The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-13
TORNADO TERRoRs.
Missouri and Kansas Receive Q
{ Fatal Visitation.
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BAxrKR SPRINas, Kan, July S.-
Hazter Shrings- is in ruins. Ave people
killed: And shout twenty others
wounded, . result Of . tornado or
twiating Cyclone that struck the town
Friday evening about 8 o'clock. The
dead are: Ssllie Webster. Florence
Webeter. Ralph Webster, H. Hibbs and
the lh6Ant child Of Thomas Shields.
The seriously injured are: Mrs.. Neal,
both collar bones broken and internal
injuries: James Neal, head wound and
internal injuries; Roy Webster. right
arm and right hip broken; Mrs. Martha
Smith, hip dislocated and internal in
juries; Eta Smith, internal injuries;
0sorVs A Dickez, head wounds; A. @.
Hon back. serious heal wound; ArA
Thomss Shields. fatal internal in
turies, and thrae members Of A.
Shsrpe's family.
There seems to have been two cur
rsuts Of wiDA which strnck the town,
one from the north and the other from
the west, and they met near the n. E.
church, Joined forcss ana turned east,
doing sssious damage TO property be-
fore neetiag, but after coming to-
esshsr the destruction Of property was
complete.
The n. E church was the Arst
building struck and was totally de-
stroysd Then J. n. Coopsr's store
building and the Christian church were
destroyed. Mr.. Cooper also had seven
other bousess damaged, and the resi-
dsness OF Col. March, A. q. Henbeck,
Mr.. Childs and Ira Perkins wers
ruined.
! The damage 70 property west Of Bax.
YER sprines cannot be fully dstsrminsd.
Forty miners st work In mins No a
q the Ransss Z Texas Coal Co., q
Weir City. had no knowlsdss of the
STERN. until the 0ine was dslugsd with
tosrsnts Of water from above. All
wsrs nsrrowly saved. bat every muls
n Tie mine was drowned.
Wssssspses - Wlasss.
WMoyA. No. July "A storm awful
n its terror aad total In its work oi
destructiou wiped out the town oi
Winous, On the Current river brsneh
Of The Ksnsas City. Fort Scott 4 Mem
phis railway, In shannon county, q
1880 o'clock Friday night Eleven Per
sons ass known 70 have Lost their lives
and eight mea are nissing. The dead
are: Rev. C. w. Duncan. MrA @. @.
Duncan, Nattis Duncan, Mra Crsw.
ford, . married daughter of @. W.
Duncan, Crawford Cert, George Nevins
Norms Nsvins, . little daughtss oi
Lloyd Wright, Maggie Cannon, John
Moepsa ana NJ N~vaua
u wss like . shipwreck on land.
Criss Of terror, shouts for help from
struggiins people elingine 70 piecss q
timber naAs the scene oae that bafled
intslliesnt effort to save the helpless.
The ssroag current rushin4 down th<
rsvine or valley carried many 70 higher
land and places Of safety.
I when the torrent had in degree sub
siAed. the men who had seen TO theii
own families. turned their attention
- others. and BY o'clock In The
rho he'd escaped the sweep of the a..
vaststioa stood shivering without
~ spsortunity - dry themselves
When day dswnsd there was nothing
Of their homes In the town. There
Was-no shslter. 20 food, 20 clothiag.
1hs U1ooA oubas1aa0.
WuoxA, No. July 9-The loeA .
subaidinS st this place aad search "a
The bodies Of the drowned b lhsias
msas. The bodiss of Rev. @. W. Dan
caa aaA daughter Msttis spA Norna
Nsvins were found about noon unAe
the driftwood shout nile belov
town. also the body Of - uaknewl
stranger, who was stoppaaa - one o
the hotsls and was therefore no
known - nissing. Some thrilling
reseass frem tAs AooA wsrs made. a
. point Is mile bslsw the slty gsntls
man e. The hlu1Rs tie1 . rope seounl
his Wuis4 cd whsI . body came by b
| woaA jsnp ints ths ma4dsnsd waters
esusp = and with the aA of friends q
Ne bank. who held the other end Q
ths rops. fastened Il 70 hin -,
Aragesd the fosm 70 The shsrs. Il
this way hs rescued thyss from drown
tne snd recovered two deed bodies.
a fhs oessO - Cs1eon, Boa.-
CANTON. Rsn., July q -Four psrsoa
ware injured. one Of them proeehl.
| fatally, and thousands ol dollass
worth OF damage wss done here an
In this Vicinity by Sunday night
storm, which proved 10 BE- one of u
werst sxpssis1sod here for ysssA -