New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-29
THETORNADO'S AWFULWORk
MORE THAN A SCORE OF PEOPLE KILIE1
AT WELLINGTON. KANSAS.
TAKING E0DIEs FROM THE RUINs-MEREf
MAKERS CRUSHED BY FALLING "ALbs-
SCENES AND IScIDrHTs OF A TERRIBLE
>--cur orrrup royyNS STRICKEN.
N:GHT-OrHRR TOWNS STRICKEN

fusion incident to such cat1suODh'' ~ W.
sblc TO realize the calamity. The ight Of d'y SHOW"
that tbc oss OF life /, appalling. and the ruin 10
property great
The storm came from the Southwest and approachea
the city with rotary motion. appearing 10 o. 9o','
distance over the town. When II reached mere "
descended upon the centre OF the city win aPp'H'"o
force suddenly lifted sucking everything ih'o us
g1r1sp md rs suddenly dropping II. i'ecs
were torn from their roots houses turned around
stoves ocunlly lifted until they landed on the upper
floors of the ruins Freight cars which stood on 'he
track Of the Rock Island road were WcNco up a""
carried a distance OF 200 feet. In one instance
morse was actually taken from the ground ana cri0
70 the top Of a two story building little cmn was
taken out Of Its cradle. carried distance oi TWO
blocks and deposited upon the ground without oeIlS
iulurod The loss 10 property alone In this city VIII
he 1900 600 as almost all Of the large stocks o GOODS
I'm the city were destroyed by the coudburst which
followed the tornado after the latter had taHeh ''
the roofs away
p.por4s from ALL the country 10 the west are dis
couracfne and while there is no det'i.od news io"
the country In the immediate vicinity Of the city, the
indications are that the damage is terrible 1t Is safe
10 SOW that 80 buildings complete wreckS whlo
80 more are partially wrecked. MI the casualties
nrc not vet known. but the following list Is as Ie-
curatc as 1t now be made
KILLED.
ADAMSOS. Henry. laboer.
CAMPBELL. Frank u. norricd
HASTE James. UNMARRIED Killed In barJaTs chair IN
thc Phillip House while being shaved.
JONES. Ida. 4 watcss.
MAYOR James piano tuner Of Kansas CITY.
sAsHER Mrs. recently married crushed and burned 70
death
STRAND Miss: crushed and burned 70 DEATH
WEAVER. James. occupation unknown
rho.c thonght TO be fatally wounded arr Charles
,damson. unmarried the wife of Captain MaIam
badly crushed; Mr.. J. T. Hanna. crushed MIS-
Murphy. skull facturd; Charic' Sioner' SANTA fo
conductor: Maggie King daughter Of the late l. "
King: Edward Forsvthe, printer bones lTa''"t'i anu
internal injuries sylvia Forsythc. printer, siuh fract
ured Waiter For.ythc. printer, internally injured
ex sheriff Thrars child, Internal Injuries; Mrs koo
ert Mari Internal injuries, James Miller. EcphDn'""
candidate for Attorney .ueneral leg ard arm broken
Lieutenant william French and Cndet simmons "
the salvation Army Matte hoscs, Guy cory MT"
ard Weaver and Carrie Mtclc'i.
Forty Or iity were injured. but not seriously
Twelve bodies have already been taken on. oi the
ruins. 1t is believed that the list Of the dead WI!
number between twenty and thirty, ami the lhluicd
about seventy. -
The most distressing scene was that M tHe T"'"P'
House, where a bail was In progress When the e'"''"
hurst Tho dancers had little opportunity 10 escape
from the topping structure. y, The bliliinS BEGAN
,v,yinr Ia the terrific ea.r the pope ir the crowded
ballroom radc a frantic rush for the doors i"'
s.ar,yays and halls wore Immediately hlIeh by 'l'
eralcd men and women Who tore 81 ei'h o'ncI Il.
their mad rush for the open air. VIVA the Crash oi
ths walls about aud over them. there arose src".
vail Of despair from the Imprisoned ana dooh'o
r,opi. AZ the umbcrs crushed down upon
,b struggling merry makers their cries were spP'u
Lv tie mass Of timbcrS falling from "Oo'"
them Then came the slenc" of death ana lH'ehl.
