| Show falls city nebraska stricken destruction of property enormous aftermath of tho kansas cyclone details still delayed owing to the destruction of wires and the terrible confusion following tha twisters of sunday falls city neb may 18 A cyclone visited this section about 9 last night and swept everything in its path killing a number of people and leaving dozens seriously injured it touched the extreme southern part 0 this place tearing down the canning factory both tho missouri pacific and burlington depots and over thirty freight care in one of which was a tramp who was seriously hurt Hinton 8 park which yesterday was one of the most picturesque spots in the country is today a mass of up and broken trees while not a single building is left standing hans brewery which was located across the nemaia nemaha river from the park is a total wreck win house was torn to atoms and both mr and mrs hinton were badly hurt the house of L knickerbocker near the park entrance is all but ruined hail fell aa large as hens begs eegs doing great damage to property and breaking nearly every window in the city the econn coming from the northwest the cyclone beems to have followed the river for the distance of a mile and then took a southerly course between this city and the kansas line a distance of four miles there were eight houses blown down those known to be dead are mrs dan Ba miss eight year old boy named mrs wm brannin mr and mrs rhodes are among the injured and cannot recover A force of citizens spent the after noan at the park with the unfortunate ones reviewing what was left by the cyclone nemaia nemaha river is now bank full and will flood the bottom land reserve Res erye a town of people seven miles southeast of here was literally wiped off the earth but three buildings are standing and they were moved from their foundations four men were killed and twenty wounded thirteen severely the one of the more fortunate buildings has been converted into a hospital and the injured are being cared for by physicians from surrounding towns the dead arc head crushed mrs nine year old daughter of mr phillips ralph sweeney the injured rev parker wife aad daughter internal injuries will recovers mrs back broken will die her daughter badly crushed and otherwise injured will recover mr skull crushed will die baby legs broken will die george Sweeney cut about the head man named jones cut jaw broken wm wilson internal injuries will recover george and frank phillips hurt about the bead it is impossible to give an estimate of the damage done in the vicinity of falls citi reports come in every hour which add to the number of farm houses and buildings destroyed the growing crops were pounded into the earth and will have to be replanted the damage to fruit trees is very heavy mining village tc rock island ills may 18 word reached here that a cyclone astruck the mining village of sherrard near here saturday night killing evans and destroying the congregational church and several residences bruli damaged in detroit mich may 18 reports from many sections of michigan choir that the windstorm which swept over the state yesterday did much damage especially to fruit trees in Shi wasse county it is estimated that half of the fruit crop was destroyed shade trees buffered euffe red severely and in borne instances buildings were only one per fion was ared so far aa learned kansas cyclones csigas city mo may 18 the tornado which swept through northwestern kansas and a portion of southeastern debraska Ke braska yesterday afternoon and last night caused at least eighteen deaths and the injury of a score of people and doing many thousands of dollars damage in various towns through which it passed and incalculable damase in the intervening country many who escaped instant death are maimed for life and in numerous instances the injuries are expected to result fatally the storm covered a large scope of country seneca sabetha oneida bern frankfort reserve baileyville Baile barnes spring valley and several other places being in its path the wreckage was not confined to the towns in tho country districts the loss of lifo and destruction of property was equally great chaos prevails throughout the stricken district and in the confusion it is impossible to obtain a complete list of dead and injured at the various places the property loss cannot be estimated with any dc gree of accuracy at this time there is no doubt however that the storm is the most appalling disaster that has been inflicted upon northeastern kansas for years at bigelow the west portion of the town was wrecked and several people were hurt but no one was killed so far as known at frankfort sixty buildings were destroyed and people rendered homeless no ono was killed but eight persona were badly hurt the property loss is at baileyville Baile half of the town was was laid waste and a number of people injured but nono were killed BO far as can be learned at present at seneca four persons were killed all of them children the opera house court house and school were destroyed many other buildings wrecked or badly damaged and at least twenty people injured at oneida three children were killed and many people injured at sabetta several stores and other business buildings and twenty residences were destroyed twenty five people wore injured one of whom has since died while six were killed in the vicinity at reserve four persons were killed and twenty injured while nearly every building in town was wrecked in all of alio town struck by the cyclone buildings euch as wera left standing have been hastily converted into morgues and hospitals the search tor dead bodies was commenced last night as soon as possible after the storm had subsided men and women with lanterns plowed their way through the debris here and there following up a cry from some injured one the dead were scattered promiscuously and it is not believed all of the bodies have been recovered families are scattered so badly it is impossible to arrive at a conclusion as to how many persons are missing the storm was accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain which continued for several hours after the wind had ceased bbate news the manifesto was adopted at spring ville sunday the document was read by elder evans and sustained by a large vote A few retrained from voting and five voted against it among tho latter was the bishops first counselor james chali it is understood that hall intends to resign voluntarily in ion of a request to do others who voted nay ara T L mendenhall james stevenson A W harmer and R L bird it is reported that jonah phillipa jr and silas dark wera also opposed to the manifesto mrs sherman kimme a widow aged 50 died at cheyenne brief illness monday she was the owner of valuable property in salt lake the new shay engine recently purchased by the salt lake mercur rail rad company is now en route from the east and will soon be doing service on the little road FOB BELIEVING THROAT 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