The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-27

The second severe rain and wind
storm within half a week visited Ne
braska on the 14th. One residence III
Omaha, was struck by lightning, but
the occupants escaped injury. A
brakeman named Sullivan was killed
by lightning Columbus. Immense
damage was done in the coun-
try to windmills, sheds and barns by
the wind. The storm along the Union
Pacific was particularly severe. AT
Millard, twenty miles west OF Omaha,
two lumber yards were entirely blown
away. At Elkhorn two houses and a
baIn were blown down. For distance
OF six miles west of Grand Island tele-
graph poles are all laid flat The
same storm struck the North Platte
depot and was blowing it to pieces
when telegraph communication was
cut off. The depot at Phelps Station,
on the Burlington & Missouri Railroad,
was partly wrecked. A great deal OF
damage was done for a distance OF
fifty miles along the Nebraska Rail
road in the south part OF the state, a
great many buildings being wrecked.
terruption of telegraph cOmmunica-
ton. At Jackson, Neb., Davey& & Ber-
rvs store was blown down. At Elk
point, Oak, a number of buildings are
down. The railroad coal-house and
windmill are demolished. No one was
hurt. At COleridge, Neb., sixteen
buildings were blown down. At Hud-
son a general store was blown to
pieces. Two children were killed and
three people seriously injured in the
country near that place. At Harting-
ton, Neb., a rink and a number OF
small buildings are down. At Wake
field, Neb., Anderson q 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 a large
number of farmhouses were demOl-
ished. T. K. Peck, OF Omaha, had his
residence demolished. J. H. 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 nu-
merous residences unroofed. At Lee
vinas, St. James Cathedral was torn
down. The steeple OF another church
at Plymouth mills was unroOfed. The
gas works were leveled. The Opera
House was unroOfed. The st. Paul 4
Omaha depot was wrecked, the new
school-ho unrOofed and several resi-
dences blown down. At Panka, Neb.,
Davis store was demolished and a
fnl po nd
was at 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 thesame night.
The post-office and the wholesale dry
goods store OF Tootle, Livingston &
Co. were unroofed and the end wall
blown in. c. Shenkberg, wholesale
grocery. had portion OF his sidewalk
blown in. McDavis' large barn and
J. d. Farr & Co.'s butter and egg ware
house We're 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 un-
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 5000, 900. At Lemars, Ia,
rain fell in torrents, accompanied by a
fierce electric storm. The gas-hOuse
was demolished and st. James Catho-
tic 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 so, 900.
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 a great part
0f plvmOuth County.