Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
WlNSIDE HAS A TOUCH OF WIND
Large building Partially Demolished
Much Hail Falls. but Does
Little Damage.

W1NSIDE, Neb., May 30.-(Special.)-
During rain and hail storm Saturday
night beer hall, about three miles north
west OF Wnsde, was struck by a gale Of
wind that tore portions OF the large build
ing away and scattered the timbers in the
adjoining fields. John Prince, having been
belated in town that night, was on his way
home and stopped at the beer hall to gain
the protection Of the building for himself
and horse Mr.. Prince, comparatively un-
injured, picked himself up in a field many
rods away from the building after the
cyclonic wind had passed by and found that
his horse had sustained a broken leg. The
animal was put out OF it's misery.
great deal OF hail has fallen here dur
ing the past few days, but no serious dam
age except broken windows has so far re-
suited.
Friday night, while the closing entertain
ment of our public schools was under wav
in the opera house, a bad storm came I'D
and flooded the streets, so that people had
difficulty in getting home. Miss Carrie
Hupp was graduated from the High school
and delivered an oration Of much merit
DIXON, Neb., May 30.-(Special) )-The
country ten and twelve miles north of Dixon
was deluged by terrific downpour OF rain
and hail Saturday night. Mrs. C. ].
O'Flaherty lost seventy head of hogs, farm
machinery and two buildings, which we're
swept away by the water. Her loss Is
about $500; no insurance. school house,
on the banks of stream, was swept away
and no trace of It has been found, Hail
stones fell measuring seven inches in cir
cumference. Many farmers along the
stream lost pigs and other live stock, either
killed by the hail or carried away by the
water.
YORK, Neb., May 3O.-(Special. "A. p.
Johnson, resident of York, was one of the
heaviest losers in the cyclone that passed
through northeast Hamilton county Mr..
Johnson owned one of the best improved
farms in Hamilton county and today where
there were buildings is not enough kind
ling wood to make a good-sized bonfire
Mr. Johnson was more fortunate than his
neighbors having cyclone insurance to the
amount of 5000 His son-in-law. Mr.. Mel
son, a young man residing on his farm
just getting comfortably started, lost four
horses, five cows, eight young cattle, all
his hogs chickens, farming implements and
household goods, leaving him in destitute
circumstances. Another son-in-law, Mr.
Anderson, arrived in York today and
states that the storm was nine miles in
length and that 1t destroyed twenty-six
buildings. The heavy iron bridge, bolted
to piles. was carried over twenty rods. Out
of 200 hogs on George Mobiles place only
seven have been found, dead. Only seven
mostly dead, were found out of thirty head
of cattle Two young men on their way
stopped at Mr.. Mobiles place and took shell
ter in Mobiles cellar, where Noble and
family were The house was raised
from the foundation wall and torn and
broken nearly as fine as kindling wood
When they started to get out of the cellar
they found one of the horses the young
men had ridden lying in one corner Of the
cellar, dead, and the other horse was over
one half mile away, where 1t had been car.
red by the wind, and it was dead. Near
Arborville, this county, and Charleston were
severe hailstorms. At Arborvlle and vicin-
ity young chickens, dogs, cats, birds and