,Ii,v only To be followed moment later by iic Shi'l
bIn,t. Of the tempest IL ru-h'd on 10 othei u'
.,ruc,iv, work and Dls .soDzcd -hrlcks oi 'nc IN
lui.d or dyine who We're pinned down In IN" MA"
N ,yr.rhacc Those who escaped rlm ia" b"lidlh'
lac,n immediately ;hc work oi rescue some % 'H'"
vino fed had left wives ana .verthcariS hu'oaHus or
htot,or, behind. Thc,e they sought In ID" i'lc "a
hrirhs and tinibcrs. ~ fast the bodies were A"ch
~, they were surrounded by crowd ol ANXIOUS
,.o,nl. who ,alnly tGod identity the mansIcd
corpss. ~
meeting of the salvation Army W., In progress
f., hall near the Robinson block. Tie lllllnS Walls
a, th, bnildIng crushed the hall, and 1t Is known
that Two were hlllcd. Probably when the wreck IN
,.o., cleared away il viii b, found that man. nor"
n,ri,hci /, va, past th" TIM for the ATmy 10
t,o,r,, HI, the storm kept the meeting tn. one
80 rho member, wa engaged In prayer whcn Tie
,,r,,odo struck the Robinson Block. Ecior" any u
them could nse from their knees the walls "i t"'
huldinr gave way. How any Of them cscIp'u "'N'
is marvel
Tho scene q. th" tomr rry hospital was one su'l
os I, rarely witnessed except upon bAitlch'u'
rh Cor wa. sotnr,,,-i With blood from tho wounds
~, thc many persons who taken there a. soon rs
they could b. cNtlicated from the wrecked b"i"hS''
Ihc. was little effort at order. Every on" was 700 'A
cited for that The injured were carrie III anu u !"
the fir. vacant place that could bc found upon the moor
rhen the rc,cncrs hurried away To rene" Their "HorN
in h.b,r of tho.c ,in In the ruins MI the physl-
f,os In town h,.tcncd to the spot. but there were o'
cuoucb 10 attend to All the calls upon ihcm ID no
co,, would thcy afford more than temporary r'Hci
NJ, a wound c0ud BE- d."s,ci Drf pnd the lm'I'"H''v
rcqnirn,mt, Of the ca.c. In some m'''l''' ""'''
v.rc omputated in the hurried manner that wa com
mon ON the fields of battle thirty years ago 'cl'p
wounds and accrou- were left 10 be- attended TO by
volunteers f,r The surgeons had their hands MI re-
Ievng the more -"rously hurt
The groans and cries that went mp from 'he Dnuu'"T
were piuful. An attempt was made To Keep tie nan
clear Of all except the re>uel' surgeons u'' "9''
ant. and messengers. 1hi, ailci to the agony iof
in u short time after the catastrophe occurred the
,cts were crowded with people scarf hing for friends
and ,,.a,lyr. Every one wanted to 20 into the hon
plt,l and with difficulty they were prevented from
crowdag in upon tho surgeons aud sufferers.
Every available in the city was engaged In the
work of rescue, conducted under the cadcrSh'p Oh
George whittier president Of the Council.
The Lutheran Church turned completely over,
liza courthou,e demolished Presbyterian Church re
duccd I, splnters and " the Speckn0tt blocN on INC
piincipal street OF the town, composed ot hail
dozen brick buildings there Is nothin; but Pile ol
bilcL mortar and glass. Tie standard bIocN' N'N
brick buildings, were completely WRECKED. In ihS
block The Wellington Daily Mali and The summer
County Standard were published. These plants were
utterly destroyed. as were "Thc Monitor Press ana
=" Tho Voice. In the Speclnoit Elock The
foundry and stove works were also lcveiied
TO the ground. In Washnston-ave. every house on
each side Of the street Is unroofed the back walls are
ont Of many Of them and window glass, are generally
ana ,hod The Opera IIousc a wreck and Phillips
Hotel a complete ruin. Great damage was done 70
the Rock Island lumber yard. The schoolhouse Is
total wreck
There Is only ono Telegraph wire between here ana
the Fast and II is difficult matter to get message
out IT,
The santa Fe ran special train from Wichita
bringing Il corps Of fifteen Doctors
the storm came In a manner that no two can agree
in describing say II came bl The shape of n
tyi,tcrn While others say II did not navc the char