
inches in diameter and weighing from
one and half to one and three-quarter
pounds. The storm came from the north
west and was accompanied by very little
wind. The skylights in the photograph
gallery were all broken. There was
very slight fall of rain.
AT DENVER, COL.
DENVER, Col. April IA terrible
storm passed over Denver last evening
1t is quite probable the cyclone viii
prove even more detructive than that Of
Friday. On the day it passed over Den
yer last week the barometer stood at 20.
while yesterday it fell to "a 1-l3. South
ern Kansas appeared to be the objective
point
SOME AMERICANS.
Mr.. WTSASs, the state superintendent
of public instruction in Kansas, was