The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

passed One-fourth mile west of here at
4:SO o'clock this afternoon. killing five
persons, fatally injuring two others and
| slightly wounding several more. The
| dead are:
DANIEL BARRETT. right leg broken,
arm torn off and internally injured.
Mrs. DANIEL BARRETT. legs torn
from body and entrails torn out.
| MARTHA DASO. head crushed; died
| two hours afterward.
! GEORGE OXINGER, body beaten into
| a shapeless mass.
Myrta Daso, injured.
| Charles Cole, fatally hurt, internally.
Mrs. Charles Cole. head crushed; will
die.
Jennie Creek, head crushed; will re-
| cover
The scene of the cyclone is a hard one
to describe. Houses, fences. trees and
] distractions Of all kinds in the path Of
| the storm have been carried away and
nothing left to mark the spot where they
stood except huge holes in the ground.
| The scene devastated is about one
| quarter Of a mile wide and six miles in
length. The great funnel-shaped cloud
travelled in an irregular southeasterly
| about a mile from where it rose.
The building in which were Daniel
| Barrett. his wife and their granddaugh-
| tiers. Myrta and Martha Daso. is so
| completely demolished that not even
portion of the foundation is left. The
| first remnants of the house are at least
! one hundred yards from where it stood.
Here began few scattering boards and
/ the building, and about forty rods from
where it stood lays the roof almost in
| tact, together with portions of the frame
work.
Mrs. Barrett, who was the worst man.
| gled, vas carried over a quarter of a mile
| and dropped in a cemetery. her dsmem-
| bered limbs being found about one hundred
| yards farther on. There was very little
| left of the Woraan's body that resembled
| the form of a human being. Her breast
/ and abdomen were rent in two and her
| entraiIs. lungs and other internal organs
| scattered broadcast through three forty
! five acre fields The search for her re-
| mains continued fully an hour before
| half her flesh weight was found. Daniel
| Barrett was carried about forty rods from
| where the cyclone struck him. His hand
was torn off at the wrist and scattered
| to the winds. one leg was beaten into
pulp and he suffered internal injuries. He
was still breathing when found, but died
soon afterward without becoming con-
| scious.
| Martha. and Myrta Daso who were in
| another part of the house. were left near
| where the house seems TO have gone to
pieces Martha, the eldest, aged four
| teen. was apparently injured only about
| the head, which was crushed in on the
/ left side. showing a great hole from
/ which the brain oOzed. The younger,
| aged ten. Law almost in the arms Of her
| sister. and her bones in all parts Of her
| body were broken and ground into the
| flesh Nothing could he done to relieve
| the little ones suffering and she died at
| 10 o'clock in the evening.
| George OXinger, a hired hand Of Bar
] rett's who was in the field plowing, saw
| the storm coming and made for the barn.
| He succeeded in getting his horses in
| side and started for the house, which was
about ten rods distant from the barn,
| and exactly in line with the storm.
| Witnesses say that the man was lifted
| from the ground and whirled into the
| air at least 100 feet, together with TIM
| bers. fences. trees and other debris
| scooped up in the rolling avalanche.
| Oxinger's lifeless body was found
| about 100 yards from where it was
| lifted into the air. His bones protruded
| from the flesh and his body indicates
! that he came IN contact with many Of
| the flying trees and beams.
| James Whittle, another farm hand,
| in the employ of Barrett. had a most
miraculous escape. He was in the field
| with a team in company with Oxinger
| and started for the barn. To the fact
| that his team became unmanagea
/ and broke away from him he proba-
| bly, owes his life.
| TOLEDO, May 1S.-The revised list of
dead and injured by the Kunkle tornado
| is four dead and three fatally injured
| These are:
Martha Daso. skull fractured.
4r1a var1rx- Cf
| age, both hips dislOcated, several ribs
broken and internal injuries.
Mrs Ella Moore. his wife. twenty-five.
severe injuries 10 body.
These three are all expected to die.
| Besides these casualties, Mrs. w. A.
| Evans. who lives a mile east of the track
| Of the tornado. is missing She started
| from Kunkle for home an hour before
| the tornado struck and has not been
! heard of since. One of the most grue-
some incidents was the finding of a
| CORY human heart lying in the cemetery
| between two overturned tOmbstones. It
| belonged to Mrs Barrett, whose body
was torn to pieces and distributed over
| three forty-acre fields. The tornado
| passed through only the southern edge
Of the village. leveling everything. Had
the storm gone 200 yards further north
| il would have utterly wiped out Kunkle
and killed the greater portion Of the peo-
pie
CLEN ELAND, o., May 1.-THE worst
hail storm that has visited this city in
years ragged for nearly an hour this after
noon. The storm was accompanied by
| heavy rain ana thunder and lightning.
| Many Of the hail stones were as big as
| hens eggs and were driven before a
brisk south wind. Thousands Of win
| dows all over the city were broken, green
| houses We're wrecked and several run
Always resulted from horses trying to
| escape the bombardment OF ice. The
| damage viii amount TO several thousands
| OF dollars.
! ALLIANCE. o., May 1.-THE worst
| storm experienced in this part of the state
IN many years struck this city at 4
| o'clock this afternoon, and for an hour
| wrapped the city in nearly total dark
ness. The wind blew over sixty miles
an hour and hundreds Of shade trees and
chimneys In the town went down be-
/ fore 1t.
| Saw Mills Swept Away.
| RED WING, Mimi, May "details
are just received of Tuesdays storm
across the river in Pierce coun-