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TORNADOES IN TEE west.
Destruction of Human Life and
Great Damage to Property.
Churches Blown Down, Houses and
Bridges Destroyed

A series Of storms have caused some loss OF
life and great destruction Of property through
out portions of the West From Omaha,
Neb., come the following details: The sec
ond severe wind and rain storm within half
week visited this section yesterday. One res
idence in Omaha was struck by lightning, but
the occupants escaped injury. A brakeman
named Sullivan was killed by lightning near
Columbus Great damage was done in the
country to windmiils, sheds and barns by
the wind. The storm along the
Union Pacific road was particularly
severe. At Millard, twenty miles west OF
here, two lumber yards were entirely blown
away. At Elkhorn two houses AMI barn
were blown down. For distance OF six
miles west OF Grand Island telegraph poles
are all laid fiat The same storm struck the
North Platte station and was blowing it to
pieces when tslegraphic communication was
cut off, The depot at Phelps station, on the
Burlington and Missouri railroad, was partly
wrecked A great deal of damage was done
for a distance of fifty miles along the Ne
braska railroad in tho southern part Of the,
State, great many buildings being wrecked:
At jackson, Neb., a store was blown DOWN
At Elk Point, Dakota, a number Of buildings
were blown down and the railroad coal house
and windmill were demolished. No one was
hurt. At Coleridge, Neb., sixteen buildings
were leveled. A. Hudson's general store wa
blown to pieces Two children We're killed
try. At Harrington, Neb., the skating rink
and number Of snlall buildings were de-
stroyed. At Wakefield, Neb, q store was
unroofcd.
A Sioux City Qowa) dispatch says: A
severe wind storm struck this city. at
ouarter-past ten o'clock last night The post
office was unroofed. The Wholesale dry goeds
store Of Tootle, Livingston g. Co., was un.
rooted and end walls blown in. Several
The Methodist and Baptist churches are down.
In all the country within radius Of
twenty-five miles of Sioux City much dam
age was done to trees, fences, windmills and
buildings. A number Of farm houses were
demolished. #
Word has been received from Lemars,
Iowa that the st. James Catholic church
was blown down and the steeple Of another
church demolished. The Plymouth mills
we're unroofed and the smokestack blown
away. The gas works were leveled, the
.pera-house unroofed, the St Paul and
Omaha depot wrecked, the new SCHOOL, house
unroofed and several residences blown down.
The wind was first straight from the south,
and then from the southwest
Seven miles north Of Sioux Citf the house
of s. B. Hunneford was blown to pieces and
the contents scattered, Mr.. Hunnetord being
slightly injured. The family had to take
refuge in the Cyclone cellar" Mr.: J. B.
Waddington lost a valuable barn and sixty
acres of corn. His house was blown of It's
,sundation and badly twisted The school
house near there was wrecked. feter
Garvey's barn was wrecked and VII
lam Brilps grove, the finest in
ss ss0 Leary: % james Herst, William
Drake, Thomas Flaming, Peter Petersen,
Jake Slender, Albert Cordweu and William
Nesbitt, all farmers, lost their barns,
rrops. machinery, etc. William Lorchs
natural grove Mt James station, hVe miles
distant, was almost ruined, large trees being
broken off and torn up by the roots No
one was killed, as far as known In tne coun-
and fled to cellars which were prepared Tor
such occurrences.
A Saltwater (Minn) dispatch says: A furi-
ous rain and wind storm struck this city
about midnight last night, lasting, two hours.
public and private property was damaged to
the extent Of $4,000. Myrtle street was torn
into ruts, twenty feet deep, and the water
main was TON out for several rods.
From Dayton, Ohio, comes the following
account of the storms ravages: storm or
wind and rain passed over this section OF the
Miami Valley this afternoon, causing great
damage to crops. orchards, bridges, and
buildings in Its track. The storm received its
rreatest momentum at Middletown, twenty
five miles southwest Of Dayton. The
damage was very considerable. at
this place. The storm continued
N northwest direction, taking the towns OF
Miamisburg, Carrollton, Germantown, Fry.
Town and Aiexandriaville in its course. At
Iiamisburg bridge 70J feet long, across the
I;ami river, was blown down. The town
hall at Frytown was totally demolished. Tho
damage in this city consisted OF the unroohng
of a lumber of houses and the general de-
rlolition OF shade and fruit trees.