Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02
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KANSAS CRY, AIril IA tornado
uf mad '.ra.fIci ,vcItst swept over
Kansas la,t night. Butter county
ems to hHvc suilrfud the Hf.n'tst
havoc. "uunWilga was wiptd or fur
Taco uf .AU each. ami Augusta, four
miles distant WIS completely Uui'etci
out % all iauihlnrce o. ser former SELF.
~ IDuHw ,lI town was a.lrtp
whUI tht storm swept down, and az.
a hpnse or building wa ltit h,lngIur.
The storm ray au CstIy tNiug IN ~
tTacA, ant iyit % .al bodies lyiug IN Il
wake Four yu already recovered
from the ruins rultcnUd. twenty Ter.
persons were fatally 90 jIfc b, nui f0r.y
moro or lees seriously, beside large
uumUUs sl.shly.
~ Auguai1, lIcgmsn Ha.dlly,
James Rarucs Aud nm infant child ui
VIII l'hoieN were killed outright. Fii.
teen Othurs wrrH hurt more or l,ss seri-
ousIy. Tnu wires are all down nud 1t
IN impossible to get Il detailed account
from either place.
In Ninwa, the Missouri Picihcde
ami % numlsr OF buildings were de-
mulIshed. Though TO lJss VI life u
known, several mishaps are reported.
Tho damage ~ properly il great.
~ Wellington William littIu's
hOuse was wrecked ana Little and four
Chilifun killed. joe Nai,tf'H house
wns carriet from the foundation nui
thirteen inmnlcH ni.gu Dr les injured.
Al B1.tCrwuFlh, q house, with IT, clu.
tents, was carried several hundred
yard and some we're fatally burt.
From indicltiOps the storm owcpt
acres. the country from the indian
Territory through Boutbon, Fr.llgr,
Sum mer and BItlur counties. Villages
nud .nmh1urrs were carried away ~
II swept along. The tomato c1utinutd
Ia Kansas aud the nouhw,st Territory,
but was less destructive. 8 uthuIsteru
Kansas was also visited last night by
the most destructive storm ia year.
No fatalities nte reported, out con-
siderable damage was dOnu.
AichisOn was visited hy a tornado
today Ut noon. Several buildings were
uuroOltd aud demolished, anu signs
aud awnlugs were scattered In every
direction. The Santa Re depot was
uuTooiod and the Scholastic Convent
demolished. Thrhll & Co.'s ware
hDusc vas destroyed aud the
grocery store Of Taylor & Go.
l. In ruins. The prison roof
was carried % aud lhc building
partly demolished. 4 small houss la
the Missouri Pacific yards was blown
Into the river. Hundreds VI chin.
nuys were blown down aud great deal
OF minor damage was done. Fruit
suffered badly In the county. No Que
was injured.
At Lpaveuworth tho Great Western
Stove Works was partly uuToofe1 and
work suspended Tor the day.
NJ -. Joseph mostly every telegraph
and telephone wire in the city has
boon torn down. 4 number OF smali
houses were demolished and latge ones
unroofod. Thousands OF dollafs' Of
damage was caused by the breaking
the ca tern part 0f the city q brick
iuung y child. ~ tho factory o. Too.
pudc Ut several hundred kris when
the wind tofe "a portion ~ tho roo, of.
No one was srfiuuslr Injured. A lis
Patch from Lawrence, kasp rays
TINT the wind n blowing gale
lAttts f'AttNN WllhlhhA ilhll1 Nhllls
iugs have been unTo0fei, and houses
demolished. The root ~ the llaskil
Ho,plla' was d own away, aud j.
nuressnry % uuch1r the buiitiug with
cables, 10 prevent blowing over.
In Kansas CITY the damage con.
II slod principally ~ roof blown away
and platn.glSss windows broken. The
root ot the High School at Iocus, aud
Telegraph streets was blown oil. There
YVES IN panic, but the school was dis.
missui. signs were blown down M
over the city, somn Of them crashing
through plhic,gllfs winiuws IN the
centre otthp husiuefs portion. Tele.
p one anu telegraph wires were pros
tTated.
There has been no l0fs Of life, Tho
greatest damage WAS suffered by the
Telegraph companies. Tine We'lorn
Union reports no communication
whichever with p0inlg wctl 9I the centre
81 X nss, aud lie, bot lew wirra east,
Mu4agvr are being resolved subject 10
delay. Tho Telegraph poles along AL
the railways eaRt OF here IRE prnttlatri,
causing u wUt iul thuglu % wires, with
which the wire mon have struggled al
day, apparently with little sucC5ss,