Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Bijou Hills, :. ID.
Hastings and Beatrice, Neb.
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Seriously injured .,.....................3
A violent rainstorm which broke over
Chicago at 1920 o'clock Sunday night
flooded the city and suburbs, causing
much damage to property.
A disastrous and fatal tornado passed
through the country in the vicinity Of
Bijou Hills. twenty-five miles south Of
Chamberlain, s. d., resulting in the death
OF seven persons and the serious injury of
two others. The tornado formed on a Sec
ton in plain view of hundreds Of persons,
and moved in Il southerly course. The
storm destroyed a church and school
house, after which it reached the Peter
son place where the execution done was
appalling. The dead and injured were
strewn all about the premises, all being
bruised and MANNED in shocking man
ner, while the buildings were smashed to
splnters. After doing its worst the storm
passed into the range of hills skirting the
Missouri river. where it appears to have
been dissolved. The path covered by the
storm was only about twenty rods wide
and about three miles in length The
wind was accompanied by heavy fall OF
rain and hail, the latter being as large as
goose eggs. Everything in the course of
the storm was completely destroyed. A
large amount of stock was killed.
Probably the most destructive tornado
that ever visited Nebraska passed through
the northern part of Hamilton County
Saturday night at o'clock, destroying
from $4,000 TO 100000 worth of prop
erty, including fifteen dwellings, one
church, one school house, two iron bridges
across the Blue river, barns, corncribs
outbuildings, orchards, groves, fences and
stock. In Cunning County cloudburst in
the northeast part caused much destruc-
ton. The creek was filled bank high in n
few minutes and the adjoining bottoms
flooded. Over 1000 tons Of hay is known
to be washed away and destroyed, and
miles of fencing is ~ruined. Corn land is
badly washed.
A terrific hailstorm struck Hastings,
Neb., Sunday afternoon and continued for
| fifteen minutes, during which time several
persons were hurt, over 1000 panes of
glass broken, fruit and grain destroyed
| and chickens and birds killed and injured.
| At the asylum for chronic insane 400
panes of glass were broken in the main
| building and 1900 in the green houses,
where great amount of damage was
done. The hail stones were as large as
hens eggs and came down with such force
| as to kill chickens. Young fruit on the
| cherry, apple and peach trees was all
knocked off and many limbs stripped from
| the trees. All the winter wheat was de-
| stroyed. Corn and other grain was not
| far enough advanced to be affected.
| Terrific storms swept over Iowa Satur-
| day and Sunday. At Tama there was al
most q cloudburst and much damage done.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
sustained much damage. A tornado struck
the farm house Of a man named Mccoy,
| half mile south of Keswick. The build
| inS was demolished and FIVE persons were
injured, Mrs. Mccoy fatally. Rain and
hail followed the storm, and much dam
age to the growing crops resulted. A
storm passed through the country twenty
five miles northeast of Des Moines Sun
day afternoon. Several houses and barns
arc reported to have been blown down and
considerable damage done, but so far as
known no lives were lost in that locality.