Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-27
A TORNADO N NEBRASKA.
One Of the Most Destructive to Life
That Ever Visited the State
Some Sad Sights
4 loxs LIST or KuowH CASUALTIES.
May Vet Vet s> kas-n. - Com @aaie.-
tioa In the K-<isa Affected Has Bee.
Badly Disarr.agsd 81 the sEsrn-oss
Family wlPsd oat.

catches to the WorlG- Herald from Va
per. Neb.. coming via stuart. Neb.. De-
cause of disruption OF coEzmunIca-
tons, tell of the frightfuI work % /.
tornado which visited that vincinity
Thursday night. the details brinS Oh
tainable only late this evening The
following series Of dispatches have so
far been received.
One Of the most destructive tor-1-
does to human life that ever occurred
IN Nebraska crossed down tae Keya
Paha river THURSDAY evening at SIX
O'Clock The river = south Of mere
ave miles aud oaly msager reports
are obtsirable-
One family % seven are al killed
and ost Of another family of SIX two
are killed and the balance. except the
father. ar fatally injured
The family extinsuiShed are Jacob
Greening- father aged 81.
Mrs Jacob Gresnin-. mother. I'll
living. but not expected to survive.
Grace Creeniag. seriously injurs-L.
sgvd IL
Margaret Greea.ag. aged sevra.
killed
Maggie Grerning. aged nire. killed
John Greening. agetI four. killed
jacob Gresnin-. aged two. killed.
Cut Of the Anderson family OF Slx,
two children. Ida au.l Cara. aged re-
spectively seven and eight. were killed
and the mother ant her daughter
bertha and her SOS Theodore. azeG
respectively ten anG -. we're Ss-rio-us-
y iniureu-
August Anderson. the father. v-as
away frcm home at the time No
other easealti~S are as yet reported
The family OF Jacob Berg and Eetx
were Injured soEne,s hat when thar
houses wee demOiizLeCl. but not srri-
ousiy-
Al communication ~ith the outside
world Is cut OF and il i impossible
70 learn What damage the storm did
along the Eeys Fsha rive< west q
where the Greeaing and Anderson
families we're f0uno-
i great crowd Of people visited III.
homes Of thu stricken families. nd
are doing al they possibly can for
the injured The dead we're buried az
two O'Clock Yesterday
The big wagon brislye across she
keya P4hz river vas completely De-
sfroyed- Mr. CsStelIsr. who saw th-
Herman tornado. declares that this
la been much more violent
The Worid-Herala correspondent
visited the houses OF Messrs- Green
ing and Anderson. but where on--
stood fne dwellings and other build
I1zs there was nothing to D. seen Ot
them except kinGling wood The
dead we're removed 20 a neighbor-s
house and laid OUT. and the injured
taken care OF By Physicians from Na-
Per
Mrs Greening- the mother Of the
Greenin= family. ! seriously iniu-ssI.
and l. expected 20 live but I shor.
time Her shoulder i broken and i
: feared she : injured internally.
Grace Greeniuz : also very badly IN
Jured- but unless injured internally
Ray survive
Mary Anderson. the mother Of the
Anderson family. : not seriously IL
jured- Her two children. Bertha and
Theodore the only two who escaped
death may live although badly n
jUred- The father Of the GreeaIng
family vas found quarter OF I ME
from the house. badly mangIed- 10th
arms and legs and back were broxea.
and absolutely there l. no chance ~
his life.
Little Maggie anl JACOB Grr-n7E.
were found eco yarus from who're the
house stood They were stripped of
al their clothing hut were not dis
figured
The other two children We're close
20 the house and were in full view D.
their mother and eldest sister. vEo
were both fatally injured and wn1
could see them but render no assist
aucr-
Il va- a sad and pathetic sight,
and once seen never could be forget
ten
An hour before the storm the SIN
Vas shining The storm cloud ap-
pared about i've o'clock and travel Il
down the Keya Paha river Ii seemesi
10 rise up and skip some houses and
then swoOP down and demoiish e.
srything-
The tornado was preceded by a So
- I'll
measured ten inches in circumference
The hotel at Nape. furnished ics
cream frozen from the hail.