The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-09
FURIOUS TORNADO.
It Sweeps Through a Southern
 Kansas Neighborhood.
Six Persons Killed and Many Severely In- jured-Residences Blown Away and Much Other Property De-
 stroyed.

HALsTEAD, Kan, May 2.-About 4:30 yesterday afternoon fearful tornado devastated a strip of country several hundred yards wide and at least 16 miles in length, killing six persons out right and seriously injuring several others, while many others have re- ceived slight injuries. The cyclone struck the house of Mrs. Fry, widow, who lived about miles southwest of Halstead, completely destroying it and slightly injuring Mrs. Fry. It picked up the house of John Schultz and scattered it in every direction. The fine two-story house of John Weir, which had but recently been built at cost of over $2, GOO, was entirely swept away, killing Mrs. Joseph Weir, Grace Weir, aged Ii, Herman Weir, aged 5, and a 5-weeks'- old baby. Mir. Weir left the house and when the cyclone struck was about 30 yards away and clung to a tree. He was injured and the physi- clans say he will die. Joseph Weir, Jr., and sister, Maud Weir, the only ones in the family who took to the cellar, escaped with only slight bruises. The home of F.. c. Caldwell, which was 100 yards to the west of the Weir home, was unroofed and the south side torn away. The family escaped by taking to the cellar.
 The next house in the path of the storm was William Armstrong's, which was completely wiped from the face of the earth and Mir. Armstrong was killed, Mrs. Armstrong seriously and perhaps fatally injured; Grandma Chapin, who was there sick in bed, was killed. About 100 yards east of the Armstrong house the large two story residence of B. E. Frizzell was picked up, as was also large two story house of J. F. Frizzell across the road, and both together with all the out-buildings were completely swept away, leaving enough debris to show that house had stood there. The families of both the Frizzells escaped injury with the exception of Mrs. J. R. Frizzell, who was considerably bruised about the head.
 The next place visited was the home of Capt. William White, which was only partly destroyed, one wing of the house being torn away. Across the road from Whites the home of Cyrus Hinkston was entirely carried away and MT. Hinkston received injuries, but not considered serious. Spencer. Ross house was in the line of the tor nado and was carried away, as were the homes of A. s. Powell, J. A. Comas, Andrew Thompson and Memo Hege Miss Daisy Neff, at Powell's house, was injured, as was Mrs J. A. Comas
 In the Hege district school, school had just been dismissed, and through Mir. Hege's foresight the children were hurried out of the path of the storm along with his family. Had they not been so taken care of there would have been great loss of life. The fury of the storm seems to have been worst about miles west of Halstead, where all six of the persons were killed near the Frizzell home. Dead horses, cat. tie, hogs and chickens are scattered all over the wheat field.
 As far as heard from the storm covered distance of Is miles across the country from southwest to north east, twenty residences, nearly all of them large ones were completely de- stroyed. The loss will fall not less than S20O, GOO. Besides the six deaths two or three of the injured will prob- ably die. Physicians from Halstead went to the relief of the injured and local assistance was given to the suf. fering families. Everybody in the track of the storm lost everything and relief will probably have to be called for although only as a last resort.