The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-13
A Nebraska Farmers Most Tn.
pleasant Experience
HIS NEIGHBORS FARE WORSE
Many People Injured but No Deaths Re-
ported
At Lincoln the Wind wss Accompanied by Q
Cioudburst Causing Damage Aggrs.
eating Nearly . MI .llion
Associated Press Special Wire.

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OMAHA, Neb., May ia special to
the Bee from Elkhorn. Neb, says: A
cyclone swept this section this after
noon. A funnel-shaped cloud shot down.
ward from the storm center and gen.
eral stampede of citizens for caves and
cellars ensued. At the school house the
school children fed panic stricken to
the furnace room, amid the widest con-
fusion, and a number of them were hurt.
The cyclone struck the ground north of
the town. Its course was northwest The
path of the storm was from 200 to 300
yards wide and everything in its path
was razed to the ground, including sew
eral houses.
Carl Johnson a prominent farmer,
was caught in the twister. He had
team attached to wagon. He attempt
ed to skirt the storm by driving to the
west, but before he could lash his horses
out of the path of the rapidly approach
ing hurricane he was caught and man,
horses and wagon We're carried through
space with fences. posts wire and other
debris. His clothes were literally torn
from his back and he received number
of injuries. At times the wind would
raise him high in the air and drop him
back to earth, only to catch him up
again. In his flight he would describe
circle, and when the storm finally
passed over him he was $50 yards or more
II
him. The wagon was completely demol-
ished.
After traversing distance of about
two miles the funnel-shaped cloud rose
as suddenly as 1t had shot down to the
earth. and at point five or six miles
further to the north dropped again to
the earth, where it is feared great dam
age and loss of life have resulted.
DROPPED ON LINCOLN
OMAHA, Neb., May IA special to
the Bee from Lincoln, Neb., says: Lin
coin was struck at 4:45 by a tornado
which ragged with unabated violence
twenty-five minutes. During this ne
riod rain fell as from a cloudburst. ac-
companied by hail.
Inc prevailing of the wind was from
the southwest. but at times it seemed
TO form in eddies between the business
piocks and was accompanied by cycloric
FEATURES. Buildings were unroofed and
torn down. cornices swept from roofs
into the streets and the residence nor
lion OF the city nearly denuded of trees.
Ine greatest damage was at the state
hospital for the insane, where many of
the. largest buildings We're unroofed
The damage will be very heavy. The in
averted trouble -. :,
The Injured are: J. L. Workman,
head cut by flying debris; Mrs. ]. B'
Abbott caught beneath a horse: A.
Il. woody. Henry Meyer and J. T..
Thorse.
There were no fatalities, though the
injured were severely hurt. At the state
asylum iron supports weighing 300 pounds
We're blown several hundred yards.
1t is impossible to asceratin the
amount or this loss, but there Is scarcely
street in town which is not strewn
with large branches and whole trunks
or trees. uprooted by the storm.
In the main business part of the city
the Kelly block, Ninth and p streets.
opposite the Lincoln hotel. suffered the
worst. Here the storm tore the tin roof
from the building, throwing lit into
Ninth stret and covering the sidewalks
on two streets with bricks from Chin
neys and cornices.
The water completely drenched the
entire builing
The Beckwith building, north of the
Kelly block, was also partially demol-
ished. the loss being estimated at $1,000.
The damage to the Kelly block will be
about $4,000.
The Bohemian Catholic church, a brick
structure at the corner Of Second and
p streets, was completely DESTROYED.
Loss $4500.
Quite large portion of the roof of
the Ideal hotel was blown off, entailing
damage of $1,000
The whole east side corner Of the Led
with block. occupied by the Merchants
hotel. was blown into Eleventh street.
The total damage is roughly estimated
at $SO0O0O