Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-05-29
Big TORNAD0ES.
Kansas Towns Struck by Ter
rifle Winds.
FIVE KILLED IN KENTUCKY.
Hundreds Of Homeless People-SeV"
eraI Children Killed. While
Others Are Saved by Cy-
clone Caves - Many
Wounded.

Reports received in Kan-as City indicate
that terrific tornado passed over Marshall
and Nemaha counties, Kansas, covering an
unusually large territory, dealing death and
destruction through the two counties.
despatch from Beru, Nemaha county, re-
ports that Seneca, the county seat, was
struck by tornado at o'clock P. NJ. One
third Of the residence potion Of the town
was destroyed and five persons were killed
and fifteen badly injured.
The county's magnificent new court house,
the towns big school house and the Catholic
Church are among the buildings wrecked.
Five hundred of tho citizens Of Seneca are
reported to be homeless. The property loss
is estimated at 100000. Tho five dead are
two children Of NJ. Everhcs, two children OF
Mr.. Connell and son Of Peter Assemacher.
The tornadoes also swept the towns OF
Sebetha. Nemaha county and Franksfort,
Marshall county, and the reports indicate
that many other smaller settlements have
suffered.
funnel shaped tornado struck the north
part of the town of Sebetha, small place
northeast of Topeka. near the Nebraska line,
destroying the Grand Island Railro ad De-
pot and elevator and about twenty resi-
dences.
Twenty or twenty-five people were wound
ed, several Of whom will die. Twenty fami'
lies were rendered HOMELESS losing every
thing they had. The tornado passed off to-
wards Falls City and evidently did great
damage
Earlier in the evening tornado was seen
to form over the town of Mitonyale, e.,
aud struck the ground a few miles out Of
town. but did not do much damage there. IL
is probable this is tho same tornado that
struck Sabctha.
A terrific tornado swept down upon the
town Of Frankfort from the southwest.
Everything in the north and west ends Of the
town was completely wrecked.
Probably three scoro of buildings were
-ca 20 tie ground. Some of the bet resi-
dences of the town were blown to atoms, and
reports coming in from the country, where
heavy damage has been done, will materially
swell the loss.
Many are reported painfully injured, but
so far as known, no one has been killed.
Many head Of horses, cattle and other stock
have been killed.
The Methodist and Christian churcnes
were demolished and the Presbyterian
Church was badly wrecked.
Scores of people who are left homeless are
cared for in pubic halls and in the homes OF
more fortunate citzons.
The small number of casualties is account
ed for by the fact that nearly all of the peo-
pie fed to their cellars and cyclone caves.
Reports coming in from Vietis and Seneca
say the tornado was severe at those points.
The latest estimate is that fully 100 substan-
tial buildings have been destroyed in the
town and surrounding country.
A special from Benton, Ky, says: \ terri
Die cyclone passed over the northwest cor
ner of this county about o'clock a. NJ, do
Ing damage to everything in its path.
At Elva it tore down the house Of Ander-
son Jones and killed the entire family, con-
sisting of Jones, aged 50; his wife, aged 55;
his oldest child, a son, II years DID, and two
! girls, one 10 and the other u. Jones was a
poor man and had only lived in that COM
nunitp about six months.
Five collins were sent to Eya and the en-
| lire Jones family were buried in the same
crave Tho scene was visited by hundreds
| from oil the country around.
The tornado came out Of Graves County
by the way of Sympsona, where two stores
we're demolished, two churches and one
school house were torn down, besides barns,
stables, fences and everything else in its
path. There was considerable damage in
other parts of the county. The damage
done at Sympsonia was severe, but no Lives
were lost