The sun., 1908-06-07
STORMS SMITE MIDDLE WEST
23 KILLED BIZ TORNADOES IN
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.
Butte Cut on and Is Just Hailing the
Neishbors Again After no Hours OF
. Isolation-i7 feet OF water In Enid.
okla, street Railroad Bridges Down.

0kia:, strect-Rallroad Bridges Do"n.
OMAHA, Neb. June 0.-At least
twenty-three persons were killed and
hundreds made homeless and property.
crops and live stock damaged to the
extent Of thousands Of dollars by two
tornadoes which swept Fillmore county
yesterday. Tonight forty farmers and
their families came into Franklin, Neb.,
for shelter, their homes having been de-
stroyed.
Other towns in the path Of the tornadoes
were Edgar, Fairfield, Linavale and Chester.
all Of which suffered more or less. Twenty
three buildings, including three churches,
were wholly or partially wrecked at Fair
field. Some Of the dead are
At North Branch, Kan. two children of
Mrs. Small; Geneva. Neb., Lulu Smith,
Irene shively; shickley. Neb., Elijah Argen-
breoht; Franklin. Neb., Henry Madison;
Jansen, Neb., Joseph Fleming; Carleton.
unknown man.
Some Of the seriously injured are: At
Shiokley, Neb. John Merriman, Mrs. Elijah
Albrecht. John Shively and wife. Edward
Russell, Ross Shively.
Several Eastern people were injured.
some seriously when a combination pas
senger and freight train on the Denver and
Rio Grande road was wrecked about a
mile and half below here by the spread
ing Of the rails yesterday. Three freight
cars and two passengers cars rolled into the
ditch.
BUTTE. Mon, june e.-After isolation
for thirty-six hours Butte got into COM
munioation again with the rest Of the world
to-day by wire and two railroads. the
Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line.
On Thursday night more than foot OF
snow fell. followed on Friday with rain.
The snow broke power and light wires,
and for twenty-four hours Butte was with
out street cars, light Or telegraph service
The telephone is still out Of commission.
Every railroad in the State was tieo up
until this afternoon when q few trains
began to move. The Great Northern
tracks between Butte and Great Falls have
been cut for four days and the tracks be-
tween Butte and Anaconda for two days. As
no ore could be hauled over these lines to the
smelters not mine is operated in Butte.
1t is estimated that the damage done in
Montana in the past week by rain and
foods will aggregate 100000. Thousands
Of passengers have been held week at
small stations and have subsisted on limited
rations. At Drummond. q place OF 100
inhabitants, 500 persons have been tied up,
one Of them, Emma Goldman. who is on
her way to Butte.
Indications tonight are for more rain.
ENID, Okla. june o.-Following heavy
rain which lasted from O'Clock last even
ing until midnight. @ food struck Enid
about daybreak this morning. Water
stood twelve feet deep on the pavement on
Main street within two blocks Of the bust
ness centre. Boggy Creek. usually twenty
feet wide, spread out to 1000 feet in some
places.
About twenty houses were carried down
stream with the occupants, who had climbed
to the roofs and were shouting for rescue.
Several families hoated about on their
roofs from o'clock Nv ill O'Clock this
morning. There were no fatalities.
The heaviest loser In the Enid Planning
Mill Company. whose warehouse. with
$4,000 worth Of goods. was swept away.
The electric light plant and street car power
house were put out OF busineA. Both daily
newspapers have been forced to suspend
because OF lack OF power. The Rock Island
Railroads concrete and steel bridge over
Main street was carried out and at least
six other bridges along that railroad within
five miles of Enid met the same fate.
A freight train sank into a creek one
mile south OF here this morning when a
bridge gave way.