Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
MORE WIND.
Iowa and Nebraska Visited by Terrible
Storm of Wind and Rain, for the Sec
Ond Time This Season-Heavy Damage
to Buildings, but Fortunately Few
Lives Lost.

The second severe rain and wind
storm within half week visited Ne
braska on the 18th. One residence IN
Omaha was struck by lightning, but
the occupants escaped injury. A
brakeman named Sullivan was killed
by lightning near Columbus. Immense
damage was done in the country to
wlndmills, sheds and barns by the
wind. The storm along the Union
Pacific was particularly severe. At
Mlllard twenty miles west of Omaha,
two lumber yards were entirely blown
away. At Elkhorn two houses and a
barn were blown down. For a distance
OF six miles west of Grand Island tele-
graph poles are alllaid fat. The same
storm struck the North Platte depot
and was blowing it to pieces when tele-
graph communication was cut off.
The depot at Phelps Station, on the
Burlington & Missouri Railroad, was
partly wrecked. A great deal of dam
age was done for distance of fifty
miles along the Nebraska Rail
road in the south part of the
state, a great many buildings be-
ing wrecked. Reports are meager, ow-
ing to the interruption of telegraph
communication. At jackson, Neb.,
Davey & Berry's store was blown
down. At Elkpoint, Oak, a number
of buildings are down. The railroad
coal-house and windmill are demol-
ished. No one was hurt. At Cole
ridge, Neb. sixteen buildings were blown
down. At Hudson general store was
blown to pieces. Two children were
killed and three people seriously in
iured in the country near that place.
At Harrington, Neb., a rink and
number OF small buildings are down.
At Wakefield, Neb., Anderson & Co.'s
store was unroofed. In all the
country within radius of twenty
five miles of the city much dam
age to trees, fences, windmills
and buildings was done, and
number of farmhouses were demol-
ished. T. K. Peck, of Omaha, had
his residence demolished. J. II.
Rivers house was blown down.
Rivers had three ribs broken. All
over the city smaller buildings, trees
and windmills are down. Glass was
broken and numerous residences I'M
rooted. At Levinas, ST. James Cathe
dral was torn down. The steeple OF
another church at Plymouth Mills was
unroofed. Thegas works wereleveled.
The Opera House was unroofed. The
st. Paul & Omaha Depot was wrecked,
the new school-house unroofed and
several residences blown down. At
Panca, Neb., Davis store was demol-
ished and flour mill was unroofed.
The wind was at the first straight from
the south, and then from southwest.
The total damage to property, so far
as known, is over 100000.
Sioux City, Ia, was also visited by
a severe wind storm on the samenight.
The post-office and the wholesale dry
goods store of Tootle, Livingstone &
Co. were unroofed and the end wall
blown in. G. Shenkberg, wholesale
grocery, had a portion of his sidewalk
blown in. McDavis' large barn and
j. D. FAIR & Co. s butter and egg ware
house were unroofed; Standard Oil
Company's warehouse, roof and por-
ton of wall; st. Paul & Omaha rail
road, pile of large boilers and new en-
CINE overheard; the ferry boat Ben
net, smokestacks and pilot house;
Alex. Mair, dwelling demolished;
Slough & Nickesill, store I'M
rooted; the Methodist and Baptist
churches blown down. At a rough
guess more than 200 buildings suffered
injury and the total loss in the city
will reach 100000. At Lemars, Ia,
rain fell in torrents, accompanied by a
fierce electric storm. The gas-house
was demolished and st. James Catho-
lie Church was totally wrecked. Loss
over $4,000. The Plymouth Roller
Mills and elevator were unroofed, the
smokestack demolished, and cribs
blown down. Damage about ST. 1000.
The loss in the city is estimated at
100000, with an equal amount in
the country. No lives were lost in the
town, but TWO men and two children
were killed in the country, while six or
eight were wounded, several danger
ously. The storm took in great part
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