Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-06-04
TERRIBLE STORM.
A Tornado Passes Through Well
ington and Harper, Kan.
Fifteen or Moro Persons Killed and Many
Wounded - The Scenes Of Terror
and Wreck Of Build
ings.


city and vicinity Friday night without
warning from the signal service, and
when it had passed on its fearful way 1t
left ut least ten dead and scores Of
wounded and 100000 damage in its
trail in this city alone, while at the
towns of Harper and Argonin almost rs
great disaster is reported, and in all
the surrounding country there is every
reason to believe that there is death
and ruin.
1t was just o'clock when the storm
descended from the west upon this city.
It came in manner that no two can
agree in describing. Some say it was
in the shape of q twister, while others
say it did not have the characteristic
funnel shape Of the tornado, while 9th
ers say that it simply descended in the
shape Of storm cloud and then sud-
denly lifted, sucking everything be-
meath it with II, and then as suddenly
dropping it
The loss to property alone in this city
will be $500, 900 dollars, as nearly all OF
the large stocks of goods in the stores
were destroyed by the cloudburst,
which followed the tornado after it had
taken all the roofs away. 1t is safe to
say that $50 buildings are complete
wrecks, while $50 more are partially
wrecked.
All the casualties are not yet known,
but the following list of the killed is as
accurate as it can now be made: James
HASTE, unmarried; killed in barber
chair in the Phillips house while being
shaved. Frank Campbell, married;
killed in the Phillips house. James
Mayor, q piano tuner Of Kansas City;
killed in his room in the Phillips house
while reading his Bible. Mrs. Sasher,
recently married; crushed and burned
to death. The shock has affected the
mind of her husband. Miss Strand,
Mrs. Sasher's sister; crushed and
burned to death. Henry Adamson, q
laborer; pierced by heavy fragmentot
plato glass James Weaver, occupation
unknown; crushed beneath the walls.
Ida Jones, n waiter; crushed to death
beneath q falling wall. Hart Epson,
still missing.
Fatally wounded: Charles Adamson,
unmarried; Mrs. Capt. Mahan, badly
crushed; Mrs Il. j. Hanna, crushed;
Mrs. Murphy, skull fractured; Charles
Stoner. Santa Fe conductor; Maggie
King, young daughter of the late l. n.
King, wounded; Ed FOrsythe, printer.
bones fractured and internal injuries;
Silva Forsythe, printer, skull trac-
tured; Walter Forsythe, a printer, in
ternal injuries; child of ex-Sheriff
Thrall, internal injuries; Mrs. Robert
Willard, internal injuries; james Law
renee, republican candidate for attor-
ney general, arm and leg broken; Lieut.
William French, Salvation army; Cadets
Summons, Salvation army; Matte
Hodges, Guy Colby, Dick Weaver, Carrie
Mitchell and E. ]. Forsythe.
Between forty and fifty more are in
iured. but none seriously.
Ten persons are now dead and all the
injured are thought to be out OF danger.
except Mrs. Murphy, who will probably
die before the next twenty-four hours.
1t is now conceded that all the bodies
are found and the people have ADAM
doned any further search. The cyclone
which was seen here at 1 o'clock passed
northwest about mile west of Corbin,
in Sumner county. 1t did no damage
SO far as heard from, in that vicinity at
least.
Another cyclone originating in the
Indian territory was seen west OF Cald-
well, but it was very small and did not
touch ground.
A farmer who has just arrived in
town reports a species of cloudburst at
South Haven, in this county. The Pain
fall is said to be terrible.
AT HARPER.
HARPER, Kan, May 31.-The stern
reality of storm wrecked town dawned
upon the sorrow-stricken people OF
Harper and vicinity Sunday morning.
The correct list of the dead so far rs
is as follows: w. l. Strana-
than, Mrs. Thomas Gallagher and four
vear-old child, Louis Harrison, Mrs.
Howard Tomlin's child.
The supposed fatally injured are as
follows: Mrs Howard Tomlin, Mr. and
Mrs Felrath, Pete Girard, Mrs. A. Frey,
Mrs L. Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Nance,
Mrs Sayres, James Dickinson, S Chal-
Ms, wife and baby.
The seriously wounded are: S. E
Cole, Robert Liebrecht, Peter Corby,
James Dickcnson, A. Z Mallory and
wife, Mrs. Minor, Ezra Evans, Mrs
Baker, VIM Baker, Mrs Matthew'S, w.
G. Lind
Many thrilling and heartrending tales
of narrow escapes were reported all day
yesterday from the country where the
tornado travelled At Danvilie, about
ten miles east Of Harper, the tornado
seems TO have taken the form ct Ct
clone, rising in the air and passing over
the village and doing no damage
Reports from the country through