Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-04-20

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the cook stove were carried more
than a quarter of a mile, and ont
big piece was driven into a big
persimmon tree down in the pas
ture. Bricks from the chimney
were carried half mile.
Over on the B. L. McAleei
place peculiar damage was done
Harry North and family lived
there, and that any of them are
left alive to tell the story is a
miracle. The house, a two-story
building, was wiped out COM
pletely, and Mr.. North was badly
hurt, but will recover. His wife
and five children were pulled out
from under the wreckage, quite
a distance away, two of the
children being under the cook
stove, but aside from a few
bruises they were not hurt. AT
this place the hubs and spokes
of wagon wheels were blown out,
leaving only the rim.
Geo. Bigham of Miami owns a
fine place just west of Melrose.
His place was badly damaged,
the barn particularly being
wrecked. But Mr.. Bigham says
it is not irreparably damaged.
He can afford it, and remember
ing his old friends and neighbors
he made a substantial donation
to the relief fund for them, so as
to help tide them over, asking in
the meantime that they pay no
attention to his loss.
In the town of Melrose much
damage was wrought. The two
story store building of S. D. Der
sham was blown down and ruined
completely. His stock of goods
was badly damaged by the rain
following the storm.
Just east of the Dersham store
was the two-story frame business
house of w. L. Eckert. A pc
culiar freak of the storm here
was the fact that it blew away
and demolished the lower story
and set the upper story down on
top of the wreck, making the
place look as if only one story
building had been there. The
stock of goods was badly dam
aged by the rain.
The general merchandise store
of G. J. Elder was wrecked. The
roof was blown in as was also
the front of the building, and
the damage to goods from the
rain was quite heavy.
Matt Cheyne's drug store suf-
fered slight damage only.
J. H. Gucker's place, in the
northwest part of town is a
strange looking place. Great
big trees, from two to three feet
in diameter were torn down and
out by the roots, and piled up.
around his house, yet strange to
say the house was not blown
away. The flues were blown
down, and Mr.. Quicker will have
to work mighty hard for a week
or two to get the wreckage out
of his yard. He lost two big
barns and all of his outbuildings.
DR.. G. W. Walker lost his big
barn and all of his outbuildings,
and is very fortunate in that he
did not lose his family, for his
wife and children we're looking
out a window at the storm when
it struck the house, knocking a
portion of it in on them. His
house is full of pieces of wood
which were blown across the
street from the Dersham build
ing, many of the pieces sticking
right into the weather boarding.
G. M. Huggins lost his barn,
and seems to consider himself
very fortunate that he got off so
easily.
M. Duugan's house is off the
earth as if it had never been.
The family escaped injury by go
ing into an outdoor cellar. Stock
was killed for him, and buggies,
and farm machinery was
ruined absolutely. The house
was a good stout one, but not |
even a splinter is left on the
foundation.
Dan Foley's hous house was ta-
ken off the foundation, and his
barn was wrecked. In the barn !
at the time were two good horses,
and about a dozen head of cattle.
The barn was torn away and |
scattered all over the farm, yet :
strange to say not an animal was ,
hurt to amount to anything. One
COW is scratched on her side. Dan |
thinks he is lucky, and he is.