Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-28
STORM DAMAGE VERY HEAVY
=, Snow and Ice Destroy Much Property in
Nebraska.
WEIGH DOWN MANY WIRES AND POLES
Cnttlcmen Express some Fear of Dis
strous Results to stock In Tn
. sheltered PInces-Notes of
the Weather.

ST. PAUL. Neb.. Nov. 27-tspetlal,- !
Wednesday dark. cloudy weather set In. ao-
compauigd by slcet, which continued until
yesterday afternoon. about o'clock when /
a heavy rain set in. accompanied by a |
regular thunder storm. For over two hours
sharp thunder and lightning continued |
while the rain was pouring down, aud COW
cred everything with thick coat Of ice
All trees are completely loaded down and !
many broken. or large branches broken OF. f.
The rain continued at intervals all night /
il is now growing colder and the rain has |
changed 10 snow and hall with strong
north wind The precipitation 60 far
amounts to 1.72.
GlBBON, Neb Nov. 27.-lspccial)-The I
severest ice storm that has visited this
part Of the state In twenty years is now in
progress. A light rain fell Tuesday night
with freezing temperature coating the
ground with q quarter OF an inch OF ice. !
Wednesday morning walking was difficult |
and dangerous. But one serious casualty |
occurred here Mrs. Glenvill, aged so years, |
fell, breaking her arm near the shoulder |
There was heavy thunder storm
at o'clock Wednesday afternoon. /
which continued at intervals during I
the night. One inch OF water fell |
the greater part Of which was Immediately !
converted into ice coating trees, fences, |
telegraph wires etc. with so great a load |
that much damage has resulted. Many trees
are broken down. while others are stripped |
OF their limbs All Geographic communion !
ton is stopped. TrEiumeu report ninety |
telegraph poles down between Gibbon and |
kearney a distance Of twenty miles and |
100 poles down between Kearney and Elm |
Creek
NEBRASKA CITY. Nov. 27.-tSpecial)-I
The rain Of yesterday morning turned to
snow about noon and continued all the after !
noon. The temperature fell rapidly stand +,
in AZ zero this morning
- NORFOLK, Neb.. Nov 27-CSpecial)-A !
very destructive storm visited this city |
wednesday night. Early in the evening a
steady, drizZinE rain fell. which continued |
throughout the night and was rapidly con
Nerted into sleet and ice. Many shade trees /
all over the city were broken and ruined |
Ihc entire telephone system of the city is |
wrecked. every pole on Norfolk avenue being |
wrenched and broken. The electric light |
poles and wires are down in many places. !
as are also the telegraph lines No damage |
TO buildings is reported and there were no |
accidents to pedestrians from falling poles |
wires and street signs. The ice formed on |
wires and trees 10 the thickness OF one inch |
A snow storm which promised TO develop |
into a blizzard followed and II is feared !
much stock will perish
PIERCE. Neb., Nov. 27-CSpecial)-I
Wednesdays storm of snow and sleet CON
tinued nearly all last night. a heavy rain |
at intervals also made everything icy. Large |
trees are broken nearly squarely IN two, ice /
forming on the limbs to such an extent that |
the trees became topheavy and could not |
stand the weight Telegraph wires are down |
freight train ran of the track twice yes |
terday account Of the rails being coated |
so heavily with ice.
DELAYING CORN HUSKING.
EXETER, Neb., Nov. 27.-tSpeciaI) THE |
rainy weather this week has put per
emptory stop TO the corn harvest. Farmers !
were turning out thousands Of bushels every |
day previous 10 the storm much Of which |
being placed on the market. Fully |
80 900 bushels have been marketed since !
the opening OF the season. Several private |
buyers are purchasing and cribbing ear corn |
for speculation. believing that there is a
good investment In corn at 10 and u cents.
Fillmore county never had a larger yield |
OF corn than this year. The average yield |
is about sixty bushels per acre and the acre
age is much larger than usual.
There has been some very peculiar |
weather in this section Of the country for |
the past several days. Tuesday a fine driz-
zlng rain fell. Wednesday II as warm
and mild weather in April. Toward
evening the wind veered suddenly 10 the !
northwest it became several degrees colder.
after which heavy rain set in and con
tinued nearly all night About two inches
OF water fell during the time. AS there
was frost in the ground II took in all
mercury went down to the freezing point.
(which Immediately followed by frozen
rain and snow. which continued with more
or less force until noon.
RANDOLPH Neb., Nov. 27--(SpecBl)-
A heavy fall OF rain, accompanied by thun-
der and lightning, visited this section
Wednesday evening. The water froze as i;
fell. making the streets and sidewalks
sheet OF ice large number Of small trees
we're broken by the weight Of ice. Tele-
phone lines are down II is colder this
morning and clearing.
JUNIATA, Neb.. Nov. 27.-CspecialD-A
light rain and sleet began falling here
Wednesday morning and continued up till
4 O'Clock this afternoon. when a regular old
fashioned thunder storm set in. Corn husk-
ing is suspended indefinitely. Winter wheat |
and rye. orchards and all timber never had
good a drenching TO go into winter be-
fore.
ST EDWARD. Neb.. Nov. 27.-(special)-I
Yesterdays storm was more severe in this
section than at any point vet heard from
The damage to fruit and forest trees is very
severe and the sidewalks in places are so
obstructed by the branches OF the trees
which are bent over them as to prevent their
use.
FAIRBURY Neb,. Nov. 27.-(Special)-
The rain OF Wednesday turned TO sleet
There was a light snow storm on Thursday
and II cleared this morning. with the Their
mometer indicating degrees above zero.
No damage has been done by the storm
here except retarding corn picking. An
immense amount OF corn is still In the
fields and good weather is necessary TO Sc
cure the crop without loss.
BARTLETT Neb., Nov 27.-(SpeciRl)-
This section Of the county was visited
with heavy Eleet Tuesday morning and it
continued all day. Wednesday afternoon il
turned 10 an electric storm.
ALBION. Neb.. Nov. 27.-(Special. THE
worst sleet in the history Of this county feIl
yesterday and the day before. The rain
and snow fell all day and all night All
the trees are damaged badly from the /
sleet. 1,
GREELEY CENTER. Neb.. Nov 27-(Spe- .
cial)-For three days Greeley county has
been undergoing an old-fsshioned eastern .