People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
given by any of the injured was that
Of w. S. Bostwick, who said:

Of w. S. Bostwick, who said:
81 was at Mr.. John Irvines house
when heard the noise of the ap-
preaching storm. Just as 1 looked
out l saw Captain Berger's house
blown into the air and timbers and ev-
cry conceivable kind of article. Twas
fascinated, petrifed, for l saw it was
coming directly upon US. 1t was
a black serpentine cloud, twisting and
writhing in the center but at the bot
tom it seemed to be moving steadily.
l woke up from my slumber and call
ed out to the family, who were in the
house, and asked them not to run out
| feared that we would all be struck
by flying timbers. Then came an
awful crash, a sense fsuffocation and
when it was over the house was gone
and myself and family were scattered
about the yard and under the debris.
1t was over in such short time that
l cannot give you an idea of how long
it was.n
In just a few minutes the police off,
GERS were appealed to for shelter for
the dead and wounded and ambulances
and all kinds of cOnveyances were
pressed into service. A vacant room
on the north side of Court Plaza and
another on the south side, and the
coult room, were transformed into
imprOmptu morgues and hospitals for
the wounded down town, while every
residence left standing in Fairview is
filled with wounded.
The physicians and druggists respOn-
ded promptly to the call for succor
and drugs and everything needed
came spontaneously. Hundreds of
ladies responded 20 the cali of human
ity and with a score of physicians
were soon at work.
Color and caste disappeared. in the
supreme moment of woe and desola-
ton.
Thanks to the excellent police SER
vice, the crowds were restrained every
where about the improvised hospitals
and citizens and physicians found
their labor more effective on account
of nOn-interferencs. The cries Of the
injured were supplemented by the
agonized shrieks of thosswho, passing
from corpse to corpse, at last found
some loved one, perhaps a husband or
wife, or son Or daughter.
st. Louis, No., May ia special
to the Republic from Denison, Texas
says; Additional particulars of the
cyclone have been received up to $50
P. m. After passing over Sherman it
went to the southeast. AtCarpenter's
Bluff, seven miles east of here, the
dwelling of John Devant was blown
down and four persons, Devant and
and wife and Devant's hired man and
a little child, received injuries from
which they will die.
Howe, Tex, May 15.-To-day's ter
rible cyclone struck this town, leaving
death and ruin in its wake. The path
OF the cyclone at this point was a
quarter of a mile wide. Ten farm
houses and as many barns were
wrecked. Eight persons were killed
outright and many injured. Bark
was stripped from trees and much
stock killed.
Fit. Worth, Tex, May ia special
to the Gazette from Denton, Texas
says: A cyclone struck the town of
Gribble Springs, eight miles from
Denton this afternoon. Four persons
were killed and five others so badly
injured that they cannot live. The
property damage is great.
Austin, Tex. May ia cyclone
struck the town of Justin to-day st
2:2O p. m. blowing twelve houses
down, killing one man named WI
Evans, of Kellar, Tex. and badly
injuring seventeen others.