Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
A WICKED WIND.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF A CYCLONE IN
NEBRASKA.
Nebraska and Stanton Visited at Night
The People Turned Out From Their
Reds Into the Storm-Lynching at
Bloomington, HI.
The Cy.one of Wednesday.

OMAHA. Oct 1.-The cyclone of Wed
nesday night destroyed large portion OF
the town of Madison and twenty houses
at Stanton. 1t is reported that several
lives were lost at Madison.
Nebraska City was damaged several
thousand dollars by cyclone this after
noon. The blind asylum and several
business blocks have been unreofed. The
injury done at Omaha was trlt1ing.
OMAHA, Oct. IA Republican. special
from Stanton gives graphic account of
the damage done by the cyclone. The
railroad agent says that alarmed by the
force of the rain, both he and 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.
The rain began to fall more heav
ilv and the wind increased to hurri-
cane, AT this time a sound
like the rapid approach of a heavy stock
train was heard Mrs. Avery said "why
there comes big stock train" He re-
Dlied 81 guess not" The rushing roaring
noise passed by the depot swifter than
steam could propel train and was gone.
Roth of them went to window from
which they saw by the glare of the cleo
tric fire that the ground in every direc-
ton was strewn with timber and debris
of all kinds The air was filled
with fying splinters, which like arrows,
penetrated whatever they came in con-
tact with. Mr.. Avery dressed and ran
for light He ran across the street and
a terrible scene met his eye. The Cen
tral hotel, new two story wooden build
ing. was leveled to the ground, a
mass of shapeless ruins. The voices
of women screaming and men
following for help were heard
mingled with the driving ram, and
bevond the wreck of the hotel was a
score of people in corner OF hotel
garden. Going to them 1t was found to
be Frank SEVERN, the butcher, and his
wife, little boy and infant girl, who were
huddling there IN corner of the ruined
house in which they dwelt, or rather in
portion of it. The floor had been lifted
and they had ridden 300 yards on it.
A heavy butchers block and sausage
grinder and six grinding blades, and sew
eral butchers knives and the parapher-
MALTA of the shop, had ridden with them
and lay by their side, not only as wit
nesses to the terror OF that ride but to
the mercy which had been shown them.
Mrs. SEVERN was almost entirely naked
but was trying TO cover her baby
and shield it from the storm,
and both she and her husband were for
the moment crazed by their sudden and
awful awakening. Not one of the fam
ily was seriously hurt, however, and they
were taken to the depot and temporarily
given shelter there.
WOMEN RAN TO AND FRO,
naked or drenched with rain, their faces
covered with blood and dirt, their hair
flying in the wind and terror stamped on
every feature Men partially clad and
wild with excitement, IAN with lanterns
looking for missing members 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 Plota, the black
smith shop and DR.. Bowman's residence
and office in one heap between the sites
of the former. Adjoining the tail
or's residence was that of W.
Lehman, which, though Il wreck,
still had its walls standing and over its
ridge pail, cutting off the chimney as if
by knife, sixth house seemed to be
fattened out on the ground. Beyond it
was Psota's drug store, who sought re-
fuge in Lehmann's dwelling Mrs. Nye
and her infant child are the two who are
probably fatally injured. Beyond this
at some distance and across the railroad
track stood a new house occupied by S.
c. Lehman, one of the county commits
sioners, who with his family were sleep
ing in the lower story; the house was
,+c la+, r1 faI
twenty feet further on. The roof was
carried away and the furniture thrown
in heaps in the northeast corner of the
east room The outer door was
broken open by Mr.. Lehman's son
with an axe. No one was hurt
but the little girl asked what made all
that noise.
THE WOUNDED.
The list of wounded is as follows:
Wesley Loney, internal injury, probably
of the lungs, external bruises and cuts;
condition critical.
Mrs. w. Loney, fracture of the fore
arm and bruises about the head and face.
Ed. Loney, face and head cut and
bruised
H. Holman, face and shoulders cut and
bruised.
Mrs. VIM Nye, bruised about the hips,
side and shoulders, two ribs broken and
internal injuries very serious; will prob
ably die.
Ten months old child of Mrs. Nye,
face and head cut, Inflammation of the
brain speedily following; injuries prob
ably fatal.
Aug. Wagner, arm fractured and
shoulder dislocated; family of five men,
bers all more or less cut and bruised.
D. w. l.. Bowman, hurt externally and
bruised all over by being rolled about; in
jured externally.
WICKED PARTNER.
ST. LOUISE Oct. 1t now appears
that Joseph S. Homer, absconding part
ner of the firm of Homer, Stewart &
Burnsides, took with him $1S,5OO. The
heaviest loser is j. j. Price, who will be
out S11, $50. No sufficient explanation is
offered for Homer's discrepancy. Homer
left card attached to trunk with the
words, Express my trunk to father. -"
Letters have been received from Homer's
relatives at Belle Fontaine, expressing
surprise and grief at his disappearance.
A MURDERER HANGED.