The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-05-29
CAUSE DEATH AND RUIN.
Several States Visited by Tornadoes
That Take Human Life and
Destroy Property.
TEN ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
Waste by Fury of the Wind-Live
Stock KilIed-In Some Sections En-
tire Towns Were Practically De-
strOyed-Many Persons Injured.


indianapolis, Ind, 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.
At Lebanon, Ind, trees were blown
down, outbuildings destroyed, the
wire service paralyzed and no COM
munication can be obtained with the
surrounding country to ascertain the
| extent of the damage. The roof of
the Perkins hotel. the largest in Leb-
! anon, was torn off and there were
several narrow escapes from death.
The new street car barns were blown
down and windows were broken in
| all parts of the town.
At Elwood, Ind, the storm did
| damage to the amount of $4,000.
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
a dozen or more injured. The dead
are: William A. Olson, 10 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
| had stood.
Killed Girl.
Kinsley, Kan, May ga 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.
| Residences Destroyed.
Ashland, Kan, May 22.-This place
| and large portion of the country was
| laid waste last evening at five o'clock
| by cyclone. The business section was
| not damaged to any great extent, but
the best residence portion of the town
was swept away. Fifteen head of
horses belonging to David X. Linger
! were carried a long distance by the
wind and then killed. Two hundred
cattle were killed and eight farm
houses and schoolhouse were demol-
| ished.
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
persons-Frank Harms, farmer; his
sister, Mrs. Edward Puhlke, and her
six-year-old child.
Children Killed.
Clay Center, Kan, May ga 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 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
Handle country was visited by severe
| storm Thursday night. The home of
| NJ. r. Wilson, near Hereford, was
blown to pieces, killing Mrs. Wilson
and child and fatally injuring Mr.. Will
son. Considerab BILE damage was done
to property in the vicinity of Amarillo
Farmers Wife Loses Her Life.
| Chickasha, I. T., May pa 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.
| Havoc in Ohio.
Cincinnati May 23.-Much damage
| was done in the Ohio valley by cloud
bursts and lightning. No liveswere
lost, but many people were shocked
| by lightning that struck houses,
barns and telegraph poles. A
car on the Mill Creek Valley line was
struck by lightning and set on fire at
| Carthage and the passengers narrow
ly escaped death, all being unconscious
done at Delhi, Home City and Fern
bank.