The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-25
THE STORM KING.
A Fearful Storm in the West and
Northwest.
Its Greatest Destruction at Redbud, H.
A Cyclone and q Blizzard Join Hands
to Destroy-An Arkansas
Town wiped Out.

sh-fON 49,
REDRUD, III, Nov. 1S-Where for
merly existed a beautiful little town
full of happy homes is to-day a scene of
wreck and desolation- Houses, barns,
fences and orchards are leveled to the
ground and spread over the surround
ing country.
Entering from the south the cyclone
first demolished the Catholic church
and school and the residence of Herman
Drage. The German Lutheran church
was next leveled to the ground After
DESTROYING several barns and tearing
away all kinds of fences it struck the
large two-story residence of Peter Ken
dali. which was of solid stone, and
cruml,led it to fragments. Mrs Ken
dali was severely injured
4 large double brick house, occupied
by d. ID. Perry, as a dwelling, Office
aud composing ROOM was entirely de-
stroyed. The family We're buried in
the ruins, but managed to extricate
themselves without serious injury.
Peterson's agricultural warehouse was
blown Down. and fourteen other resi-
dences were destroyed.
The 1I-vear-old son of Jacob Koch
was killed instantly, and his mother
was fatally injured
The injured include the following:
Mrs Jacob Koch. fatally; Mrs. Peter
Kendall. Mrs Peter HARDEN. Mrs.
Louis Boyer. Julius Honn, Mr. Brennan,
Adrian Starr, Mrs Emma Crow, Mrs
John Manderfeldt Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Perry.
Many OF the people are without cloth
ing and shelterless, and the cold rain
makes their situation the more deplor-
able The property loss is estimated
at 500, 600.
Following is list of the houses de-
troyed: Catholic church and school,
German Methodist church. the houses
of Nv. Perkins, Fl. d. Rooge. f. Droege,
Joseph Voeght, John Lang. John Land
halt, John Rain, Peter Cordell, 5. D.
Perry, L. Kaffenberger, Ernest Budde,
Mrs Budde, Christ Jaeger, city Jail and
engine house, Mrs. Hauermann. C. Gre
low, ?. Zimmerman, Mrs Jacob Kobe,
Mrs. Rosemayer. John Kueker, Henry
Wahlmann, William Buettner, Henry
Bion, DR. Alley. John Barnes, NJ. Trey
erier, II. W. Schmidt, William Voges,
John VANDERBILT, William Michaels, B.
Miller, Charles Guebert. p. Enzenauer,
public school, William Steinde, Jacob
Miller, William Williamson. Frank
Lang, George Reiss, Alden Starr. Mrs.
Sopie Rathert, Henry Rathert, Dorothy
Rathert, John Wetzel. Mrs. Wetzel.
William Kellerhalz, Frank Lish. Fred
D. Guker, Continental. Mrs Dora Kauf-
mann, c. Boedecker's Office, Lutheran
church and school
As soon as the more fortunate of the
people of the little city recovered from
the first shock of the calamity, efforts
were at once directed to the caring for
the injured.
DESTRUCTION ELSEWHERE.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1S--The conflict of the
elements incident 70 the exit Of warm
weather and the advent Of winters
chilly blasts. eliminated yesterday in
one OF the most destructive and far
reaching storms of the year The in
jtial battle ground OF the mighty OPP !
posing forces it appears. was near the .
little city of Redb Randolph county, /.
in the extreme southwest part of illi- /.
nois. about eighteen miles from the
Mississippi river Sweeping from the
north came a tremendous storm of
snow. raiG and sleet which. encounter +
ing the warm air currents Of Egypt"
developed three distinct cyclouic storm
cer.ers. diverginc. from q common cen
ter near Rosebud
Taking Il sCutheasterly course one !
prong of the storm passed rapidly on
through western kentucky aud Ten
neSsee Ierelin- everything IN its path. (
anl only when northern Alabama was .
reached had it spent it, force. To the
westward passed a storm center. pass ,
ing through central Missouri. thence
across northern Kansas finally being
lost IN the u0aataius Of Wyoming.
Bat the curious feature Of this remark.
able atm os9Eer:5(listarbance iay in the
direction taken by the third
arm ro-cherly course through
Iowa. veering 10 the west in
70 Nebraska. leaving a hopeless
taugle % wires il it, wake, until it be-
came next to iraposs.bl, to reach any OF
the great cities west Of Chicago except
by circu.toTs routes.
\ CYCLONE AT EASCoUTAH
MAsCoCTAH Ill, Nov. IS-A cycloae
struez the southern portion Of - Clair
Washington and Clover counties at an
early hour this morning Houses were
blown down g. Fayetteville, New Mem
phis and QCecaslase The large lura-
Der sheds st The latte- place were seat
tered IN all directions. The clouds were
black IS night and Appeared 10 roll on
the ground. Whole orchards were de-
stroyed, many trees being twisted off
at shc ground. There were numerous
narrow escapes. but Is vet no serious
casualties have been reported. The
course Of the cyclone was from south
Yves a. northeast
AN ARKANSAS Town DESTROY ED.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. IS.-A special from
Durham. Washington county, Ark,
says thai that town. a small village,
was completely destroyed by a cyclone
at 3 O'clock yesterday morning. But
one house was left standing, No lives
were lost. The damage to property in
that section Is great