The Warwickshire Herald. — 1892-06-02 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

APPALLING CYCLONE.  Telegrams from Kansas on Friday give harm accounts of a most destructive cyclone that p over Wellington, Kansas. The visitation wa sudden as it was appalling in its results, hot lives and property. The cyclone, which tray in a north-easterly direction and gave no sig,l its approach, struck the town at P o'clock it evening, when everybody was indoors. With few seconds the central parts of the city cc within its track were devastated from end to and even now it is impossible to estimate the of life. Wellington-avenue, the principal but street. is lined on both sides with ruins, , liloAs of buildings having been shaken and thrown as violently as if the place had been r by an earthquake. Many people were bunt the ruins and oue woman beyond the reach o rescuers was burned to death. A large block, I contained six storeys and the Monitm Prat pd offices, lies a heap ef bricks and mortar, tiumireds of dwellings are either totally pest or :note or has damaged. The city shortly alb catastrophe was in darkness, as it was found t eary, owing to the broken mains, to cut of supply of gas front the works in order to /UM place from utter destruction. Everybody who ill a position to render assi4tance rushed throus wrecked portions of the city with lanterns organist,' committees of rescue and relief, an a short time seven bodies were taken front &kris. As reports cane- in, however, the various districts visited by the cyc every minute added horrors to the situs The susperse was awful. Survivors in searc missing relatives or friends were almost distr with anxiety, and these scenes of grief and de were protracted long into the early hours of morning. The storm, however, vented its fury within the compass of four squares, in s every building was demolished. Wellington, s is the chief cite in Sumner county.contaius a I lotion of 10,000. It is estimated that bet between 20 and 30 persons lost their lives. In addition to Wellington, the towns of if and Argona in Kansas were visited by the cyc 'lime steno swept away everything in its path overthresr stores of houses. At Harper seven p were killed in the wreck of the buildings, and at Argona. Many people besid.'s were Injured  A story is being told about a member of the F of C,innions, for the circulation of which the L( correspondent of the Biroiinolian Post is responi Desiring to spend some time at Cannes, he sei a villa, which had no name affixed, but for he ordered "Villa airni " to be placed on the piper. It was only later that he discovered the head-line on the bill from which he had o the name simply announced that a "villa gam furnished house, was to be let, and the letter. was no longer used.  A bill promoted by Irish members, who ha see it pass this Session, is designed in the in of the Irish butter trade. It provides that earine shall not be coloured in imitation ot bu but shall be either uncoloured or be given som tiiictive hue that shalldistinguish it from but The story that Sir Henry Howorth. telling best is naturally one against himself. large dinner-party in the Londan season In down a lady who had been hurriedly told bi hand that her partner had written a famous h of the Mongolians. To Mr Howorth's surprii conversation seemed persistently on dogs; a last the murder was out when the lady asked had not written a famous book upon mongrels mutual explanations are not recorded; but till knight is fond of the story.  Mr. Walter Scott makes some important alma meats. On and after July Ist, 1892, the Ca Series will be withdrawn, but the volumes wi incorporated and issued uniform with the Library, price is. Bd. per volume, the monthly of which will be continued in one style* cloth binding, uncrunessi: top. In the Writers Series the win be altered an proved, and the volumes In one style o cloth binding, unmet Odgelloart top, Price ii per volume. The volumes both the above may also be had in rod roan and half pc maroon as before.