The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-11-25
KANSAS MAN WRITES
OF RECENT TORNADO
Destructive Twister Passed with.
in a Few Miles of Home of
o. e. HaubOld

This paper is in receipt of a letter
from o. E. Haubold, formerly of this
city, now of Anthony, Kansas, in
which he tells Of the tornado which
recently visited that section Of Kan
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"Just to refresh the memories of
some Of the old friends Of Kennewick
and some who formerly lived in Kan
sas, / am enclosing writeup of the
big storm which passed northwest Of
here a few nights ago." writes Mr..
Haubold. "The storm missed US but
one of the twisters came down about
six miles southwest of here and took
all the houses in its path. Western
people may not know what all tor
nado can really do but what the write
up says is the truth" ...'..
Some of the freaks Of the storm rs
given in the newspaper clipping en-
closed by Mr.. Haubold are as follows:
w. w. Gale, one of the dead, was
found hanging from . beam, sup
ported by gigantic splinter Of wood
which entered between the eyes, pass
ed through the skull and imbedded it
self in the woodwork behind him.
c. C. Irwin, dining in restaurant,
was picked up from his table and car
ried over the wrekage for block, his
only injury being to his fingers, be-
ing cut by glass.
The porch of C. Smiths house was
torn off, carried half a block and deft-
ly fitted to another house which also
had lost its porch.
A living chicken was found in the
wrecked Santa Fe depot, with every
feather gone.
A house on Main street was picked
up, turned around and set back on its
foundations, facing the wrong way.
Two autos owned by James WEIGH
were carried 500 feet from his garage
and placed one on top Of the other.
At the home of Mrs. ]. G. Krebaum,
a baby carriage and tiny doll buggy
standing uninjured, are all that is left
of two-story residence.
The Great Bend Democrat, left
without electric power for its presses,
printed an extra at daybreak on red.
white and blue poster paper by hand.
The left side Of the automobile
driven by Lou Zudderman, was torn
completely off, leaving the right side
intact. One of Zudderman's legs was
broken.
A hog in . pen at the Noses ranch
was killed and suspended head down.
ward on q splinter Of wood. Every
building on the ranch was completely
blown away. Another living hog had
both ears cut off by the wind as clean
ly as If a knife had been used.
A sheep at the Moses ranch was de-
capitated and left standing with all
four feet deeply implanted in the
ground.
Mrs. Harrison Arnold was blown
from her home against fence a
block away in which her hair was so
entangled she was unable to free her
self for an hour.
Thirty-five freight and passenger
cars standing in front Of the Santa
Fe station were overturned and their
cargoes strewn over many blocks.
Two cars were lifted up, carried 115
feet from the track and deposited up
right in a grove Of trees. Another
car is standing on its own doors, which
were torn off while it was in the air.
Still another car was pierced through
both side walls by Axe scantling,
showing the terrific force of the wind.
The Santa Fe Colorado Limited No.
S missed being caught in the vortex OF
the tornado at Great Bend only be-
cause it happened to be seven min
utes late. Had this train, carrying $50
utes late. Had this train, carrying 200
passengers, been on time it would
have been directly in the tornado's
path, and the death toll among pas
sengers unquestionably would have
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