Iron County register., 1892-04-07

houses and broke many windows. A
tent occupied by family named Pal
mer was blown away and little child
was seriously injured.
The next obstacles in the path of de-
struction were the Episcopal church and
the residence of C. G. Miller. Miller's
house was badly demolished, falling
debris seriously injuring two of his
children. The Episcopal church is
total wreck and cannot be repaired.
The Congregational church had the
bell and dome blown from it and landed
in the street below. The church was
otherwise damaged, probably in all to
the amount of $4,000. At the time there
were about twenty-five teachers in the
building.
At Sutton, considerable damage was
done: Joe Needon and his family, in
Guiding eight children were in his house
when the building was crushed and
scattered all over the prairie, but not
scratch or bruise was inflicted on any of
the family.
Messrs. Trollepe and Pearson had
their barns and houses blown away.
In Omaha the wind played havoc with
the wires again. Most of the day not a
wire could be used. All wires west are
down. Many small buildings were
blown down, but no one was injured.
It was the worst wind storm visiting
Nebraska in years.
A Trail of Death.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, april about s
o'clock Thursday night a tornado at
tack the western border line of X ansas
near South Haven, Sumner county, and
ball-ElSe. it bounded through Sumner
and Butler counties, demolishing every
thing in it's way and kill and naming
scores of people. The telegraph wires
are so demOralized that it is i'm
possible to get 1.-THE of the informa-
ton necessary to base an exact calcula-
ton, but the death roll will reach fully
fifty.
From the country around South
Haven, John Moorehouse and one child,
Mrs. Frank Shepard and John Bermas-
ter, wife and three children are reported
among the dead, while scores of others
are severely injured.
Dwellings on fully thirty farms have
been demolished.
Joseph Showalter's house was de-
stroyed near Wellington and thirteen
people badly injured.
A little north Of this the storm
wrecked the house of William Little,
killed him and four children and fatally
injured his wife.
Samuel Butterworth, another farmer,
lost his home and the lives of himself
and two grandchildren.
At the town of Towanda only one
house remains, while James Bailey.
John Blake, George Blake, Herchel
Culp and j. d. Godfrey are known to be
among the dead. Many others are
missing and are supposed to be dead.
A dozen moro are dying and thirty or
forty are severely wounded. These all
lay all night long in the drenching rain
without protection after the storm.
AT Augusta William Rhodes, Harmon
Houskins and Albert Barnes were
killed, Willie Rhoades being dragged
from his fathers arms and dashed to
death against a tree.
At Homestead John CLOSER, his wife
and child We're killed. Other small
towns are reported demolished, but as
there is no telegraphic communication
the full extent is not known.
The Storm In Southwestern Kansas.
WICHITA, Kan. April "A tornado,
attended by the greatest of fatalities
ever credited to single storm in the
state, swept over southwestern Kansas,
Thursday night, leaving in its wake,
death and destruction. The storm
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Kiowa and jumped from there to New
Haven, Sumner county, through which
it cut swath nearly mile
wide, wherever it descended to the
earth. Jumping this (Sedgwick county,
the wind next bonn barded Butler county
to the east and almost obliterated the
village of Augusta and Towanda, leav-
ing so little standing in the latter that
it is a marvel how soul escaped. But
one building was left in Towanda. a
place of 800 souls Five people were
killed outright, namely:
DR.. J. d. Godfrey
H. Cupp.
J. B. Bailey.
John Blake.
George Blake
Ten more are fatally injured and half
hundred more or less seriously
MANNED.
At Augusta the killed are:
Harmon Hoskins.
James Barnes.
Child of Will Rhodes.
The child was blown out of it's
mothers arms, and it's head and body
were later picked up hundred feet
apart VIII Rhodes is fatally injured,
as is also the wife of Hoslins. Fifteen
others were badly hurt.
At Kiowa, the Missouri Pacific depot
and buildings were demolished, but no
loss of life is reported.
Sumner county suffered largely both
in loss of life and property. For Is
miles everything that the wind came in
contact with was destroyed.
Near New Haven, Ben H. Maple and
son and w. r. Morchouse are reported
to have received fatal injuries.
South of Wellington, VIM. Little's
house was blown to splinters and his
four little children were killed.
Jos. Showalter's house was picked
up and with its thirteen occupants was
carried 300 yards and dumped in a heap,