Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-11
SIX STATES SUFFER IN
. BATTLE Of THE ELEMENTS
Tornado Kills and Mains As II Tears Through the Middle
West, and Leaves Behind Path Of Desoaton in
Which the Property Loss viii Amount to Hundreds Of
Thousands Of Dollars, Kansas Being Worst Sufferer

Kansas City. Nov. 1l.-Tearing its
way over six states last night. tor
nado killed nine known victims. In
jured 100 and crumpled hundreds OF
Thousands OF dollars worth OF prop
erty, according to incomplete reports
this afternoon.
Making It's way over all or part OF
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota. IL
linois. Iowa and Wisconsin. the twist
or %reaked Its greatest havoc at
Great Bend, Kas. There II ripped q
broad swath through the town.
| The hamlet Of seyba. Kas.. was
almost wiped out. The death toll,
90 far as reported this afternoon,
/ stood:
Great Bend. 1; seyba. 4; Hopes
ton. ILL.,. one killed by factory blow
Ing down.
| Several persons were hurt at Hart
ford, 8. D.. where buildings were bat
tered down and unroofed and much
livestock was killed. a
Marshneld, Wis, and Iowa towns
reported damage from wind and rain
/
Great Bend. Kas., Nov. H.
Smashed by terrific cyclone. which
killed at least I. injured a score oi
more, with several missing. and
worked an estimated property losi
Of $500, ,000. Great Bend today came
out from under the debris to the
work OF rehabilitation.
Following a hard wind, with fitfu
electrical showers. dark funnel
shaped cloud rushed In with a roai
from the southwest last night and
struck In the light and water plants
leaving the city in darkness and with
out iire protection. II smashed it'
way through, taking Its life toll ant
wrecking many structures In 1t.
wake.
The twister swept away many
houses In this town Of 1000. wreck
ed the Santa Fe station. levelled :
standpipe. and then swept eastward
striking other towns Among the
places destroyed here we're school
three mills and many homes.
/ Other towns In the path Of the
cyclone, but which suffered less dam
age. included Larned. Hutchinson
Darby. Clafin. Hoisington and Hart
ford. QtsA aa
The wind literally picked up man,
buildings. hurting them considerable
distance. or crashing them into kind
ling with their occupants beneath
them. Number five. Santa Fe pas
senger train. came near being caughI
lin the atmospheric maelstrom. Gu
on from fire protection, citizens form
cd q volunteer fire. department 4
fight many blazes following In thu
path Of overturned lamps and stoves
The cyclone ripped three-fourthi
OF q mile path through the town. TAX
Ing It's chief tolli the residence dis
trict. In the outlying district, how
ever, many sheep we're picked VI
dead, smashed to death In the feed
ling pens after being thrown high II
the air. A drenching rain fell al
night. At dawn the city was still pry
ing under ruined buildings for trace
OF other dead and injured. Physi
clans poured in from neighboring vii
lagos to give aid to the wounded
Rescuing parties feared that thu
. death toll may run higher than thu
earlier reports indicated
The tornado cut u path nearly
/, quarter OF a mile wide through th'
southeast section OF Great Bend, Th'
I Santa Fe depot, three Touring mills
q number OF residences, the cit!
water and light plants and a laun
| dry were wrecked. Definite damage
estimate is lacking.
Five Ares broke out In differen
parts of the town, but the heavy rail-
J saved Great Bend Firemen wer
helpless In their fight without tn