Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-20
APRIL SNOW IN EARLIER DAY
CO1umbus Journal Repeats Account of
q storm which Occurred
in 1873.

That the snowstorm of Wednesday and
Thursday was not unprecedented is shown
by the following report taken from the
files Of the Columbus Journal of April q,
lS7S, and reprinted in the current issue:
mo human being persisted in Platte
county during the fearful storm OF last
week, but, according to very fair estimates,
about 1000 head Of cattle besides a few
horses, mules, sheep, hogs, chickens etc,
succumbed. great many cattle are owned
in this county, and for that reason our
comparative losses may appear great, but
the ratio of losses, compared with the
amount of stock, will not be found greater
than in other sections of the state. We
have tried to gather some accurate ac-
counts Of losses in this county, which we
give below: Henry Carrig on Shell cresk
lost thirty-fve head; some Of them had
followed the storm and were found In the
Loup river John Macken, who recently
moved from the vicinity OF Columbus to
Shell creek lost about S1.1O0 worth OF
horses mules cattle, etc. Patrick Murray,
near Columbus lost a few hogs but none
Of his large herd OF cattle; he has large.
close barn, into which he put all his cattle
and kept them there during the entire
storm, though without anything to eat or
drink. they were so thickly crowded. M.
Maher of Shell creek, we learn, lost about
81 900 worth OF property. among others three
good horses. Mr.. Morlarty lost considerable
stock--we didn't learn the number. j. B.
SENEGAL lost some eight or nine head;
twenty-six of his went with the storm,
crossed the Loup, arrived at Guy c. Bar
NUNS and were very properly cared for
and we'll fed by that genial, good Samari-
tan. Mr. SENEGAL has an enclosure sur
rounded by a ditch. where he keeps his
stock, but the snow filled the ditch and
some of the cattle followed the storm.
George Barnum lost about twenty head, I'M
GLIDING calves; - Hays, thirty-nine;
Fred GottschaIk. eight; Jacob Ernst. 1--WE.
e. A. Gerard & Co. didn't lose a hoof.
Their cattle were in an open corral at
their stock yards west of Columbus and
when the snow drifted to the height of
the fence on the south side they erected a
temporary fence and kept the stock within
the enclosure; being cornted, they with
stood the exposure without much loss Of
ahesh Guy c. Barnum, sr., lost none. We
have not heard whether his cattle were un-
der the shelter OF his close shed or not
but suppose they must have been, as they
were in such position that they could not
feed during the storm. Franz Henggeler
lost none by the storm. one of his cattle
was pushed into the creek near which his
enclosure was. but otherwise there was no
loss We see by the above that those who
made a business OF stock raising and who
were our heaviest owners and dealers lost
some OF them, comparatively very few, and
Henggeler, Barnum, Gerard and Murray
none at all This was owing to their prep
aration and to the manner in which their
stock was fed during the winter. Nobody
was expecting such a storm this time Of
year, and 30 many. who would have been
safe in March were found without protec-
ton for this terrific storm OF April Il. Is
and L."