Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-02

was soon brought out of chaos. 1t was
just o'clock when the tornado descended
Upon the town.
DETAILS OF THE DESTRUCTION.
The Lutheran church was turned COM
pletely over. the court house demolished,
the Presbyterian church reduced TO spliii-
tiers, and of the Specinott block, on the
principal street of the town, composed of
Il half-a-dozen brick buildings, there is
nothing but pile of broken bricks and
glass
The Standard block, consisting Of six
brick building, was completely wrecked.
In this block the Wellington Nail and the
Sumner County Standard were published.
These plants were utterly destroyed, as
were Che Monitor-Iress and the Voice, in the
Specinott block.
DEATH TRAP.
The Opera House is II wreck and the
Phillips House complete ruin. This
house proved to be the most fatal trap. for
over half-a-dozen bodies or more will be
taken from its ruins.
There is only one telegraph wire be-
tween here and the east and it is very
difficult to get a message out over it. There
Is no wire up west of Danville, but mes
sengers from there report disastrous cy-
clone at Harper.
The Santa Fe ran special train from
Nicnila bringing corps Oh Id uuctor5 10
the scene of the disaster.
WfcniTA, KAN, May 2g.-The storm
belt was six miles wide--a straight blow,
with severe hail along the outside. The
storm originated west and south of Harper
and swept away IS buildings before reach
ing that town.
At Harper the ruin is fearful; at least co
buildings are crushed to the earth and
their contents Il complete wreck. A hun
dred houses are damaged more or less, and
scarcely building escaped injury in the
town. Hundreds of families are home
less and destitute, without food or shelter.
A. Beatty Il farmer living one mile north,
had all his fine buildings destroyed. His
witc's thigh was broken and his little
daughter, Minnie, received severe scalp
wound. 5. II. Call and wife each had an
arm broken, and their house was scattered
to the winds.
In the Odd Fellows cemetery, one mile
northeast, over one-third of the month
ments are prostitute, toppled to the north
east. The grand stand. box stalls and
buildings of the fair grounds. one mile
south, are lcyeled to the ground, save the
east end of the agricultural hall.
A CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS.
OLsEY, ILL, May GA cyclone passed
through this county last evening, doing
Se*h NssaiAtst1N w pAAiNiiAf3- ann
the path of the cyclone was very narrow,
but its force was irresistible. Barns were
completely demolished and young orchards
are badly damaged. The course of the
storm was from southwest to northeast
No loss Of life is reported.
LOSSES by THE FLOODS.
A dispatch from Arkansas City says that
the story of suffering in the Arkansas and
White river valleys has not half been told.
The towns of Holendal, Clicot City, Red
Fork and Pcndleton are said to be either
entirely swept away or made uninhabi-
table
The water in The Red river at Shreve-
port, La, ON Saturday, was higher than ut
any time since 1919.
Special advices to BrddStreet$ from
regions affected by the floods point to an
aggregate loss in five states of So, 200, 900
which. includes damage to railway prop
erty, destruction of or damage to levecs, Ia
farm buildings, machinery, live stock and
crops, as well as loss on other properly"