The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-14
NEBRASKA TOWN DESTROYED.
Great Loss Of Life and Property
by Twister Freaks of
the storm.

Omaha. June IA tornado struck the
town Of Herman in Washington county.
this evening and wiped teh place out OF
existence. Herman IS a place Of about
300 inhabitants in the extreme northern
part Of Washington county IL ls ON the
lne Of the ST. Paul. CHICAGO Alinpeapo-
ls and omaha railway a conductor ON
the evening train from Sioux Citv pass
ed through tho place not long after the
storm and says that there ls not "a build
ing left standing. lie himself counted ~
dead bodies lying the streets. the fataii-
ties will, undoubtedly run UP to "a hum
dred not higher A special train has
left Blair, the county seat ten miles dis
tant. for the scene of the disaster. car
rying surgeons and al needed supplies
Wires are an down north 1f Herman
and &C ls net known how much further
north the storm went bu reports are
coming In to the effecJ that "a large por-
don OF the country north of Herman is
| laid waste The entire eastern portion OF
| Nebraskt Is being swept hy o. terrific
rain, wind and electric storm tonight The
streets of Omaha are flooded aui the play
of the lightning is somethng fearful
Additional details are drbblrr i'm con-
corning the tornado at Herman Advices
received by the Bee up To- N o'clock to-
night state that every building in town ia
destroyed except tho public school and
one small dwelling, both of which are ON
the outskirts. The force ot the wind was
terrific, and scarce one piece of the many
structures destroyed were left intact The
scenes in he streets OF the once beautiful
/ ...
wrecked building ana broken furniture
lscarco recognizable la its delapidated coa-
ara strewn an around. while dead bodies
lie in many PAGES, the corpafs mr. badly
disd .ur,d and some of Them are hard
recognizable. The means of the iulur d
mingie with ihe calls of the resouers ls
they pursued their humanitarian task 'n
the darkness by the hickerns CLEANS of
lanterns The relief train from Bllir
arrived in about an hour after the storm
and the work Of licking mp the wounded
began. willing hands dil wha they
could TO help the injured aud ir the
course Of an hour the tralr pulled out for
Blair with 80 injured on boar q. They
we're taken o Blair as there IS absolute
lly no place left at Herman nj which
treatment can be administered
All the citizens OF Blair have thrown
open their houses TO the wounded ana the
unfortunates are being cared t1r by com
petent surgeons Many of the injured
via die. II Is Impossible at this hour, oW-
ing 10 the confusion TO ascertain tho
number of dead. but are known 60
have been killed and the list will run
much higher. Among the baby hurt ls
George b. Clyde. the local station agent
for the Omoha road az Herman.
Superintendent Jaynes of the Omaha
road. was at Tekemah when ne heard Of
! the disaster ana he at once left Tor Her
man on a hand car taking two phyac
! tans along with him Co assist ina caring
for the injured
FULLER PARTICULARS
Omaha June l3 "A special 20 the Bee
from Blair says.
AT 615 tonight the town Of Herman, II
miles north of here was practically Wiped
of the map. The storm had been gather
ing for some hours ana the people ir
, Blair and the surrounding country hac
noticed two huge funnel shaped clouds
converging toward mat point
At Herman people scurrcd in an direc.
tions and sought tho shelter OF the few
cyclone cellars and Instantly The town
was a seething mas of debrie After the
first violent burst Of wind a. torrent of
Irain fen In Herman there We're lcft
standing a school house, motel. "ith-
out a roof and one or two more or less
. ldnapadated houses. Tho entire busi
iness portion OF the town ia blown into
one macs of wreckage. II b. greatly
, feard that many more have been killed
than thoe whose names have been sent
m
, Train No .. tho nyer due in Herman ai
7.03, pulled ln Herman "a mlnuets late and
7 dscvovered that the entire town hn,
} been destroyed The irain crew ns well o.
. many Of the passengers turned themselye
: into a relief corps and the train into ai
, emergency hospital The train unable {
|. prooeed through the wreckage OF th
grain elevator blown across tho uack
\ returned TO Blair with some s. persons
\ this number including one Of the dea'
: and all of the wounded found up 70 tina
2 time The dead 80 Oar as obtainable a
! tnls time are:
Postmaster Richards apparently die
J OF fright. there being no marks 60 shoy
b that the cyclone in any way that th
!. lcyclone had injured him.
Four members Of the family name
y Hopkins, living on the outskirts OF tow
. are reported dead hut the report has NO
3 yet been verified.
Il Tho wounded as reported are
Thomas Haynes on Blair.
Unknown man from Missouri valley
II Mrs Kllue of Herman.
e Shoemaker. named Cinusen OF Herman
n Immediately upon the arrival OF tf
o train inBlair tte wounded We're carrie
. TO the homes OF the residents 0f Bal
D. and the Christian hote near me slatlo
& The train returned once 60 HERNIA
-e with medica assistance an the physician
s that could be spared, several ministe
le ana several o. the towns people.
fhe train is expected back here ab0u
"a. M. with more of the dead ana woun
- cd
l omaha June BAT six o'clok it to
| the unel shaped appearance and bo
| down zap, the town The FIRST DANA
was about four miles west OF Hern
st the Hawkins farm Mc Hswkins
dead and lois barns ana oatouili.ngs q
la a mass OF rlus Ia the village
Herman but few buildings are D
standing The business portion and
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