Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
Watts Around PrOmiscuoBs
Like in Billy Bryan's
Home State
Twelve Persons. Are Killed
and Many Injufed-.-
Great Destruction
Fort Crook Nearly Wiped Out
...Men Marched Out
in Good Order

Omaha, Neb., May 12-Twe1ve
persons are known to have been
killed and a score injured by tor
nado which swept over the northern
part Of Sarpy county at o'clock this
afternoon. At Bellevue several
buildings were damaged to the extent
of probably $4,000 and several per
sons were injured, none fatally The
storm then moved on to Louisville.
Richfeld and Springfield, where the
prinsibal damage and loss of life oc-
Cured.
The causualty list, so far as known.
follows:
Dead-Mrs. Frank Hester, near
Louisville; Charles Ledder, near
Richfeld; Martin and James Telth,
near Papilleon; two unknown at
Louisville village; seven persons,
names unknown, in sand pit near
Louisville.
Charles Martin, fatally injured,
near Meadow. The storm was the
most severe that ever struck east
ern nebraska.
The damage to college buildings
at Bellevue was heavy. The tower
was blown from the Park hotel and
the building wrecked. Lowry hall
and Rankin hall were unroofed- Sew
eral fear stricken students ran to the
shelter of nearby house and fatal
tiles were probably averted. The col
lege stables were wrecked and all the
horses killed. A number of small
buildings and stores in the village
! were blown down.
Moving south the tornado struck
Fort Crook, damaging several OF the
| barrack buildings but nobody was
injured. In the town of Fort Crook,
however, number of buildings
were entirely wrecked and other
damage done.
| The storm lifted at intervals, con-
tinuing to move southwark, doing
much damage to farm property The
first town struck was PapiIleon,
miles southwest of. Omaha. At this
point the damage was not great, the
funnel shaped cloud apparently lift
ing sufficiently to pass the town with
| out serious damage.
| 1t again descended, however, as
the storm moved toward Richfeid,
| four miles south of Papil1eon. In
| it's path was the farm of Gus Ledder
whose farm buildings were almost
blown to pieces, but the casualty list
was small.
At Louisvill half the town was
wrecked and at least eight persons
lost their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester
was killed in her home. Seven men
who took refuge in sand pit north
of town were killed outright Their
names were not available.
Two miles from Pappileon Martin
Teith and his son James were driving
along the Little Pappeo river when
their horses became frightened by
hail and plunged into the swollen
stream. Both father and SON were
| drowned.
An officer from Fort Crook arrived
in the city tonight and stated that
the damage to buildings would
amount to 100000 at the army post
alone, and that the village is almost
! total wreck. A remarkable scene
occurred when the officers realized
( that a tornado had struck the post.
Six hundred troops TO the Sixteenth
regiment were brought to battalion
formation and in the midst of flying
slate roofs and other debris they
were marched across the parade
ground to substantial buildings. The
roofs of several of the large build
ings were blown off and other dam
| age done.