The Forrest City times., 1895-06-21
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.

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PERFECTLY Bare-Lsrge Loss of Property
win out Few Casualties Noted.
HARTFORD, Kan, June 1s.-About &
o'clock last evening a cvclone strucl,
TINS place, coming from the southwest
ana swept everything from its path.
whlch was clean cut and about 100
ieet In width. No one, so far as
known, was actually killed, although
several persons were injured so badly
they are not expected to live. The
wounded are:
Mr.. Lawson, will die.
Mrs. Lawson, seriously hurt
Mrs. Mary E. Rawson, probably IA
tally injured.
cora Rawson, severely hurt.
oia Rawson, badly cut about the
head.
Mrs ii. X. Smith, severely hurt.
About twelve houses were totally
destroyed and many barns and ont
houses. Among the houses totally de-
stroyed were those of Judge w. J.
oomos. Mrs. Rawson, Stuckey's barn
and mill, Clarence Conley, L. F. Dud-
ley, j. A. Thompson, w. G. Root. God.
frey Schwartz and several others.
The roof of Clarence Conley's house
was lifted off as clean as if the house
had been put up and the roof left un-
nnlshed, the remainder of the struc-
ture being unframed. Many other
houses are more or less damaged. The
total loss is estimated at all the way
from $1,000 to $4,000.
An eyewitness of the storm, F. B.
Tucker, travelling man from Empo-
ria, says:
was in the incoming Missouri, Kan
sas " Texas train. due at Hartford at
500. Just as the train was stopping,
1 and another passenger noticed to the
southwest a peculiarly shaped white
cloud formed nearly like balloon,
but little more tapering. It's pecu-
liar whiteness first attracted our at
tention. In few moments it seemed
to stretch, put its neck to the ground,
turning darker. Then clouds from
all directions seemed to cluster around
the top and as the small end struck the
earth, trees, fences, everything it
struck, in fact, were torn up and
lifted into the air. The first house it
struck seemed to be lifted bodily into
space and in second beams, furni-
ture, stoves. bedding and all kinds of
material were seen shooting in all di.
rections, high up in the air By this
time passengers were beginning to no.
tice that the funnel-shaped cloud was
coming straight for the car in which
we were and inquiries began to be
m do 70 kat l.
suddenly a Methodist preacher
Il do not know his name) solved the
question by shouting Here goes for
the prairie" and rushed to the door
followed by every one in the car
None, however, were able to catch
him. The run was not necessary, for
when only bout 100 feet from the car
the storm center took a sudden turn
and swept past the rear of the train
without touching it.
THE storm after passing through
the town to the east seemed to jump
the Neosho river and then rise and
disappear in the air.
Ten Miles Wide and Thirty In Length.
WALLACE. Neb., June 1s.-A cyclone
of terrific force, covering a territory
ten miles wide and about thirty in
length, passed just north of here Sun
day afternoon, taking southwesterly
course and sweeping everything in it's
path. Houses, barns, windmills,
fences, etc, were picked up and car
ried for miles
AS yet only one death is reported,
that of Joseph Young, whose house
was picked up and carried three miles
in the air and then scattered in ruins.
Mr.. Young was the only one of the
family in the house at the time, the
others having previously gone to the
storm cave. His body was found yes
house stood. He was horribly mangled
with every shred of clothing torn
from him.
The members of the families of Mat
thew Born. John Staley and Martin
Lakin were more or less injured.
Their houses were taken from over
their heads. Peter Lapland reports
losing ten head of horses by lightning.
Further than this nothing can be
learned, but it is feared that deaths
will be reported from the east end Of
the county.
Buildings Blown Down and Crops Dam
aged.
CREsToN. Ia, June IA severe hur-
ricane passed over this section of the
state at an early hour this morning,
west of here along the line of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy. Buildings
and other structures were blown down
and miles of fences levelled. In the