The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-04-06
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Mark the Path of a Terrible Tor
nado
Which Sweeps Over the west-A Seven
Story Building in Chicago Blown
Down, Killing Eight Persons
Devastation and Death In
Western Missouri and
Kansas.

CHICAGO, April IA terrific wind ant.
thunder storm passed over this city at 9
o'clock last night, wrecking buildings
and demolishing outhouses and pros
trating telegraph wires. The seven
story brick building at No. IA and 16
Pearce street, on the West Side, was
struck by the wind and crushed like an
egg-shell. The building was surrounded
by one and two-story frame and brick
buildings, the homes of laboring men,
which were also wrecked, killing and
injuring the occupants. The killed are
as follows: David Hulett, month old;
Horace Mott, 5 years old; Eddie Mott,
years old. Those fatally injured are:
Alice Hulett, years old, crushed about
the legs, body and head; Mrs. Ada Ke-
own, visiting at the residence of Thomas
Hulett, buried beneath mass of bricks
and fatally hurt; Mary Wigant, crushed
terribly about the legs and body;
Horace Wigant, an infant, badly crushed
about the head; James Mott, crushed
about the head; Mrs. James Mott, badly
bruised and mangled; Jane Mott, 12
years old, back hurt and otherwise in
jured; Mamie Mott, 10 years old, bad
wounds on the head. James McGowan,
his wife and son William, TO- years old,
are supposed to be buried in the ruins.
The building had just been erected by
Young & Kent, manufacturers of brass
work and was practically completed,
the roof having been finished this week.
1t was in the center of a mass Of one
and two-story frame buildings, nearly
all of which were occupied by poor
people. Immediately in the rear of the
building was two-story brick house,
the home of Thomas Hulett, who lived
there with his wife and nine children.
They were at supper and were enter
tanning as guests Miss Emma Hope, a
relative and her friend Mrs. Ada Keown.
When the building fell the force of the
terrible mass Of brick, iron, wood and
plaster seemed to be directed rearward,
completely burying the structure. All
the inmates were killed or injured.
The following additional have been
taken from the ruins: Dead-Mrs. Eliza
Allen, an invalid; Mrs. j. L. Gowan,
William Gowan, years old; Mary
Gowan, 4 years old; Mary Walsh, 20
years old Injured-Mrs. Ellen Glea-
son, slightly injured by falling book
case; Mrs. Kate 0'Shaunessy, slightly
cut about face; Mark Seavey, cut about
head by falling debris; Mrs Frank Gil
lenney, slightly hurt by flying debris;
Harry Wascoe, arm cut; Jacob jacques,
cut about head and arms; Henry John
son, cut on head and left leg seriously
hurt.
BY II o'clock all the dead bodies had
been removed except that of Mrs. Mary
Walsh. The work of removing debris
will continue all night, but it is not be-
lieve that any bodies save that of Mrs
Walsh are now in the ruins Eight
other buildings were blown down dur
ing the storm. A frame fiat building in
process of erection on Adams avenue
between Seventy-fourth and Seventy
streets collapsed, seriously injuring four
worlSmen.
KASsAs CITY, NO., April "A severe
storm ragged here all day yesterday and
reports from all parts of Kansas and
western Missouri show that this whole
section TO country has been the center
of cyclone area. A cyclone passed
through the western part of Kansas, de-
stroying the town of Towanda complete
ly, killing four people and wounding six
teen Others. The town Of Augusta was
greatly damaged and five people are re-
ported as killed and fifteen wounded.
From Ottawa, 0lathe and Salina come
reports Of severe winds which blew
down many houses and destroyed much
property, injuring several people but
causing no deaths.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April 2.-The storm
now raging in the west struck st.
Joseph at midnight Thursday. and at
sun down last night had inflicted dam
age TO the extent of at least 10000.
Nearly every house in the city is dam
aged. At least dozen business blocks
were unroofed, as was the immense
factory of Tootle, Hosea & Co., the five
hundred operatives rushing panic
stricken TO the street.