Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-23
DEATH. AND RUIN.
A TERRIBLY.DssTRUcTIvE CYCLONE
IN EASTERN KANSAS.
Fifteen psrsons Killed Oatright. Three
Fatally Hurt Nine Seriously Injured
The Country swept Clean.
fBytelegrapn TO the Dispa,ch.l

TOPEKA, KAN, June 22.-About o'clock
last night one of the worst cyclones that
ever visited Kansas swept over section
of country in the Kansas-River Valley,
twenty miles east of here. one mile wide
and six miles long. completely destroying
every house. fence, and building. and kill
ing instantly fifteen people.
The dead are L. L. Evans. Emery Evans.
l. N. Grimes. Mary Grimes aud two chill
dreu, Mrs. John Hutchinson, Samuel Kin
caide, Clara Kincaide. Sadie Kincaide.
Walter Kiucaide. Eva Kincaide. William
Kincaide, W. L. Peters, and Samuel Stew
art. ,.
Fatally hurt: James Baker. William
Geophfert. Mrs. Geophfert.
Seriously injured Rose Gray. Horace
GRAY, Stephen Harris. Arthur Jones. John
A. James, Lizzie James, William Jones,
Walter McCracken, Emily Nichols.
BODIES sHocKISGLY MAsGLED.
Tho bodies of all those killed were
shockingly mangled. Mrs. Hutchinson's
arms and legs were found in q tree mile
from the house. Eya Kincaide's head was
severed from her body. Samuel Stewart
in different directions. and mutilated al
most beyond recognition. Stewards body
was cut in two as if by the stroke of O
great knife.
After the storm had passed last night
the people of Perry and Lawrence were
summoned to the scene. The demolition
was awful, and hunt with lanterns over
the vind-swept spot for the dead and
diving commenced. All night long this
work was in progress. A corps OF physl-
clans from the two towns was quartered at
let oAr ntrt q
the wants of the crippled and maimed.
while citizens from the towns were gather
ing the dead and dying from the. prairie
aud laying them out In large building
provided for that purpose. ltwas O'Clock
in the afternoon before all the dead bodies
were found.
TIE COUNTRY SWEPT CLEAN.
The strip of country swept by the cy-
clone "a rs barren as floor.
In the Williamstown school house were
found the dead bodies of the KIncaide
family. consisting of father. mother. and
four children. The youngest child is
without its head. the member being blown
or cut off and carried away by the wind.
One of the children was found three miles
from the house. At Arthur Evans's farm, a
uuarte er of mile northeast ofWilliamstown.
everything is destroyed. Evans ran into
his basement. but was found dead three
rods from the house in field. Mrs. Evans
also took shelter in the basement and es-
caped with her life. but is badly injured.
Mr.. Evans's father was in the rear portion
of the basement, which was dug In the
bluff, and he escaped unhurt.
At the Hutchinson farm, which is north
east of Wiliamstown. Mrs. Hutchinson
lost her life. and Mr.. Hutchinson was
slightly injured. Seven horses were killed
here.
HORSES BLOWN QUARTER OF MILE.
Some of the horses were blown quar-.
ter of mile away. In the cemetery at
Williamstown the monuments are blown
away. and some of the base stones were
blown many rods. Where the storm
struck the timber It literally leyelled It
besides stripping the trees of foliage and
bark. Trees are torn up by the roots and
broken off at the ground and at all dis
tances from the ground.