The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-01
TRICKS PLAYED BY
HIGH KANSAS WIND
Drove Mule Into the Ground, Tore Off
Horses Legs, Moved Houses and
Piled Up Cattle.

PRATT, Kan, July 1.-For an en-
tire week people in Kiowa county
were kept ignorant of the severe dam
age done by storm which played hav-
oc at Mullinville and vicinity, 35 miles
northwest of Pratt, Friday night,
June IL. When the true condition of
the storm district was learned, many
freakish tricks of the wind were
brought to light.
A mule was found more than a mile
from where it was tied standing with
its four legs driven into the sod up
to its knees. It was dead. Minor
Shuck lost 81 head of young horses.
Some of them were badly mutilated.
One had lost front leg. Another had
lost front and hind leg. Another had
lost both front legs.
At the home of f. Sadkols the large
barn, sheds and all outbuildings were
totally destroyed, but the house was
not injured. A smokehouse standing
near the other wrecked buildings was
not molested. The house was lifted
from its foundation and again set
down only a few inches away from
where it stood. 1t was lifted some six
feet in the air. But it is said that
nothing was badly damaged in the
house.
Fred Marshall lost his large barn and
a large orchard that was hanging full
of fruit was completely destroyed. His
house was not touched. S. Cove lost
80 head of cattle and they were al
piled up in one large heap. Among
them were some strange cattle that he
had not seen before. lie does not
know where they came from.
Bert Cline, who owns a large ranch
saw the Is buildings on his place %
down with the wind Mr. Cline die
not reach the cave until the storm
struck and just missed being killed
by the flying building. o. O. Ellis lost
all he owned on his farm. He ha6
just completed new four-room house
when the storm came along anC
wrecked it for him leaving his place
bare
Paul Paxton reports that the draw
ers were thrown from the dresser, but
the dresser was not moved and ar
ticles on top of the dresser were mo-
disturbed. The house was not moved
but window lights were forced out al
over the house. The clock sitting OF
the dresser stopped at TAO, the time
the storm struck his house
At about 100 a heavy cloud appear
ed in the southwest and several dis
tinct funnel shaped clouds were seer
by the residents of this district. TIL,
fact that the storm came before darl
no doubt saved many lives. The cloul
first swung high and seemed to go t,
the north of the storm ridden district
but suddenly it swooped down upon
a district about four miles wide anG
just seemed to stand still and grin6
everything in its path to pieces. The
cloud was watched by the citizens Of
Greenburg and many had been warn
ed of the approaching storm
The little city of Mullinville, JUS
west of Greensburg, was in the patti
of the storm, and several Rock Islan(
ears were driven off the switches anC
on to the main line by the high wind
The storm did not touch the GROUND
until it reached a point east of Mul
linville and about three miles nortl
of Greenburg. The operator at Null
linville depot sent out warning notices
to all places east along his line just
before the storm hit that place.