The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02
STORM SWEEP FATAL
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1Tbe same tornado that played haV-
oc with Coalgate rose and passing on
| a few miles dipped and took a toli OF
nronerty loss and injuries at Lehlgh.
Nv roar of the tornado could De
heard six and eight miles away, VII
nesees declared, and many thus were
warned.
Snow in Western Kansas.
Possibly due to the abnormal con-
ditions that produced the tornadoes'
snow fell in western Kansas coui
Last night. One report declared the
| fau amounted to four inches at the
! colorado line. The temperature at
smith Center, Kan, dropped to 40 de-
grees. ~ss.,,
CoffevvilIe. where more than zoo
residences were destroyed, was placed
under martial law Immediately, To-
| cal company of national guardsmen
and $50 civilians taking over the SIT
nation. There is no wire communi-
cation with the city.
Nine were injured at seminole,
! okla, some perhaps fatally.
| Mansfield Ark, is believed to be
entirely wiped out The message
came to Little Rock from telegraph
station at Blue Mountain. All wire
service is out.
Tho tornado was accompanied by a
heavy downpour of rain and hail in
some sections. Violent electrical
storms followed. Damage estimated at
n million dollars was caused by light
ming striking oil tanks in the Head
ton. Okla. field. All of eastern Kan
sas. which had the best crop prospect
of any section of the state. suffered
severely. The damage probably will
run close to a million dollars
The tornado missed Kansas City by
a few miles but more than an inch
of rain fell within an hour. The Mis-
souri, river rose rapidly to within one
foot of flood stage.
Dead at COaIgate, Okla.
The known dead at Coalgate are:
Two year old baby of A. L. Cook,
merchant.
Four year old daughter of Morris
! Milestein, banker; six month old baby
of Mrs. Nj. G. Tonini; seven-year old
daughter of Mrs. Frances Greenan:
John Edging, IS; two coal miners,
names unknown, killed at mine two
miles from town.
The Eiks club rooms were turned
part of town not destroyed by the
storm, housed the injured.
A special relief train was rushed
to Coalgate from McAlester. Aboard
were a number of Red Cross nurses,
who have been doing organization
work in the state.
At Sulphur, Okla, five persons are
known dead, one missing and num-
Der injured.
In Logan county, crops and farm
buildings suffered when according to
reports from Guthrie, Okla. five sep
arate twisters passed thru the county
during the afternoon and evening
In Love county, Oklahoma, three
are known dead, two fatally injured
and eight others are seriously hurt.
Injured at CoffeyvilIe.
The following were the most seri-
ously injured of many hurt during
the storm at Coffeyville, Kan:
Dale Mcdonald, lungs. punctured
and bruised and other internal in
juries. Will probably die.
Floyd Ford, broken pelvis bone, leg
fractured below knee, hip broken
Condition extremely serious.
Mrs. A. G. Berentz, severe abrasions
of legs and body.
Mrs. Sarah Fairhurst, aged "a. arm
| broken.
Erma Berentz, years old, arm
broken.
Mrs. Julia vansiber. leg fractured
at knee.
Miss Marie Shurtz, hip broken.
Mrs. Anna Shurtz, leg broken.
Mrs. j. K. Love, nervous prostra-
ton.
Mrs. Sarah Chapman, cut on head
and face
Ray Ball, cuts on legs and arms.
Juanita Richards, injured by flying
timbers.
Three Dead Near OIathe.
Olathe, Kan. June 2-Three per-
sons were killed, several seriously in
jured, and property damaged to ar
unknown extent by a tornado which
struck Morse, five miles southeast Of
this city. The dead:
ALBERT TOYNBEE.
- TOYNBEE, mother of Alder
Toynbee.
HAROLD RANDOLPH. aged 9
Dodson, Mo, grandson of Mrs. Toyn
bee.
Tornado Didn't Hit Buffalo.
Springfield, Mo, June "A repor
that tornado had struck Buffalo
county seat of Dallas county, Missouri
ana Killed several persons is unbound
ed. WIRE communication with tina
section was cut off yesterday and las
night, but was restored this morning
the telephone operator at Buffalo
SAID there was a severe windstorn
there yesterday but no material dam
age was done.
Cloudburst Near Atchison.
Atchison, Kan. June Rain il
cloudburst proportions occurred a
Muscotah and vicinity last night. fou
inches falling in two hours. A hi,
. wagon bridge being built over m,
Delaware river there was washed ont
as We're many smaller bridges in tina
NASAiAAIS. IledNy rains were genera
over northeastern Kansas.
Score Buildings Wrecked.
Ottawa, Kan, June 2-Renorts IN
: DAY from Pomona, a small town nea
! here, were that two persons were Sc
: verely injured and score of building
wrecked in yesterdays tornado
The twister came from the south
west, wrecked the Missouri Pacifi
, railroad depot, skirted the eastern lin
.. its of the town and wrecked farr
! buildings over a 50O-yard path thre
miles in length! Those injured wer
F. ]. McClelland, as years old, and ]
V. Hopes.
, Flying Debris Hits Girl.
r Montana, Kan, June LENA Gas
ton. IL years old, was struck in tn
= head by some flying object during
= terrific windstorm here last night. Sh
r was severely but probably not fatal
injured. The CASTOR home was dam