Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-04-06
The Storm.

Last Thursday afternoon disagreed
BILE wind sprang up, which grew worse
as night approached, and at 7:30 O'Clock
a stiff gale was blowing and a sand
storm was threatened. About this time
very heavy rain began to pour down,
lasting for about twenty minutes. The
wind then gradually died away and at
$3.50 O'Clock the air was warm and quiet.
AT 8 O'Clock Friday morning the wind
suddenly sprang up and blew with fury
all night, and till about O'Clock Fri
day afternoon, when it quieted down TO
a gentle breeze.
The worst damage in this city was
done to the Star barn, large high
frame building. about 25 x 60 feet. This
building is badly twisted over to the
east, the roof is swagged, and the west
side is bent in. The whole building
will probably have to be taken down.
The Usage hotel was shaken some, and
the plastering on the dining room walls
cracked. BY some means the wind tore
the paper on the ceiling quite badly.
Out-houseS were blown down all over
town, and some few fences were In
jured.
In the country we have heard of but
little damage. Clay McGrath says he
had 40 acres of late sown wheat blown
out of the ground. w. II. Worland had
wagon load of hay ready to bring to
town, and as the wind was blowing he
tied it down. Friday morning he found
the hay, but the wagon was on top. J.
I. Terhune, near Hazelton, was dam
aged by his sheds and barns blowing
down. James O'Connell. six miles east
of Hazelton, lost his residence, and his
wife and child were seriously hurt.
Reports from Kiowa say that the
wind, which had been from the west
through the day, changed to the south
east, and by o'clock In the evening
was regular gale, accompanied by rain
and hail. Soon after o'clock it chang
ed to the southwest with the force of a
hurricane. Buildings of every descrip-
ton were taken on the wings of the
wind and scattered over the town. Fri
day morning the city presented sorry
sight. Among the buildings demolislI-
ed are the Missouri Pacific depot and
round house, and the Christian church
building. The residences of DIR. Cloud
Mrs. Beal, M. j. Lane, NJ. l.. Mcclure
L. A. Gleason and Major Lamont are
| total wrecks There was quite STAN.
| pede among the campers awaiting the
openIngof the Cherokee Strip, and those
on their way to the Cheyenne and Ar.
rapahoe country. No lives were lost
This storm made its appearance al
Nelson, Nebraska, and moved east, and
blew down houses as far east as ST
Louis and Chicago. The first disaster
reported was at Nelson, Neb.. not many
miles north of the Kansas line. where
five people we're hurt. The tornado
swept over nearly half of Kansas from
the southwest, touching Kiowa. Wei
lington, Augusta, Towanda, Eureka
and Wamego. Near Wellington mar
and four children were killed. at Au
gusta three persons were killed and
seven or eight injured. Towanda was
almost totally destroyed. Five person.
were killed and scores injured. severa
fatally. AT Eureka one woman losl
her life, and at Wamego Mrs. Egger.
and her two children were killed. Tive
others also lost their lives at Wamego
at St. Louis wall was blown dowr
and tour men injured, one fatally. Al
Chicago seven story brick building
fell during the storm and the debri.
crushed in the houses of several work
| ingmen, killing seven persons and In
juring several others. The damage t.
. fam and town property in the track o
| the storm is enormous, but at presen
incalculable.