Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-19
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DESTROYED N The WEST
Tornado Sweeps Through Kan
SaS and Nebraska.
AT LEAST 18 LIVES LOST
Many Who Escaped Death Manned for Life
IncaIculable Damage ina Wide Scope
of Country
49, LIVES LOST

| Kansas City, No. May.1S.-The deadly
tornado which swept through northwest
ern Kansas and portion of southeastern
Nebraska yesterday afternoon and last
night caused at least eighteen deaths and
| the injury of score of people, and doing
| many thousand dollars damage in varl-
Gus towns through which 1t passed, be-
| sides incalculabe damage in the inter-
vening country Many who escaped in
slant death are MANNED for life, and in
numerous instances the injuries are ex-
pected to result fatally. The storm COW
cred large scope of ~oeuntry. Seneca,
Sabetha, Oneida, Bern, Frankfort, Re-
serve, Baileyville Barnes Spring Valley
and several other places were In the
deadly path. In the country dis
tricts the loss of life and destruction of
property was equally great. Chaos pre-
walls throughout the stricken district,
and in the confusion it Is impossible to
obtain complete list Of the dead and in
jured at the various places. The proper
ty loss cannot be estimated with any de-
gree of accuracy at this time. There is
no doubt, however, that the storm Is the
most appalling disaster that has been in
fiicted upon, northeastern Kansas for
years .sss-s-..-as
At Bgelow the west part of the town
was wrecked and several people were
hutt, pul ilO OItN dS hiilSu oo AeaA "o
known.
At Frankfort sixty buildings were de-
Stroyed and 200 people rendered home-
| less No one was killed, but eight per-
| sons were badly hurt, and there was
| property loss of 100000.
AT Baileyville half the town was laid
waste and a number of people injured,
| but none were killed so far as can be
| learned.
| At Seneca four persons were killed, all
IL \ l.
| house and principal school destroyed and
| many other buildings wrecked or badly
| damaged and at least twenty persons
more or less injured.
At Oneida three children were killed,
many people injured more or less and
| several buildings destroyed,
| AT Sabetha several stores and business
buildings and residences were destroyed
and twenty-five persons injured, one OF
whom has since died, while six were Kill
| ed in the vicinity.
At Reserve four people were killed and
| fifteen hurt, while nearly every building
| on the town site was wrecked or badly.
| damaged
In all of the towns struck by the cy-
clone buildings such as were left stand
| ing have been hastily converted into
morgues and hospitals. The search for
dead bodies was commenced last night
as soon as possible when the storm sub
sided.
Men, women and children with lanterns
plowed their way through the debris,
here and there finding an injured one.
| The dead were scattered promiscuously
and it is not believed that all the bodies
| have been recovered. Families are scat
| tered SO badly that 1t is impossible to ar
| rive at any accurate conclusion as to how
many people are missing. The storm was
accompanied by a heavy downpour Of
rain, which continued for several hours
after the wind ceased. The pitiful cries
\ MI 4 L.. g. tlnr
around and the widest excitement pre-
vailed.