The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-13
A DAY OF CYCLONES.
The whirling Wind Has Great
Sport in Kebraska-
L,NoolM SUFFERS SEVERELY.


O204s ny Ia epSc14 70 t1e nee
from lincoln. Seh-. sAys. Lincoln was
struck q, as By . tornado. which ragged
with unaba.ed violence for twenty-five
minutes. During this period rain fell a.
from q clo1dburss- accompanied by hail
The prevailing direction Of the wind Vas
from the southwest. bur ~ times Il SEEM
I'd 70 form IN eddies between the business
bsccks and was accompanied by cyclorlc
featured Buildings were urroosed and
torn down. cornices swept from roofs into
the streets. and the residence portion OF
the city yearly denuded Of trees. The
greatest damage was III the state hospital
for the insAne. where many Of the largest
buildings were unroofed The damage VIII
be heavy. The inmates were excited. bu-
the guards aversed trouble The damage
In the city VIII probably not exceed So
Go. though It may be much heavier. A.
the suburban districts are yet TO be heard
FROM The injured are: J. L. Workman.
head cut by flying debris. Mrs. J. b Abb
bo:f. caught beneath q horse: A. l. Wood
By. Henry Never. J. T. Thorpse- There
were no fatalities. though the injured were
severely hurt AT the state asylum iron
supports weighing DO pounds were blown
several hundred yarca-
II Is impossible 20 ascertain the amount
Of the loss. but there Is scarcely = street
In town which Is not strewn with large
branches and whole trunks OF trees up
rooted by the storm. In the main business
part Of the city the Kelly block. ut Ninth
and r streets. opposite the Lincoln hotel.
suffered the worst Here the storm tore
the tin roof from the builSing. throwing
II into Ninth street and covering the sice-
walks On two streets Win bricks from
chimneys and cornices. The water COM
pieteiy crenched the entire building. The
Beckwith building. north Of The Kelly
block. was also parity demolished. the
loss being estimated al 81 900. The dam
age TO the Kelly block will be about 5000.
The Bohemian Catholic church. q brick
structure AZ the corner Of Second and L
streets. was completely destroyed. loss
$.5o. A large portion Of the roof Of the
IDEAL hotel was blown on. entaIling = loss
of s.. 90. The whole east side corn.ce Of
the Letwith block. occupied by the Mer-
chants hotel. was blown into Eleventh
street The damage II estimated At $500
Omaha. May IA special to the Bee
from EIkhorn. Neb. says: A cyclone
swept this section this afternoon A fun
nei-shaped cloud shot downward from the
storm center. and a general stampede of
citizens for caves and cellars ensued. At
the schooihouse the school children ned
panic-stricken to the furnace room. amid
the widest confusion. and a number of
them we're hurt The cyclone struck the
ground north OF town. Its course was
northwest The path OF the storm was
from ob to 300 yards wide, and everything
In its path was RACED TO the ground in
GLIDING several houses. Carl Johnson a
prominent farmer, was caught In the
txfster. He had q team attached to a
wagon. He attempted to skirt the storm
BY driving TO the west. but before he could
lash his horses out OF the path Of the
rapidly approaching hurricane he was
caught. and man. horses and wagon were
carried through space. with fences, posts,
wire and other debris. His clothes we're
literally torn from his back. and he re-
eeised number Of injuries. At times the
WIND would raise him high In the air and
then drop him back to the earth. only 10
catch him Up again. In his fight he
would describe a circle. and when the
storm finally passed over him he was $50
yards or more distant from where the
storm hrst struck him. The wagon was
completely demolished. After travernng
q distance of about two miles the funnel
SHAPED cloud arose as suddenly as II had
shot down to the earth. and at a point
hye or six miles further north IL dropped
again to the earth. where II is feared great
damage ard losS OF life resulted
Omaha, May IA cloud burst in the
vicinity Of Omaha late this afternoon, and
deluge Of water was the result, The
streets OF the city were running several
inches deep for two hours and all low
places were flooded. The downpour COW
cred the state during the afternoon. The
damage Ia the city was considerable. There
are rumors here OF disastrous cyclone In
the Of he