The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-28
|llU{ GkllND RUIN.
Several States Visited by Tornadoes
That Take HumaR4 lie and .,y
Destroy Property.
WIZ F~ssD ss-r.' ..sssf E.
TEN ARE kxovvNsT TO HAVE eefRqk LEO
Large Portions ssof saSs.ntry Laid
Waste by Fury Of the wind-Live
stock Killed-in sone sectfsnsisa.
tire Towns were FfaeticaliyiDsE
~ stroyed-Many Persons. InjsredsfES

tire Towns: Were FfaeticaliyiDaE
~ stroyed-Many Persons Injsreasa&
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s'f1ndianapolis, Il andssr-rt May ea<t-zk
4iea*y@ storm swept. over, .IndiaAe
Thursday afternoon between, thrsp
and four O'clock. Wire service has
been almost paralyzed and damage to
buildings. and crops will reach many
thousands. Buildings were struck ~
| lightning and burned and there waeaf1
some narrow escapes by fleeing o'cce,s
pants. The principal damage ssuAs
done " lightning. - 'e:- ==sze::i1 ,=esstE1tt
At Lebanon, Ind, trees were shlow4
down e atbuildipgs destroyed. the
wire service =paralyzed4 and no; conqr
-munication, can be. obtained with the
surrounding country. to ascertain the
extent of the. damage. The roof ~
the Perkins hotel, the largest fl Isetb5
anon, was torn q and there swejs
several narrow escapes zfromadeataa
sThe new street car4barnz we're blown
down and windowssswere hrokepzsia
lzail parts of the toyvn.sz ~ 49, ss.,fzy
rat 5gElwoeds Ind ii the storm y t dia
damage To-, the amonnt. zof s2o.o09,
~. az. Three An One Day.
salina, Kan. May '2s.-The third tyN
clone IN sa1ina county Within the pas9g
24 hours. struck Assaria Thursday
might: Twu persons were. killed. auH
)-a dozen or more 7injured.s The dea3
ares William. Al. Olson. Is. ysarssal1h
and Peter Olson. Of the injured none
is. fatally hurt. The house. in which
the 1Olsons3 liked was. demolished CON-
pletely, and the body Of the boy was
found 80 rods from where the hon25
had stood. : r::::'i- ljisti E..:$$: :ssis., .aR
'fasEal:su aai3ii1kalleia 4 GEL. slasos ,,YvT
fe Kins1ey, Kan, May. s2::-.lA tornado
passed over Hodgmap county mills
northwest ;of Kinsley, at three, o'el9c}F
Thursday. afternoon, destroying Dan
!Ggleas on's house and killing Mabel TIT.
tie Abont. Ave O'clock aino ther torn1la;ldd3
could be seen from Kinsley, covefidR
about the same territory, but no zfis1
ports of damage have yet been rxf
ceived. - i4:is t'tIf:s.:....ti :. ii.Ifw
s;4's. 40 Residences pestroyed. ,5fz,,
,.1 Ashland, Kan; May 22.--!This plaee
a. and 2 large portion Of the country WAS
laid waste last evening at i've O'Clock
by q cyclone. The business section wsiaAs
not damaged to any great extent, l5iaAt
/ the best residence portion Of the town
was swept away. e Fifteen head odf
j horses belonging to- David K. :I,ipear
were carried long distance. by the
wind and then killed. Two hundred
cattle were killed and eight faEp
hlonses and midas; 2 sehoolhou house were demal
'','i'z''' = Three prov Drowned. i*sfn
s11 Lincoln, Neb., May =2ss Storms aid
high water are responsible for folir
fatalities and much damage to prop
erty in Nebraska. At Sterling yes
terday an attempt to +. cross the
Ne1nahaz river ,onszaa bridg i. chat gave
way caused the drowning of three
persons Frank Harms, farmer; his
sister, Mrs. Edward Puhlke, and Ter
six-year.old child. :':.'i' - 81: iii
~ ~ i>,:-'' Children Killed AZ ,Hai
IL Clay Center, Kan, May 23.-Atdy-
clone passed over the southeastepaft
sof Clay county; yesterday afternoon.
AS far;as known no one was killed, in
Clay copntys but: at Bala, little toMn
j. in Riley county, two little girts
named Daub yere killed and a n1uith-
Der of persons injured. Five housts
were blown. away at Bala and myaHy
cattle killed. @ 81 ~ ::s:;s::: :;.>3.t rs
.ff Woman and child Killed. .tM
Amarillo, Tex, May THE Pas
Handle; countryiwas visited by a. severe
storm Thursday night. The hometef
N. R.. Wilson,. near Hereford, Was
blown to pieces, killing Mrs. Wilz44n
and. child and fatally sinjuring Mr.. VII
son. Considerable damage was Dale
!, to property in the;vicinity of AmariII6.
$40 Farmers wife Loses Her jLifyGa
2 Chickasha, T. T., May 22.-A ;t6f-
nado passed over the town of Lone
Wolf, IS miles west of Chickasha,teh
the Mangum branch of the Reck
island. Four houseswere blown down
and !their contents scattered. Ms.
Hargan, wife Of a farmer, was bioWh
against a, barbed wire fence aha
killed. The tornado wrecked t9l{-
phone and telegraph wires, destrof-
ing trees, fences, outhouses and kill
ing stock. .f,gs'51.; ti:,..:G: raj. .i:y
Havoc in: Ohio. :.t..,. ...--
st Cincinnati IN May 23,---Much damage
was done in the Ohio valley BY clol'GSdd
bursts,ana: lightning. No lives WE
lost, but many people were shocksead
by lightning that. struck; houat8.
barns and telegraph poles. yuh
car;on the Mill Greek Valley line was
strucks:by lightning and set ION. firaht
Carthage and the passengers narresr-
~ escaped death, all being unconscipaa
for a short time. Much damage vas,
done at Delhi, Home City and FSfta-
bank.
Night Thousand Homeless.
Mahfla, May ssi:-sTwo thousand ma
tive houses have been destroyed by fire
in the Tondo district of Manila. Abont