St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-18
KANSAS TOWN BADLY TORN UR
BY AN EVENING CY- 4
CLONE. So
MANY PEOPLE INJURED.
DWELLINGS ARE LIFTED FROM
THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND
CARRIED OUT OF SIGHT.
FATAL TORNADO VISITS iowa
One Woman Killed and Houses
Mills and Barns Reduced to
WreckaSe.

HARTFORD, Kan, June H.
About o'clock this evening a cy-
clone struck this place, coming from
the southwest and sweeping every
thing from its path, which was
clean cut and about 100 feet in width.
Several persons were injured so bad-
| ly they are not expected to livey
No one so far as known was killed
outright. The known wounded are:
Mr.. Lawson, will die; Mrs. LAWSON
seriously hurt; Mrs. Mary E. Raw
son, probably fatally; Cora RawsonJ
severely hurt; o. l.. Rawson, badly
cut about head Mrs. H. K. Smith,
severely hurt. About twelve houses
were destroyed, as we'll as many.
barns and outhouses. Among the
houses destroyed were those of
Judge Combs, Mrs. Rawson, Clarr
ence Comley, L. f. Dudley, j. Al
Thompson, w. G. Root and Cod
| frey Schwartz. The roof of Clarence
| Comley's house was lifted off as
clean as if the house had been put
| up and the roof unfinished. The re-
mainder of the structure was un-
more or less damaged. The total
loss is estimated at from $4,000 to
| $20, 900. a
An eye witness of the storm, F. 3.
Tucker, a travelling man from EmI
peoria, says: IT was on the incom-'
| ing NJ, K. & T. train, due at Hart
| ford at $40. Just as the train was
| stopping l and other passengers no.
| ticed to the southwest a peculiarly
shaped white cloud, formed nearly
| like balloon, but little more ta-'
| pering. It's peculiar whiteness first
| attracted our attention. In a few
moments it seemed to stretch out it's
| neck to the ground and turn darker.
| Then the clouds from all directions
| seemed to cluster around the top,
and as the small end struck the
| earth trees, fences and everything
| it met were torn UP and lifted into
| the air.
| FOLLOWED THE PREACHER.
| The first house that II struck was
| lifted bodily into space. In another,
second beams, furniture and stoves,
bedding and all kinds of material were
| seen shooting high into the air from all
| directions. By this time the passengers
were beginning to notice that the fun
| nel-shaped cloud was coming straight
| for the cars in which we were, and
| inquiries began as to what was best
| to be done. Suddenly a Methodist
| preacher, 1 do not know his name,
solved the question by shouting: Here
| goes for the prairie and rushed to
the door, followed by everyone in the
car. The run, however, was not nec-
essary, for when only about 100 feet
from the car the storm center took a.
sudden turn southwest and swept past
the rear of the train without touching
| it. The storm center, after passing
| through the town to the east, seemed
/ to jump the Neosho river and then
rise and disappear in the air"
Subscriptions were started here this
evening for the benefit of the suffer-
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KANSAS CITY FLOODED. ~
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June H.-The
storm that visited Hartford, Kan, this
afternoon reached Kansas City shortly
afterwards, and manifested itself In a
deluge. The streets were flooded to
depth of half a foot, and considera-
BILE damage was done to easements. "
FATAL BLOW IN IOWA. n
DENISON, To-, June f.-About 8
O'Clock this morning Denison and VI
cinity were visited by tornado, which
did damage estimated at $4,000 to
houses, barns and windmills. One
frame country school house was blown.
away. The farm house of John Dea
Ii LII
and other members of the family werd
injured Barns and windmills were de-
molished. More than a hundred treea
in the city were destroyed.
A CLEAN SWEEP.
STELLA, Neb., June 17.-One of tha
worst cyclones ever seen in Richards
son county visited the home of Will<
lam Stoltz, four miles southeast of this
place, at 2.SO p. m. The storm was
first seen when about ten miles out,
when three funnel-shaped clouds came
together and formed a few rods of the
west side of Mr. Stoltzs grove. From
there it moved east through the grove
and into the yard and outbuildings,
which are situated just south of the
residence. 1t took everything in its
path, and after the storm had passed
nothing could be seen of the barn, two
corn cribs, windmill and granary, ex-
cept a pile of broken timbers. A mule
which was standing in the barn was
picked up and carried thirty rods and
disemboweled. A fine mare was in
jured so badly that she had to be shot.
About 600 bushels of grain was scat
tered to the four winds, and 200 chick
ems killed. Mr.. StoltZ, his wife and
six children were in the cellar when
the storm struck the house. The Shin
giles were torn off and all the windows
on the east side were broken. AS the
house stood in the edge of the storm
this was the extent of the damage.
OKLAHOMA WRECKAGE. r
DENNISON, Okla, June f.-This
morning a heavy wind storm passed
over this county, and at places as
sumed cyclonic proportions. There ls
scarcely yard in Dennison that Isl
not strewn with trees and branches.
The storm was worse apout eight miles
west. In Paradise township, near Ken
wood the house of John Rose was de-
molished and Mrs. Rose has died from
injuries received. Mrs. Rose had her
shoulder dislocated. Their baby was
carried some distance from the house,
but was found wrapped in a quilt un-
hurt. A school house three miles west
of Dennison was completely wrecked.
TWO BOYS KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June H.-Four
miles west of here. near Quindaro. twQ
boys, Joseph and Thomas Bntterwerk,
aged fifteen and nineteen years re-
spectively, were struck by lightning
this afternoon while working in a
field and were instantly killed. No