Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-26

| ANaEHt nv nQWHeI NAFn aMu hA N1NuNAAa-
ings being a total loss. The family es-
capped with their Aves by going into the
cellar. He also lost his horses, cattle and
all stock II also destroyed the homes OF
David McCracken. william Davis and 9TH
srs farther northeast. Rev George Jassen
| OF Macon, who has been over near Upland
holding services, was caught In the storm
! and his horses killed. woman named
Peters and a small child who lives south
Of Upland were killed. The heavy rain
| washed out a great deal OF the corn, which
will have 20 be replanted.
Two TOrnadOes Near Fairaeld.
| FAIRFIELD Neb., May @.-(speeial Tel
| egram.)-At 6 o clock last evening what was
apparently q mild thunderstorm collected
and rapidly grew, In intensity until II be-
came a deluge, with a high wind from the
north, and few hailstones Of great size,
some measuring nine inches IN circum-
| ference. -Four 10 five inches Of rain fell in
as many hours. Citizens or Fairfield sup
posed this was the worst OF Il, but soon
after midnight messenger came from four
miles east Of town, saying there had been
a tornado at IS p. m. that people were In
| jured and needed help. He was quickly
followed by another messenger from four
miles southwest Of town, saying there had
been a tornado at Z p. m, which had done
a great amount of damage and injured some
people An Investigation proves that the
two tornadoes were separate and distinct,
the one east bf town coming from the
southeast The regular ,funnel-shaped
cloud which hrst struck the earth at Mr..
| Anderson's turned from there, took an east
| erly course for about one mile and a: half.
As far as known. It did no damage farther
on. Its path was about one-sighth OF q
mile wide. No one was dangerously in
| jured, all having taken to their cellars.
All houses, barns, outbuildings. farm
machinery. trees-in fact everything above
| ground-was totally ground to pieces. d,
! The owners arei Mr.. Anderson. total
| loss; p. Hackinson, total loss, including
forty head of cattle and horses: Linden
Brothers. total; Frank Westsring, total;
d. J. Jaynes- and Gust Anderson. loss of
barns and 'outbuildings
The more severely injured are:
| p. Hackinson, scalp wound from rock
blown from foundation Of house.
Mrs. Hackinson. shock and exposure to
storm.
Joseph Taylor, hired man, internal In
jurtes. struck by flying timbers ,~.. ~.
Mrs Linden, eyes injured from falling
plaster.
The story of the tornado which occurred
one hour later southeast of town is prac-
| tically a repetition OF the above. 1t cama
from the southeast, took a regular course,
sweeping clean Of all buildings and othes
property the farms of A. Z. Broderick, John
McReynolds, L. j. Cornish, G. w. Gray and
Charles Taylor. The family OF A. z. Brod-
erick failed to get into the cellar, but
miTaculously escaped injury. Each tor
nado also destroyed q school house.
The damage at the Broderick farm was
about $4,000; at the McReynolds' home the
binder and the cistern pump were carried
away by the storm and all the buildings
were wrecked. A loss OF $1,000 was in
flioted at the stock farm belonging to
Charles Taylor. All his stock. including
several head Of fine horses, were killed
The storm carried one horse half mile
and the body was broken into pieces by
the fail. A chimney fell on Charles Taylor
and seriously hurt him. Two section
houses were destroyed.
Rain Falls I'm TprFents.
Rain fell in torrents before and after the
| wind storm. The rain continued TO the
eastward and at York, Maimo and McCool
Junction, on the Burlington the tracks
were reported washed out and several
bridges and cuivsrts ovet the smaller
streams washed away. The storm, after
leaving York, took northeastern course
ana passed through Wahoo. ~ ts-."'.
(At Wahoo the heavy rains washed away
la: greater portion of the Union Pacific
tracks between, that town and Weston.
Two Union Pacific trains are tied up By
| the hoods. The passenger train from LIN
coInt due at Wahoo about u O'Clock last
night, is isolated on a piece of safe track
one mile west. The train can proceed
neither forward nor backward, as the
track is gone. A freight train stands IN
the yards awaiting the repair OF the tTaeh
to the east. .-a
The continued heavy rains have swollen
the WAhoo, Cottonwood and sand creeks
until the town OF Wahoo is threatened
with foods. The water works stands on
an island by itself this morning. The
Burlington trains cannot enter the town.
the bridge half mile east being washed
out.
Three Killed ~ Norman.
NORMAN, Neb.. May &.-A tornado
struck this place at an early hour today
killing three persons, inJuring a dozer
others and blowing a dozen buildings tC
pieces.
The dead;
MRS. EARL BACON
MRS: wELLIvER-
JOHN MCURDY.
Mr. wellivsr had . hip broken and ii
seriously injured.
Cyclone at Upland.
MINDEN, Neb.. May 56-(speeial Tele
gram. "A destructive tornado passed ovel
a strip Of country south OF Minden yester
day afternoon about 40, In which a mum
Der Of people were killed, larger number
injured, more or less, and houses and stocl
destroyed .'r'
It started two miles south OF Upland
little town in the north edge Of Franklin
county. and demolished q school house II
which German Lutheran services were be
ing held. The minister, whose home wal
at Macon. name not learned, and Mrs. JohI
; Peters were killed. Chris Lamers wife anS
mother are reported dying.
The others injured are: VIII and Mimi,
Schultz, Fred Pop and mother. Mrs. Isaa,
Casper, Chris LAmerS and his two chill
dren.
The storm passed northeast. destroyinI
everything In its path. until is reached tn,
farm of Peter Voisht. called "old Sports
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