The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-06-15

oldest boy hurried them from the house.
Just as the children left the house it was
| blown down and the contents destroyed.
Two children were injured by the flying
pieces one, John, having his collar
bone broken, and little girl having her
head bruised. The roof of neighbor-
ing house was blown away. Passing on
toward Bavaria, the current next struck
the stone house Of Harvey Case, scatter
ing everything upon the prairie. His
CROPS were also destroyed and cattle in
! iurcd. The horns were twisted from q
fine COW which was plcketed in his field.
Mr.. Rawdon, a neighbor, had an OK car
ried some distance and one of its horns
was drawn from the socket, leaving a
large hole in its head. Crossing the 4.
p. track, it passed on to Messrs. Emmett
and Whitncy's places, whose losses and
injuries We reported last week. The
current spent its force short distance
DC1 OHO tiC hOuSNs
Another current, starting from about
the same point, passed more to the cast,
by Mr.. .Whitworth's place, whirling his
cattle into the air, lcvcling the houses
and destroying the property of Messrs.
Israel Johnson, Pelade, Miller, Burg
quist, Sjogran, Eckstrand, VIM. John
son, Gus. Peterson, Mrs. Very, and do
ing serious damage to the property of J..
W. Peterson. On it went whirling by
Mcssrs. Kroit's and Ruggles' houses,
the old Fair Grounds, between the farm
houses of Mr.. JAS. Sharp and Mrs. Lub-
bers, across tho Smoky, down the old
river bed east Of Salina, tearing through
Tom. Whites house and subsiding a
short distance beyond.
A third of these main currents formed
further south. We first learn of it as
sweeping north of Mr.. Agnew's house,
across section IL in township l6, taking,
in its course, now house belonging to
Lindholm, o new conner, blowing in the
walls of Mr.. Oiof Nelson's store house,
destroying Pctor Petersons house and
property and killing his wife and daugh-
ter. The current then passed on, north
of the buttes towards the church, level
ing and destroying the property Of
Alan Anderson, one half mile west Of
the church. Messrs. Anderson, Eek
holm, Peterson, Carlson, Tom. Trulson,
Swedenberg, Larsan, the Olson brothers,
Peter Telling, Bartleson, John Alum,
Sundstram. Crossing the road south of
Mr.. Carlin's, it made for Henry Miller's
wheat field, thence over Benson's house,
badly racking it; visiting August Bon
dis place and racking his house, and
then swooped down on August Zicbel's
farm. The lattcrs house, furniture,
family clothing, barn, granary and farm
implements are destroyed and scattered
across the fields. His crops are almost
worthless. Whirling through the trees,
it crossed the Smoky to the northeast,
and wound up its career in the complete
demolition of Mrs. Jano Whites house
and unroofing blacksmith shop be-
longing to Mr.. Parker. The neighbor-
ing farmers gathered the following day
and rebuilt Mrs. Whites house.
The fourth of these currents passed
south of Mr.. S. Posts, in Falun, near
the residence of Mr.. Macomber, whose
wel-house 1t lifted up, drawing a bucket
OF water from the well, (about 80 feet
and carrying it several feet before spill
ing. This current passed to the south
of the buttes, not doing very much dam
age until it reached Mr.. Hagler's place.
Hero its pent up fury was expended
with fearful force, tearing down house
and barns, leaving only one broken
wagon wheel on the entire farm. Some
of the pieces wero carried three miles
away. On the east side of the Smoky
it leveled the houses Of DR.. Nelson and
Mr.. John McPhaiI, and seemed to abate
about three miles east of the latter,s
farm.
We have thus followed these main de-
structive currents on their course in or
der TO give our readers some idea of the /
direction and character Of the tornado |
There were many parallel and counter
currents, but they did not extend over
much territory. Seven large funnel
shaped clouds were seen. and number
of small ones.
Various estimates have been made of
the amount of damage done, ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000. Considering
that about So houses were destroyed,
4 large number injured, the entire furn-
iture and clothing of at least 80 families
destroyed and lost, large quantities of
farm machinery rendered useless, and
The crops destroyed, VIC question wheth-
or the latter amount would cover the
oss sustained.
Soon after the tornado had passed a
heavy hail s.orrn occurrad doinr nnnnh