Show TWO CYCLONES WICHITA kan may I 1 la A special from halstead Hala tead kansas Ka says say at 4 this afternoon a fearful cyclone devastated a strip ot of country hundred yards wide and ana at least six aix teen miles in length killing six persona outright and seriously injuring several oth many have received slight blight injuries the cyclone first struck the house of mrs mr fry a widows widow who lives about nine mlle miles southwest lt of malstead completely destroying it but only slightly injuring fry it next picked up the house of john and scattered it in every direction the fine two story atory house bouse of joseph joaeph weir which had but recently been built at a cost of over 2000 was entirely swept away killing weir grace weir aged 11 hermann weir aged 5 and a five weeks old baby mr weir had left beit the house bouse and when the cyclone struck it was about fifty yards away and clung clang to a tree he received injuries which the physicians say bay may prove fats fata joseph joaeph weir jr ana ano his hie sister maud were the only ones in the family who took to the cellar escaping with only slight alight bruises bru ieee the home of E R caldwell caldwel which was wai yards to the west wept or of the weir home was unroofed and the south side aide torn away the family escaped by taking to the cyclone cellar the next house la in the path of the storm was that of william armstrong which was wae completely wiped from the face of the earth and mr armstrong was killed mrs Armstro armstrong Bg seriously and probably fatally injured siad and grandfather Ch chapline apling who was wae there sick in bed was killed about yards from the house the large two story residence of B P E frizzell was picked up as was also a large two story house ot of J B R frizzel frizzed across the road and botn both together with all ail the outbuildings buildings out were ore completely swept AWRY away leaving enough debris to show how that a house bad stood there the next place visited was the home of captain william white which was only partially destroyed one wing of the house being torn away spencer robba house was waa in the line lime of ane tornado and was waa carried carrie daway away in the hege district school had bad just juat been dismissed and through mr recess foresight the children were hurried out of the path of the storm with his hie family had thy not so BO been taken care of there would have been a great lose loea of life the fury ot of we the storm seems to have done its worst i about live five miles west of Hait tead where all six of the persons were killed near the frazzell home dead liones dorsee cattle and hogs bogs and chickens are scattered all over the wheat those who first saw the fearful disaster coming say bay lc it made very slow progress velling travelling tra not faster than a person could run but it seemed to waver first in one direction then IQ in another had it not been so BO the weir family could have gone to the orchard east baet of the house where they could have escaped the cyclone could he be plainly seen from the town and the stints santa fe pas ganger train no 6 5 waited in the hal elead yards until it crossed the track it blow blew down several telegraph poles in Us its wild career as far as heard beard from covering a distance of eighteen miles cross the country from southwest to northeast nort neat twenty residences nearly all of them large were completely destroyed the loss lose will reach not less than besides the six deaths and the injured two or three of whom will probably die miss daisy neff aged about 16 has since died from her injuries the storm crossed the santa fe railroad about three miles west of halstead the engineer of a westbound through pacific express saw the twist log ing tornado coming from the south and stopped bin big train and backed out this prompt action prevented a wreck for the train would as an certainly have bare truck struck the storm had bad it proceeded KANSAS CITY may 2 A A special to the star from dewton newton kane says baye according to further particulars of yesterdays cyclone the death list probably will reach 15 or 20 there are about 20 badly injured physicians frum from the surrounding towns have gone to the assistance of the injured dead cattle are strewn over the prairies for miles and debris to Is everywhere the storm did not rise from the ground and moved with terrible velocity it demolished the telegraph poles in crossi crossing Dg the main line of the santa fe the force of the storm broke north of mound ridge hundreds of people turned out from newton hal stead and burton to assist the injured and recover the remains of the dead several are missing and the search is 1 being made for their bodies OMAHA may 3 S A special to the bee from sioux city la ia says dispatches were received there by the sioux city northern railway company at this afternoon from their agent at sioux center la forty five miles northeast of here telling of a terrible cyclone near here bore to in number of people were killed and injured and much property destroyed the dispatch received by the north orn ern road said the cyclone passed three miles milea northeast of there at school houses near the town were destroyed teachers were killed and a number of children were killed and injured the whole country IQ in the path of the storm was devastated the sioux city fc northern track between perking and doon was washed out for several miles Dlo dispatches patches from sioux center at pm say that three schoolhouses and at aft least leant twenty residences and barns were swept away at the two teachers and three pupils were killed and many injured two women were found dead about 6 0 clock not far frova from the point wh wb re une one of the school buildings stood one man who arrived in sioux con center late hite in the evening re potted houe hoube was blown away and his family killed he himself escaped and reports that at least two or three hundred people must have been killed it is said amid perkins a small town be tween sioux center and doolas doon was waa directly in the path of the storm and was almost entirely wiped out the torm storm originated about a mile and a hall half southwest of bioux center it moved from there in a DOrth northeasterly easterly direction and passed directly through perking Pur kina a small mali town six miles milea north of sioux bioux center after passing per klue kloe nothing was heard of any dam age later in the evenings evening however news was received from sibley bibley to the tee effect that gnat a storm struck there about 5 p m w destroying the house of john watterson Watt erBon killing arr Wat Watter tereon and iD iiD Juring watterson and his son sioux CITY la ia may 8 the journals sioux center la ia special says saye one of the most moat destructive and terrific cyclones which ever visited northern iowa at 8 ruck and passed through a portion of sioux center this afternoon the most moat unfortunate thing of all was that its course was on the section lines of the schoolhouses and so far two teachers are known to have been hilleda kil wiled leda a miss mim anna marsden manden and her with from one to four children at each school pour four schoolhouses where school was in session were entirely wiped from the face of the earth not a vestige left except a few rooks to mark where they stood and the scholars obo lars were carried from a quarter to a half mile where they were found some dead and others badly mangled cattle and vehicles were hurled buried through the air like chaff and the country for three quarters of a mile wide by half a mile long la is entirely wrecked the description of the haggle property and school could be repeated at nearly every farm jt it is impossible to give the exact number of the dead anu ana wounded fight bight doctors are in the district and will be kept busy all night at least forty farm houses were entirely domol demolished ishou the fields are strewn with wish the debris of the storm SIOUX CITY la may 8 A rad field 6 JD dispatch to the journal says A severe rain and hailstorm struck here this afternoon telegraph wires vires are down north of here on both the northwestern and milwaukee roads roade and it is am possible impossible to 10 got get returns as to damage done reports coming in show that a cyclone passed ton ten miles north of redfield traveling toward award the town of ashton where it did much damage the opera house won was wrecked the steeple of the congregational gat Sat ional church was blown down and many houses unroofed and barns the main street of ashton is strewed with debris many form farm houses barns and outbuildings buildings out north of redfield red field and north of the railroad were blown blow down no one is in reported seriously hurt MILWAUKEE WIN als may 3 A severe electrical storm accompanied by terrific thunder heavy winds and rain passed over wisconsin today at near manitowoc john andela a 14 year old boy was killed by a bolt bole of lightning wails lying in bed bad at the town of york near ville the he house of joseph sutherland nj ras shattered by a bolt of lightning sutherland who had taken refuge in the collar cellar was hilleb kil lefi her husband was stunned near beloit the he barn or of frank En farm waa wa struck by lightning and burned four bourdes bourses and thirteen head hand of cattle perished |