The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-14
NOTHING LEFT OF 1T NOW.
The Town of Herman, Neb., Wiped Out
of Existence.

of Existence.
Omaha, Neb June ia tornado
struck the town of Herman, in Wash
ington county, this evening, and wiped
the place out of existence. Herman is
a place of about 300 inhabitants in the
extreme northern part of Washington
county. 1t is on the line of the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad. A conductor on the evening
train from Sioux City passed through
the place not long after the storm, and
he says that not building is left
standing. He himself counted - dead
bodies lying in the streets. The fatali-
ties will doubtless run up to 100, if not
higher. A special train has left Blair,
the county seat, for the scene of the
disaster, carrying surgeons and all
needed supplies.
Wires are all down north of Herman,
and it is not known how much further
north the storm went, but reports are
coming in to the effect that a large
portion of country north of Herman is
laid waste.
The entire eastern portion of Nebras-
ka is being swept by terrific rain,
wind and electric storm tonight The
SlreetS OF oIdHd are 1looueu anu tllC
play of lightning is something fearful.
Additional details are dribbling in
concerning the details at Herman.
Advices received by the Bee up to II
o'clock tonight state that every build
ing in the town is destroyed except the
public school and one small dwelling,
both of which are on the outskirts.
The force of the wind was terrific, and
scarcely one piece of any of the many
structures destroyed was left intact.
The scene in the streets of the once
thriving and beautiful little town. is
one of destruction. Wrecked buildings
and broken furniture, scarcely recog-
nizable in it's dilapidated condition, are
strewn all around, while dead bodies
lie in many places, the corpses badly
diSfgured and some of them hardly
recognizable The means of the injur
ed mingle with the calls of rescuers as
they pursue their humanitarian work
in the dark by the Pickering CLEANS of
lanterns. The relief train from Blair
arrived about an hour after the storm,
and the work of picking up the wound
ed was begun.
Willing hands did what they could to
help the injured, and in the course of
an hour the train pulled out for Blair
with 95 injured on board They were
taken to Blair, as there is absolutely
no place left at Herman at which treat
ment could be administered.
All the citizens of Blair have thrown
open their houses to the wounded. and
the unfortunates are being cared for by
competent surgeons. Many of the in
jured will die, but some of them re-
ceived but slight injuries. 1t is i'm
possible at this hour owing to the con-
fusion to ascertain the number of dead
but II are known to have been killed
and the list will run very much higher
Among the badly hurt is George B.
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Omaha road at Herman.
Superintendent Jaynes of the Omaha
road was at Tekema when he heard of
the disaster and left at once for Her
man on a hand car, taking two physi-
clans along with him to assist in sue
coring the wounded.
THE KILLED.
MISS HOPKINS.
w. S. RICHARDS, postma ster.
ANDERSON HOPKINS, father and
mother.
CHILD OF S. NJ. DAVIS.
Seriously injured: ]. L. Hives of
Blair. dangerous internal injuries. Mrs.
w. A. Anderson, head bruised, arm
broken; will die. Louis Clauson. Mis-
souri, Valley, Iowa. serious, will die:
head smashed. Child of Samuel Daver,
serious. Mrs. Kline of Blair, badly in
iured. George Coyle, depot agent; head
smashed.
A new stand pipe. weighing 20 tons,
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