The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-29
Incredib,e Power Of q storm.

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The telegraph,c reports in no way
exaggerated the tremendous force oe the
storm which reccntIy devastated a por.
ton of Nebraska, In the country near
Osnaha serious damage was doue. A
uunber OF people we're killed and a vast
quaatity of property was destroyed. The
house OF farmer, j. r. Jester, was
lifted bodily from its foundation by .
furious blast aud whirled through the air
Eve rods or more, stunning and bruisins
the frightened inmates La the same
town heariy everv house was uurooted,
the wiHd tearing the rN"ts of like paste
board Fur miles the fine corn fields and
wheat fields have been ruined. Says the
Omaha Herald. "A procession following
the corpse OF Lewis F. Thompson was
ovERrAkEN BY ruE TEMPEST
AhoG, four miles west of this city. Mr.
ireland was one oi the first to see il
coming, and, being strong maH. he
Jumped out, hoping to be able to hold
the carriage to the ground. Bat his
efforts were truitless, the vehicle being
twisted out OF his grasp aud overturned. /.
Nearly every team was li.ied bodily from
the ground. A carrie re in which Mrs.
Thulnpson, Mrs. ireland, Mrs. Scott, aud
| other near relatives OF the deceased,
! were riding, was capsized. The horses
| ran down into hollow, whore shelter
was afforded Que lady was taken up
from the ground aud carried distance
. of twenty ieet ia the air before she
regained her toaing. The meu couid
NOT stand up, but were thrown about Al
train on the Fremont and Elk huru Val
ley railroad was struck by the storm
between Scribier and Csoweil, and tn,
| three
COACHES LIFTED FROM THE TRACK,
/ Thrown dawn the embankment, au'
turned upside down in the ditch. On
side OF the engine was lifted eight iHche
trum the track. but the coupling brok
and it fell buck again. Nearly ever.
passenger was more or less injured
John McClary. OF Norfolk, received
fractured skull; his wife was bruise
beyond recognition; their sou, Johnny
had his skull fractured Robert L Fal
ley's shoulder Was dislocated; the iri
) arm of DIR. A. & Beebe, OF Blair, wa
broken above the elbow; Conducso
I NCf%S8H 9EJ9sISf WAS broken. ssu
: ore nile from toe wreck of the train, III
: house os Matthias, Austin was picked /,
by the win.i, carried about loo feet an
tarn completely into pieces. Mr.. Aust
was
CRUSHED TO DEATH
. In the wreck by fallin timbe,s. Il
daughter escaped with her life, thaug
+ she was severely injured. The Unio
!. Pacific Railroad express train, which h.
i drawn up to the water tank at Lone Ire
: was backed away from the building whe
the approach of the storm was notice,
aud not u monent too soon, for the win,
. mill aud building fell immediately aite
: ward with fearful crash. AS the stoF
swept about the train, shaking it treuel
dously. the employees OF the company hu
ried through toward the sieeping-c scar
1 which were considered tho safest fro
e being the heaviest. and they said that Il
!, passengers were nearly all on their kue
: praying for mercy, for not one expecte
to escape alive.
:, IMMENSE HAIL-sToEEs
: Fell at this point, aud dispatch reeeiv,
70 from there eaid that none were snail
than coffee cups. One was found tn
y actually measured twelve inches in C
}. cumfercnce. In the city twelve hous
e were blown down and destroyed. II
: roof was torn from the back side of q
depot; the kitchen of the hotel was blos