New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-19
DESTRUCTIVE WESTERN STOkMS.
FURTHER DETAILS FPoM THE STRICKEN TOWNS
OF KANSAS

FURTHER DETAILS From THE STRiChf-N iO"->o
OF KANSAS
Falls City. Neb May 1s.-Southeast Nebraska got
the fag end Of last nights terrible storm the WIN
sweeping up from Kansas with almost hurricane
force Many buildings in this city were denohsheu
and the following persons injured William Hihton'
bad cut on head Mrs. William Hinton pru'seu'
The house of the Hintons was torn to pieces me
Burlington depot was unroofed ana 'he "u'i''"e
DANA eed and boxcars overturned all over the yaros'
Movers brewery was blown down and Is almost
complete wreck The canning factory was also de-
r,olished as was Brackhans brewery ana ICE
houses Several dwellings were partly wrecked
All the telegraph wires were pros'ra'eu. an" ,'
City was cut Off from the outside world uh'i ''''s
morning The Missouri Pacific Company sunereu
considerable loss. Reports from oaieni arc ~ WV
effect that some damage was done there.
The tornado seems to have followed the river LOT
n distance of a mile and then it took southerIy
course Between this city and the Kansas me "
distance of four miles there We're os ss" are Mrs
Dan Saylor an ooy nd hS Mrs
Hoyeck and Mrs W M 1ss and canno,
A force Of 200 citizens spent this afternoon a, IN,
park with the Unfortunate Tse S Snss RIVER is now
bank fun and will food the bottom Land ~ Is So1 M
possible to give e an hour which add to the
her of farmhouses and buildings G essrth and
viii have 10 be replanted. The damage TO iru'
pnck Island Ill., May ls-Word reached here to,
day that tornado struck the mining vias o-r Gs
sherrard here Saturday m,gn. ona Church
Evans and DESTROYING 'he
and eeveral houses ,,,,
Concordia Kan. May 1s-Another tornado ''S''ed
North Central Kansas yesterday afternoon. II Is
,,,o,s,h,e 20 gather the details because the tee-
granh wires on the Missouri Pacific ana Grahd
I.,and railroads are down. The tornado started IN
the northern part OF Clay County. seven or eight
miles south OF the little town OF Palmer ana passed
IN a nor;heastery direction through Riley county
and into Marshall and Nemaha counties IL crossed
tho R,ue River al the junction OF the Missouri factc
and Union Pacific Railroads. and passed near the
town Of Axten The little hamlet Of Bodavine, IN
Riley County, was entirely swept away Several are
renorted killed there and many injured Out ho'"is
can De learned definitely
At Spring Valley, some six miles south OF Barnes
the storm demolished a church in which 10 people
were worshpping Many were injured. The pastor.
fire Rev Mr. Mason, suffered a broken leg. Surgical
aid was asked for from Barnes and nelghborihe
towns. The storm formed about o'clock, almost In
the track OF one that visited this section three weeks
ago.
Macomb ILL.,. May ls-Further reports show that
the storm OF Saturday was not as bad as at hrst
feared At Sciota. which was reported blown away
there was no damage TO property NO bulIdhgs
were unrocfed and only few limbs OF trees were
blown down. At Blandnsvile, six miles south OF
Sclota, a boxcar was blown through switch OH 10
the main track UP slight grade Tor over ''ie
The damage 10 trees and buildings In this vicinity
was considerable but there was no loss o. niS, , on
PERI III May ia tornado struck this city on
Saturday night uprooting trees, unroohhg nousfS'
doing great damage throughout the city, ana caus-
Ing The death of Jacob Schneider and the serious
n,ounding OF Herman Robvetter. both recently ar
rived from Braddock. Penn An immense icehou q,
owned By the RUE and Loomls Ice COMPANY oI o.
louis was blown down and across the Chicaso,
Rock Island and Pacific. and Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy tracks blocking the roads Schnrider
and Robivetter were caught In me wreck. me
were removed to the hospital, Schneider dying on
the way. e.. .. aoo
Detroit Mich, May 1S-Reports from many sec
4ions OF Michigan show that the windstorm whlch
swept over the State yesterday did much damage.
esnecally 10 fruit trees. In Shnwassee County II II
estimated that half OF the fruit crop vas destroyed
shade trees suffered severely and In some instances
buildings were unroofed. Only one person was IN
iured 80 far as learned. At Point au Barques the
frame OF a new hotel was blown down. and Herman
Wend was severely injured.