Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
DAMAGE BY HAIL AND WIND
Big Feeding Barn is Wrecked Near
North LOup,
MANY CATTLE AND HORSES KILLED
H~ailstones Eleven Inches Round
Break windows in Clay and
NuckOIIs COunties-Heavy
Rains Delay PlantinE.

Particulars OF the tornado that passed
near here have just been obtained. The
first damage reported was at the farm OF
Joseph Trump, fifteen miles west on Davis
creek, where the cloud struck a barn
wrecking II badly. From there the storm
passed to the northeast through the hills
where few people live. until It came out
into the valley OF the North Loup river
about four miles northwest of town where
1t struck the barn Of Harry Hughes. This
was a large feeding barn with sheds at
tached. 1t was completely demolished and
carried away together with farming ma
chinery. Thirteen head Of cattle and horses
were killed outright and several others
suffered broken legs and other injuries
which made 1t necessary to kill them. Mr..
Hughes was building an addition to his
house on a brick foundation and had It
raised and siding on. The storm removed
part of the brick and left the house I'M
injured. No other damage has been re-
ported.
At Albion All Goes Well.
ALBION. Neb.. May zS.-(Special.)-Tha
weather is now all that could be asked. We
are visited almost daily with a refreshing
shower and vegetation is advancing rapidly.
Corn is a little backward, but small grain
and pastures never were better at this time
Of year. Except to early fruit the late
freeze seems to have done no injury. The
prospect for a large apple crop is good.
Farm House Destroy ed Mt Randolph.
RANDOLPH, Neb., May 2S~.-(Special
Telegram. IA disastrous cyclone visited
this section at 10 o'clock last night and
its path is strewn with the wreckage Of
farm buildings for three miles. The loss
will figure nearly $4,000.
The storm first struck the farmhouse of
William Fredericks, completely wrecking
the house. in which himself and wife had
retired for the night. They were carried
a. short distance by the wind and in their
night clothes were exposed to the ele-
ments, narrowly escaping death in the
mass of ruins all about them.
Job Van Vlack lost three valuable
horses beneath the ruins of his barn. His
place is riddled, the house only standing
intact. The farm houses Of e. w. Leicy,
G. W.. Cottrell. w. B. Pitman and Henry
Helms also suffered much damage. Hun
dreds of people from Randolph viewed the
wreckage this morning.
Delays Planting Of Corn.
TABLE ROCK. Neb.. May 3.-CspeciaI.)
The Nemaha is again out OF it's banks
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! fallen within the last forty-eight hours.
Corn planting has been greatly delayed.
and the farmers will not be able to get
into their fields until next week and many
fields are as yet implanted.
TECUMsEH. Neb.. May 3.-(speciai)-
The Nemaha river lie again in its banks
here as we'll as Yankee creek. The river
reached a point about three inches within
the highest mark last spring. The rural
mail carriers report many small bridges
and culVerts washed out. Considerable
damage is done to fields on the lowlands.
HUMBOLDT. Neb.. May 23.-(special.)-
Another downpour of rain took place last
evening at about Z o'clock and continued
thoroughly soaked that 1t would hold no
more and all streams are swollen con-
siderably. Both the Nemaha and Long
Branch are running bankful and prospects
are good for another shower, which II It
comes. will likely cause an overflow.
LEWISTON, Neb., May 2S.-(special.)-
John Bowen, who was killed by lightning
Tuesday night. as already reported, will be
buried here tomorrow. At the time he was
killed he was standing outside the store
with several others under the awning. He
was leaning against the post of the avn
ing and watching the progress Of the
storm. The corner Of the building was
struck and he fell backward through the
large window glass. dead. The others were
for a time unconscious. but soon recov-
cred.
YOrk's Big Tornado.