Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-31
A 1ORNAD0'S HAVOC.
At Least Fourteen People Killed in
the Indian Territory.
SEAL FISHERS PERISH on The ice.
Fortnight Men Lose Their Ltvss and
Nearly stxty Are Badly Frost Bitten
-Blixxard In Nebraska -Train
Derailsd by Wind.

South MCALEsrER, |. T., March 49,
At least IA people were killed and
much loss of property resulted from
tornado that struck Lehigh and Coal
Gate Saturday night and moved a
path about half mile wide almost to
this city. The families OF four farmers
were destroyed. Several bodies are
missing and the death list may not be
less than a score, The dead as far us
known are: James Seafoam, wife and
three children; Alex. Pendergrass and
family; Samuel Stinson, wife and five
children.
Passengers from Lehigh late yes
terday evening state that in the coun-
try southeast Of this city the tornado
left in its path many killed and
MANNED. 1t came upon the country
suddenly and people had no time to
prepare for it. Few were able to
reach their cyclone cellars in time to
escape the destroyer. The homes of
several farmers We're picked up and
carried away by the terrible force of
the wind In these houses were peo-
Pile in number of instances, and the
houses were literally blown to pieces.
Physicians from various towns along
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road
were sent to the scene OF the storm.
The most extensive washout that
ever occurred on the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad was the result of a
cloudburst near Summit last night.
Over 1000 feet of track were sub
merged and rendered useless There
is also washout on the G. 0. & g., 81
miles west Windstorms and rain are
reported from various parts of the ter
ritorv. Wires are down at many
points. When full accounts of the de-
vastation wrought by the wind are re-
ceived the death list will doubtless be
considerably increased.
SEAL FISHERS PERISH ON THE ICE.
ST. JOHNS, N. f., March 2S.-The
steamer Greenland, returning from the
seal fisheries, arrived at Bay Devord
and reported terrible disaster. On
Wednesday last, when among the ice
foes while her crew were travelling
about the foes in search of seals, a
storm arose, accompanied by a blind
ing snow, which drifted rapidly. The
members of the crew who were on the
ice could not regain the vessel and
were exposed to the terrible weather
throughout the night and all the next
day. Forty-eight men persisted and
between 50 and 50 were so badly FROST
bitten that the amputation of one or
more of their limbs will have to be I'M
dergone by them The ship succeeded
in recovering the bodies of 25 of the
men, but the remaining 20 were buried
under snowdrifts.
BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, Neb., March 2S-One of the
worst storms of the season has just
ragged in Nebraska and the adjacent
territory Ten inches of snow has
fallen throughout the state. On the
range the lunches of cattle that were
able to find natural shelter in draws
and ravines suffered little, but the loss
will probably be considerable in those
sections where the stock was exposed
to the storm. Sheep men are quite ap-
prehensive that they have suffered
heavy loss The grain men alone have
reasons to feel satisfied with the storm.
Every wheat field in Nebraska and the
adjacent states is covered with thick
blanket of snow.
A TRAIN BLOWN FROM THE TRACK.
DENVER, Col, March 49, A combina-
ton train, made up of chair coacn and
six ore cars on the South Park&Hill Top
railroad, left the track yesterday and
rolled down an embankment. None of
the passengers was seriously injured,
but eight persons sustained cuts and
bruises,