The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-07-11
DEATH AND RUIN.
Awful Havoc Wrought by the Fury
 of Wind and Rain.
Baxter Springs, Kan, Visited by a Death Dealing Tornado-The Town of Wi- mona, Mo !, Wiped Out bya
 WaterspOut.

BANTER SPRINGS, Kan, July B. Baxter Springs is in ruins, five people killed and about twenty others wounded, a result of tornado oi twisting cyclone that struck the towr Friday evening about 6 o'clock. The dead are: Sallie Webster, Florenc, Webster, Ralph Webster, II. Hibbs anc the infant child of Thomas Shields.
 The seriously injured are: Mrs. Neal both collar bones broken and internaI injuries; James Neal, head wound ant internal injuries; Roy Webster, right arm and right hip broken; Mrs. Martha Smith, hip dislocated and internal in juries; Etta Smith, internal injuries George A. Dicker. head wounds; A. G Hanback,, serious head wound; Mrs Thomas Shields, fatal internal in juries, and three members of A Sharpe's family.
 There seems to have been two cur rents of wind which struck the town one from the north and the other iron the west, and they met near the NJ. F. 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.
 The M. E. church was the first building struck and was totally de stroyed. Then !. NJ. Cooper's stor, building and the Christian church wer, destroyed. Mir. Cooper also had sever other houses damaged, and the resi-. dences of Col. March, A. G. Henbeck Mir. Childs and Ira Perkins were ruined.
 [ The Memphis railroad depot wa! badly damaged and goods stored in il were flooded. Twenty-eight freight cars were thrown from the track anC damaged.
 The damage to property west of Bax ter Springs cannot be fully determined It is reported that for many miles in the track of the storm fences and barns are blown down and crops more or less destroyed
 Forty miners at work in mine No. 4 of the Kansas & Texas Coal Co.,, al Weir City, had no knowledge of the storm until the mine was deluged with torrents of water from above. All were narrowly saved, but every mule in the mine was drowned.
 LIVES LOST AT wINoNA, MO. WINoSA, Mo, July s.-A storm awful in its terror and total in it's work ot destruction wiped out the town ot Winona, on the Current river branch of the Kansas City. Fort Scott & Mem phis railway, in shannon county, at l0:3O o'clock Friday night. Eleven per. sons are known to have lost their lives and eight men are missing. The dead are: Rev. c. w. Duncan, Mrs. c. G. It was like shipwreck on land. Cries of terror, shouts for help from struggling people clinging to pieces of timber made the scene one that batfie3 intelligent effort to save the helpless. The strong current rushing down the ravine or valley carried many to higher land and places of safety.
 When the torrent had in degree sub' sided, the men who had seen to their own families, turned their attention to others, and by 3 o'clock in the morning the worst was over. Those who had escaped the sweep of the de- vastation stood shivering without an opportunity to dry themselves, When day dawned there was nothing of their homes in the town. There was no shelter, no food, no clothing.
 As soon as the destroyed telegraphic communication was restored Mayor E, F. Evans telegraphed to surrounding