The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-06-08

Ono of the walls Of Mr.. Kroft's brick
house was blown IN and considerable
damage done. The houses at the old
fair ground were all leveled. In them
three men had taken shelter, two of
whom were badly injured. One of the
men, Mr.. Aldreen, had tied his team
near. The wind overturned the wagon,
and carried it across the prairie in hun
dreds Of pieces. A Marsh harvester in
the wagon, was badly broken. At Mr..
Whites house considerable damage was
done, the kitchen, in which the family
were gathered, was torn away and the
house unroofed. Mrs. White was some
what bruised, as was also Miss Jennie
Sharp, visiting there.
The severest cyclone passed through
the southern part of the county, strik-
ing Fa!un about 4 o'clock. In that To-
cality considerable damage was done on
its route, and sad hovoc it made. Mr..
Peter Peterson, living near Major
Forsse, lost his wife and daughter aged
six years, and had his house and all his
personal effects blown to the four winds.
Mr.. Peterson was in the field breaking
when it struck his place, and be was
thrown to the ground and blinded by
the dust. When he regained his feet
and was able to see he could not realize
for time where ho was, so completely
was everything swept away. But such
q sad revelation as awaited him When
he began search after his family the
first discovered was the lifeless form of
his wife, badly bruised and m angled.
At distance from her lay his daughter,
dead, her limbs having been broken be-
low the knees, and her body bruised.
Added to tho crushing blow came the
realization that be had not home nor
anything pertaining thereto-everything
gone. 1t was sad tale he related to
US.
Another fatal case is reported at the
place Of Mr.. John Burquist, ten miles
southwest. Mr.. Burquists buildings were
all blown down, and his father standing
in the door of the house, was instantly
killed.
We have not space nor time to enter
into tho details of all the reports we
gather, as many are conflicting and the
names and localities mixed. But we
give summary, which we believe is
substantially correct: Peter and Mel
son Oleson, II miles southwest of town,
house and barn blown down; both in
iured. Thompson, johnson and anoth-
err man, neighbors of Olcson, had their
buildings destroyed. Peter Ekstram
and VIM. Johnson, near Burquist, houses
and barns destroyed. Otto Larson,
brothcr-in-law of John Nelson, house
and barn down; wife injured. Olof
Nelson, Anderson and Carlson, Faulen,
houses injured by walls falling in; An
derson's wife badly bruised. Mr. Erics-
son, brothcr-in-law OF Robert Graft,
south of Brookvile, buildings destroyed
and himself injured. Sundstrom, Swed-
enborg and John Eckholm, 10 miles
south of town, buildings destroyed; the
wife Of the latter was sick in bed and
sustained severe injury by bruises and
alright. John HagIer's large two-story
house, near the county line, south, was
blown into kindling wood; hog weigh
ing 200 pounds was blown across the
river, and large logs and trees were car
ried along like straws. August Ziebel's
house and franc buildings, southeast,
were entirely destroyed, and August
Bonds's house damaged. Henry Miller
lost his crops. ]. Conrad and S. G.
Long, were riding across the prairie
when the storm struck them, tearing the
wagon into pieces and severely injuring
their horses. They had narrow cs-
cape from being injured by the debris.
Mrs. Lubbers' store house and out build
ings were damaged, as were those OF
Judge Prescott.
The bridge across Spring creek, at
Bavaria, was lifted from its place and
thrown across the railroad track.
Reports from tho Gypsum creek Sec
ton, speak of heavy rain and hailstorms,
but no very great damage was done by
the wind so far as we can learn. The
damage to crops will not be SO heavy as
at first apprehended. The paths of the
cyclones at their widest points did not
extend over quarter of a mile in
width, and but for the hail the crop
damage would be nominal.
In every case where houses were
blown down, the household furniture
and clothing was scattered beyond re-
covery, and the people lose heavy in
these articles.
Quite number Of cases are reported
of loaded wagons being lifted from the
ground and carried some distance IN the
air, often demolishing them and hardly
leaving ves!igs of wagon to be
found.