Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-30
DEADLY STORMS.
Terrible Tornadoes in Iowa, Michi-
gan and Illinois.
AT Least Fifty Persons Killed ana Several
Towns Completely Destroyed-s1eeping
People swept Death-Many
FAMILIES AnnihiIated.


near as can be estimated the result of |
the destructive tornado which swept
portions of Iowa and Illinois Sunday
night. The property loss is heavy, but
accurate estimates are thus far an inn
possibility. The list of the killed
stands as follows: Jasper county, Ia,
10; Polk county, Ia, 9; Rockford, 4;
Elgin, Ill, 1; North McGregor. Ia, IL;
Durango, la, 5. The storm wrought
its greatest havoc in Iowa, where the
counties of Polk and Jasper were de-
vastated by two tornadoes- The loss
of life was heaviest there As far as
can be ascertained at present six towns
were partially destroyed. They are
Bondurant, Valeria, Ankeny. Polk City
and Slater. The first fatality occurred
two miles east of Bondurant- The
house of Robert Bailey, occupied by
himself, wife and seven children, was
demolished Mrs. Bailey; Joe, aged 81;
Lizzie, aged Is, and John, aged Is,
were killed outright. Mr.. Bailey sus-
tanned injuries that will proba bly, re-
suit fatally. The town of Santiago
was wrecked and family named
Bolenbaugh, consisting of father,
mother and one child, were killed.
A terrible spectacle was presented in
one demolished house in Valeria-
Seven members of family, father,
mother and five children, were found
lying dead among the wreckage in one
room, except the mother, who is not
expected to live. Two children named
Aikens were also killed outright and a
mum Der of people in the village and
adjacent country were severely in
jured. The following persons are
known to have been killed at Mingo:
Two ladies, each named Mrs. Dickey,
one elderly, the other younger wom-
MrS Osborn and tyyO children
named Atkins. A dispatch from AL
-toona. east of here, says courier re-
ports that between Valeria and Ira the
loss of life and property is great, and
that at least nine persons were killed
in the country and their bodies
brought into Ira.
A cloudburst occurred at North Nc
~Gregor early yesterday morning and
many lives were lost in the flood. Pas
ssengers on a train from the north last
night said that from 25 to 80 persons
had been drowned. The storm struck
at Durango, and the little station was
carried away Mrs. Clark, the station
agent, and her six children, ages rang
ing from two to eight years, were
drowned. Tom Griffin, a brakeman,
25 years of age; Joe Griffin, re-
pairer; Peter Moss, John Dillon, f. d.
Raller, wife and two children, went
down the river with the building.
Yesterday the building was found
a mile away, and nine of the inmates
rescued alive. At New Hampton, TAU
gust Goshe is dead and his wife dying.
SEVERAL KILLED NEAR ROCKFORD, ILL.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, May a6--Four killed
and many injured number of them
fatally, is the result of the cyclone
which swept through this section Sun
day night at midnight, besides great
tn nd ha OF a N
to crops in the path of the storm
Mrs Godfrey Hildebrand, living near
Monroe, was beheaded while going
down the cellar to escape the storm.
Her daughter Elsie was instantly
killed, and her husband. who is a
prominent Grand Army man, is dead
from in juries received. Six others asleep
in the house were blown across
the street and injured. The house
was completely demolished. Near
Egan City, Mrs. Izora Bird was in
=stantly killed and her five children
badly injured, two probably fatally.
At Foreston the steeple of the NJ. E
church was blown on to the roof of the
parsonage. next door, crushing it in
and injuring Rev. and Mrs. Colvin, who
were asleep. At Elgin. John Keogh,
engineer of the State Insane asylum,
was killed by falling chimney. The
cycle Co. was damaged by the storm to
the extent of over 100000. At
Monroe Center, De Ka1b county, two
women, mother and daughter, names
unknown, were killed, the daughters
head being severed from her body.
MICHIGAN VISITED.
OXFORD, Mich, May 26.-A terrible
cyclone struck the village of lakewood
yesterday evening and entirely wiped
it off the earth, destroying all the
buildings and leaving death and de-
SStruction in its trail just west of the
village the fields are strewn with dead
and wounded. The storm also struck
the village of Thomas and destroyed
about dozen buildings 1t is believed
that the number of dead and wounded
will reach nearly 100. Metamora
and lakewood We're also touched up
and a track of devastation left
to within three-fourths of a mile OF
Ortonville. The telegraph and tele.
phone wires between here and those
places are down, and the only data OF
the work of the cyclone is furnished
by survivors who have come here for
shelter. But from comparison of their
stories. it seems certain that from IA to
Is lives have been lost At Mount
Clemens some so houses were blown
down and many people were reported
seriously injured At Ortonville II
persons are reported killed and 90 to sc
injured
PUT IN A BARREL.
:. A Militia Captain Punishe. Two Men In 9
Novel Manner.