Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
FATAL STORMS.
Many People Killed at Baxter
Springs by q Tornado.
LIST OF TIE DEAD AID INJURED.
N iowa Of winena, Mo-, Wiped Out
Eleven Psrsoas Rnown TO Have Lost
Their Lives Thirty Build.
inss Destroyed.

inse Destroyed.
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan, July a.
Baxter Springs 10 in ruins, five people
killed and about twenty others
wounded, . result Of q tornado or
twisting cyclone that struck the town
Friday evening about 9 o'clock. The
dead are: Esllis Webster, Florence
Webster, Ralph Webster, Il. Hibbs and
the infant 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;
George A. Dickcr, head wounds; A. O.
Hanback,. serious head woundi Mrs
Thomas Shields, fatal internal In
juries, and three members OF A.
Ehsrps's family.
There seems TO have been two cur
rents Of wind which struck the town,
one from the north and the other from
the west, and they met near the M. p.
church, Joined forces and turned east,
doing serious damage TO property be-
fore meeting, but after coming to-
gether the destruction Of property was
complete.
In the track Of tho current from the
north the passenger depot was the
first thing damaged. Furtheron much
damage was done to residence proper
ty, shade trsea and everything In its
way. The current from the west seems
to have been the stronger. 1t struck
some Of the residences west OF the
freight depot doing serious damage,
but when II came to the yards Of the
railroad twenty.eight freight cars
were thrown from the track and badly
damaged The depot was moved on
sne iounoasion, wrecked apou' sao
we're badly flooded.
From the railroad track on to the
point OF meeting the other current, the
damage to property was not 80 great
Inc nrss oo)ec. struck alsor W.. ,u' 'hoos.
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