The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-03
Picked Up Houses and Smashed
Them to Atoms.
SEVEN KILLED At wAMEoo.
The Town of Towanda Destroyed,
Leaving 1900 People Homeless.
Eight Persons Crushed to Death by the
Fall of . Lofty Chicago Building
Augusta, Kan, Partially ObIfterated,

was te.egraphic communication restored
with that district of Southern Kan
sas which was visited Thursday
by a terrible cyclone sand yester-
day by terrific tornado. Dispatches
tonight report no loss of life other than
was stated by the Associated Press. The
details of incidents of the disaster at the
various points present many strange
and some horrible features. One strange
and at the same time horrible fate
was that which overlook the family of
Albert Eggers, who lived on a farm near
Wamego. The family had retired for the
night when the storm struck the house.
The force of the storm first moved the
house from its foundation and dashed it
to pieces on the ground 100 feet
from its original position, and
then carried away the debris so
that it was nearly impossible to tell where
its destruction had taken place. Portions
of the house have been found at a distance
as far as mile from its foundation,
and pieces of furniture are scattered
all about the place. One char,
but slightly damaged, was found nearly
half mile distant from the location of
the house. Mr.. Eggers was the only men,
ber of the family of four who escaped
death. Mrs. Eggers, who had been sleep
ing with her two children, was found near
ly quarter of a mile from the location.
Clasped in her arms was her 6-months-
old babe. Both had apparently been
dashed to death, and were crushed and
mangled in a horrible manner. There
was not an unbroken bone in either
body. Their faces presented the appear
ance of having been powder-burned.
An examination showed that the force of
the wind had driven into their faces and
under the skin small particles of sand and
dust. Mr.. Eggers was found the morning
after the storm, wandering aimlessly about
his farm.
At Olathe. Kan, the general store of
Mariner g. Marvel was partially wrecked
by storm. Farmhouses and stables were
unroofed, but no one was injured.
AT Marshall, No., considerable damage
was done. The cupola of the Methodist
church was blown down, plate glass win
dows blown in and roofs carried away.
At Salina, Kan, the house of M. A.
and wrecked, and the family, at supper at
the time, were all more or less
injured. One daughter had a leg
the back, with internal injuries.
Neither is likely to recover. A
yourg son was badly injured, being
bruised about the head, but not fatally.
The house of Samuel Buckholder was de-
molished, but the family escaped injury.
Mrs. Zimmerman took refuge in the cellar
of a house, which was demolished, ard
Mr.. Zimmerman was fatally injured.
At Ottawa, Kan, the water company's
tower toppled over, and was carried away
and the side walls turned over. Trees
were uprooted, and much damage done to
orchards,
At Warrensburg the Methodist church
was unroofed and the cupola blown down.
At Chillicothe, No., the cupola of the
Methodist church was blown down and
the building unroofed. No one was hurt.
Many houses were unroofed, and the house
of James Potter, at the edge of town, was
demolished, the occupants escaping.
at Kansas City, Kan, Annie Conners,
aged 5 years, was thrown violently to the
ground by the wind, and had her hip
crushed.
Towanda is small village thirteen
miles from Eldorado, of 1 80 inhabitants.
The storm left not single house stand
ing. OF the eighty families there is not
one but is sorrowing for dead members or
friends lost in the storm. Six persons
were killed outright and seversl So badly
injured that they cannot live. The killed
are:
Hersche, Cupp, william BARLEY, DR.. D. D.
Godfrey, James Bailey, John Blake, infant child
OF John Blake.
The fatally wounded are: A little girl
blown from the second story of the hotel
a distance of $50 feet, and badly crushed;
Mrs. G. A. Robbins, skull fractured by fiy-
ing timbers; Mrs. Waiter Monney, side
crushed: Alice Thornton, George Cor
neius and wife, badly crushed.
Among those seriously injured are:
A. Roche. Mrs. General Carry,
Mrs John Kerr. E. II. Gibbs and wife, C.
G. Westcott, Louis Peterbugh. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. \. Sorter, Frank Chenit and wife,
George Maxwell and three children, Will
liam Mitchell, wife and child, Mrs. Black,
Mrs. Horton and young son. Post
master Gordon. Many others were
more or less seriously hurt.
Physicians are caring for the
Wounded. They came from Eldorado on
the first train, and but for their timely ar
rival many more OF those injured must
have died.
At Strong City, Kan. the storm ragged
furiously. The house of James Glassen
was demolished completely, and Glassen
and his wife and child killed outright.
Several were injured, but none fatally.
The storm in Topeka and vicinity RACED
more or less furiously Thursday night and
Friday. Nearly every property-holder in
the city inferred some loss hut Done m aDv
great amount. The city is in darkness to-
night because of the damage to the ell. ctric
light plant. The Western Union wires
are all down, and no word is to be had
from nearby towns. Reports which have
not been verified say that there has been
some loss Of life and great property DAM
age in these towns.
At Augusta the storm wrought more
havoc and caused considerable loss of life.
Houses were leveled to the ground, and
the inmates were crushed and mangled
and some of them killed. The dead of the
| place are:
Harmon Hoskins, Albert Barnes, William
| Barnes, William Rhodes.
The fatally injured are Mrs Harmon
Hoskins, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Abbott. J.H,
Patti and four members of his family.
| The people of Augusta and vicinity los,
nearly everything they had. and relief is
being sent from neighboring towns.
South Haven suffered some from the
storm, both in the way of material dam.
age and number of lives lost. The house
OF John Moore was leveied to the ground