Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-21
MUCH DAMAGE BY WIND.
Fridays Cyclone Covered Good Deal
of Territory.

lation OF last nights storm is general
over northwestern Missouri, eastern
and central Kansas and extending in
to Oklahoma, and which in places
reached the proportions of tornado.
shows three known dead, six MISSING,
ffty-6ve injured, at least one half doz-
en- seriously. No additional deaths
were reported among the injured up to
noon today. The principal damage
was done at Hollis, a small village
near Concordia, Kans., and at Mount
Washington, Mo-, a suburb of Kansas
City. In both these places a majority
OF houses were either damaged or de-
moished, dozens injured.
The dead are: Frederick Jardee,
. boy at Tolls, Kans..
William Elliott, a carpenter, blown
from q scaffold at Chitwood, near
Joplin, No.
William Acklsy, engineer Of a Santa
Fe Pile Driver working near Great
Bend, Kans.
The missing, Charles Quance, ranch
man, from north of Larned, Kans.,
i've members Of the family of a farm.
or named Eckstrom, whose house near
Hollis was destroyed.
The injured are: at Mount Wash.
ington, Missouri, twenty-five, three
perhaps fatally. Near Great Bend,
Kans., twenty, mostly members Of the
crew Of a Santa Fe work train, which
was blown from the track. At Hollis,
Kans., three Rosedale View, Kans.,
. suburb Of Kansas City, two. In the
vicinity Of Hoisington, Kans., four,
Pond Greek, Okla, four.
One man is dead, two are critically
injured and number of others bruis-
ed and injured in the cyclone which
swept across Barton county late Fri
day afternoon.
William Ackley, engineer of the
pile driver on the work train struck
by the cyclone was pinned beneath the
boiler Of his engine and killed al
most instantly. Walter Murray, of
Dodge City, brakeman on the train
was caught by the storm and badly
bruised and injured. He was picked
up in field nearly a quarter of a
mile from the tra1n. Ais injuries
are very serious. Arthur Dellinger
night watch of the train, was also
seriously injured. Frank Nicholson
of Newton, conductor of the train
was badly hurt, his arm broken, his
back sprained and he received inter
nal injuries. Lester Preston of Han
son, Kans,. was badly bruised ant
hurt internally. R. NJ. Brown, fore
man of the bridge gang, was hur
about the back. C. G. Avery, of tn
bridge gang, badly scalded on legs
Porter Thomas, fireman of the pill
driver, hurt internally, R. E. Tucker
T. E. Hoffman and Chas. E. Fulker
son, all of Lebanon, received sever,
bruises. R. V. Middaugh also receiv
ed bruises.
All the injured are members of tn
bridge gang and work train, the crev
of which had been repairing bridge
on the branch. They had just finishes
work on bridge s, ~ miles east o
Heizer, and started toward bridge 1
when a dust storm blew up. E. E
Riley was engineer Of the train. I
had only gone short distance whe
the cyclone struck it, wrecking a.
except one car and the engine. Sew
eral members of the crew were blow,
100 feet away. The pile driver top
pied over and Ackley, who was in hi
cab, was buried beneath the wreckag
of it and two cars of piling, whicl
went over on top Of it. Tis bod
could not be removed until the wreck
ing crew reached the wreck.
Nicholson, though badly injured
on the engine and went to Heizel
where he got a motor car and wa
brought to Great Bend by Henr
Schultd. He told the story Of tn
cyclone and then collapsed. He wa
taken to st. Rose hospital. DR.
Meade, Russell and Connect we're i
town at the time, left Immediately fo
the wreck, arriving there about th
same time as the special train whic
had left Great Bend as soon as til
news was received. DR.. Morrison
who had been called north Of tow
arrived a few minutes later and th
injured were temporarily cared for III
til they could be placed on the ca
and brought to Great Bend for e.
animation. The members Of the ere
the least hurt, helped by the peop
of Heizer, had carried the injured il
to town at Heizer. All of the inju
ed were brought to this city ar
placed in St. Rose hospital and aft
examination all but two, Murray ar