Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-02
IT STRUCK NEAR HALsTEAD, DO
ING TERRIBLE WORK.
SIN PEOPLE KNOWN TO HAVE
BEEN KILLED AND 9TH
ERS MAY DIE,
MANY PEOPLE WERE BADLY
HURT BY FALLING TGMBERs
AND MISSILES CARRIED UP
WARD THROUGH THE AIR.
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE


WICHITA, Kan, May /.
special from Halsteud. Kan. says;
About $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
fearful cyclone devastated strip OF
country several hundred yards wide
and at least sixteen miles in length.
killing six persons outright and sen-
ously inJuring several others. while
many have received slight injuries,
The cyclone struck tho house Of Mrs.
Frye. u widow lady, who lived about
nine miles southwest Of Halstead,
completely destroying 1t ana slightly
injuring Mrs, Frye. IL piled up the
house OF John shuttsback and scat
tered it in every direction. The two
story house OF Jos, Weir was entirely
swept away, killing Mis-. Joseph Weir
Grace Weir. aged n; Herman Weir
aged ., and 5-weeks-old baby.
Mr.. Weir had previously left the
house and when the cyclone struck
was about htty yards away. lie chung
TO tree. but was badly injured By
flying debris and win die, Joseph
Weir Jr.. and sister. Maude, the only
ones In the family who took 10 the
cellar, escaped with only slight bruises.
The home OF Il. e. Caldwell, which
was 100 yards to the west of the Weir
home, was uuruofed and one eide torn
away. The family escaped by taking
to the cellar. The next house In the
path of the storm was William ARM
suougs, which was completely wiped
nom inc race Of tne eurtn.
AIR. Armstrong was Nncu, Mrs Arm.
strong perhaps iutuiy injured anu
Lirauuma Ouupn, whO was there h'sN
In bed, was lallcd.
About 100 yaras east OF the ARM
strong house the large store OF u. FIX
zeli WAS picked up, as was Il large Two
story house OF !. *. trizzell. across
the road, and both, together WIN ull
OF the outbuiidingn, We're completely
swept away, leaving only enough ao-
brls to show that house hau STOOD
there. The families OF both the fll2-
aells escaped injury with the eNeep-
ton OF ms j. Il. Frizzell, VINO WAS
considerably bruised about the head.
The next place visited was the home
of Captain William white, which was
only partially destroyed, one wing OF
the house being torn away.
Across the road from whites the
house OF c. II. Hlnlson was entirely
carried away MIR, Hlnkson received
painful but not serious Injury.
Spencer Ross's house was in the line
OF the tornado and was carried away,
as were also the homes OF A. $. Powell,
j. A. Compass and II. w. Thompson
and Menno Hegc
Msis palsy Mem. Mt Powell's house.
was badly injured, as was Mrs. j. a.
Compass
At tho Hepe district school the chill.
drcn had lust been dismissed. liege
saw the storm approaching and fearing
it, results hurried the scholars TO his
cyclone. cellar. His foresight prevent
ca an awful holocaust. for Just as the
last child had been safely stored AWAY
In the nellar the cyclone struck over
them and demolished It, As II was,
not one Of them was even slightly in
jurod
The fury Of the storm seems TO have
done Its worst about five miles west
Of HalHtead, whore all six NJ the per-
sons were killed, Nonr the Frizzell
homo dead horses. cnttle and hogs and
chickens arc scattered all over the
wheat field Those who first snw tho
disaster coming any II made very slow
prog 'ess travelling no faster thnn
nerqon could run. II seemed to wavcr
first In one direction then In another.
As far ~ honrd from. covering dis
tln1N Of eighteen miles across the
country from southwest Ia ~or'h'"ost.
twenty residences. 1earlv all Of them
'7~se ones v,-e completely destroyed. |
The loss win not less thpn 5000 ooO. be-
sides tho six deaths ~ tho Injured. |
two or three Of whom win probably DO. |
phvgicinns from Wichita went 10 the
ralief Of the injured md local phv-
viriqne ar, 'lev1tlng Themselves to the |
injured.
Everybody IN the tracie ~ tho storm |
'oe' -''~vth'7g md ou's''a aid vii. |
nrabnblv have 70 ~ roiioI Cor.