The record-union., 1894-09-22
PEOPLE GREATLY EXCITED
By the Caying-in of Land in
Kansas Counties.
SIMILAR OCCURRENCE TOOK PLACE
LAST YEAR.
The Town of Leroy. Minnesota, Re-
ported to Have Been Partially
Ruined by q Cyclone Late Last
Night-Three Persons Said to Have
Been Killed-Fires Also Do Great
Special to the REconp-uNroS.
Damage.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WICHITA (Kas.), Sept. 21.-Land is cav
ing in toward the center of the earth in
the vicinity of the junction of Harvey,
Butler and Marion Counties in this State.
Great excitement prevails among the
people, and many of them are getting
away. The disasters are Of the most un-
accountable origin. and the State Geolo-
gist has been summoned to investigate
the disturbances of the earth formations.
There was no shock felt when the ground
caved in bearing any resemblance to an
earthquake. Near White Water, on the
farm of Thomas Bassington, an area of
thirty by forty feet sunk to depth of
twenty-eight feet, and when man was
let down into the hole his weight alone
sunk it nearly three feet more.
At about the same time last year forty
feet square sunk at Plum Grove to a
depth of $50 feet. This was on the farm
of Sid Jones, the sliding carrying a
threshing machine and separator with 1t.
Water poured into the hole from under
ground sheets till il filled it nearly to
the top, but the hole at White Water is
still dry, although it is supposed that the
caved-in earth is resting upon a vast body
of water. Both places are some seven or
eight miles apart.
At Annelly, some ten miles from White
Water, there were several cave-ins, rang
ing in depth from six to forty feet.
The theories are various, but none of
them so far are scientific.
Not long since a man was digging a
well in the vicinity of Plum Grove, and
when he had reached a depth of twenty
six feet the drill shot into an apparent
vacuum, and could not be recovered. The
supposition is that there is dried-up
underground river underneath the land
which has cayed in. All the cave-ins,
great and small, extend in a crooked,
stream-like course for distance of about
twenty-four miles.
TOWN PARTIALLY RUINED BY A CYCLONE.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 2l.-The town of Leroy,
Minn., is reported to have been partially
ruined by cyclone late this evening.
The telegraph office at Gilmore reports
three people killed at Leroy, and the
whole eastern part of the town bady
damaged. Fires broke out at the same
time, destroying hotel and three stores.
This information was brought to McIn-
tyre by the agent OF the w. and >. w.
Railway at Leroy. Details cannot be OBJ
tanned tonight.
Officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad report that Sc
we're windstorm struck .the village of
Homer. four miles south of Winona, de-
molishing five or six dwellings and doing
n14tcs damage to railroad property. 4
wrecking train left this city for Homer.
The telegraph wires are in bad condition,
and details are slow in coming, From
the Chicago and Great Western
Railway it is learned that the wind
storm struck New Haven, Iowa,
doing great damage to property, and
doctors have been called there from
Riceville. 1t is thought many people
have been injured. The little village of
Lawther, Mimi, has been wiped out, not
building left standing. 1t is impossi-
bic to obtain anything definite tonight
about the Iowa cyclone