The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-02


from Hals.ead. Kas., says: About 1 30
this afternoon fearful cyclone do.
v,s,atet n "trip OF country several
hundred yards wide and at least sixteen
miles in length, killing six persons out.
night and seriously iniurinS several
others, while many havc received slight
injuries
Tho cyclone struck the house OF Mrs.
Frye, who lived abou. nine mile, south.
vest OF Iials.ead, completely destroying
i,and slightly injuriur Mrs. Frye. 1t
picked 40 the house OF John Schulz.
back and scattered 1t in overy dircc.
,ion. The fine two-story house
Of Joseph Weir was entirely swept
away, killing Mrs. Joseph Weir,
Grace Weir, aged eleven; Herman
Weir, aged five, and fve-weeks-od
bidy. Mr.. Weir had previously left
the houie and whom tho cyclone struck
it was about tiIty yards away. He clung
toa tree. but WAS badly injured by fly
INK debris and will die. Joseph Weir,
j.. and sister, Maud, tho only ones in
the family who took to the cellar, es-
capped with only slight bruises.
The home OF L. G. Caldwell, which
was one hundred yards to the west OF
the Weir homo, was unrooied and one
side torn away. The family escaped by
taking 10 the cellar. The next house in
the path Of the storm was VIM. Arm
s:roug's s, which was completely wiped
nom the face ot the earth. Mr.. Arm
strong was killed, Mrs. Armstrong
seriously. and perhaps fatally Injured.
and Grandma Chapen, who was there
sick in bed. was killed.
Abop. 100 yards east OF the Armstrong
house. the large two.sIory residence OF
B. E. Frizzel WAS picked up, as was also
large two-story house OF J. +. Frizzel
across the road, and both, together with
all the ou.buildings, were completely
swept away. Tho families OF both the
FrIzIels escaped injury with the e1cep-
ton Of Mrs. J. R. Frizzel. who was con-
siderably bruised about the head.
The next place visited was the homo
OF Capt William White, which was
only partly destroyed, one wing OF tho
house being torn away. Across tho
road from Whites. tho home OF Cyrus
Hinkston wa, entirely carried away.
Nr. Hinkston received painful, but not
serious injuries. Spencer Ross's house
was in the limo OF the tornado and was
carried away, as were also the
home, Of A. S. Powell, J. A. Comas.
Andrew Thomas and Menno Hedge.
Miss Daisy NeiI. a. PowclI's house, was
badly injured, and Mrs. J. VI. Comas.
The Hedge district school children had
jus: been dismissed. Hedge saw tho
storm approaching, and fearing its re-
suits, hurried the scholars to his
cyclone cellar. Just as the last child
had been safely slowed away in tho
cellar, the cyclone struck tho house
over them and demolished it. As it
was, not one OF them were oven slightly
injured.
Ihe Jury OF the storm seoms to have
done It's worst about five milcs west of
Hasserd, where all six OF tho persons
we're killed. Near the Frizzel home
dead horses, cattle, hogs and chickens
are scattered all over the wheat field.
Those VINO frat saw tho disaster coming
say ]. mado very slow progress, travel
Ing not faster than person could run.
Il seemed to warer first in ono direc.
tion then in another. As far rs hoard
from, covering distance OF eighteen
miles across the country from south west
to northwest, thirty residences nearly
all Of them large ones, wers completely
destroyed.
The loss will bc not,less than $4,000
besides tho six deaths and tho injured,
two o. three Of whom will probably die.
Physicians from Wichita won, 10 the
relief Of the injured and local assistance
!s given to tho suffering families.
Everybody in the track OF tho s,orm
!oat everything. and outside aid will
probably have TO bo called tor.