Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Kansas Swept by a Cyclone.
MANY PERSONS KILLED AND IN
JURED IN FIVE COUNTIES.
In Kentucky a Tornado Strikes Two
Villages and Stays a Family of Five
Great Damage Done.


Another cyclone visited North Cen
trail Kansas Sunday afternoon. 1t
started in the northern part of Clay
county, eve OF eight miles south OF
the little town of Palmer, and passed
in a northeasterly direction through
Riley county and into Marshall, Ne
maha and Brown counties.
1t crossed the Blue River 1t the
junction of the Missouri Pacific and
the Union Pacific Railroads and pass
ed neal the town of AxteIl. The little
hamlet of Bodaville, in Riley county,
was entirely swept away.
AT Spring Valley, some six miles
south of Barnes, the storm demolished
a church in which $50 people were
worshiping. Many were injured. The
pastor, Rev. Mason, suffered a broken
leg. Surgical aid vas asked for from
Barnes and neighboring towns.
The storm formed about 5 O'Clock
almost in the track of the II that
visited this section three weeks ago.
The cyclone was followed by n heavy
hail and rain storm and great damage
was done to crops.
The valley of the Blue River, in
Marshall county, is one of the richest
in the State and thickly populated.
News received o-day makes it plain
that previous estimates of the damage
lone we're none too high, and, in fact,
may be added to when communication
is completely reopened. Fully half a
dozen towns we're struck by the
twister and the known dead number
seven and the injured fully thirty,
many of whom, it Is feared, are fatally
hurt.
Reserve, a village on the Missouri
Pacific in Brown county, seems to
have felt the hh9sdsiIIt OF li,u storm. But
i've houses are said 20 have been left
standing there.
sENECA'S EXPERIENCE.
SENECA, KAN, May 1S.-A devas-
tating tornado passed through this city,
the county seat of Nemaha county,
from the southwest to the northeast
last evening at $50 O'Clock. Every
thing in its path was completely
wrecked. Couriers from the country
report great damage to property and
probable loss of life.
In the city four were killed and a
number injured. The killed are a boy
and a girl of M. r. Comet, a boy OF
M. E. Voorhees, and the 15-year-old
boy of Peter Assenmaehers. The SER
iously injured are NJ. f. Voorhees,,
John Belshaw and Alonzo Hawley.
The latter will not recover. There
were many miraculous escapes from
instant death.
The streets are impossible, blocked
with debris of buildings and fallen
trees. The Grand Opera House is
completely demolished. The roof and
west side of the $4,000 Court House
are blown away and caved in and the
roof of the high school building ii
gone. The steeples of the new Meth
odist University and the Catholic
church were scattered to the foul
winds. Twenty-Five residences are
RACED to the ground and buildings in
| Vulnerable unroofed.
At Oneida several buildings were
destroyed and three children of Jas
| Sherrard killed.
The west half of the village o,
Baileyyille was swept away, but NJ
one was killed.
The damage in this city is over $500,
900.
SABETHA SWEPT.
TOPEKA, KAN, May 1s.-A funnel
shaped cyclone struck the north par
of the town of Sabetha, a small place
north of here, near the Nebraska line
late last evening, destroying the Grant
Island Railroad depot and elevator.
One person is dead and fifteen ar,
injured. Twenty five houses wer'
totally destroyed and twice as man,
wrecked. Northwest of Sabetha, thre,
were killed and the d%esolation IS wide
spread. Northeast of that town fou
are killed and many injured. Six ar
reported killed near Oneida.
Forty Sabetha families are homeless
and all their household effects ar
gone. A meeting of citizens has beer
called to render aid.
The family of E. Horton were il
their big brick block when the who'll
west side was blown out and the wall
came tumbling down, but all escape,
uninjured.
Earlier in the evening acyclone wa
seen to form over the town of Milton
vale, Kan, and struck the ground
few miles out of town, but did not do
much damage there. 1t is probabl
this is the same cyclone that strucl
Sabetha.
CYCLONE IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May ia specla
to the Courier Journal from Benton
KY, says:
a terrible cyclone passed over tn
northeast corner of Marshall count.
Sunday morning, doing damage t
everything in its path. AT Elva j
tore down the house of Anderson
Jones and killed the entire family
consisting of Jones, aged so, his wife
q SOL II years old and two girls, one 1
and the other IL. Five collins wer
sent to Elva and the entire Jones fam
lily were buried in the same grave.
The tornado came out of Grave
county, via Sympsonia, where tw,
stores were demolished, two churche
and m school house weret torn down
besides barns, stables, fences an,
everything else in its path. Their
was considerable damage in othe
parts of the county. The damage don
at Sympsonia was severe, but no live
were lost.
THE STORM.
As the wires are restored and add
tional reports of the winds work ar
received, the extent of the cyclon
disastersof the last four days become
more appalling. Texas, Kansas, Ne
braska, Missouri, Illinois and Ken
lucky have suffered, though in onl
the first three States named and i