The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
CYCLONES WORK
HoLYokE, ON EASTERN BORDER
OF STATE, HARD STRUCK.
ENTIRE FAMILY is INJURED
Unusual Twister Leaves Trail Of Dc.
vastation and scatters Debris
for Many Miles.

HOlyOke, Colo.-fOuf persons were
injured, two seriously, and hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars damage
done to property and crops by cy'
clone which struck this place shortly
after o'clock on the evening Of July
10th.
Two houses were wrecked, wind
mills were blown down and many bnrils
and outhouses destroyed. A hailstorn
which followed the tornado caused tie
greatest loss to crops.
The injured are members OF dig
family and were injured in the CT
lapse of their home. They are:
Nellie Gilmore, aged sixteen, face
badly cut, severe wound in side, i'll
ternal injuries; serious.
Mary Gilmore, aged six, bruise !
about body and face. back hurt; III
ternal injuries feared; serious.
Andrew Gilmore, aged thirty-five. le,
fractured, eyes hurt by sand and bod,
bruised and cut.
Peter Gilmore, aged sixty. brulsc:!
about face, hands and body.
There were nine others in the hou:'
at the time, but they escaped will!
slight scratches.
Andrew Elmore, who Is pioneo.
resident, was blown through an open
door OF his house and was picked ~
nearly 100 yards away, pinned undc:
a heavy timber from the wreckcI
house. His eyes were filled with sant
and it is feared that the sight may b.
destroyed. The heavy timber lay Oh
his leg and he was unable TO move un'
til other members of the family. AT
tracted by his screams, extricatec
him.
Gilmore says that he cannot des,riL>
the sensation he experienced. When
he was lifted from the chair on which
he was seated in his parlor and hurled
through the front door, evelyLhin.
turned black and all he rcmc!abers, lie
says, was striking the ground. In my
flight must have hit the earth s.x
times, only to again be hurled high
into the air." he adds.
Peter Elmore and the girls, his
granddaughter, were buried under
several feet of debris. 1t was almsct
an hour before they could be removed.
The Gilmore home was what is
known as "groute.. house, having
been built with cement and gravel, but
with a gable roof of frame construc.
ton. The building was thought to be
unusually strong, but crumbled like an
egg shell before the force of the wind.
Watched T~tsscr Coming.
All day high wind swept over the
city. About 5 O'Clock funnel-shaDeG
cloud formed northeast OF town ana
started on its journey OF destruction.
Hundreds of people witnessed the
sight from the city and great alarm
was felt, but the cyclone touched only
the northern end Of the town. Fences
we're blown down and portion OF the
Burlington roundhouse was carried
out.
The cyclone continued due east
through the farming country, leaving
= path five miles long and one mile
wide.
The home Of Mrs. C. Johnson, a
widow. was the first hit 1t was re-
duced to kindling wood and the pieces
strewn for 100 yards around. Mrs.
Johnson and her four children were
not at home.
Two horses grazing in the pasture
between the Gilmore and Johnson
houses were blown off their feet and
So badly injured they had to be shot
The hailstorm which followed the
cyclone was the most severe in the
history of the county. 1t extended over
an area twelve miles long and five
miles wide, and the crops are nearly
total loss. The greatest damage.
probably, was in the vicinity o, Hex.
tum, in the extreme western end OF
the county. In that district alone it ia
estimated that nearly 100000 worth
of wheat, corn and other crops were
ruined.
Hailstones as big as baseballs fe:.
in some sections, according to reports
received here.
Frank Groves, living near Hex:un,
was probably the greatest individual
loser. He had 100 acres planted i'll
wheat, corn. vegetables, melons and
smaller crops, which are completely
ruined.