The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02

North Nebraska and Southern South
Dakota Was Punetuated by lorna
does In Various Places.
Related reports of last Mondays |
storm over the northwest indicate that
Il was one of the seVcrest rain ana
hail storms that has been known In
northern Nebraska and southern South |
Dakota. The immense cyclone which |
covered an area extending from Nor
folk west to Long Pine and northwest
to Gregory. s. D., was punctuated In
many places with diminutivc lorna
does. In the region of these tornadoes
hail, wind and lightning did much dam
age Many horses were killed, barns
and houses were demolished, crops
were devastated and fires were started
In Boyd county II is said one boy was
killed by lightning,
Much of the storms havoc has al
ready been recorded in The News. At
Madison there was terrific storm
and northwest Of there tornado.
Hail damaged crops. South OF Battle
Creek hail did damage. South OF TIL
den there was hail damage over an
area OF about fourteen square miles.
At Oakdale there was wind damage
as there was near Neigh. North of
O'Neill about 424 square miles of crops
were ruined and the damage amounted
to about $l50000. In the vicinity of
Springview there was wind, hail and
lightning,
At Tilden.
Additional news OF the storm Is
found In number of weekly newspa'
pers. The Tilden Citizen says:
The worst storm that has struck
Tilden since the devastating rush of
hail In 1895 occurred Tuesday evening.
The day had been intensely hot and
ample warning of the approaching
wind was noticeable In the northwest
an hour or more before the storm ar
rived. Whirling masse sof black
clouds and white caps soon gathered
and the roar of the oncoming destroyer
could be heard several minutes before
1t was actually present. The storm
was ushered in by one of the worst
winds ever experienced here which
filled the air with binding dust, leaves
and twigs from shade and fruit trees.
Then came the rain: first in big scat
tering drops and later In sheets The
wind in the meantime gathered still
greater force, hailstones were mixed
with tho rain and for about twnnty
minutes all nature seemed dashed into
wild fury that threatened to leave
the soil of this productive territory as
bare as freshly mown grain field
The strangest feature to one who wit.
messed the storm Is that so little dam.
age was wrought. Elm and ash trees
standing twenty feet high were
whipped about like slender willows
the tips of their high limbs sometimes
sweeping the ground. Smaller branch
es were severed by the hail and wind
and were carried through the air like
chaff. Big cotton wood limbs were
twisted from the parent trunks and
fruit trees were damaged to a similar
extent. Yet in spite of this terrific
display of storm power, the accom-
panying money loss is comparatively
slight. Light, detached out buildings
were blown over and, in few cases
demolished; few panes of glass were
broken by the hail, and several barns
were shifted from their foundations
This represents about all the pecu
mary damage. In the country aroun(
us, however, the effect was far more
disastrous, although no lives were los
nor, so far as can be learned, was any
one injured. But crops suffered Sc
verely, Egbert Winder, AL. Jones
Ike Grace, Jake Schink, Sherman Sni
der, Pete Rethwisch and Will Sheet
lost practically everything except tn
small amount of crop already harves
ed. Scarcely a windmill is left stanG
ing in the wake of the storm and he
houses and such like buildings ar
scattered piecemeal over severe
square miles of territory. North c
the river the hail did less damage, bu
the effect of the terrible wind is to b
seen in broken and uprooted tree,
flattened oat fields, shifted building
and broken boards lying in every d
rection. Telephone lines were badl
torn down and it is impossible to lear
of the actual damage, except as farm
ers come to town. Three miles of tn
Nebraska Telephone company's line
were blown fiat between here and Ga
dale, several wires in town were bro
en-, and many instruments were p,
out of business. Summing all up, tt
storm was bad one, perhaps tn
worst that many people have wi
messed, yet we may all consider on
selves fortunate that no one was hur
no homes destroyed, and except to
half-dozen families in the neighbo
hood, the resulting loss is only a trih
On the Rosebud.