The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
TORNADO KILLS
DOZEN PERSONS
SEVERAL TOWNS IN NEBRASKA
ARE PARTLY WRECKED.
A COLLEGE IS DEMOLISHED.
Institution at Bellevue Suffers Severe
ly-Loss OF Life Heaviest At
LouisviIle-cycIone In
Missouri.

bCAO oiC hhONh W haNC OtCh hAAA~0
and score injured by tornado which
swept over the northern part Of Sarpy
county at fiye O'Clock Tuesday after
noon.
The storm, which gained velocity on
its way south, started in Omaha about
4:30. At Bellevue the college build
ings were damaged to the extent OF
probably $4,000 and several persons
were injured, none fatally. The storm
then moved ON to Louisville, Richfield
and Springfield, where the principal
damage and loss Of life occurred.
The casualty list, SO far as known,
is as follows:
Dead-Mrs. Frank Hester, living
near Louisville: Charles Leader, near
RichfieId; two unknown at Louisville
village; seven persons. names un-
known. in sand-pit near Louisville.
Charles Martin, fatally injured near
Meadow.
Bellevue College Wrecked.
The storm was the most severe that
ever struck eastern Nebraska. The
damage to the college buildings at
Bellevue was heavy The tower was
blown from Park hall and the building
wrecked Lowry hall and Rankin hall
were unroofed.
The panic-stricken students ran to
the basement, and in this way many
fatalities were probably averted. The
college stables were wrecked and all
the horses killed. A number of small
buildings and stores in the village
were blown down.
Moving southwark, the tornado
struck Fort Crook, damaging several
OF the barracks buildings, but nobody
was injured In the town Of Fort
Crook, however, number of build
ings were entirely wrecked and other
damage done.
Many Houses Demolished.
pellevues syabs Afss 10 ~ tfteet.ss
struck this place about 5:45 Tuesday
afternoon, doing a large amount of
damage at the college and in the town
and seriously injuring several people.
The store of A. Wright was wrecked,
the stock was scattered over the coun.
try and he was severely injured.
Those whose houses were complete
ly wrecked were: Harry Peters, A.
Wright, L. N. Purcell, G. r. Glenn, j.
B. Dillon, Wesley Huff, and scores
were partially wrecked No one was
killed outright, but several were more
or less injured. Mrs. l.. II. Purcell
may die, and Mrs. Gunyon and Mrs
Sloan are seriously injured
Loss of Life at Louisville.
Springfield, Neb., May 13.--A tor.
nado late Tuesday afternoon wrecked
the towns of Louisville, Bellevue and
Richfield, killing several persons and
injuring a large number. The heavi.
est loss of life and injured is reported
from Louisville, junction point of
the Missouri Pacific and Burlington
railroads in cass county. The number
of deaths is unknown and no names
have been secured, but it is said be.
tween 40 and 60 are injured, many
seriously.
Near the village of Richfield, Elmer
Leader was killed and his father was
badly injured. Ed Miller, farmer
near Richfield, was fatally injured.
1t is difficult to get any definite
news from Louisville. Reports are to
the effect that the town is blown away
and the people are in a panic. The
Burlington station was torn to pieces,
most of the business houses wrecked
and, 80 residences destroyed The Mis-
souri, Pacific depot is standing, but
both telegraph and telephone wires
are down. There were four distinct
tornado clouds as seen at Springfield
Cyclone In Missouri.
st. Joseph, Mo-, May 13.--A cyclone
which swept the country half mile
north and half a mile east OF Watson,
Mo-, in the northwest corner OF the
state, completely demolished the house
and barn on the Good farm. The oc-
cupants, Mel Cos wife and son, es.
capped serious injury by seeking refuge
in the cellar. Several other barns are
reported blown down, but no loss Of
life has been reported
cloudburst in Oklahoma.
Tulsa, Okla, May -13.-A ralnstorm
of almost the proportions of cloud
burst destroyed crops and drowned
livestock Tuesday At Dawson, near
here, Richard Cunningham was killed
by lightning,