The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-26
Andale, Hit by Cyclone, Under
Martial Law Today.
More Than Score Killed in G1g
Kansas Tornado.
MORE THAN FIFTY INJURED
No Valuation Has Been Placed
on Big Property Damage.
Everything in Path Powdered
by the Whirling Debris.

law was put into effect at Andale to-
day, where twelve persons were killed
and eleven persons seriously injured
in the tornado Friday afternoon Ad-
| jutant General Martin, at Topeka, or
dered Captain Menkemeyer and thir-
ty members of the Kansas National
Guard there from Wichita this morn
| ing.
The total death list in the path of
| the storm has reached twenty-four.
In addition to the twelve at Andafe.
town of 237 population. twenty
| three miles northwest of Wichita,
there are nine dead in the country
near Sedgwick, Kan, two near New
ton, Kan. one near Elbing.
| The crippled section of south CEN
J trail Kansas today was recovering from
the ravages of spring tornado which
late Friday tore a jagged path thr
two counties and took a toll of human
lives which late conflicting reports
thirty.
Tents for HomIess.
Tents were set up today at Andaie
i to care for those made homeless, many
\ of whom slept turnout the night in
| the Andale bank building, the Catho-
lie church and elsewhere.
Andale a village of less than three
hundred inhabitants. was the chic.
sufferer with sixteen identified dead.
The country district to the north
fatalities while two dead were iden-
titled near Newton still to the north
east. Conflicting reports still are be
ing received regarding unidentified
dead. More than half hundred per-
sons have been injured.
The twister arose in the southwest
and roared down upon Andale with
suddennes5 that prevented any organ
lied escape. With the small end of
the funnel-saaped mass of whirling
| debris sic shing a path from quarter
to a half mile in width, residences
land business buildings of the tiny
town were reduced to splinters with
the accompanying loss of human life.
, Thru Rich Country.
Booming on as suddenly as it came.
the tornado swept thru what is known
as one of the richest farming districts
of the STATE, leveling standing grain
and powdering farm houses and out
| buildings. Sedgwick, on the northern
edge of the county, barely was missed
by the Storm, only a few buildings in
one corner of the city falling before
its violence. The country surround
ing, however, paid its price in human
lives ana demolished property, still the
twiSter kept its pace and gathering its
final human tribute near Newton dis
solved az suddenly it developed.
A special train was rushed from
here to Andale. containing a hastily
gathered staff of physicians and
, jured were brought here. The victims
and injured in the other localities were
| attended without outside aid.
No valuation has been set upon the
. property damage.
Debris in Newton.
Newton, Kan, May 26.-The twister
struck this county near Sedgwick,
which town it barely missed. destroy
ing several houses in one corner OF
that city. Then, cutting a path from
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} to the northeast and clinging close to
J the ground, powdered everything as il
Numbered along. The country thru
which the tornado worked is known as
one of the richest farming sections of
the state.
Attic the storm did not come within
) five miles of this city, debris fell freely
in the streets
The Death Toll.
: The following is list of the identi-
: fled dead:
At AndaIe.
AGNES RAUSCH, %.
MRS. F. HEIGER. AZ.
MRS. ALEX SCHMIDT, 40.
IRENE SCHMIDT. a.
= JOSEPH MERTES. 4.
MRS. JOHN KLEIN.
THREE KLEIN CHILDREN.
NICK CORDELL, 80.
2 HENRY RAUSCH.
MINNIE SOMMERHAUSER. 1s.
The Andalc Injured.
! The injured at Andale:
Mrs. - Rausch, not seriously; Mr..
- Rausch, bruised, internally injur-
: ed, unconscious. probably will not live:
Theresa Mans. 5. scalp wound. brok-
en- shoulder, deep cuts, one broken
shoulder; Mrs. Buscher bad cut over
left eye. rib broken; Mrs. -Buscher.
severely injured in back, hurt inter-
nally; Mrs. Klein, aged woman, cut
and bruised; Mrs. Ida Sommerhauser.
/, leg broken in two places, may die;
Mrs. - Mertes. aged woman, chest
crushed, but may recover; Mr. =
: Mertes. son, probably fatally hurt;
Mrs. - Wurzbauer. cut on eye, eye
injured; c. Botze, bruised.
b. J. Harness was killed near Elb-
ing. Kan, and Mrs. Harness was serf-
ously injured
: All of the dead at Andale were
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