The Lamar register., 1892-04-09
THE GREAT STORM
1T CARRIES DEATH AND DE-
STRuCnoN.
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri anu
the chief sufferers

Dfspatshes from many points indicate 'nA'
the great storm which swept over the
states on the sist dld serious damage. rams
ON nearly all the railroads have been delassA
by snow storms, and the telegraph lines H4'1
t,., 5cr,p-ed 80 that Il Is
impossible to get anything lise full reports OK
tic damage done, The reports from N'''z'
indicate that many lives we're lost
From the country around south Lt"'e1
John Moorehouse and one child, MIS-. i1nN
Shepcri aud John Bcrmaster' wife asd '.ISo
children, are reported among the dcai' 1',s
scores of Others are severely lniured- 'Ae.-
ling. 90 fully thirty farms have been aelno''
shed, .,
Joseph shoEa;tey's house was destroycl
near Wellington and thirteen people uAils
Injured \ little north Of this The storm
rreellsd the house of William Little Nlllcd
ulrl and four children and fatally injured DIS
sife. samuel ButterEor;h another farmer
lost bis home aud the lives Of himself and 'N'
grandchildren
AZ he town Of ToRanda only one house IT,
mains, while James Bailey John Blake Geo
Blake. Herehcl CGln and J. Godirsy arc
known to be among TIC dead Many oiHsi'
arc missing and arr supposed 10 be teahL
dozen more arr dying and thirty or iofiE arc
severely Eogndcd. Thcsc all lay all u.rat
long IN the dreuchIns rain without profession
sfirr The storm. At Augusta William
Rhodes. Harmon Hosi,ins and Albert Barnes
were killed. Willie RhUades being ararEea
from his fathers arms an1 dashed 20 d-aiA
against tree. At Homestead Joha Gio-f1'f
ID. wife and child were killed uiHaT Faall
towns are reported demolished, but a. tEsfe Is
no telegraph communication tAo f1A extent
4 not known
At Ottawa the water cCupany's tower ta1'-
pTe,l over, r1afs wgre carried away, sidewalks
turned over, trees up1oJiei and HEnch l7a1-
a-c done 20 orchards
Great damage uzs d11c to T71Tel-y la
western Missouri bat fsN LTc zre reported
lost
From Texas It Is reported that SsU'l Anna
and seyeral uciEGb5riRs towns urrc He-r.F
wiped out Of existence, AMI uumtcE % ier-
sons killed
NetrasEa sufIercl severely. Ncls1a vas
laid waste. The winds struck Neisoa iruzl
the southern part of the state and rsr1rts atst1
the,-to1n struck EI-ar and otheE places IN Clay
county. coutIuulnE on 60 Norfolk lt ulsf
have t-avcrseI over 80 miles Of s1me % nc
finest county 0f thc state In Clay. ftiuorf,
York. Polk Platte aud MaIle1H c5uat.cs-
Great Efforts % seaaru ness fE1B thGsa lHlE-
ties to-day have been made bot DC rgis1-.'
are maaEcr.
A terrible south wind prevailed al, grer
Iowa witch vas especially destructive 90
us1pa-tT "a tie vt-t EaIf q thc stalE- in
the vicinity Of De- M6laes The uIui zlia-aola
velocity Of 100 miles an hour aal a~crs-ui
A tar rgte of stxtv miles psr hour Llial-
Inrs were uuroosssI, chimney bl1wu daun aul
felees and light Structures destroyed. Iie
iOss il difficult 10 estimate, hui J. % W 20. D.
les than sl50,noj in De- Nolars.
AT Boone. Stuart, Atlantic, Gathrie CsatcE,
IudlanoIa and other Western Iowa towns
great damage TO property IL rcporied- bar 20
I6ss Of life. The damage % stuart e cs1illat1l
at SlJ0yO0l. il T. cYGu greater q Booze,