Burlington Woman Inhaled Flames  BURLINGTON - Mrs. Mary Norton was badly burned on the left arm and also inhaled some of the flames at the home of her father today, when some gasoline exploded.  The kitchen was filled with flames but prompt action by Mr. Hamilton...

A Kansas Town Visited By A Cyclone Wichita, Kan., April 25 - Cunningham, a town of 200 population on the Wichita & Western railroad, 60 miles west of here was visited by a cyclone Saturday evening.  The roof was blown from the depot, two section houses were...

The Andrews schoolhouse, west of Salina, was struck by lightning during the storm Saturday afternoon and completely destroyed by fire.  The lightning struck the tower of the building and split it in half.  The structure burned rapidly and was in ruins in a remarkably...

A Tornado Damages McPherson A tornado passed over the east part of the city of McPherson yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, destroying three houses and injuring slightly two daughters of A. J. Brown.  After leaving McPherson the storm traveled in a northeastern...

BIRD CITY, KS - The prairie fire that started on the farm occupied by Paul Phillips, six miles north of Bird City last Wednesday morning [March 9], burned to death Frank McGrew and destroyed large amounts of grain and feed.  The St. Francis Eagle says the fire was...

MEADE - A China man committed suicide at Meade, Kan., in 1887, by cutting his throat with a knife.  Last week the China man's brother came and disintered the body from the Meade cemetery and took the remains back to China for burial.  The Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita,...

Nov. 16 - George Richards, of Logan county, reports that western Kansas had a slight earthquake last Tuesday night. It shook buildings from Harper to Goodland, taking in all the far western counties. Melvin Miller, of Sherman county, says there were two distinct...

Manager of a Grange Store Suicides OLATHE - Isaac Rudy, for over 15 years manager of the Grange store at Springhill, this county, quietly walked into a room at his home yesterday [Nov. 15] and, with a revolver sent a bullet into his forehead. No cause is advanced for...

Fell Under The Wheels NEWTON - D.C. Sheridan, a young man about 18 years of age, was run over by a Santa Fe freight train in the Newton yards and received injuries which will probably result in his death. The young man was on his way from Leadville to his home in...

Little Child Dead Ohpha Tapp Passed Away At Its Grandfather's Home The little 16-months old daughter of Martin Tapp died yesterday at 11:30 at the home of its grandfather on Fern avenue.  The child had been brought here the day before for medical treatment.  It has...

Jack Hastie's horse ran away about 6 o'clock Monday night, throwing his daughter out of the buggy and bruising her head. The buggy was badly damaged. The accident occurred on West Fourth street near the residence of H.W. Andrews. Miss Hastie is not seriously injured....

A tornado devastated a small section of country near Severy, and injured several people, J.B. Mitchell's baby, two miles northeast of Severy, being fatally hurt.  The Phillipsburg Herald, Phillipsburg, Kansas.  May 26, 1898.  Page 3.  © Transcribed by Darren McMannis...

A tornado recently destroyed nearly every house in Cunningham, Kingman county.  Fortunately, nobody was killed, but much stock was killed.  The Phillipsburg Herald, Phillipsburg, Kansas.  May 26, 1898.  Page 3.  © Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council...

AN OLD MAN BURNED Alex Blair of Burlington Tried to Make Gasoline Burn BURLINGTON July 6 - Alexander Blair is today confined to his bed by a lot of horrible burns all over hi body received last Saturday.  The old gentleman earns his living by selling oil and...

Wamego, Kan., April 25 - A small tornado passed over a part of Wabaunsee county, eight miles southeast of here, last night.  Henry Miller's 8-year-old son was killed, while Miller and his wife were perhaps fatally hurt.  They live three miles north of McFarland. ...

KANSAS CITY, KS - A Missouri Pacific passenger tain, north-bound, leaving here at 9:15 o'clock Sunday night, was wrecked at Wolf Creek, Kan., one and one-half miles east of Hiawatha at midnight Sunday night, by running into a bunch of horses. The engineer and fireman...

Boy Killed William. the 15-year-old son of J. S. Modest, of Cherryvale, was recently racing with another boy when his horse stumbled and fell. The boy was caught under the horse and killed. The Kinsley Graphic, Kinsley, Kansas. November 29, 1895. Page 3. © Transcribed...

Dr. A. O. Corey, a Fort Scott dentist, was recently charged by his 17-year-old step-daughter with attempting a criminal assault in his office, from which she fled pursued by her father when parties interfered.  He threatened to shoot any one interfering, and when an...

Henry M. Leonard, 62 years of age, was found dead the other morning in the rear of his home at Wichita.  The body had been horribly mangled and partially covered in a manure heap.  A trail of blood was followed to the kitchen of Leonard's residence where his wife and...

George Bailey, a colored Topeka teamster, shot twice at Mrs. Fanny Thompson, a colored widow, the other day because she refused to marry him, putting a bullet through each arm of the woman.  He then killed himself.  The Kinsley Graphic, Kinsley, Kansas.  November 29,...