Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-11-11 | Page 1 | Tornado Kills Six Injures Many in Kansas

TORNADO KILLS SIX INJURES MANY MANYIN IN KANSAS CITY Nov 11 Six it-Six Six ale afe believed to be dead and at least fifty Injured some fatally as the result of the terrific wind and rainstorm which swept over central Kansas last night The paralyzed condition of wire communication made It impossible ble bie to reach much of the stricken district at noon today Many persons at first believed dead were later found burled buried in inthe inthe inthe the ruins of their homes and rescued rescued alive Some after being reported dead for sev several ral hours were found long distances from their homes j KANSAS CITY Nov 11 Two persons were killed and thirty-six thirty injured in last nights night's tornado at Great Bend Kan according to a long dist distance nce telephone message from Great B Bendat Bend Bendat nd at 93 o'clock this morning It was o the first direct communication with the scene of the st storm rm Charles H. H Smith a piano salesman and W. W W V Hale a mill were killed Six of ot the injured are In a a. dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- condition The property damage is estimated at The tornado that struck Great Bend and towns near there last night was local so far as its cyclonic properties properties properties prop prop- prop prop- were concerned although It was part of a general rain and wind windstorm windstorm storm that centered yesterday mornIng morning morning morn- morn Ing to central Colorado according to P. P Connor local weather observer There was was no c connection between the I i tornado in th the Great Bend district and and tornadoes In South Dakota and ad Nebra Nebraska ka Mr Connor said sai Hoisington ton and Claflin towns near Great Bend felt the effects of the storm but suffered no serious damage ac according according according ac- ac cording to late reports At Derby Kan miles mUes southeast south south- I east of Great Bend one man was killed and seven persons were In in- in jU d A number umber of persons were Injured at Hartford S. S D D. and high winds visited other localities In that state as well wen as sections of ot western and central Nebraska