Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-26
rapidly this evening. Much damage win re-
suit to crops.
(From a star Correspondent.l }


s. Tornado Near LinsOIn.
(From a stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, May 25.-CSpecial Telegram.)
"A storm Of tornado proportions struck In
west Of Havelock this evening and de-
stroyed many buildings. but 80 far as
could be learned no lives we're lost. The
storm covered a path a quarter Of a mile
wide and nve miles Iona and within that
territory not a single building escaped de-
struction or serious damage.
Tho house Of George Herr was badly
wrecked and his barn destroyed. There
were two horses and sixty hogs In the barn
and these were killed George Cooper, a
neighbor. was milking in his barn when the
storm struck, The barn was wrecked and
Cooper severely injured by being struck by
q flying board. A half-mile west OF here
the house OF Jacob Bingham was partially
wrecked. One, OF his horses was wrapped
in barbed wire by the storm and killed and
a COW was killed by having board driven
through II.
A heavy rain and hail storm followed
after the wind, and telephone wires are
all down and roads so badly washed that
It is almost impossible to get through the
section covered by the storm. From the
best information obtainabie II appears that
loss 10 buildings is heavy and that all crops
in the path Of the storm were ruined either
by the wind OF the hail. which followed.
Iowa Town Badly Wrecked.
DEs MONIES. May 25.-rone hfe lost, q
child perhaps fatally injured and property
damaged 20 the value Of several thousand
dollars are the results of the worst storm
that has ever visited this locality.
a. ta 4ror olf
enty miles northwest of here. Sing Lee, a
Chinese laundryman being killed at his
place of business on Main street. The name
OF the little child was not learned Wires
are down, 80 that It is impossible to get
full particulars from the storm-strioken
town.
According to an eye witness Of the destruc.
tion the tornado struck the town at the
Rock Island depot about 5:15 yesterday
afternoon. The building was turned com
pietely around and blown through a ma
chinery house into a livery barn. The lat
ter was wrecked
The following losses are reported. State
bank, darloch q MeCune badly demol-
| ished; general store, Mike Crayon, almost
ruined; Jones livery. heavy loss; Hotel de
Main, completely ruined; Rock Island de-
| pot, blown from foundation.
These are general items OF damage.
Dwelling houses in every part Of the city
we're injured, as were also nearly all the
business blocks. Fong Foo was struck on
the head with timber near his shop and In
stantly killed.
Storm IL Furious.
WEBSTER CITY. To-, May 2S--(special
Telegram.)-A furious tornado struck Rolfe,
a small town north OF this city, at 5;15
o'clock last evening. Sing Lee. Chinaman,
was killed and the greater part of the busi-
ness section of the town was carried away.
The storm came from the south. 1t
lasted but few moments, but In that time
did an lnestimable amount OF damage.
| Practically all the business blocks on the
west side of the street were unroofed and
| many OF them totally destroyed. -
Wires are down and full particulars can
| not be learned. The Rock Island depot was
turned squarely around and the Hotel Tre-
| maine was totally destroyed, as was also
the state bank, the Standard oil repository,
/ the city electric light plant and water
works. Many houses were also unroofed.
Sing Lee was killed while fleeing from his
laundry. The roof from an adjoining build
ing was hurled upon him. 1t is also said
that a German farmer residing near the
city was killed but no particulars can be
had. The tornado was a6companied' BY d
hailstorm. . -~>.-+ s+ey+- - ,iaa
Water Begins TO Reeede.
OKLAHOMA CITY, okl., May %,T-The
waters that covered the southern end OF
Oklahoma City and part OF Enid from the
cloudburst near here Saturday midnight
are recedins today and no further damage
4 is expected. The homeless are being cared
for, and It is believed no serious suffering
| will result
| A Tornado in Missouri.
MARYvILLE, Mo-. May 25.-A tornado
struck the town of Elmo, near here, early
| today, unroofns Joys store and nttertng
| the town with the debris Of outhouseA
parns and trees. No lives we're lost.
Elmo is situated in the northwestern cor
| nsr OF Missouri, near the Nebraska line,
| and the storm probably is a continuation
/ OF that which struck near Norman, Neb.
| SUTTON, Neb., May S.-lSpecial. )-rhe
severe rain and thunderstorm set in at dark
last evening and poured down all night.
This morning School creek Is a. flood, II
being the highest 1t has been for ten years.
YUTAN, Neb., May &.|Special.) Last
night another terrific rain and windstorm
visited these parts. Some hail also fell. II
is estimated that fully six inches OF rain
have fallen during the last week. Pastures
have not been SO covered with water for
sixteen years. according to old residents.
| The corn has been planted, but large
quantity of the land has been washed out
SO much that replanting is necessary. o..