The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Turning Brought Full Real
nsien " ths Horrors a
s||Is Wellington.
ruliy 400 Duildings In That Town
Blown into Heaps OF
Debris.
sNha Numbsr Of Dead S~mall-MIany More
Wsrs Iujursd-HArpsr and Ar
gonia Waited.

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s Waited.
NrrxIxaroN, Kan, May 2a-The de
stfuction 20 life and property by las
ntnht,s cyclone is terrible. In the darkness
ma confusien last night II was impossible
" reslizs the enormity of the calamity
The Hight Of day invests the scene OF do
atyuction with a distinct and awful realiza'
Non of III scope. Tho loss Of life ID appall
wy and the destruction Of property 10 great
The storm WAS rotary. and coming from I'M
soua1thwest IL descended on tho city With ap-
Falling force, suddenly rose. sucking every
AhirR MP, and as suddenly dropping IL
Trees we're torn from their roots, houses
3 around and freight cars were lifted
and carried 200 fcet. Stoves were lifted NJ
Us The second stories. In n instance q
horne was taken up and deposited on . two
story building. A little child was taken ont
of hes cradle, carried two blocks and de-
Spositsd Oh tho ground uninjured.
Tho loss Of property in this city alone IL
halt 4 million. Nearly all tho large stocks
III goods in tho city we're destroyed BY a
oloudburst which followed the Cyclone.
Reports from all tho country west are very
discouraging, and while there is no definite
news, Indications are that the destruction
vns terrible. II is safe to say that 100
shpildinas we're wrecked, and As many more
partially demolished. All the casualties
afs not vet known, but the following ia as
accurate aa can nov be- made: Mrs. SAsher,
! bride; her young husband il ravinR; Miss
Strand, Mrs. Sasher's sister; Henry Adam
ron, James Weaver and Ida Jones. The
fatally wounded are. Charles Adamson,
Nrs. Capt. Mahan. Mrs. ]. T. Hanna. Mrs.
Murphy, Charles Stoner, a Santa Fe SON
ductor, Little Maggie JinR, Ed Forsythe.
ox-sAeri6 Thrall's children, Mrs. Robert
Nillasd, James Miller, republican candi-
dats for attorney general, leg and arm
broken, Lieut.. William French and Cadet
simmons, Of the Salvation army, Matte
Hodges, Guy Colby, Dick Weaver, Carrie
Mitchell. Missing, Prof. Mayer and Hart
upson. Forty or fifty more were injured.
hnt not seriously.
The greater portion of the city was COM
pletely devastated and the entire COM
nunity. consisting of i've to six thousand
people, thrown into CONSERVATION. Shouts
Oh tue E68Gu0Ib MAuk1G0 "WlbA viz SI1cS VI
the suffering while the unhurt rushed from
their homes partially dressed. Az soon AZ
the wind subsidized every available man in
the city was engaged in the work of rescue
under the leadership of George Whittier,
president OF the council.
II was nine O'Clock whom the tornado
dsscsnded OF the town. The Lutheran
church was turned completely over and the
court house demolished. The Presbyterian
church was reduced to splinters and of the
6pecknock block, on the principal street.
composed of half q dozen brick buildings,
nothing was left but a pile of brick, mortar
md laths. The Standard block, consisting
~ six buildings, was completely wrecked.
Thu Wellington Daily Mail and the Sum
Nor County standard, published in this
g were those Of the Monitor, Press and
Voice, ia tho Specknock block. The foun-
dry and stove works were leveled to the
ground. On Washington avenue every
house on each side of the street was IN
rooted. The opera house was wrecked and
the Phillips hotel ruined. Over half a
dozen or more bodies have been taken from
Ito debris. The principal chuSch is in
1plinters, and the school house is a total
wreck. Messages from Danville report a
very disastrous cyclone at Harper. Two
hundred mon are at work clearing away
the Phillips house wreck. At least two
more bodies are expected to be found
there. A special train brought twelve rhy-
eicians from Wichita.
At Rego the storm took the nature of q
waterspout. but the details Of damage done
have not been received and it ia not known
whether any lives we're lost. At Wellington
the Episcopal church was blown almost to
atoms. while the Lutheran church, directly
opposite. was turned updsids down, and 10
now resting on the roof, otherwise unhurt.
The Wellington school house was COM
pletely wrecked and on top OF the debris
ats 4 heavy stove, uninjured. Freight cars
were lifted from the tracks and carried a
long distance in the air and deposited on
the ground uninjured. A horse was carried
to the roof of a two-story house and de-
posted there. while q baby was taken from
. cradle In the same house. carried 200 yards
and laid gently on the ground, only slightly
hurt.
The fire in the ruins of the alliance OK
change building we're subdued. The cloth
ing. Of one fireman caught FIRE while he was
making q desperate effort to rescue an IN
fortunate woman from being crsmated, and
ne came within an ace of losing his own
lie to save the woman. Mrs. Sasher and
SISTER. Miss Strain, cried piteously for aid,
and MIR. sasher was SO maddened by the
screaming that he endeavored to jump into
the hames and die beside his bride of four
&" va Nv aoalo bAo luCluGT aSGU
remains Of his wife and sister-in-lsv were
81 last recovered from the ruins his mind
became unbalanced and at last accounts he
was absolutely mad.
The city council and executive committee
q tho board Of trade met to-day and de-
cided 70 make no appeal for aid, although
she mayor admitted the need of it. and
saIa ally assistance generously and sin.
cerely rendered would be appreciated. Uu
70 O'Clock tonight there were no add
Mons to the death list. Faint groans were
alleged TO have boon heard tonight unite,
the debris of the Conrad hotei, and nifty
men are tearing up piles of brick and NOR.
tar IN the hopes Of being able to rescue thu
bodies; H. is said a woman and baby wers
~ the hotel last night, having just arrived
on the tram from the west. The city il
stiN IN darkness, but special policemen
we're sworn IN, and the citizens will be in
suted against any species of outl awry,
AT HARPER.