Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-04-20
MRECTH ruin! DESOLATION! DEATH!
Terrific Tornado Tears Trees From the Earth Blows AwyDtys DOmce Kills
Injuries Human BmGs-Os Aggregates Untold Thousands Of Dollars

hedge. Only a few scratches re-
suited, yet they have not enough
furniture or clothing left to load
a wheelbarrow.
G. w. Roper lost his barn, and
trees three feet in diameter were
blown against his house. His
entire orchard was blown out by
the roots, yet he feels good to
know that none of his family was
hurt. At this place, as in many
others, hedge was torn out by the
roots, and this would seem to be
almost incredible.
At ]. M. Roper's the house was
taken off the foundation and
turned over on its side. One-half
of the roof is lying down on the
ground, but the other half is all
right. This house is a story and
half, and can be repaired all
right. Mr.. Roper had been to
town with his family, and had
just driven into the yard when
the storm struck. His family
was getting ready to get out of
the wagon when something caus-
ed the team to run away. They
got a short distance before Mr..
Roper could stop them, and it is
we'll they did, for just where the
family would haue gotten out Of
the wagon was where the house
fell when it turned over.
Harve Slower lost his barn and
outbuildings.
Dewey Goodrich lost his barn
and ais house was quite badly
damaged.
AT Center school house only the
foundation is left. The building
was blown clear away and scat
tered all over a quarter section.
There was not enough left to
take a picture of.
Just across the road was the
Center Christian church, and it
was a nice little church, too. The
magnificent pews are now kind
ling wood, the carpets hang in
the surrounding hedges, and the
building is a total wreck and
complete loss. A part of the or
gan was seen lying in an orchard
across the road. The only salv-
age from this building is the bell.
A little east of the school house
and church is the home of Lewis
Johnson. Mr.. Johnson had a fine
two-storY house, and now it is a
wreck, and his yard looks as if
he had lived in a blown down for
est. The roof is off of the house.
The barn is down, the granary,
a big one, too, is almost ready to
fall down, and three buggies, be-
sides wagons, farm machinery,
ETC., are total losses. All Of the
outbuildings are destroy
ed. A piece of flooring from the
church was blown through the
upper part of one room in Mr..
JohnSon'S house.
VIM. Miller lost all OF his trees,
his two big barns were wrecked,
and his magnificent two-story
house, in which he took so much
pride, was moved on the founda-
tion enough to not only wreck
the foundation, but badly dam
age the house. Mr.. Miller put
out his trees 28 years ago, and
has nursed them and watch them
grow, and now they are all gone,
and he seems to think he is the |
worst injured mau in the coun-
try, but it is only fair to say that
he has not been out in the badly |
district yet. When he
sees some places he will feel that
be is very fortunate.
w. S. Wing lost two big barns
and his house. Two horses were
killed in the barns, and his or
chard was ruined.
AL. Landreth, living on the
Andy Swogger place, lost his
barn and three of his cattle were
killed. Some hogs we're killed,
also.
Geo. Nicholson lost his barn.
w. w. Mott lost his barn, and
the roof was taken off his house.
Jim King, Gus Puttkamer, A.
B. Lichtenwater, Al. Nice, Frank
and scores of others
ost property, and as we said in
The start, we could fill a whole
page with stories of disaster, but
what is the use. We have told
enough that our readers can real
re the enormous amount of dam
age done. : =,
The storm did the usual amount
IF freaky things that those kind
IF storms do, and the loss caused
a