The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-18
FLOOD AND CYCLONE
Three Men Drowned i'm a Rag
ing Oklahoma River.
HARTFORD, KAN, HIT BY WIND.
The storm Looked Like a Great White
BallooR->everal Persons Fatally
injured.

r Reno. q. T. June ,7--hs late rains
in Western Oklahoma have caused the
rivers 20 overflow badly. The North cana
dian s. ove~foEing the Bottoms ard rising
rsbidly- The Indians who Prorhesied 4
food are leaving the loEiancs, and insist
that the food Is coming sure The South
Canadian is = raging torrent. ard IS pat
ting the gold hunters 70 much troubie. -
they all have 20 cross the r Reno bridge
to get 10 the field Five hundred and sixty
three teams crossed this bridge during
twenty-four hours Sunday. The Washita
river is not fordable. bat the prospee tors
are swimming IL. Two miners with ontilts
and a soldier bearing dispatches have been
drowned IN the Washita since the rise. X
Is raining hard tonight.
Hartford. kan. June l7--About O'Clock
this evening a cyclone struck this place
coming from the southwest and swept
everything from its path. n nica was cie'hh
cut and about 10 fest in width Several
persons were injured so badly that they
are not expected 20 live. No one. so Tar as
known. was killed outright. The known
wounded are: Mr.. Lawson. will die; Mrs
Lawson, seriously injured Mrs Mary T.
Rawson, probably fatally injured Cora
Rapson. severely hurt. ola RaESon. bad
" cut about the head, Mrs. Ii. h. smith.
severely hurt.
About twelve houses were destroyed. as
we'll many barns and outhouses Among
rha houses destroyed were those OF Judge
W J. Combs Mr. RawSon. Clarence Con
ley. l.. F. Dudley j. a Thompson. W =.
Brooks ard Godfrey Schaeffer- The roof
Of Clarence Conley's house was hrted of
as clean az IL he. house had been put up
and the roof left unfinished, the remain
Ger % the structure being unframed
La dow
agei The total loss is estimated at about
81 0o.
An eyewitness Of the storm +. 3. Tuck
er a travelling man from Emporia. saws:
Il was on the incoming Missouri Kan
sas g. Texas train due Al hartford az
SD. Just as she train was stopping !
and other passengers noticed IN the south
west a peculiarly shaped white cloud.
formed nearly like balloon. but litfle
more tapering. It's peculiar Whlteuess
first attracted our attention. In few
minutes IL seemed 10 stretch out its neck
to the ground and turn darker. Then
clouds from all directions seemed 20 cIus-
ter around the top. and as the small end
struck the earth, trees. fenceS. every
thing II struck. were lifted bodily into
space In another second. beams. furni-
ture. stoves, bedding and al kinds OF
material were seen shooting high into
the air from all directions. BY this time
the passengers began 10 notice that the
funnel-shapCd cloud was coming straight
for the car IN which We were. and IN
Quiries began as 90 what was best 70 he
done Suddenly Methodist preacher q
do not know his nance solved the ques-
ton by shouting: Here goes for the
prairie" and rushed 20 the door. foi-
lowed by every one IN the car. However.
this was not necessary. for when only
about 100 feet from the car the storm
center took a sudden turn eastward and
swept past the rear Of the train with
out touching IL. The storm, after pass
Ing through the town 10 the east. seemed
10 jump the %eosho river and then rise
and disappear in the air
Subscriptions were started here this
evening for the benefit Of the sufferers.
Kansas City. June IA rainstorm.
which assumed almost the proportions OF
a watcrspout, began here this afternoon
and continued late into the night Nearly
four inches OF water fell within eight
hours which Is the heaviest fall recorded
for this vicinity in fifteen years. During
the height of the storm TWO inches Of rain
fell within twenty-eight minutes, The
greatest fall in n like length Of time ever
known here. Streets in low-lying districts
were flooded as were many cellars, but no
serious damage resulted
At sheffield. an eastern suburb, Moose
Neck creek into which half a dozen small
raviues let loose "a large volume Of water.
rose five feet within thirty minutes ami
damaged three or four small bridges along
IT'S course The rise is the biggest ever
known I'm this vicinity
Four miles west of here near Quindaro.
two boys. Joseph and Thomas Butterweck.
aged "a and l. years respectively, were
struck rs lightning and killed No other
fatalities are known.
Dennison. Ia. June 17.--This morning
about $50 O'Clock q heavy wind storm
PASSED over this county. and al places
assumed cyclou!c proportions There Is
scarcely a yard ln pecnlson that is no,
strewn with trees and branches Resi-
deuces Of ola settlers are pretty Wei
shattered fences ana Out5uil3in IS hl1w0
over. windows smashed ard doors blown
in NJ one was hurt here. y barn he
longing TO Squire Bonds just east Of
town. Was moved ana three valuable COWS
killed The storm was worse about eight
miles west Of hpre. Th@ house ~ John
Rose was demolished. and Mrs Rose has
diei from injuries received. Mir Rose
rad his shoulder dls'ocata3. Their baby
vas carried Some distance from the
house. hut was found uuhurt. The large
barn of Joseph Duncan wa. wree koi.
August Eegers also lost barn and many
outhuHdInEv NeWiliams school house.
three miles west % Denaison. was com-
pletcly we ke3.
omaha. June IA dispatch 10 'ho Zee
from Stella. Neh.. gives details ~ d ter
rife cyclone over Richardson county. All
u the harms and outhul3lncs on Wil-
fam Stolts farm. four miles southwest
az Stella. We're demolished. Several head
40 lsr- stock and 9o chi kens were k1,ef.
SIX huu 1-el bushels u grain We're nlnv-u
20 thc four Winds and much standing
grain was destroyed. S.plt ana his fs0--
,'y cook refuge in che cellar ~ -Ha.r
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