Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-02
1ELBGRAPHIC,
4 DEADLY CYCLONE.
d, p,roB, Killed and Others lDjuTad
10 lis Path.
,or,r, COMPLETELY DESTROYED
cattle. Hogs and Chickens
scattered al over the Wheat
Fields.

y,,y,rA kan, May LA special
~, ualst,a4, Kansas, EayG At
10y this uf ufuoon a fearful cyclone
,,.,,.isd strip OF country several
s,a3r,d yards wide and at least xix
miles In ieugth, killing six persons
'a,,,,bt and sgriougiy iniuring several
.1,r.while many have received slight
iruf.oL - A.,
The cyclone lrst struck the house Of
A., Ffy. q widow, who lives about
~. mile southwest Of Malstcad, ccm.
-.,,ly Destroying It but only slightly
lrIuHug Mn. Fry.
uBs4tr.ckgI up the house Of John
ssp,B,cn nnd scattered Il Ia every d.
,.,p.p Tho tine tw0-siyry house Of
I,.,pb w,it which had hut recently
IN tylItatacts. Of over $4,000, was
sufeIysw,ptaway, killing Mrs. Weir
g,,.e Well. aged n, Hermann Wcir
...IB.nud q iivt-weeks.old baby. Mi
Wsrb lult tho hOuse, and when the
,,sste struck Il was abou, atty yards
.v,vnpd chung to tree. lie received
INJURIES which ghe physicians say may
move mla. Joseph Weir Jri anu bile
,,,sr Maud were tho only ones In the
hmly who took to the cellar, escaping
with snly slight bruises.
Tho homo 90 r.. u. Caldwell, which
utiUI yards 90 the wet Of ihu Weir
.snr. was uutUlitt and tbs south side
I'M away. The family escaped by
ming % the cyclone cellar
The upHt house Ia the path Of the
r.rm was that OF william Armstrong,
gbIfb was completely wiped from the
ngssi thr earth aud Mr.. Armstrong
W. Killed, MIS-. Armstrong seriously
nd probably fatally Injured, and
Gnaihtbcr Chapiiug, who was there
f.k 10 bed, was killed.
About 900 yards from the house, the
hfsb w. story residence o. y. T., Ffiz'
III faa picked az, o. wis also large
5slfy house n j. II. Ftlzlull aCr1is
M f5aI, aud bltn together, with
al The 0ulLuildingb were com plCtuly
tutJ, away, leaving enough debris 20
ttag that 40 house had stood there.
TboutHt place visited was the home
q Captain william white, which
va ouy PARTIALLY destroyed, ono wing
q The house being torn away.
sgslcti Rosie house was IN the line
allttuadU ana was carried away.
10 ils Hrgu district school had just
.sta dismissed, and through Or.
Htgst foresight the children were
lgffti out Uf tue path Of the storm
VIII bis family. Had they not 10
tstaaken care of, there would have
tttl great lOss Oi life. The fury OF
utE0fm seems " have done its w0rrt
uliie all ak NJ this persons were
iltI near tbs Friz2pll home. DEAD |
,Ihs,, cattle nnd hogs anu chickens
AZ scattered oil over the wheat
itii.
lblSe who fret saw the fearful dis |
nltf coming cay IL made very slow |
Iigitss, travelling not faster thau |
Itr5u could run, but lt seemed 10 .
Wytf Gfst la one direction then 10 |
ll.tlrL Had 10 not been ~, the Weir |
hauy could have gone 60 the orchard |
eat VI the house, where they could |
have escaped,
TIE cyclone could be plainly seen /
iUm the town, Rud the Santa Fe pas.
Ulglf train No. o waited In the Hal. !
t.ui yards until it crossed the track. !
l.J.sW down uuyufll telegraph poles /
inltwiii career, as iuf ~ heard from, /
uttiIug distance OF eighteen miles |
is'gi the country from southwest TO /
l.lihtliL Twenty residences, nearly |
l'I OF Thorn large, were completely |
suiUytd,
Toe l0s win reach not less than |
tAui, bcsldea the elk deaths Rui tho |
lilliei, two or thTeo OF whom will |
fglatly die.
Nts DsHy Non, aged about 10, has
hlcs ilri from her iuJurieb.
Ilet'Orm crossed the santa Fo rail- !