The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06
A Nisht OF Terror Terrific cyclone at
Stauntnn. Nebraska.


OMAHo, Neb., Oct. IA special from
Stanton gives a graphic account of the
damage by a cyclone. Railroad Agent
Avery says that, alarmed by the force of
the storm, both he and his wife arose
from bed, partially dressed TO await the
crisis, which all in some way seemed 10
have felt was near at hand Ram began
To fall more heavily and the wind in
creased TO hurricane. AT this time il
sounded like the rapid approach of a
heavy stock train. Mrs Avery said:
why, there comes big stock train"
He replied: al guess not" The rush
ing, roaring noise passed by the depot
swifter than steam could drag a train
and was gone in an instant. Both then
went To the window from which they
saw by the glare of electric fire the
ground in every direction sirewn with
timber and debris of all kinds. The air
was still filed with flying splinters,
which like arrows penetrated everything
they came in contact with. Dir. Avery
dressed and ran for light. He ran
across the street and 4 terrible scene
met his eye. The Central Hotel, new
two-story wooden building, was
LEyELED TO THE GROUND
a mass of shapeless ruins The voices
| of women screaming and men halooing
for help, were heard, mingled with
driving rain, and beyond the wreck of
the hotel was seen a knot of people in
the corner of the hotel garden. Coin g
to them first, it was found 10 be Frank
SEVERN, with his wife, little boy and in
FAINT girl, who were huddled together in
the corner of the ruined house in which
fhey dwelt, or rather q portion of it, for
piece of the floor and roof only were
there, and on this they had ridden
about 800 yards, clear across the street
and fences, landing in the garden. A
heavy butchers block, a sausage grinder,
with six cleaning blades and several
butcher knives, and the paraphernalia
of the shop, had ridden with them and
lay by their side, not only as witnesses
of the terror of that ride, but the mercy
that had preserved them from death
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 the sudden and
AWFUL AWAKENING. =
Not one of the family was seriously
hurt, however, and they were taken K
the depot and temporarily given shelter
there. Women ran to and fro naked
and drenched with rain, their faces GOV
cred with blood and dirt, their hair fly
ing in the wind and terror stamped OF
every feature. Men partially clad anC
! wild with excitement, ran to and FRI
, with lanterns, looking for missing mem
bers of their families and for thei
homes, which were leyeled to the earth
t So peculiar was the effect of the cyclone
that it deposited the dwellings of Ny,
and Psola, the blacksmith shop, and DI
Bowman's residence and Office in on
I heap between the sites of the two form
Adsoininor ha toilnr1c raciHonoa Ntyo
, that of VIM. Lehman, which, though
wrecked, still had walls standing, witt
its ridge pole cutting off the chime,
as if by knife. A sixth house flew L
I be flattened out on the ground beyond
1t was Psota's daughter who had sough
refuge in Lehman's dwelling, and Mrs
r Nye and her infant child are the tw
4 who are probably
I FATALLY INJURED.
Beyond this at some distance, an
y across the railroad tack, stood a neI
: house occupied by l.. c. Lehman, one O
: the county commissioners, who with hi
family were sleeping in the lower stor
>. of the house. 1t was lifted from til
foundation and deposited twenty fee
+ further on. The roof was carried ava
: and the furniture thrown IN heap
i'll the northeast corner of eac
'' room. The outer door was broken ope
: by Mr. Lehman's son with an AK. N
/ one was hurt but the little girl, VIII
8 asked, "What made all that noise" Til
list of the wounded is: Wesley Lonel
: internal bruises and cuts-conditiO
critical; Mrs. w. Loney, fracture of tn
!; forearm and bruises about her head an
! face; Edward Loney. face and head Gu
= and bruised; S. L. HOLMAN, face an
shoulders cut and bruised; Mrs. Wn
> Nye bruised about hips. side and shou
: ders, very serious and will probably die
7 the ten year-old child of Mrs. Nye, fac
and head cut, Inflammation of the brai
: speedily followed, injuries probably fl
tai; Aug. Wagner, arm fractured an
shoulder dislocated. The family of flv
members are all more or less cut an
bruised. The baby had its forearm fra'
:. tured. DIR. w. l.. Bowman is hurt eA
n ternally and bruised all over by bein
K rolled about in the office. Psota is il
e jured externally.