Whiting, Kansas Tornado
April
12, 1911
The town of whiting, Kan., where the cyclone
first struck, was destroyed. Sixty houses were
reduced to debris and 30 persons were injured.
Mrs. David Shone;
wife of a farmer residing near Whiting, was
swept from the steps of her home into a
neighbor’s yard, half a mile away, and was
picked up dead.
The storm traveled in a southwesterly direction,
and in addition to Big Heart, where it ended,
and Whiting, the beginning it touched Powhattan,
Netawaka and Manville, in Kansas.
The Lima Daily News, Lima, OH 13 Apr 1911
The tornado seemed to strike first between
Netawaka and Whiting, about twenty-five miles
southwest of Horton. The house of
Frederick Stone,
a farmer, was wrecked and
Mrs. Stone and her small son,
Frederick, were
injured severely. The wind twisted and hurled
this way and that, traveling generally north and
east, sometimes in paths three-fourths of a mile
wide.
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO 13 Apr
1911
Whiting, Kansas, was practically wiped off
the map, sixty buildings being blown down,
thirty persons hurt and
Mrs. David Stone
killed.
Mrs. David Stone,
wife of a farmer, living near Whiting, was swept
from the steps of her home into a neighbor’s
yard, half a mile away. She was picked up dead.
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN
13 Apr 1911
Houses Destroyed
Whiting, Ks., April 12-- Five houses were
completely destroyed by the tornado which swept
through Reserve, six miles south of this place,
at 4 o’clock last evening. Not a stick of timber
was left of any of these dwellings, but so far
as can be ascertained there were but four
casualties.
Mrs. Fred Stone,
was seriously injured but she is still alive.
Mrs. Roy V. Vernon
was badly injured when her residence collapsed.
She was still alive this morning. The storm was
plainly seen from this place but it did no
damage here. The wind was so severe that it
stripped
The Evening Standard, Ogden City, UT 13
Apr 1911
The injured:
Mrs. Fred Stone,
six miles northwest of Whiting, skull fractured,
Perhaps fatal.
The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX 13
Apr 1911
Articles transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
Audrey!
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