The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-06-30
A KANSAS TWISTER.
Death Dealing Tornado in the Kaw
Valley.
Ten Persons Killed and Many Seriously In
jured Near WiIIiamstown Terrible
Destruction Wrought In
Few Minutes.

Destruction Wrought In
Few Minutes.
PERRY, Kan, June GA cyclone,
| which followed zigzag course for a
distance of four and op~-half miles from
Perry to eight beyond Williamstown,
| laid waste strip of country varying in
width from 120 yards to half mile,
killed ten people, razed houses and
| barns to the earth, butchered stock and
poultry, destroyed farm implements,
tore up forest trees and Uttered tho
highway with debris of every descrip-
tion. 1t began its terrible work at
Perry at 6:15 o'clock Wednesday night
and in five minutes it had spent its
fury.
The dead are: L. T. Evans, Emery
Evans, Mrs John Hutchison, Samuel
Kingcade, Mrs. Clara Kingcade, Sadie
Kingcade, Walter Kingcade, Eva King
cade, William Kingcade, William Stew
art. Mrs. Sallie Evans, fatally, and
John Hutchison probably fatally in
jured; Tommy Goepfert will probab
die; Rose Goepfert is seriously injured.
At o'clock gentle rain began fall
in tb , vicinity Of Perry. 1t came from
the east, and had laid the dust we'll
when a heavy wind from little south
of west met similar one from the
southeast, and quickly the heavens
We're overhung with a cloud of inky
blackness, entirely obscnring the light
The three opposing winds appeared to
meet over the Kirby house, which is q
large two-story frame building standing
on the southeast corner of the business
portion of the town.
This house was moved from its foun-
dation and the demon then lifted for
nearly a mile when it again struck
the earth and commenced its work
of destruction. The barn and dwelling
of John Goepfert, the dwelling and
houses of William Goepfert were COM
pletely destroyed also the farm house
and buildings of William Baker. Here
the cyclone divided, one fork moving
southeast, the other southwest. The
southeast fork destroyed several
housed but no one was I'M ured.
The other part of the storm was more
successful in its search for victims for
it scored ten deaths and thousands Of
dollars worth of damage. 1t first visit
ed the home of Zachariah Michaels
afther scattering every vestige of it
over a broad acre. Then going south
east it invaded the premises of Zacha-
riah Evans, tearing three small dwell
ing houses into an infinite number of
pieces, carrying his barn and outbuild-
ings so far away that they have not yet
been found and killing Frank Evans,
Zachariah's brother, who was paying
him a brief visit from Williamstown,
and his son, Emery Evans. His wife,
Mrs. Sallie Evans, cannot recover.
A short distance east of the Evans
place was the house of Horace Gray.
1t was torn to pieces. Mrs. Grsy was
seriously injured. One horse was killed
outright. From this point the cyclone
took northeasterly shoot until it ar
rived at the Joseph Hurd homestead,
which was occupied by John Evans, a
son of Zachariah. The house and barn
shared the fate of all the others, and
every living thing on the premises
horses, cows, sheep, chickens and hogs
were killed with the exception OF Mr..
Evans, his family and one small pig.
Farm implements were broken in
pieces and tires were blown from the
wagon wheels and twisted in fantastic
shape.
Again going east a tenant house on
the Hurd homestead lay in the storms
pathway. 1t was the home of Samuel
Kingcade, his wife and seven children,
all of whom were there except the
oldest daughter, who was visiting a
neighbor. The frail house was a soap
bubble in the hands of a child. 1t fell
at the first breath, and its ruins, with
the human beings which had become a
part of them, We're picked up by the
twisting clouds and whirled away to
death. Adjoining the premises is a
graveyard, and in this the five bodies
were dropped. Two of the children es-
capped death.
The storm had one more errand OF
death to perform. After laying the
bodies of the Kingcade family on the
ground, which covers them tonight, it
spent it's fury on the two dwelling
houses of Mrs. NJ. E. Hutchison. Both
were soon in splinters.
The smaller one was occupied by
John, the son of Mrs. Hutchison. His
wife was carried a quarter of a mile,
hCI lSS was d tiCO
thirty feet from tine ground: the body
was torn from the limb, which
remained suspended in the foliage
stripped branches, the trunk being car
ried several rods further. Mr.. Hutchi-
son was in the barn when it was
raised in the air, and mechanically
grasped a beam. He sailed through
the heavens like witch on a broom
stick, finally striking the ground, as
he claims, uninjured. He was hard hit
by falling debris, however, after land
ing safely and may not recover.
William Stewart, farm hand on the
Hutchison place, was instantly killed.
Mrs. NJ. E. Hutchison and her twin
daughters, Grace and Viola, took ref
uge in the cellar and escaped. East of
the Hutchison home is high bluff.
The cyclone moved directly toward it,
struck it and appeared to glance up
ward more into the air. This was the
end of its course on the earth.
The Cholera.
LONDON June 23..Cholera reports
from Mecca show that from June 16 to
June 20 there were $50 deaths from
cholera in that city.
PARIS, June 23.-The municipal au-
thorities at Montpelier, capital of the
department of Herault. have voted the
sum of 25l 200 francs for the purpose of
building wooden lazarettos to receive
persons who may be stricken with
cholera.
AT Alais, in the department of Gard,
the deaths from the choleraic disease
prevailing there average three daily
Many children have been attacked by
the disease.
A New Iron Mill.
FINDLAY, O.. June 23.-H. c. Frick,
of Homestead, Pa, and Ben Butter
worth, of Cincinnati, are negotiating