Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-02
LEFT TRACK OF RUIN.
Kansas Cyclone Travelled Over Six
teen Miles Of Ground.
At Least Six Persons Were
Killed Outright. -..
House Picked Up by the Wind and Smashed
L,.. Into xIndIIns Wood.

HALsTEAD. Kas.. May IA fearfu
cyclone yesterday afternoon devastated Z
strip of country several hundred yardi
wide and at least l6 miles In length. kill
ing six persons outright and seriously In
juring several Others. while many have re
oeived slight injuries.
The Cyclone struck the house of Mrs
Erie. widow who lived about nine miles
from Halstead, destroying 1t and injuring
Mrs. Erie.
1t picked up the house Of John Schultz
back and scattered 1t in every direction.
The two-story house of Joseph Weir was
entirely swept away, killing Mrs. Weir,
Grace Weir. Herman Weir and FIVE
weeks-old baby. Mr.. Weir had pre-
viously left the house, and when the
cyclone struck 1t was about 80 yards away,
He was badly injured by flying debris and
will die.
The home of f. C. Caldwell was un-
rooted, and one side torn away. The fam
lily escaped by taking to the cellar
The next house In the path of the storm
was William Armstrong; which was
completely
Wiped From the Face OF the Earth.
Mr.. Armstrong was killed, Mrs. Arm
strong fatally injured and Grandma
Chaplin was killed.
The large two story residence of B. F.
Frizzell was picked up, as was also large
two-story building Of p j. Frizzell, and
both together. with all the out buildings
were completely swept away. The fami.
lies of both tho Frizzells escap cd serious
injury.
The next place visited was the home
William White, which was only partly
destroyed, one wing of the house being
torn away.
The house of Cyrus Hinkston was en-.
tirely carried away. Mr. Hinkston re-
ceived painful injuries.
Spencer Ross house was on the line of
the tornado and was carried away. as
were also the houses of A. s. Powell, j.
A. Comas, Andrew Thompson and Menno
Hege Miss Daisy Neff was badly injured,
as was Mrs. j. Comas.
At the Hege district school the children
had just been dismissed. Hege saw the
storm approaching. and fearing its results
hurried the scholars
To His Cyclone Cellar.
His precaution prevented an awful catas-
trophe, for just rs the last child had been
safely slowed away In the cellar the cy.
clone struck the house over them and de-
molished it. AS 1t was not one OF them
was even slightly injured.
Near the Frizzell home dead horses cat
tie, hogs and chickens were scattered all
over the field. Those who first saw the
disaster coming say that 1t made very slow
progress, travelling not faster than man
could run. It seemed to waver, first in
one direction and then In another.
As far as heard from, covering q dis
tance Of IS miles across the country, from
southwest to northwest 20 residences,
nearly all Of them largo ones, were COM
pletely destroyed. The loss will fall not
loss than $500, 000 beside the six deaths
and the injured, three or four of whom
will probably die.
Physicians from Wichita went to the
relief Of the injured, and local assistance
is given to the suffering families. Every.
body in the track Of the storm lost every
thing, and outside aid will have to be
called for.