The McCook tribune., 1892-06-10
Congregational Church De-
stroyed by a Whirl-
wind, Saturday.
NO LIVES ARE LOST
And the Damage Outside the
Church Will Not Exceed
Two Hundred Dollars.
BUT ONE PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED.

out the city that we Jared no wors
than we did. Quite high wind hat
prevailed all day, and during the after
: noon several small whirlwinds nigh
have been seen harmlessly cavorting W
and down the valley; but they naturally
caused little attention and no apprehen
sion. So that when consolidation oi
two of these suddenly whirled across the
city from southwest to northeast with
great force and without any considera
BILE storm indications, it came like a
stroke Of lightning from coudless sky
Nobody expected its unwelcome pres,
ence, none were prepared for it, and but
few citizens realized that anything unu-
sual had taken place until the cry got
abroad that the Congregational church
was in ruins and that forty or fifty chill
dren, who were practicing exercises for
Children's Day, were buriedin tie debris.
Then there was terrible awakening to
the fact of possible calamity, and the
populace with one cry of horror rushed
to the scene of the disaster, and the
work of rescuing the children from their
perilous position was quickly Inaugural
ted. The scene at this time was indie
scribable, one those present will not
soon be able to efface from their mem
cries: The apprehensive cries Of the
parents mingling with the shrieks and
groans Of the imprisoned children made
a most heart-rending chorus, which was
only completely silenced when the injur-
ed had all been removed from the ruins
of the church. the absent dear ones all
accounted for, and the fact established
that none were killed, and that the hurt
were receiving proper medical attention.
A calmer review of the situation dis
closed the fact that of about total
number of so, most of the children had
been dismissed shortly before the build
ing collapsed, and that of the Is or 20
who were in the church, Little Sadie
Criswell is the only one seriously hurt,
although about half dozen persons
were more or less injured.
The GLACIERS got number of Jobs
out of the stirring incident.
Ruth Criswell received slight injury
to her back, but she also is now able to
be about.
The Lutheran brethren and the Bap-
tist people have thrown open their doors
to their homeless Congregational breth-
ren.
Numerous "appurtenances thereunto
belonging were unceremoniously put
in general circulation along the whirl-
winds path.
The Congregational church building
is total loss. No cyclone Insurance.
The edifice was worth with it's contents
perhaps $1,000.
Potter & Easterday's bran joint, or
rather the crib and shed in rear thereof,
came out of the unpleasantness quite
the worse for wear
Mabel Perry came out of the wreck
with sprained ankle. which is but
temporarily unconveniencing her, and
is not at all serious.
The porch was taken from the front
of H. Z. Sutton's dwelling as with a
monstrous knife. His fence and root
were slightly damage also.
The porch on the south side Of Mrs.
Anna Golfers dwelling was blown off.
Her loss is increased by the destruction
of number of shade trees.
The storm continued on it's course
northeast from the city, but caused no
further damage, and with rare skill
avoiding all farm houses, barns, crops,
etc.
Dannie McAlpine received quite pain
full scalp wounds, which are not of a
serious nature, however, and he will be
kept from his accustomed sports but a
few days.
The restaurant Immediately north
Of the B. & NJ. freight house was the
first building touched, and the rear
portion of it was considerably riddled.
The plaster being shaken off and win
1ows broken.