Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-04
i KANSAS STORM
ONE MAN KILLED AND e PER
SONS INJURED IN JEW
ELL COUNTY.
TOOK EVERYTHING IN PATH
Properly Damage VIII Amount Il
Thousands Of DoIIar0--cloud
and Clay Counties We're
Also Visited.


Topeka, Kan, May 29.--A terrific
windstorm Of almost the proportions
Of o tornado which passed over the
southern part Of Jewell county
Wednesday night killed one man and
injured 20 persons, seven of them
probably fatally.
The dead: George Hahn. Injured
As far as the list is complete: Mrs.
George Hahn, fatally; Frank Critics
and wife, the latter probably fatally;
John Bowman and family; Charles
Durant and family; William Appleby
and family; family named McFar-
land, the husband and wife both fatal
ly; a boy named Mosher, who lived
with the Appleby family, had an arm
broken and received internal injuries.
The storm travelled from the south
west and was 150 yards wide. It took
everything in the path and scattered
number Of houses, barns and small
buildings over the prairie. The prop
erty damage will amount to thousands
Of dollars and the damage to the
growing crops is large. The Bowman
house was picked up and carried
across the street and dashed to pieces
against a fence The members of the
family were all in bed and all were
injured. The home Of Frank Critics
was blown to pieces and Critics was
carried quarter Of a mile and
dropped In cemetery. He was slight
~ injured Mrs. Critics was carried a
half mile and placed in wheat field
where she was found toward morning
more dead than alive. She will die.
The Durant home was torn to pieces
and the debris and the members Of
the family were blown entirely of the
farm.
The storm took a southwesterly
course doing considerable property
damage in Jewell, Cloud and Clay
counties, striking near Concordia and
Clay Center. A storm Of sufficient We
Iocity to unroof the house of John D.
Knox, Jr., struck in Wabaunsee coun-
~. Other hard local storms in the
east central part of the state are re-
ported
Guthrie, Ok, May 29,-Tornadoes
that swept over the country adjacent
to Hennessey, 40 miles northwest OF
here, and Cashlon, IA miles southwest,
Thursday brought great damage to
crops and farm property. 1t is believed
no lives have been lost although de-
tails are meager. There is no tele-
graph or telephone communication In
Kingfsher and West Logan counties,
A cloudburst visited the town Of
Seward seven miles south Of Guthrie,
late Thursday afternoon. Flood warn
ings have been sent out and another
inundation seems imminent. The Cot
tonwood river is rapidly rising
Two persons are known to have
been injured, ten dwellings and sew
eral barns and outbuildings were de-
molished and several hundred head OF
horses, cattle and other stock we're
killed by the tornado that struck the
edge Of Cashion. The storm did In
estlmabIe damage to crops and farm
property in the adjacent country,
Quincy, NJ, May pa windstorm
Thursday swept over Quincy and did
much damage. Many buildings were
demolished and trees were uprooted.
George Werener was killed by light
ming during the storm. The country
south Of Quincy was swept by tor
nado and 50 dwellings and o,tbuild'
ings were demolished. No one Is re-
ported killed in the country region.
Tulsa, Ok, May 29.-Great damage
to property and ci1ps and possible loss
Of life resulted from cloudburst
north Of this city late Thursday night.
The AtchIson, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad bridge over Bird creek, Is
miles north OF Tulsa, was washed
away, cutting of all railroad communi-
cation with Tulsa from the north.
Floods In Nebraska.
lincoln Neb.. NAV 29.-Floods in