The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-26

broken leg and was otherwise seriously
injured.
struck on the head by a broken bill
board and seriously injured.
The storm reached its height near
O'Clock, when the shops We're closing
and a great number OF. people were on
the street Half a dozen large plate
glass windows in downtown business
houses were blown in and a dozen
roofs carried away. The roof of the
Ames avenue car barn were completely
destroyed Last nights reports give
details of a great number Of small
buildings being damaged and several
barns being blown to pieces.
A GALE AT CHICAGO
Chicago, April 26.-The gale of wind
which passed over the city last night did
considerable damage. Windows were
blown in. roofs ripped up. and signs torn
| from their fastenings.
J. AcCloud, who was riding a bicycle
on West Madison street. was caught by
a heavy gust Of wind and blown against
a passing horse He was badly trampled
upon
The wind blew over a sheet-iron
smokestack of the Barber Asphalt and
Paving company, Paulina street.and the
! Chicago river, seriously injuring Simon
| Teron, q Watchman.
At Whipple and Van Buren streets the
by the gale
BLEW STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Lincoln. Neb. April 26.-A terrific
/ straight away wind reaching at times
I velocity of sixty miles an houg. prevail
! ed at Lincoln throughout Friday after
noon and into the night. Only minor
damage was done. There was slight
fall Of rain. All sorts of weather concf-
4 In York county there was a drenching
! rain, followed by a heavy snow. North
west in Greely county hailstones fell Of
I sufficient size to strip trees and kill
/ poultry and young stock.
SHUT OUT THE SUN
Sioux City, Ia, April 26.-Sioux City
/ was in darkness after~1s3 Friday after
noon. Dense greenish clouds shut out
i the sun. All the stores We're lighted up
/ and business districts had the appear
ance OF evening. For a time the wind
/ blew p miles an hour, and considerable
/ damage was done. A very heavy rain
which turned to snow fell over this sec
1 ton, and is of immense benefit to crops.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Valparaiso Ind, April 26.-The Grand
Trunk passenger train which left Chi
cago at 8:15 last night was wrecked near
+ Raskells, eight miles east of this city as
/ a result of the WindStorm which swept
! over this section during the night The
engineer, Robert MelrOse. of Battle
| Greek, Mich, was seriously hurt and the
fireman and mail clerk were badly
The wind had blown box car from a
! siding over upon the main track. The
/ passenger locomotive crashed into this
obstruction and shot off the rails, fol-
lowed by the baggage and mail cars into
the ditch.
Engineer Melrose was pinned down by
the wreckage. 1t took the other train
/ men and the passengers two hours to
release him. Then it was found his in
/ juries required immediate surgical at
/ tention. The fireman and mail clerk suf-
! fered severe contusions, but no broken
bones.
None of the passengers was seriously
/ hurt.
The wreck of the locomotive and for
ward cars is complete.
STORM REACHES CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, O., April 26.-A fierce So
! mile southwesterly gale is sweeping
over the lower lake region today. Ac-
cording to information given out at the
| shift to northwest before night and
reach a still greater velocity Thus
| far no damage to shipping has been re-
ported. The storm has, however, pros
/ trated telegraph and telephone wires in
all directions, many points being re-
! ported entirely cut off from telegrap aphic
/ communication.
/ NEARLY EVERY BUILDING SUF-
/ FERED.
| Sioux City, Ia, April 26.-Today's re-
/ ports show that the storm damage in
| Sioux City will be over $25 000 Nearly
every residence and business house
] suffered some damage from torn roofs
or broken glass. Special trains with
! hnemen were sent out today to repair
!
IN THE STORMS TRACK.
St. Louis, Mo, April ga wind storm
that gained a velocity of 40 miles or
1 more an hour. ragged in St. Louis and
/ vicinity most Of flastnight and this morn
/ ing. It was accompanied by a heavy
! rain. The weat ther bureaus Wind-recOrd-
/ ing instrument was blcVn away from
4 the top Of the building and other havoc
/ wrought in various parts of the city.
/ Trees were uprOoted and broken, bill
] boards and fences were blown down and
other damage done. In some parts of the
! city sheds and barns were demolished.
Telegra phic reports to the Post-Dis-
! patch show that rains have fallen gen
orally throughout Missouri and Illinois.
+ The precipitation was sufficient to give
relief from the drOuth.
Heavy rains are reported from Column
bia St Joseph Chillicothe, Marshall,
+ Warrensburg, KeytesVille and KirkviIle.
At St Joseph the municipal electric
/ light plant was wrecked, leaving the city
( in darkness.
A farmer was killed near Chillicothe
by a limb blown from a tree.
Telephone and telegraph communica-
tons in many sections Of the state are
! broken.
CHURCH UNROOFED.
Kansas City No. April 26.-More or
/ less damage resulted throughout western
Missouri from last nights wind storm.
! At Nevada, a large smokestack on the
I state insane asylum No 3, crashed
/ through the roof of the main building
and several hundred dollars worth of
damage was done. No one was hurt. In
/ Nevada and vicinity a number of barns
/ were demolished and hundreds of or
ehard and forest trees were uprooted.
At Lexington the Baptist church was
unroofed q huge smokestack at the wa
terwOrks pump house was blown down.
! and trees and fences were laid low In
( the vicinity of Warrensburg great harm
/ was done to orchards and shade trees,
| and numerous Outbuildings were blown
| over. Near Center View. Ihe residence
! on the Robinson farm was demolished
/ but the occupants escaped injury
/ In Kansas City the damage was slight.