Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-13

Will eACeeu cOO,O
A JeffersonvllIe dispatch says the
heavy rains have caused a number OF
washouts Of the Jacksonville and In
dianapolis road. A number Of washouts
are reported on the Air Line and Monon
roads.
PAGE CITY, Mo-, April IA terri
BILE tornado struck this town last even
ing, tearing and twisting houses and
causing widespread ruin. VIM. walker
and his two children were caught in the
wreck OF their home and killed. Many
others were injured.
A Hiawatha report has reached here
that Willis and Powhattan, small towns
south OF here, Of about 500 inhabitants
each, were totally destroyed by a cy-
clone. No particulars are yet obtain
able.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April IA dis
astrous cyclone visited the country
northwest of Stanberry, Mo-, last even
ing. 1t moved from west TO east and
covered strip OF country two miles
wide and six miles long. Almost every
building In its path was torn to pieces.
Several people were killed, among
them Mrs. Ward Her husband was
fatally injured, as was John Shelton.
An unknown woman was also killed.
Most of the people saw the cyclone com
Ing In time to get into their cyclone
caves and escape injury. The loss will
aggregate thousands OF dollars.
KANSAS CITY, April 12.-Eastern
Kansas aud Western Missouri were visit
ed last night by terrible cyclones and
hurricanes. The storm prostrated tele-
graph lines ia all directions and but llt-
tie definite news of the storm is obtain
able. In Kansas the area OF the storm
was bounded by the three tiers OF coun-
ties forming the eastern border, nearly
every county suffering more or less.
Montgomery county in the extreme
southeastern portion suffered the most.
Parker, hamlet ten miles south OF
Independence, was almost totally de-
stroyed. Many houses were demolished
and cars were badly wrecked. The loss
of life is believed to have been great,
but the death list is not obtainable
owing to the destruction OF the tele-
graph lines. A dispatch from Hiawa-
tha states that the storm wrought great
havoc in Brown county, in the north
eastern portion Of the State. 1t is re-
ported that several towns in the county
were more or less damaged and that
many lives were lost. These rumors
cannot be verified until the telegraph
lines are restored. In Missouri. also,
much damage was done. At Mayview
many houses were blown down and II is
believed some were injured and few
killed. The damage to crops, both in
Missouri and Kansas, has been very
great.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 12.-As
communication gradually becomes
opened up with the small towns and
haplets through Kansas and Missouri,
which were cyclone-swept yesterday
and as the news, always making acces-
sions to the list Of lives sacrificed and
property damaged, is received, the
real extent Of the storm becomes
known.
1t is impossible to get the names Of
the victims, however, and in most In
stances the accounts Of destruction
wrought are incomplete. Even In some
places where communication has been
restored, news is not available, the
stricken citizens being engaged with
the important duty OF caring for the in
jured, In taking are OF the dead and In
putting tOgeth what was once their
happy homes.
Fifteen people are known 20 have
been killed, 80 or 40 were injured, while
pumberless houses as well as smaller
property was destroyed. Much stock
was also killed. Fruit trees we're broken
and twisted, and hay stacks were scat
tered In all instances, and some anxiety
is felt lest there be shortage Ia fod-
der.
In Kansas the storm was bounded by
three tiers OF counties from the eastern
border, nearly every county suffering
more or less. Montgomery county, In
the extreme southwestern portion, suf-
fered the most. Parker, hamlet ten
miles south OF Independence, was al
most totally destroyed. Many houses
were demolished and many others badly
wrecked. Walnut, a village in Craw-
ford county, also in the southeastern
portion OF the State, suffered severely
in wrecked houses, but there was no
loss Of life.
A meagre dispatch from that place
states that it is feared that the loss OF
life In the outlying country districts
has been great. A dispatch from
HIawatha states that the ST IN wrought
great havoc In Brown c ,nty, In the
northeastern portion OF thf tate. Sew
eral towns in the county ere more or
less damaged and many ives are re-
ported lost.
The cyclone struck Garnett, Kansas,
about O'Clock, going from southwest TO
northeast and leaving much debris In
its wake. Nobody was seriously hurt,
though the houses of Walter Hawley
and Henry Sykes, among others, were
completely demolished. The towns OF
Willis. Everest and Powhatan were
partly demolished and several people In
iured, though their names are unobtaln-
able.
Near Robinson, E. P. Holton was
struck by lightning and killed. AT
Mascotah several houses were unroofed
and a Mrs. Burns and her baby were
badly injured. That part Of the cyclone
which struck Walnut, Kansas, contin-
ued northward and entering Missouri
struck successIveiy the small towns OF
Mayvlew, Page City and Higginsville,
where after doing considerable damage.
il spent its force.
AT StJoseph cyclone working from
west TO east, and covering strip OF
country two miles wide and five miles
long, caused considerable damage Sew
eral people were killed. among them
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