, 1881-10-02
STANTON. NEE.

by wind and rain near Bloomington and
Yorkyillc, Iii.
STANTON, NEB.
OMAHA. Neb., Oct. Title Republican,
special from Stanton gives graphic account
of the damage done BY the cyclone. Rail-
road Agent Avery says that. alarmed BY the
force Of the storm, both he aud his wife
arose from bed and partially dressed to
await the crisis which all seemed in some
way to have felt was near at hand. Rain
began to fall more heavily, and tile wind i'll
creased to 4 hurricane. At this time i sound
like the rapid approach Of heavy stock
train was heard. Mrs. Avery said: "Why.
there comes 4 big stock train." lie repletl:
II guess not.r Tl1r rushing, roaring noise
passed by the depot swifter than steam could
drag train, and was gone in an instant
Both then went to Il window, from which
they saw, by the glare Of the electric fire, the
ground in every direction strewn with timber
debris of all kinds. The air was still filled
with flying sp!inte:s, which, like arrows,
penetrated whatever they came IN contact
with. Nr. Avery dressed and ran for q light.
lie ran across the street, and
4 TERRIBLE SCENE
met his eye. The Central Hotel, q new two
story wooden building, was leEeed to the
ground, mass of shapeless ruins. The
voices Of women screaming and men halloo-
ing fur help were heard, mingled with the
driving rain, and beyond the wreck Of the
hotel was seen knot Of people in the cor
ner Of the hotel garden. Going to them first,
it was found to be Frank Sever in. the butch
| er, with his wife, little boy, and infant girl.
who were huddled together in the cor
ner or rather in portion OF IL, 1or
| niece of the floor and roof only was
there, and oil this they had ridden
about 800 yards, clear across8 streets
and fences, landing in the gar'len- Il heavy
butchers block, a sausage grinder, With SIX
cleaning blades. and several butchers
knives and the parapfernallaof the shop ha"
ridden with them, and lay By their side, not
| only rs witnesses to
TIE TERROR OF THAT RIDE,
| but to the mercy which had preserved them
| from DEATH Mrs. Seyerin was almost ell
tirely naked, and was trying to cover her
| baby and shield it from the storm, and both
she and her husband were, for the moment,
crazed By the sudden and awful awakening.
| Not one Of the fanliy WAS seriously hurt,
however, and they were taken to the depot
| anu temporarily given shelter there Women
ran to and fro, naked or dfenched
| with rain, their faces covered with blood
| and dirt, their hair flying III the wind, and
| terror stamped on every feature Men, par
| TALLY clad and wild with excitement ran
| about with lanterns looking for missing mcm-
| bers of their families. and for their homes'
which were leveled to the earth. SO peculiar
| was the effect Of the cyclone that it deposited
| the dwellings of Nye and Tsota, the black
|
| office in on one heap between the sites Of the
! two former. Adjoining the taior's residence
was that of William Lehman, which, though
wrecked still had its walls standing anu
over its ridge pole, cutting off the chimney as
| if by knife, i sixth house flew, to be nat
| tened out on the ground beyond. 1t was
Psota,s daughter who sought refuge in Leh-
mans dwelling, and Mrs. Nye and her infant
child are the two who are
| PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED.
Reyoud this, at some distance, and across
the railroad track, stood new house, occu-
! nicd hv L. c, Lehman, one of the County
| commissioners, who. with his family, were
| s]eeninp in the lower story. The house was
| lifted from its foundation and deposited
| twenty feet further on. The roof was car
RED away, and the furniture thrown in
| heaps in the northeast corner OF each room.
! The outer door was broken open by MIR.
Lehn,an's son with an AK. No one was
hurt. but the little girl asked: ''Wllat made
! all that noise?"
| LIST OF WOUNDED.
Wesley Loncy, internal injury. probably
| of the lungs, external bruises and cuts, con
dit1on critical. .-.
Mrs. ". Loney, fracture Of the forearm
or,l hrr;roc ohorf fine head and face,
Edward Loney, face and head cut and
bruised.
S. l.. HOLMAN, face and shoulders cut and
bruised.
Mrs. William Nye, bruised about the hips,
side. and shoulders, two ribs broken, and in
| ternal injuries, very seriously-will probably
die,
The 1o-months-old child Of Mrs. Nye, face
and head cut, Inflammation OF the brain
| speedilv following, injuries probably fatal.
| August Wagner arm fractured and shou!-
der dislocated.
Ills family Of five members all more OF less
cut and bruised; the baby had forearm ffac-
tured.
DR.. IL. Bowman, hurt externally and
bruised all over by being rolled about in his
Office.
Psota, injured externally.
wAUPACA COUNTY, WIS.
| Spketol D.spateA to The CHICAGO 1rt6u"e-
WAUrAcA, Wis. Oct, 1.-Your CORE
spondent has returned from an extended ex-
animation Of that section Of Waupaca Couh-
t. that was visited Thursday night oy tne
heaviest wind and rain storm ever Known III
this locality. The line of devastatloh Is
from northeast to southwest, about twelve