The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-19
STORM IN KANSAS
FUNNEI-sHApED CYCLONES STRIKE
SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS.
At one place Fifty and at Another
Town Twenty Houses Are
stroyed-A Large Number of Peo-
ME Are Injured, some Fatally
Great Damage In the surround
ing Country.

Topeka Kan, May 10. - A runner
shared cyclone struck the north part
of Sobetlla. a small town northeast
of here near the Nebraska line late
last evening, destroying the Grand
Island depot and elevator and ABOUT
twenty residences 1t is thought thil
twenty or twenty-five people were III
iured. and that several of them VIII
die. Twenty families were rendered
homeless, losing everything they hau:
The cyclone disappeared off toward
Falls City, and evidently did great
damage. Owing to darkness and heaVy
rain details have lot yet been oo-
taincd. Earlier i'll the evening Il cy-
clone was seen to form over the town
of Miltonyille, Kan, and struck the
ground a few miles out OF town, Dllt
did not do much damage there. III
is probable this is the same WIND
storm that struck Sabatha.
Five People Killed.
Kansas City, May 19.-Reports re-
ceiN ed here indicate that the cyclone
which passed over Marshall and Ne
maha counties, Kan, late last evening,
swept over an unusually large terri
tory. dealing death and destruction
through the two counties. A dlspatch
to the Times from Bern, Nemaha coun-
~. reports that Seneca, the county
seat, was struck by cyclone at
O'Clock. Onc-third of the business por-
ton of the town was destroyed ana
five persons killed and fifteen badly
injured. The county's magnificent new
court house, the towns big School
house and the Catholic church are
among the wrecked. Five hundred OF
the citizens of Seneca are reported to
be homeless to-day. The property loss
is estimated at 100000. The 1--WE
dead are two children OF NJ. Il. Voof-
hees, two children of Mr.. COnnell and
a son Of Peter Assemacher The cy-
clone also swept the towns Of Sabetha,
Nemaha county, and Frankfort, Mar
shall county, and the reports lndlcate
that many other smaller settlements
have suffered, but UP to this hour it
has been impossible to get detailed ac-
counts of the damage.
Many Buildings Destroyed.
Frankfort, Kan, May -. At
o'clock last evening a terrific cyclone
swept down upon the town Of Frank
fort from the southwest. Everything
in the north and west ends of town
were completely wrecked. Probably
three score Of buildings were RACED to
the ground. Some of the best resi-
denceS of the town were blown to
atoms. Reports coming in from the
country, where heavy damage has
been done, will materially swell the
loss. Many are reported painfully in
iured, but so far as known. no one was
killed Many head of horses, cattle
and other stock have been killed. The
Methodist and Christian churches
were demolished and the Presbyterian
church was badly wrecked. Scores OF
people who are left homeless are be-
ing cared for in public halls and in
the houses of more fortunate citizens.
Texas Tornado.
sherman. Tex, May 19.-To-day the
waters in the creeks and brooks have
subsidized and thousands of spectators
have traversed the path of the tornado
which caused the death of about l2O
persons. Every business house in the
city except the drug stores and eating
houses suspended business at an
early hour at the request of the pres
ident of the city council, and the at
tention of everybody has been turned
toward caring for the wounded and
the dead, the number of which hourly
increases from deaths in the hiSDitals
and bodies found in the subSiding
streams. The citys street grading
force supplemented by a number il
men. have been transferred by Street
Commissioner Moorhead to the Genre
teres and have been busily engaged
in preparing graves for the victims Of
the storm. The undertaking establish
ments are being taxed to their limits.
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