The San Francisco call., 1908-05-13
TORNADO KILLS Y
AND INJURIES MANY

ANU NJUM0 MANY
Continued From Page /, Column
Charles Leader, probably fatally in
jured, near Richfield.
Mrs L. N Purcell of Bellevue; may
die.
Mrs. Gunion and Mrs. Sloan of Belle
vue; in serious condition.
WHOLE TOWN SHATTERED
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 Bur-
lington station was torn to piecas, most
OF the business houses were wrecked
and so residences destroyed. The Mis-
souri, Pacific station is standing, but
both telegraph and telephone wires are
down.
There were four distinct tornado
clouds as seen at Springfield, and they
made their appearance shortly before
y " NlOSh.t 11CdNS 0eiiASbSo was QOQG In
the country. and it is feared there was
some loss OF life. Dispatches received
at Lincoln say there were severe
storms along the Missouri river further
south at Nemaha City and Falls City.
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. Lowrey hall and Rankin
hall were unroofed.
The panic stricken students ran to
the basement. and in this way many
fatalities were probably avoided. The
college 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 bar
rack buildings but nobody was in
jured. In the town Of Fort Crook. how
ever. number of buildings were en-
tfrely wrecked and other damage done
-h<AN1 ffOmES NhECkED
BELLEVUE, Neb., May IA tor
nado struck this place about 5.45 this
afternoon. doing a large amount of
damage at the college and in town and
seriously injuring several people The
store of A. Wright was wrecked. the
stock was scattered over the country
and he was severely injured.
Those whose houses were completalv
wrecked were Harry Peters, A Wright.
L. N. Purcell, C. r. Glenn, ]. b. Dillon
and Wesley Huff Scores were par
TALLY destroyed No one was killed
outright, but several were more or less
injured. Mrs L. N. Purcell NAV die
and Mrs. Gunion and Mrs Sloan are
seriously injured.
The greatest damage was done at the
college. The tower was blown from
Park hall and the building so thor
oughly wrecked that in the opinion of
President Wadsworth it will be neces-
sary practically to rebuild it. Lowrey
hall was unroofed and practically
wrecked and the interior of the build
ing thoroughly drenched.
Rankin hall was also partly unroofed
and water poured into the building.
The barn at the college was wrecked
and two horses buried under the wreck
age. The heating plant was wrecked
and in fact the buildings are so much
damaged that for the time being at
least the college will be compelled to
close
SPRINGFIELD. Neb. May ia tor
nado late this afternoon wrecked the
towns of Louisville. Bellevue. Richf1eld
and Kingsville killing and injuring a
large number of persons. The heaviest
losses of life and number injured is re-
ported from Louisville, Junction point
of the Missouri Pacific and Burlington
railroads in Cass county. The number of
deaths is unknown, but 1t is said be-
tween 40 and 60 are injured, many seri-
ot1o az ca e.