The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-14
Nearly One Hundred Injured nnd
Taken to n Neishboring Town by
Special Relief Train.
TWO FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUDS
MET NEAR HERMAN AND TORE
SWIFTLY THROUGH THE PLACE.
Residences at Blair Opened to the
SuHerers-Cartervill ILL.,, Also
Struck by q Tornado.

OMAHA, Neb June ia tornado struck
the village of Herman this evening. and
wiped the place out Of existence Herman
is a place Of about 300 inhabitants, in the
extreme northern part Of Washington coun-
ty. 1t is on the line of the Chicago. st.
Paul. Minneapolis e. Omaha Railway. A
conductor on the evening train from Sioux
City passed through the place not long after
the storm, and he says not building is left
standing In town. He counted twelve dead
bodies lying in the streets. A special train
has left Blair, the county seat. ten miles
from the scene of the disaster, carrying sur
geons and all needed supplies.
Wires are all down north of Herman and
II is not known how much further north the
storm went. but reports are coming in to the
effect that large portion Of country north
of Herman is laid waste. The entire eastern
portion of Nebraska was swept by terrific
rain, wind and electric storm tonight The
streets Of Omaha were flooded and the play
OF the lightning was something fearful
Additional details are dribbling concern
ing the tornado at Herman. Advices re-
ceived by the Bee up to IL o'clock tonight
state that every building in town is de-
stroyed except the public school and a small
dwelling, both Of which are on the out
skirts. The force Of the wind was terrific
as scarce one piece OF any of the many
structures destroyed was left intact.
Wrecked buildings and broken furniture,
scarce recognizable in their dilapidated con-
dition. are strewn around. while dead bodies
lie in many places. the corpses badly dis
figured and some Of them hardly recogniza-
ble
The relief train from Blair arrived about
an hour after the storm and the work OF
picking up the wounded was begun. In the
course of an hour the train pulled out for
Blair with ninety-fve injured on board.
They were taken to Blair as there is abso-
lutely no place left at Herman at which
treatment could be administered. All the
citizens of Blair have thrown open their
are being cared for by surgeons. Many of
the injured will die. 1t is impossible at
| this hour, owing to the confusion, to ascer-
| tain the number of dead, but twelve are
known to have been killed and the list will
run very much higher. Among the badly
hurt is George B. Clyde, the local station
| agent for the Omaha road at Herman. Su-
| perintendent Jaynes, of the Omaha road,
was at Tekamah when he heard of the dis
aster and left at once for Herman on a
handcar. taking two physicians with him to
assist in succoring the injured.
A late dispatch from Herman says: Fol-
lowing is the casualty list so far as known:
killed
MISS HOPKINS.
w. s. RICHARDS, postmaster.
ANDERSON HOPKINS, father and
mother.
CHILD Of S. NJ. Davis.
Injured-L. j. Hives. Blair. dangerous in
ternal injuries; Mrs. w. y. Anderson, head
| bruised, arm broken, will die; Louis Claus
| en-, Missouri Valley, Ia, unconscious, will
die, head mashed Fred Peterson, hurt on
| head, slight; Mr.. Alison, scalp wounds; child
of Samuel Beaver, serious; Mrs Kline of
| Blair. badly injured; George Coyle, depot
| agent, head gashed