The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-09
MANY KILLED,
SCORES HURT
IN T0RNADOES
Hundreds Made Homeless BY
Twisters Which Sweep
Kansas and Missouri
PROPERTY DAMAGE HIGH
Buildings Raced in Southeast
ern South Dakota, Ne
braska and Iowa

TOrnadOcs and tOrrential rain
storms swept at least SIS persons
to death, injured more than 100
and caused property damage
estimated close to three million
dollars in the middlewest and
southwest, between Saturday and
early today.
Northeast Texas was stricken
by two twisters. with a death toll
Of 32 and more than so injured.
Sixteen were killed at Nevada.
10 at Garland, four near Wolfe
City and two near Kellogg.
Twisters and high winds killed
~ in Missouri and 10 in Kan
sas and there was one dead In
Iowa.
Kansas City, May 9.-44-Torna-
does, bizzards, torrential rains and
hail storms in the western states
Saturday night and yesterday killed
at least 55 persons, injured scores
and left hundreds homeless.
Kansas was hardest hit when n
twister started near the Oklahoma
border in the central section Of the
state Saturday night and swept four
counties, leaving II known dead
Four persons were known to have
been killed, several we're unaccount-
ed for and more than 40 injured by
tornadoes and bigh winds that struck
at Garland northeast of Dallas.
early this morning. Three others
were listed as missing.
Communication Disrupted
Two residents of Nevada, Collins
county, were believed to have per-
ished and upwards of score injured
by twister shortly before 4 o'clock
this morning. Virtually all wires
were down in the storm area. I'm
confirmed reports told of damage to
| other communities near Nevada.
Two women and two children were
killed in tornado near Eldon, in
south central Missouri last night.
Meager reports indicated the storm
also struck Olean, seven miles north
Of Eldon, causing heavy property
. damage.
A woman was drowned in a ditch
near Sioux City, Iowa, while high
winds damaged buildings in south
! Nebraska and Iowa. Near North
buildings. but no one was known to
have been killed or seriously injured.
500 Buildings Demolished
The Kansas tornado raced through
! Barber, kingman, Reno and McPher-
son counties late Saturday night.
Rains of cloudburst proportions fol-
lowed the wind. Upwards Of 800
, buildings were reported demolished
in this area.
The Kansas twister apparently
jumped long distances and, after
sweeping section along the Okla
| homa- Kansas border, it rushed north
east. cutting path four blocks wide
| through the eastern section Of
Hutchinson. Although comparative
| ly little damage resulted to the CEN
trail section of the city, the loss in
| the factory district was estimated at
nearly S1,OOO,O00. Forty persons were
removed to hospitals, many suffering
from serious injuries. Approximately
1000 were left homeless.
Most Damage at Hutchinson
| While property loss was heaviest
at Hutchinson, smaller Kansas towns
reported more casualties. Medicine
Lodge, where the twister originated,
reported three dead in that section.
Inman and Mcdora, about 100 miles
north of Medicine Lodge. where the
tornado apparently spent its fury
each reported two dead. A Santa Fc
engineer was killed when his engine
crashed through a bridge near King
man.
Railroad and telegraph commune
cation was crippled at many points
leading to unconfirmed reports o1
! heavy property damage.