Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-04-07
THE LOSS WILL BE GREAT.
Buildings Swept Away, Telegraph Wire
Torn Down and Plate Glass Sma- he'd.

Buildings Swept Away, Telegraph Wires
Torn Down and Plate Glass Smashed.
A despatch from Fort Scott states that
southeastern Kansas was visited last night
by one of the strongest wind storms for
years. No reports OF injuries to persons
have been reported, though many country
barns, outbuildings and haystacks and &C.
casiou ally q well constructed residence were
destroyed.
The wind at Leavenworth at noon had
become a hurricane and blew away q num-
Der of roofs
At st. Joseph nearly every telegraph and
telephone wire has been torn down, numer-
Gus small houses demolished and many large
ones unroofed. Thousands Of dollars worth
OF damage was caused by the breaking Of
plate glass in store windows.
A despatch from Lawren ce, Kansas, says
The wind has been blowing a gale here since
| midnight. The wind at times attained
velocity of 81 miles an hour. Many build
ings were unroofed and outhouses demolish-
| ed.
At Salina, Kas., the house Of NJ. A. Bra
Their was carried from its foundation and
wrecked. The family were at supper aud
all were injured. One daughter had a leg
broken and was internally injured. Another
was hurt about the back and also sustained
| internal in juries. Neither is likely to re-
cover. A young son was badly bruised.
| The house OF Samuel Buckholder was de-
| molished and Mrs. Zimmerman was fatally
injured
In Kansas City the wind reached We
locity Of 81 miles. The damage consisted
| principally of roofs blown away and plate
glass windows broken. Telephone wires
| throughout the city were Frustrated. The
smok estack Of the power house on the North
east electric line was toppled over necessi-
tating suspension of traffic. There has been
no loss of life. The greatest damage was
| suffered by the railroad companys The
Western Union reports no communication
with points west OF the centre of Kansas,
and has but few workable wires east,
Telegraph poles along all the railroads west
of here have been Frustrated causing a
woeful tangle Of wires.
Kansas Threatened With Another Cy-
clone-A Blizzard.
KANSAS CITY, No., April 4. -Despatche s
from the West indicate that another cy clone
threatens Kansas. The barometer has fallen
to the lowest point ever known in this sec
ton and dispatches from Denver say that
the storm is raging there.
Blizzard in the Northwc,t
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, April 4.-De-
spatches to the Journal report blizzard in
the Northwest. At Miller S. d., rain.
snow and hail has fallen steadily for II
hours filling creeks to ovorhowing
AT Crookston, MINI, a blizzard from the
Northwest is blowing hard Five inches OF
snow have fallen during the night.
Several Tersons Reported Killed.
| CHICAGO, April 4 - Fairfield, H., telo.
graphs at 3 O'Clock Tonight that the town
OF Barnhill, about ~ miles south, was en-.
tirely wiped out by cyclone soon after
midday to-day.
Several persons are reported killed Tele
phone wires are down and particulars not
obtainable.
Half Dozen Houses Wrecked and Three
People Killed.
CHERRY VALE, Kan, April 4.-The
country mile east of here was struck by {
tornado about 10 o'clock last night and q
half dozen houses were demolished, two PEG
people, names unknown, being killed. il
Cherry Vale a woman was killed by light
ming, but the wind did not touch the town
Dexter, in Cowley county, is also reporteo
TO have suffered from tho wind.