Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-05-15

GENERAL TOWNS IN NEBRASKA
ARE PARTLY WRECKED.
COLLEGE is DEMOLISHED
Institution at Bellevue Suffers Severe.
ly-Loss of Life Heaviest at
Neutrality-suspicious. In
Missouri.

Omaha, Neb--Twelve persons are
known to have been killed and score
injured by a tornado which swept
over the northern part of Sarpy coun-
ty at five o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The storm, which gained velocity on
it's way south, started in Omaha about
4.3O, 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.
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
lngs were entirely wrecked.
Loss of Life at Louisville.
Springfield, Neb.-A tornado late
Tuesday afternoon wrecked the towns
Of Louisville, Bellevue and Richtield'
killing several persons and tnjuring
large number. The heaviest loss OF
life and injured Is reported from
Louisville, junction point OF the
Missouri Pacific and Burlington rail-
roads in Cass county.
Cyclone In Missouri.
st. Joseph, Mo.-A cyclone which
swept the country half a mile north
and half a mile east OF Waston, Mo-,
In the northwest corner OF the state,
completely demolished the house and
barn on the Good farm. The occu-
pants, Mel Cox, wife and son. es.
capped serious injury by seeking refuge
In the cellar. ....
Damage in Illinois. ,..
Rock Island, Ill.-A tornado Monday
afternoon swept through Mercer and
Henry counties, touching several
towns and doing considerable damage.
Mrs. Gottch, an elderly woman, was
killed at Cleveland. where the storm
demolished a school, injuring several
children. The depot of the Rock Is
land road at Colona was wrecked.
At Millersburg Is houses were de-
stroyed or damaged and two persons
were slightly injured.
Several Deaths in Texas.
Fort Worth, Textile destructive
tornado which caused several deaths
and ruined property in Oklahoma ex'
tended as far south as Gainesville,
Tex, and towns in that section. Hail
at Gainesville damaged crops and
broke windows. The residence OF
Thomas Nance was byown down
and his family narrowly escaped
death.
Storm Ruins Town.
Little Rock, Ark.-The Postal Tele-
graph company here has received
message saying that about half of the
Inhabitants of Gillian, La, have been
either killed or injured by tornado
and urging that relief be sent at
pnce. a.
Later advices say that all the houses
In Gillian except two are demolished.
Gillian Is a hamlet of between Is and
100 inhabitants.