The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-06-16
HUNDREDS ARED DEAD.
The Terrible Results Of Tornadoes
in Two Western States.
At New Richmond, Wis, Total Devastation
Follows the Storm, and Over 500 Are
killed and Wounded-AwfuI De-
structiOn at Herman, Neb.

people, 40 acres OF piles Of brick. Shiv-
: cred planlzs, scattered heaps Of house
/ hold goods dead horses, through which
: the wind had driven sharp spIiuters of
I board, smOldering fires where houses
/ stood Monday and In the midst Of it all
] shivered trees as bare of leaves as ever
I they were In the middle Of winter and
/ almost stripped bare Of bark until they
] resembled the ghosts Of what they had
\ been a few days agO-this is what
\ the storm Of Monday wrought in the
/ space Of three minutes upon the town
/ of New Richmond There may have
| been cyclones which created. great
I er devastation, some that have
] caused larger loss Of life, but it was
I only because there was more material
/ for destruction. There never was a
I cyclone that made a cleaner sweep of
what lay in its path than the one OF
/ Monday evening. In the business pOr-
ton Of the town absolutely not one
building was left standing above the
cellar windows; everything above a
foundation wall was shaved as clean as
/ though 1t had been cut with a plane.
8 Enormous safes were blown into the
middle of the street, and the largest
safe IN the town was carried across
one street and half way over the square
( beyond. The day had been warm and
sultry, and during the latter part
Of the afternoon heavy banks of
| clouds had hung upon the western and
southwestern horizon, but nothing
/ serious was anticipated until few
minutes before six o'clock, when a
/ dark blue cloud with edges Of pale
green was seen rapidly approaching
from the southwest. In a minute a
/ long funnel was seen dropping towards
/ the ground and then, with a savage
roar, the cloud swept down upon the
/ doomed town. A circus had been ex-
: hibiting during the afternoon and the
streets were full Of strangers, and as
I the awful cloud bore swiftly down
| there was a mad rush for cellars, door
I ways or any place that promised safe
! ty. Some Of the crowd reached a ref
uge and those who did not are among
/ the dead
1t will be several days before the
number Of dead in New Richmond is
/ accurately known, and it is doubtful If
| the entire number Of fatalities viii ever
/ be chrOnicled- In the path of the
storm, both to the northeast and south
west Of the city, were scattered farm
houses, and wherever they were struck
| by that awful wind there was nothing
| left but a pile Of boards and twisted
rafters. How many were killed IN
these houses viii not be known for
! long time.
Terrible Work at Herman. Neb.
Omaha, Neb., June IA tornado
struck the town OF Herman yesterday
evening and wiped the place out Of
existence. Herman Is a place of about
500 inhabitants, in the extreme north
ern part Of Washington county. It is
on the line of the Chicago. St. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad. The
tornado wrought fearful destruction.
A conductor on the evening train from
Sioux City passed through the place
not long after the storm and he
says that not a building is left
standing in the town. He him
self counted y dead bodies living
in the streets The fatalities viii un-
dOubtedly run up to 100, if not higher.
Advices received up to IL O'Clock last
night state that every building in the
town is destroyed except the public
school and one small dwelling, both of
which are on the outskirts The force
of the wind was terrific as scarce one
piece Of any Of the many structures de
strOyed was left intact. The scene in
the streets Of the once thriving and
beautiful little town is one Of destruc-
ton Wrecked buildings and broken
furniture scarce recognizable IN its d.
lapidated condition are strewn all
around, while dead bodies lie IN many
places, the cOrpses badly disfgured and
some Of them hardly recognizable
Great Damage Near Clear Lake.
Clear Lake, Wis, June IA cyclone
struck this vicinity about six O'Clock
Monday evening Three miles north
west several houses and Outbuildings
were swept away. Fred Kenneth was
blown several rods and his skull frac-
tured- Sam Olson's house was de-
stroyed, he being killed and his wife
fatally injured P. L. TaylOr's house
was blown to atoms His ribs were
broken and he was internally injured
There was a great loss Of stock and
/ farm implements
Three Killed in an Iowa Tornado
I Sioux City, Ia, June IA tornado
at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
struck two miles southeast Of the little
town Of Salix, 10 miles from here, and
killed three people outright and one
more viii die The dead are: John
MallOy, father; Mrs. John MaIlOy, his
[ wife: Harry MaIloy, a 16-year-Old son
Z Miss Bessie Mallov, the 1S-year-old
daughter, had her skull fractured and
Is not expected 20 live Thomas and
Pat MallOy are badly hurt
view jury FOR Kennedy.
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