Evening journal., 1896-05-26
IN A KANSAS CYCLONE
Delawarean Describes Some
Freaks of the Whirl.
SWEPT MEN, HORSES AND HOUSES

One Fellow Finds Himself with Hand
ful OF HorsehAir. which He Had Clutchsd
From a Horse In Mid Air-search for a
Scattered s3.OOO-A Dsed's Long Flight.
w. A. Davidson, formerly of New
Castle but now Ia business at Mime
apolis. Ottawa county. Kansas, writes
some thrilling facts concerning the
violent cyclones that passed over
Kansas Mr.. Davidson says Ia psrt:
"On Sunday q genuine adult, full
grown Kansas cyclone formed In Cloud
county, Immediately adjoiulng Ottawa
county, about thirty miles North east OF
this town, (NlnneRpolis) and travelled In
north easterly direction, destroying
houses and towns which were In its
path 1t swept through nine towns,
Blgelow, and Frankfort (n Marshall
county Baileyvllle, Olsida, seneca, and
Sabetha Qn Nemaha county Reserve On
Brown county Kan. and Fall City and
Preston, In Richardson county
Nebraska.
This cyclone. it seems. killed no one
until 1t reached Seneca, whore 1t killed
four children. wrecked the opera houss,
court house anu school house, aud on its
way that far, 1t wreckel every building
in it's path
"At Oneida, three children we're killed,
at ssbetha. six people were killed out
right and twenty Eve injured. At
Reserve, four or Eve people were killed
at Preston, Neb. several people were
hurt, some It Is supposed, fatally.
Cyclones Perform Queer Freaks.
"At one place a man named Peters aud
his wife we're killed the house torn TO
atoms, while the rain barrel that stood
at one corner of the house WAS left un
disturbed.
"At another house two young women
we're sitting In the parlor when the cy-
clone struck the honse, They havn't
found the house yet aud the two young
women were carried by the Wind half
mile distant aud seated on straw stack
Just outside Of the path Of the storm,
uniDj ured.
AT another house (which was torn to
pieces by the storm down to the first
iooI), a man, wife and little girl were
sittiug on a sofa. The 'twister struck
the house tore II into kindling wood aud
left the man, wife aud child still seated
on the sofR uniI jured 1t front Of them
Of the box rested large rocking chair
Spike Driven in His HIP.
About seven miles north west OF this
town lived few years ago a
family OF the name OF Mcbride. In fact
the family lives there yet, aud Ia pretty
we'll fixed financially, Mr.. Mcbride died
since have been in this county 81 c.,
his widow has married a Yonpg man
John S;ratton by ne A cyclone strusk
that farm one dsy and tore the house up
Mrs. Mcbride was hurt badly. but re
covered In q few weeks. Her father was
injured internally aud had when they
found him, spike drivea IN TO his hip.
He died In few days.
The wind Toyed with GrsenbAoks.
Mr.. Mcbride had gone into the cellAr
to fasten one of the windows aud was
blown over against thu opposite wall.
but was not seriously Injured. The
father had 50 600 In a grlpsack. and 10
was quite late the next day after the storm
before any part OF the grip WAS found
man named Ben Watson, who is q
well to do farmer. went up there the
next morning to see what damage the
cyclone had done and, when be
hesrd o. the loss OF tbs money
h, and two ether men started In the
path the storm had made After they
hsd gone forty rods from where the
house had been. they found 81 500 strung
along for a distance of fifteen or twenty
reds Then there was more found but
$500 Of the So 600 has never been re
covered. The strange part Of this Is that
the money was done up In a strong cloth
sack and wrapped with twine, aud whe
the sack WAS found there was no money
In It and the bottom Of 1t was torn out
One side Of the grip was found up 10
tree
This grip 1 speak Of contained also
deed OF the Mcbride farm II WIS
found about a week afterwsrd In Cloud
county, between thirty and forty miles
nerthesst OF the wreck, aud sent back
home by mail.
"Oae young man was picked up by
that same cyclone aud carried about
half a mile aud set down upon the
gfouud uninjured. AS soon as he got
his bearings he found his left hand
held a handful OF horse hairs. out Of q
horses name. Then he remembered that
when he was up In the air he had
clutched at something that went whirling
past him, and as there were several
horses killed and two carried over to an
adjoining farm, the supposition is that he
did grab horse by the name during his
Wild flight.