Warren sheaf., 1903-05-28
CAUSE DEATH AND RUIN.
Several States Visited by Tornadoes
That Take Human. Life and
Destroy Property.
MANY KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Large Portions Of Country Laid
Waste by Fury OF the Wind-Live
stockKilled-In Some Sections En-
tire Towns Were Practically De-
strOyed-Many Persons Injured.

indianapolis, lnd., May ga
heavy storm swept over Indiana
Thursday afternoon between three
and four o'clock. Wire service has
been almost paralyzed and damage to
buildings and crops will reach many
thousands. Buildings were struck by
lightning and burned and there were
some narrow escapes by fleeing occu-
pants. The principal damage was
done by lightning.
Three In One Day.
Salina, Kan, May 22.-The third cy-
clone in Salina county within the past
"a hours struck Assaria Thursday
night. Two persons were killed and
dozen or more injured. The dead
are: William A. Olson, 13 years old,
and Peter Olson. Of the injured none
is fatally hurt. The house in which
the Olsons lived was demolished com
pletely, and the body of the boy was
found 30 rods from where the house
had stood. "
Killed a Girl.
Kinsley, Kan, May pa tornado
passed over Hodgman county, Is miles
northwest of Kinsley, at three o'clock
Thursday afternoon, destroying Dan
Gleason's house and killing Mabel Tut
tie. About five o'clock another tornado
could be seen from Kinsley, covering
about the same territory, but no re-
ports OF damage have yet been re-
ceived.
-~ Three Drowned.
Lincoln, Neb., May 23.-Storms and
high water are responsible for four
fatalities and much damage to prop
erty in Nebraska. At Sterling yes
terday an attempt to cross the
Nemaha river on bridge that gave
way caused the drowning of three
sister, Mrs. Edward Puhlke, and her
six-year-old child.
Children Killed.
Clay Center, Kan, May 23.-A cy-
clone passed over the southeast part
of Clay county yesterday afternoon
As far as known no one was killed in
Clay county, but at Bala, little town
in Riley county. two little girls
named Daub yere killed and a num-
Der Of persons injured. Five houses
were blown away at Bala and many
cattle killed.
Woman and Child Killed.
Amarillo, Tex, May 22-The PAN
storm Thursday night. The home of
M. r. Wilson,, near Hereford, was
blown to pieces, killing Mrs. Wilson
and child and fatally injuring Mr.. vii.
son. Considerable damage was done
to property in the vicinity of Amarillo.
Farmers Wife Loses Her Life.
Chickasha, 1. T., May ga tor
nado passed over the town of Lone
Wolf, IS miles west of Chickasha, on
the, Mangum branch Of the Rock
Island. Four houses were blown down
and their contents scattered. Mrs.
,Hargan, wife of a farmer, was blown
against a barbed wire fence and
killed. The tornado wrecked tele-
phone and telegraph wires, destroy
ing trees, fences, outhouses and kill
ing stock. "
Fourteen Deaths. -.@
Chicago, May 25.-Fifteen persons are
known to have been killed and more
than 100 were injured. many fatally,
by cyclones and tornadoes in Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas and Oklahoma
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Harvey Scott, a lineman. was killed
at Sioux City, Ia, in rescuing a little
girl from a live wire prostrated by
the storm. =
John Coons was killed in his home
at Clarendon, Ia, by bolt of light
ming.
A barn at Persia, Ia, was blown
down while Mrs. III. F. Erins was in
it, killing her. 81.
P. F. Brown, q travelling man, was
killed and Mrs. Wismiller was injured
SO badly she died in a storm that de-
stroyed one-third of Carmen, Okla.
Twenty others were injured.
Two persons, whose names have not
been learned, were killed at Bala,
Kan.
At Dodge City, Kan, a herder,
name not known. was killed.
The property loss will be enormous,
many buildings being leveled and crops
& 81 f5
ruined.
A tornado struck Foss. town of
200 Inhabitants in western Oklahoma,
at five o'clock Sunday morning, COM
pletely destroying 13 residences and
wrecking many outhouses.
A terrific thunder storm, accompa-
MED by a high wind, struck the sec
tion around Pittsburg, Pa, Sunday
afternoon and besides killing two
men did considerable property dam
age.
Springfield, H., and vicinity was.
visited by a heavy rain and wind
storm Sunday. Raymond Morrison,
aged 10 years, son Of William r. Nor
rison, residing one mile west Of Cur
rem, was struck by lightning and in.
stantly killed at his home.
Cloudbnrst in Oklahoma.
Enid, Okla, May 25.-Hundreds Of
persons were rendered homeless and
property damaged estimated at $500 900
was done in the Enid bottoms alone by
d cloudburst that struck west Of this.