The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-19
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s.o1u wpton recently devastated pOr-
Ton OF Nebraska. In the county near
Omaha Serious mischief was done. A
num1er'of pfrrlc were killed and q vast
quantity OF property destroyed. The
mouse OF farmer. j. r. Jester, was lift
ea bodily from its foundation by o furious
blast and whirled, through the air five
foas or more, stunning and bruising the
1rlghtehed inmates: In the samo town
nearly every house Was unroofed, the
wind tearing ..thA roofs off like paste
board. For, miles the fine corn fields
sh sSs osSs Sasfs s9ae asasa afye been Epped says
"A procession following the cor fr55Hae, or
Lewis r. Thompson was, ov1ttaken ~
the tempest about four miles West Of
this CITY, ny. ireland wns. one OF the
first to sse it coming, and; being strong
mani he jamped out, hGpihe to Ire ai3ie
to hold the carriage .to the tround.1 Buf
hisf efforts werb frpitlods, the yehiole
being twisted out Or Ills grasp md oveT!
turned. Nearly' evYFy team; Vas lifted
bodily from the ground. "a cartridge in
which Mrs, ThoWtaon, Mrs. ireland.
Mrs.' S6ottEhnd 'other near relatives 'of
the deceased were riding, wag capsized..
Ihe hearse' ran down into holiow:.
where shelter whs afforded. One iatiy
was taken up from the ernr1f,d md nnr-
ried q distance of, 200 feet in the air be-
fore She could regain her feet. The men
GOULD not stand up. but were thrown
about at the mercy of the wind. .n
The afternoon train on the Fremont
and Elkhorn Valley Railroad was struck
by the storm between ,Soribner and
Croweil, and the three coaches were lift
ed from the track, thrown down the EN-.
nankment, and turned upside down in
the ditch. One side of the engine was
lifted eight inches from the track, but
the coupling broke, and it fell back
again. Nearly every passenger. was more
or less injured. John ,McClary, of Nor:
1olk, received q fractured skull; his wife
was bruised beyond recognition; their
son, JOHNNIE. had, his, skull fractured.
robert An Farley's slouldes was dislo-
Gated. The left arm of, DR.. A. G. Beebe,
Of Blair, was, broken above the elhnt
Conductor 'McLeod's" shoulder w5aa'
broken. Lew. Reed, Of thiAIity. was on
the train, but escaped with oniy sliaht
bruises. But one mile from the wreoE
OF the train; the house of Nathan Aus.
tin was picked up by the, wind, carried
about l19o feet. and torn com pietely into
pieces. :, Mr. Austin was crushed to death
in the wreck by falling timbers. His
daughter escaped with her life, though
she was severely Injured. The Union
facinc hsl!rond express train, which had
drawn up to the water tank at Lore Tree.
was" backed 3 away from the building
when the approach, Of the storm was
noticed, and not moment too soon. for
the wind mill and building fell immedi.
ately afterward with a fearful crash. As
the storm swept about the train. shaking
1t tremendously, the EMPLOYEES of The
company hurried toward the sleenin0
cars. which We're considered the safest
from being the heaviest, aud they said
that! the passengers were nearly all on
their knees praying for mercy, for not
one expected ta eslnpe alive. Immense
hall'stonesItell at this point, and de:
spatnh received from there said that none
we're smaller thnn coffee tnps. One was
found that actually measnred twelve
inches In circumference. In the city
twelve hcnseS were blown down and de-
stroyed. The roof was torn from the
back side Of the depot; the kitchen Of
the hotel was blown down; the telegraph
poles were torn. afoml the ground: O box
freight car, @hibh was standing on O. side
track, was demolished; the frame was
nlown down an embankment, and The
truck iwaa taken up! hy,an opposite cur.
rent OF wind and thrown on the main
track. Plies OF lumber were whirled in
every direction. The operator tele,
graphed that 'ta woman was pioked M
BY the wind and carried quarter OF q
mile at the rate Of 1.900 miles minute
A gentleman named E. Phelps, living
near Lone Tree, was killed, his daughter
ista!ly injured. and every member Of his
family more or less bruised. The storm
there continued about ten minutes. and
its track was about tea miles ia width.
Within that limit every field OF grain
was entirely destroyed. At Blair the
Sioux City and Pacific ronnd honse waa
blown down. and the watohman, with his
son. narrowly escaped from the ruins
with their lives. Mr. Boston's bouee,
about otle mile from the town, was torn
to pieces, bnt fortunately no person waa
Injured. The loss in BUILDINGS and
Drops. szhich is immense, cannot now M be
estimsted, and il is probable that furthe,
loss Of human life will be reported.
Ihe telegraph reported from Dayton
Ohio. on Sunday last, terrific storm os
wind and rain which visited that town:
doing much damage to property and in.
volving painful loss of life.2 The Dovton