Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
THE DEADLY CYCLONE.
Texas and Kansas Visited by
Awful Storms
At Sherman, Tex, and Vicinity the Death
List Is Over 1oO-Seneca and Other
Kansas Towns Devastated-The
Property Loss Enormous.

SHERMAN, Tex, May 1s.-A tornado
swept over this section Friday after
noon, causing roba bly, 100 Deaths in
Juring hundreds of others and doing
damage estimated at $3.50, 600. In this
city AZ persons were killed and % are
missing and probably dead, while over
100 were injured. South of here 20
more were probably killed, and at
other points there were 20 or more
deaths. The tornado made its first ap
pearance at Justin, in Denton county,
more than 100 miles from here. The
work of ruin was quickly accomplished
there. From there the storm swept
northeast through Gerald, thence to
Mingo, to Gribble Springs and on to
Mustard. A hundred miles was travelled
in an hour. The small settlements
along the line of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad north of Denton all
suffered. Elmview was laid waste and
then the village of Howe, southwest
OF Sherman, received the full force of
the storm, which, while sweeping over
Denton county and part of Grayson,
seemed to have gathered new fury. In
this city the storm swept through a
section two blocks wide in the west
ern half of the city, travelling almost
directly north.
From the point where the storm first
descended in this city to where it arose
from the ground just north of town,
not house in its pathway escaped,
not tree or shrub was left standing,
fences were wrecked and the iron
bridge on Houston street was com.
pletely blown away Notwithstanding
its hundreds of thousands of pounds of
steel and material.
summary of the dead and injured
is as follows: In Sherman, 81 dead,
several missing and over 100 injured;
about Sherman, 81 killed and so in
Jured; in Gribble Springs. three killed
and 30 injured; in Justin, one killed
and II injured; about Denton, five
killed and many injured; in Howe,
eight killed and many injured.
The Storm in Kansas.
SENECA, Kan, May 1S-A devasta-
ting tornado passed through this city
from the southwest to the northeast
yesterday at $50 o'clock. Everything
IN its path was completely wrecked. |
Cour1ers from the country report great |
damage to property, and probably loss |
OF life In this city, four were killed |
and number I'M ured. The killed are |
son and daughter of M R Comet. a |
son of NJ E. Voorhees, and the 15-year-
old son of Peter Assenmachers The
injured are NJ. E Voorhees,, John Bel.
shaw and Alonzo Hawley. The latter
will not recover. There were many
miraculous escapes from instant death
The streets are impassa BILE, blocked
with debris of buildings and fallen
trees The Grand opera house is COM
pletely demolished. The roof and
west side of the $50, 900 courtho use is
blown off and caved in, and the roof
OF the high school building gone. The
ST Of h4
versalist and Catholic churches were
scattered to the four winds Twenty.
i've residences were RACED to the
ground and buildings innumerable un-
rooted.
At Oneida, several buildings were de-
stroyed and three children of James
Sherrard killed. The west half of the
village of Baileyville was swept away,
but no one killed. The damage in this
city is over $1,000
At Frankfort the north and
northwest part of the town was
destroyed, some of the best ,
buildings in the town being total
including the Methodist and
churches. About 100 build
ngs in town and country are gone, and
700 people are homeless Horses, cat
lie and hogs are dead on every farm
The storm struck Sabetha about 1880 {
CLOCK Inc Grand Island depot was
'axed to the ground, together with
bout a dozen residences. William
larry, wife and daughter were badly !
injured, the latter probably fatally. !
J. p. Hays and Mrs Elizabeth Murphy
eceived probably fatal injuries !.
The storm started in the northeast
art of Clay county. 1t passed in a
ortheast direction through Riley and F
1arsha1 counties completely ,vipine
ut the little town of Bodaville. MANY
re reported injured and several killed I
t Spring Valley, but nothing can be
definitely. Some six miles
outh of Barnes it tore down a church n
q which $50 people were worshiping. L
lany were injured, the pastor, Rev.
ir- Mason, escaping with a broken r
,g. f
At Reserve and Falls City the storm "
i'd much damage, just how much is I
OF known Fully a dozen persons s
ere hurt and many buildings blown t
own. couple of farmers from Re- b
erve say the damage was frightful p
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Robbed by the Cashier. 81
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