The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
t IS AWFUL !!
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persisted, but as it was, only one mem
Der, little girl, was bruised.
a public meeting raised s.. 900 for the
! immediate relief of the sufferers and
the permanent relief committee, con
sisting Of c. II. Smith, c. B. Randell
C. b. Dorchester and Colonel George
I Murphy, viii take donations. 1t is
distinctly stated that donations from
points outside Of Grayson county will
not be received. Dennison has re-
| sponded nobly and nurses and physi-
clans from that city are here rendering
great assistance. All railroads running
into the city placed. special trains at
the disposal Of the local authorities and
brought help from all neighboring cit
| les
Reports are that the storm killed
many persons in the country west of
Howe.
A large number of police and search
ing parties are looking for missing peo-
pie.
ADDITIONAL DEAD.
The following are additional deaths
reported up to 1 a. N:
JIM ENGLISH, colored.
JOHN TAYLOR, white.
KATIE KING, colored.
The unknown woman at the morgue
has been identified as Mrs. 1. L. Burles
Another infant Of the Balinger family
has been found dead.
Charles Weddle of Fairview, is dead
with a piece of timber driven. through
his body. The family of John Ham
ilton have been discovered, all badly
f,,i Of To-
aged 20, will die Two girls, one aged
- and one 8. were fatally injured and
another girl, aged II, injured internally
1t is impossible to get a cOrrest list
of all the missing. Nearly every fam
lily in the district has some member
that they cannot account for, and it is
believed most of the missing are dead.
DEATHS BY DROWNING.
A waterspout accompanied the cy-
clone and the creeks are all out of
their banks. Several objects thought
to be human bodies were seen in the
water but could not be reached. The
officers are making Preparations to
dredge all the creeks in the vicinity to
morrow.
1T is a remarkable incident that in
every case where there were deaths,
the bodies from the houses destroyed
were found from 100 to $50 yards from
the building in a direction opposite to
that in which the storm was moving.
The storm was moving northward and
in every instance the bodies were found
TO the southwark.
Telegraph and telephone poles were
torn up and driven into the ground a
great many of the wounded are in pri-
IN q
1t is safe to assume that at least one
quarter of the number injured will die
in the next twenty-four hours.
Another storm of a similar nature
passed about six miles west OF the city
at about the same hour. Several houses
were blown down and many persons in
jured. Their names cannot be obtain
ed.
At Carpenters Bluff. it is reported. six
persons were hurt, five seriously.
Buildings and other structures in the
way We're demolished a daughter of
Tom Jenkins was found lying in a pool
of water. She was evidently drowned.
for no marks or burises could be found
on her body. The police department is
employing every means in its power 10
help the sufferers and all have been Civ
en- comfortable quarters.
OTHER TOWNS STRICKEN.
St. Louis. No. May IA special 70
the Republic from Denison, Tex. saws.
Additional particulars of the cyclone
have been received up to $50 %. m. Az
ter passing over Sherman it went 10
the southeast. At Carpenters Bluff
seven miles easel of here. the dwelling
of John Devant was blown down and
four persons, Devant and wife and De-
wants hired man named Armour and a
little child. received injuries from which
they VIII die
Howe, Tex, May 15.-Today's terri
bic cyclone struck this town. leaving
death and ruin in its wake The nath
OF the cyclone at this point was a quar-
ter Of a mile wide. Ten farm houses
and as many barns were wrecked. Eight
persons were killed outright and many
injured. Bark WAS ripped from trees
and much stock was killed.
Fort Worth, Tex. Nay IA special
to the Gazette from Denton. Tex, says:
A cyclone struck the town OF Gribble
Springs, eight miles from Denton this
afternoon Four persons were killed
and five Others 50 badly wounded shat
they cannot live. The property dam
age Is great.
Austin. Tex. Nay IA cvclon.>
struck the town Of Justin today al 2:2O
p. m. blowing twelve houses doxn /
killing one man named ". J. Evans. az |
hellar. Tex, and badly injuring seven.
teen others.