The Van Buren press., 1893-04-15
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eyclcoe passed orer 1o<thern Io~s this
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saith >zEty. In A. > oicisx Il ssrack
\. P1xe. Seh. lss Eiies ve<s Of the
1sher tvo place&
Al Akrua ths zky became DARK ahoas
o1cEack- SO thai lamps Ind 10 b
ixa.ed The sso<z cane down ve<y
x-5i<zEy from The northeast and II .
s<w Minutes Akrua WAS almost N
rr1n~
TIE ssr7 c1rerce wide path The
i-o1 zz@ s1<r ze-ns sh< Soak
RIVER wzx scrr 70 rs1ces, the graf iroa
srzssex kseing txixs-a zn1 hroxen-
Houses we're unro7zed o. carried frc9
their ton.Sassuas And 6<ssr1Tei TIE
xain ea<rzsx Vas so<n % Psece& aed
the street. deposisznx IL where . iuD-
her yzrd lad heeer while = good part
of the izzher rzra WAS deposited
where The eles7sax bad heec- Several
ears loaded -ish xsoae ssaE1ing On ,
ssdetrzcx -ere picked ~ And carried
several rudx Sererzl store hziliinzs
were partially wrecked and s.rooted
The damage cznsos be learned .ar I
rztely. po< details Of the sso<n- as the
wires Are al dowl
The Chicago. Milwaukee 4 S. Pzzi
rad seni up special train fro0 Soak
City The storm followed the Sio11
valley soath to Wess6eld Its path
Was marked BY demolished houses and
harms Tuo people, = man and hEs
wife. Eere killed zs one fzr1 Their
names are not yes known Several
o.hers Eere badly injured and many
hogs snd cattle werc killed No ne
po-ts hare been received Of a1y deras-
tass0a between these places
At Page, Neh. the storm demolished
sh- Pzcsfe Short Line depot asd sererzl
bo1sez blew cars OF the track and IN
j1red = wcnAn and boy. names un-
known The wo1a1's condition Is s.
ri0uS The only reports received are
from the railroad
TIE latest advises from Akron are
that the loss to private property in that
city viii be fsa.es. the loss in the
couutrs viii probably far exceed that
anoant
Mrs Cara Nszerx was killed q.
Page. Neh. and her two children dan.
gerUusiF injured
storusare reported from many places
in North Dakota
E Sosthvessern kazxAs Visited BY . Terri.
bse eyeiose-
INDEPENDENCE Kzs, April IL
Southwestern Kansas and particularly
Montgomery county was risfted by .
terrible cyclone this evening which lef,
q path Of death and destruction behind
l. This city was only the extreme
edge Of the storm and suffered Little
damage. bat reports from the sur
rounding country and small towns
near here. show great destruction d
property and los. Of life, particulars oi
which Il IS impossible to get tonight
as the wires are all down.
The little town of Parke, ten miles
south Of here. seems to hare got tho
worst of the storm From the most re
liable information obsainabie the PEG
pie Of that town were alarmed by
ozninous elouds which gathered inst .,
d1xk They hardly had time to re-
Z sliIe what was coming before the
storm burst upon them in all its fury.
Coming from . westerly direction from
Oklahoma the fCrio1s wind. which WAS
more like . hurricane than . gen
vine eycloze, struck the town with
irresistible force The frightened
people were given no. = moment to he<
to places Of safety. The work Of thu
wind WAS awful Of the business
houses situated around the publis
square bls :wo we're lss: standing. 81.
others being completely wrecked
Even brick houses were swept away
the same as light frames Every resi-.
denee in the town was damaged mors
or less. and half Of them were complete
I ly destroyed
1t Is known that several persons wers
killed and large number injured. bui
it is impossible to learn the desailsa md
names Of the dead and injured tonight.
Leaving Parker . scene of wreck and
ruin, the wind swept to the northeast.
levelling farm houses, barns and fences
before IT, Three farm houses in the
eastern portion Of this county ars
known 30 have been wrecked and !, i.
certain that this represents bat q small
portion Of the aggregate damage done
in the vicinity.
FIve states Visited vHh Death and De
ssr.etiez-
CHICAGO, April il--Sersre storms
swept oTer the states of Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri. Illinois and Indiana this
evening doing great damage, the ex
tent of which cAnno: be learned as the
telegraph wires have been prostrased
/ in manr localities
A clo1d-burst at Os.umwa. Ia caused
greai damage to property and flooded
many stores
At Boston and Columbia Ind. food,
destroyed much property. Many head
Of cattle were killed and railroads an
badly washed out
A cloud-burss flooded the town OF
Centralia- and in some parts of the city
the water stands nine feet deep
Al Springfield Ill. the rainfall was
50 hesxF that ss-ee.-ezr sraa;e vas sas
pended