The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
ACYCLON Elm NEBRASKA
BRADSHAW, YORK COUNTY, OBLIT-
GRATED Il Rom THE EARTH.

NOT LeiU III the Ilace-
Seven of It's citizens Killed and Many
Hurt - CIoud-13 burst in Iowa Storms
Elsewhere.
Lincoln (NebJ) dispatch: The most dis
astrouS cyclone that has visited the West
for years ruined the town of Bradshaw,
York county. This morning there is net
one building lift standing and hardly
one stone upon another. Among the
ruins were lying the dead bodies of the
storms victims, and frightened people
with blanched faces moved among their
| wrecked homes seeing on every hand but
black, gazing holes in the earth where
but u few hours before had been
the coy hou SEES of happy people.
The fury of the wind that wrought this
terrible devastation must have been APP
palling. The shapeleSS wreck, the
country laid waste, the village in ruins
and the bodies bf the dead that have
been recovered together with the many
wounded and ST offering, formed o pict-
ure full of horror and despair. The
storm came from the southwest and with
scarcely NOM ent's warning. The roar
of the whirlwhd was the first notice
the terrified pc ople had Every bust
ness house wa made a total wreck,
and the princiI al street filled with ruins.
The depot building was crushed into
kindling wood, and every car standing
| there was wrecked except one that was
loaded with Stock and which was blown
without leaving the track to York, a
distance of mine miles. The dead and
injured were quickly found by the
people, and a cburier was dispatched at
flying speed to York for assistance. BY
the time the lief trains arrived from
York, the people had collected together
and found the following dead:
JOHN MILLER.
Child of Isaac Penner, living in the county.
MRS. PENNER.
Child of Mr. CT apin.
MRS. MINKE nd child
JOHN CLARK r.. Mr.. Min<es hired man.
ANNIE and JOHN SHAW, children of
Frank Shaw, living in the country.
The work has been extended in
searching for t he results of the storm to
the surroundih big country. and south
west of Brad shaw five miles it was
found that the house of John Scott had
been directly in the center of the
storm and that in his family three chill
dren were killed. In the immediate
vicinity also the house of Russian
family has beeh totally demolished and
the mother and one child were found
dead in the wrPckage. Along the track
of the storm, which was half a mile in
wild TIL, trees were uprOOted, fences
leveled, and crops utterly destroyed.
Dead stock WaS found in many places,
show ing that nothing living had any
chance for ESCAPE from the fury Of the
elements.
Council Bluffs Gowa) dispatch: At
about 4 o'clock d dense cloud passed
over the town Of Underwood, q small
place on the Milwaukee 81 st. Paul
railroad, lively miles from this city.
Soon after flood of water came rush
ing down tho Mosquito Valley, de-
stroying every thing in it's path. The
cloud had burst but short distance from
Underwood, but residents of that place
were warned bly, a terrific noise, and most
of them MANAGED to escape to the hills.
In less that thirty minutes the MilWau-
kee ra iIrOad track was covered to O.
| depth of fifteen feet. all the stores and
dwellings in the Western part of the
place were tor h from their foundations,
and no less tn an thirty-fve families lost
their all. The ere were many narrow eS-
capes, and but for the herOiSm and BRAY
cry of people who reside near the Rock
Island depot many women and children
would have b. ben lost. They hastily
constructed RATS and rescued people
| from roofs of houses and sec
ond-story wi hdows. The Milwaukee
| depot was submerged. The storm
swept on dow IN the valley, but farmers
were apprised of it's approach and es-
! capped, but hu hdreds of cattle, hogs, and
sheep, many barns and dwellings, and
stacks of ha were swept away.
Both roads lost over eight miles
of track a nd no less than five
bridges each. This immense volume
| of water cached this city at
IS o'clock and spread over the low lands:
| highways were badly damaged, and at
| 8 o'clock the1 e was eight feet of water
in the first stories of houses near the
| river.
Avoca Glow az dispatch: A heavy
rainfall has flooded this locality,
accompanied by hail, high winds
and lightnin g. The BOtna Valley
now carries stream one to two miles
wide, while it is ordinarily rot over
twenty feet wide. A large amount Of
stock will be lost and many small losses
from wind ahd lightning are reported.
Extensive wa$hOuts on the railroads are
reported between here and Council
Bluffs.
Fort Dodge Qowa) dispatch: A de-
structive cyclone started northeast of
this city betW zen Badger and Vincent.
1t worked it's way along the Boone river,
destroying everything in its path. At
Renwicb d ma IN was killed and several
houses DESTROYED. The big iron bridge
near Renwick was also blown away.
Zumbrota Mimi disprtch: A ter
rife storm has occurred here. In
forty minutes the stream which runs
through the center of this village had
risen 10 such d height that residents had
to fly for their lives. Houses, barns,
horses, and pdutry were swept away
p. S. Tieglers barn containing ten
teams was Carried a mile down stream.
The ZumbrO river is rising rapidly and
fears are eDtef tained for people on the
main Zumbro below here. The damage
along the route of the storm il very
large. A rum or comes from Millyille
thrt five persons were swept away and
drowned.
Ackley iowa dispatch: A cloud
burst has Occurred here, and the
water fell in sheets for several hours.
Bridges and culvertS on railroads and
biUhwavC ard washed ont or