The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-02
A CYCLONE In KANSAS.
TEN PERSONS KILLED AND MANY
BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED,
List Of the Dead and Some of the Inj cred
Freaks OF ,the Storm-Mspy
Narrow Escapes.

HUTCHINSON. kAS.. May 1.-Nreck
and ruin and loss Of life were crowded
into brief space OF time by a cyclone
in the farming district twenty miles east
OF this city this afternoon. Ten lives
were crushed out.
About 4.N o'clock a twisting hurling
cloud was seen to approach Patterson, a
small station on the Frisco road about
six miles from Burton. Those who saw
it say II resembled a great mass Of fiy-
ing smoke and dust from "a prairie fro.
The air was hot as II it came from
furnace. dry, and filled with electricity.
The storm struck about a milo south OF
Patterson, and for sixteen miles in
rOrthwesterly direction left death and
ruin In a path one hundred yards 20 a
quarter OF a mile in width.
list or IHg DEAD.
Ten persons were killed as follows:
Mrs. Joseph Wear, Grace Wear. twelve
years old. Herman Wear ten years old.
a babe. William Armstrong. Mrs Chaplin,
John Schmidt. Miss Schmidt. Dora
Schmidt, Frank Schmidt.
Others were injured but their names
could not be ascertained.
The residences OF Cyrus Hinkstein. VIII
liam White b. f., Frizeli. and A. s. Pow
ell were demolished. and many others
trict school. in the path OF the storm.
were hurried out of danger by the young
lady teacher. and she is the heroine OF
the hour A few minutes after the last
pupil left. the building fell.
CARING FOR THE WOUNDED.
The sky Was ovcrspread with black
clouds. and the storm-cloud as ~ ap-
preached the town wound about like the
swaying trunk of a giant elephant. Az
ter the cyclone swept by. leaving devas-
tatiOn and death In It's wake the citi-
zens went 10 work. caring for the wound
"a and removing the dead bodies from
beneath the heaps of debris. Rain has
been falling throughout southwestern
Kansas at intervals since yesterday az
ternoon, and there was a severe hall
storm In this section tonight. or the
twenty injured. Mrs. Frye, Joseph Wear,
and Mrs. Frlzell will die. Among the
others injured are: Jacob $. Such. Syrus
Henson. and Mrs. William Armstrong.
The first house demolished was that OF
Mrs. FRYE. a small structure. The houses
of Jake Salmisky and John Suitzoach
were wrecked but no one was killed.
George Wears fine residence was re-
duced TO kndling-wooi. His wife ana
three children were killed Two OF the
children ESCAPED by going into the cell
r. -
side was destroyed The family escaped
by going into the cellar.
rREAKs or THE STORM.
ID. T.. Trizels new 5000 house was
wiped out, leaving only the cellar, In
which were his wife and three children.
uninturcd. Across fhe road was the large
house of Joseph Frizell, which met the
same fate Of all IN the tornado's path
way Mrs Frizell was fatally hurt. Will
liam Armstrong; house was torn TO
pieces, he was killed and his wife se-
riously injured. William Morris was Sc
yercly injured, and Grandma" Chaplin
was killed when mis- house was torn by
the Wind.
The homes Of William White and Cyrus
Hcnsen were also destroyed, and the
latter was injured, fatally II Is feared.
The houses Of a. IL. Parnell, Spencer
Ray. j. a. Commings. and NJ. G. Hegs
were demolished. but the only person
dangerously injured IL Mrs. Commings.
Jacob Stinchcy saw the storm and has
tened from the field, where he was work
ing. He turned his horses IN the barn
and ran to the house, taking the family
into the cellar. The storm blew away
the barn, lifted the house from its fOun-
dation. and landed one Of the horses on
Mrs. stinchey, probably inJIring her IA
tally. The horse was taken from the cell
lar harnessed and unhurt.
The Schmidt family OF four were all
killed. From here the storm lifted. and
no further damage so FAR as heard from
Was done west-bound passenger train
on the santa re was held az Halstead
until the storm had passed. Where II
crossed the track. telegraph nes. poles.
wires and all were swept away. The
train would certainly have been wrecked
had II gone ahead. In addition 70 the
houses destroyed were barns, out-buIld-
inss, orchards, etc, while the pathway
Of the storm Is lined With the carcasses
Of horses. cattle. hogs and other animals
The loss viii be great. as the district
visited was settled by well-to-do farm
eFs.