Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-09
A LONG DEATH LIST.


telegraph service is being reestablished
Kansas many strange stories are being
brought in about the freaks of
the wind which caused so much
devastation all over the west
ern part of the state. The list of
dead and injured is increased with
every new report received and it is now
estimated that the list of fatalities will
reach sixty within the state border,
while three are reported killed at Okla
homa.
The following is the estimate placed
on the dead and wounded as near as it
can be ascertained at this time. South
Haven, eight dead and thirty-two in
iured; Wellington, four dead and twen-
ty-three injured on farms between
these two towns, five dead and nine in
jured; Towanda, seventeen dead and
forty-five wounded; Augusta, seven
death and nineteen injured; Homestead,
five dead and seven injured; Strong
City, two dead and eight wounded; Sa-
lima, fifteen injured, three fatally.
These towns are the only ones from
which anything like definite report
has been obtained, but from meager
reports received the dead at other
places will make up the estimate of
sixty, as stated above.
Butler and Greenwood counties ap-
pear to have been the worst victims, as
they were in the immediate center of
the low atmospheric pressure. From
these counties come the stories of the
winds fantastic work. A son of Will
liam Eggers, in Butler county, was
taken from his fathers arms by
the force OF the wind and dashed
against tree in front of the Mortified
parents, while the father barely felt the
force of the wind.
William Corners and James Horton
were driving in a light wagon when the
storm approached them, and they
whipped their horses into run to es-
cape. Conners jumped out and ran TO
the head of the team, when tornado
struck them. The wagon with Horton
were blown away and he was killed.
The horses and Conners were unhurt,
and he says he did not feel the wind at
all.
James Wilson, in Greenwood county,
was caught up by the tornado, carried
through the air and forced against the
side of barn, where scantling was
run through his body. He was pinned
to the barn feet from the ground and
died in horrible agony.
| A schoolhouse standing in the path
of the storm near Augusta was carried
away almost intact. The building was
torn from the floor, which was left
| standing. On the floor the tables,
books and other school supplies were
left entirely undisturbcd.
At Haven River a cow was lifted from
the ground and carried to the top of a
house and deposited on an angle of the
roof so that she could not fall, and it
was necessary to kill her to get her
from her position.
WELLINGTON, Kan, April 4.-The
cyclone and waterspout which passed
through Sumner county Thursday night
was the most destructive in the history
of Kansas The roaring of the
wind was heard for miles. Start.
ing at a point eighteen miles south
east of this city, it cut path
of ruin and desolation twenty miles
long and one-fourth to one-halt
a mile wide. Nothing was spared and
everything above ground was literally
torn to pieces. Trees were torn up by
the roots and buildings, live stock and
fences were picked up and carried long
distances.
At Dalton, miles west of this city
the storm was fiercest. The house o1
William Little was crushed, he and his
four children killed and his wife badly
injured. Near by, Samuel Butter
worth's house collapsed and he anG
four members of the family were car
ried 500 yards and dropped into
an orchard. HIS hip was crushed ant
his leg broken. His daughter was
caught in the timbers of the house bu
escaped with slight injuries. There
We're thirteen persons in Joe Showal
ter's house when it was struck and al
We're injured. Showalter had {
leg broken and other injuries. Mr.
Maple and his son, of Portland, were
badly injured by the wrecling of theil
house and the father will die. Abou
fifty persons in all were injured and a!
yet it is impossible to make any esti
mate of the damage to property.
WAMEeo, Kan, April 4.-Friday'.
windstorm passed from the south to the
north about miles east of Wamego
and five deaths are so far reported
while one other person, Charles Fow
ler will not live. The deaths are Mrs
Albert Eggers and two child en-
Joseph johnson and a child of Charles
Taylor.
SALINA, Kan, April 4.-Reports from
various parts of the country bring new
of great disaster caused by the storm
Thursday night. The little village o
Vine Creek was wiped out. At Smola
ever house is demolished and one chile
reported killed. Oalvillc, small vii
lnge. is blown away and not Il hous'
left standing. Several were injure1
there but not seriously.
OMAHA, Neb., April 4-Thirty of thu
best residences in the town were com
pletely destroyed by Thursday night
cyclone. Almost every house in th'