The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-13
KANSAS BLED AGAIN.

Fifteen Persons Killed and Thirty or Forty
Ipjured-Many Towns Suffered.
KANSAS City, Mo-, April 12.-As COM
munication gradually becomes opened MP
with the small towns and hamlets through
Kansas and Missouri. which were tornado
swept yesterday. and as the news. always
making additions to the lists of lives
and property, IS received, the real
extent of the storm becomes known.
1t is impossible to get the names of the
victims, however. and in most instances
the accounts of destruction wrought are
incomplete. Even in some places where
communication has been restored, news is
not available. the stricken citiz ems being
engaged with the important duty Of caring
for the, injured. in the care OF
or what was once their homes.
Fifteen people are known to have been
killed. thirty or forty wounded. while
numberlees homes, as well as smaller prop
ty was destroyed. Much stock was also
killed. Fruir trees were broken and
twisted. and hay stacks were scattered in
all instances. and some anxiety Is felt lest
there be q shortage in fodder.
In Kansas the area of the storms was
from the eastern border. nearly every
county suffering more or less. MONTGOMERY
county. in the extreme southeastern por-
tion. suffered the most. Parker. hamlet
ten miles south of Independence, was al
most totally destroyed. Many houses were
demolished and many others were badly
wrecked. Walnut. village In Crawford
county. also in the southeastern portion of
the State, suffered severely In wrecked
houses. but there was no loss of life. A
that it is feared that the loss of life In out.
lying country districts has been great.
A dispatch from Hiawatha states
that the storm has created great
havoc throughout Brown county, in
the northeastern portion of tho
State. Several towns In the county were
moro or less damaged, and many lives are
reported lost The storm struck Marlett.
KAN. about O'clock. going from south
west to northwest. and leaving much de.
hurt here. though the houses of w alter Haw-
lev and Henry Sykes, among others, were
90 mpletely demolished. The towns of
Willis, Everest and Powhattan were part
ly demolished, and several people injured.
though their names are nnobtainable.
Near Robinson. T.. p. Potion was struck by
lightning and killed. At Mascotah several
houses were unroofed. and q Mrs. Burls and
her baby we're badly injured.
That pnst OF the tornado which struck
Walnut. kan., continued northward, and
entering Missouri. struck successively the
small towns of Mayvlew, Page City and
HigQinsyille. where. after doing consider.
abie damage. spent it's force. At st. joseph
q tornado working from west to east and
covering strip of country two miles wiae
and five miles long. caused considerable
damage. Several people were killed. among
them Mrs. Ward. Her husband was seri-
ously injured. as was also John Shelton.
An unknown woman was als0 killed. Most
of the people saw the storm coming in
time TO get into the ''cyclone caves" and
escaped injury. The loss here will amount
to thousands of dollars. The damage to
crops over both States will be great
Fortunately, in most places in Kansas the
corn had not been planted. Had it been il
would surely have been washed out.