The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-23
NEBRASKA IS
STORM SWEPT
Cyclone On Saturday Evening
Kills Three lnthe Country
Near Harrington and
crofton.
MORE THAN SCORE INJURED
Property Damage Approximates
Quarter Million Dollars
Many Miraculous
Escapes.
MORE THAN SCORE INJURED

Escapes.
Crofton, Neb. May 20.-A typical
cyclone, q real twister, visited this
section Of the country Saturday even
ing between s and Z o'clock. killing two
persons. injuring a humble of others
$25O,00o.
The dead:
MRS. AUGUST FREDERIcKsEN.
MRS. JOHN RUPIEPER.
The injured:
ously. q
August Fredericksen and two daugh-
ters, seriously.
John Spinne. seriously.
Hired man of the Rupieper place,
seriously.
shortly after 5 o'clock o cloud came
the sun. It shortly became very dark
n the air was very close. Finally
there approached from the southwest
the reel storm, the twister. It covered
a space ranging from a few hundred
yards 70 about two miles wide and
practically destroyed everything in its
path for several miles.
DoWnpour Follows Blow.
Following the passage of the c.:clone
there was q terrific %downpour Of rain
n hail, much damage to GROWING
crops being caused by the hail.
From scores of farms there are re-
ports OF horses. cattle and hogs being
to mako any list of such losses.
Some of the more conspicuous losses
in this immediate vicinity are as fol-
lows:
William M%ulligan's house ard barn
completely destroyed. Though they set
close Tnpafha1. tho v,.oplyt, ro 20 a.
barn was sent in one direction and
that of the house in the other.
Rudolph CobiPs house was unroofed.
his barn totally destroyed and some Of
his stock was killed.
August Fredericksen's house and
barn M other buildings were com
pletely destroyed. Mrs. FrederIcksen
was killed as she was about to enter
the storm cellar with her babe in ner
arms, The babe was found-a few
minutes later close to the body of its
mother and was only slightly injured.
Mr.. F'redericksen and his other chill
dren. attempting also to make their
way TO the ella We're separated by
the storm and were seriously injured,
though they probably will live.
Property Loss Heavy.
Herman Haege's house was badly
buildings were completely destroyed.
Herman Lendleman's house and
barn were completely destroyed.
Bernard Juden's house and barn
we're destroyed, but the horses which
were in the barn at the time the barn
was taken from over them, We're left
uninjured.
Conrad Juhles' house ard barn were
destroyed. The same thing occurred
atsthe places of c.. F. Walter, John
Reinforth, Henry Meyers, Frank
Schaeffer and John Rupieper.
49, The fo or thu moro 1ivaC yupf>E ynt
lost and more persons injured is due to
the fact that many persons, noting the
approach Of a bad storm. followed their
custom OF repairing to storm cellars or
caves. which are built in the ground a
: short distance from the house.
Many Freaks Reported.
The storm performed the usuai
course mud was plastered several
inches deep IN trees and posts that
Were not torn out by it's fury.
The home of a man by h aalne OF
Johnson was lifted up and completely
wrecked and the dead body of a large
bull was deposited in the cellar. The
animal had been IN a pasture some dis
tance from the house before the storm.
AT another place the members of the
family started to go into the cellar
under the holfse. When they opened the
cellar door canned fruit and other
e i u ~ - ~ w
through the doorway into the kitchen.
At another place all of the windows
were broken, but The house was other
wise not badly damaged. The freak
here was that h piano and other fur
niture appears to have been lifted from
the floor temporarily while the storm
jerked h carpets and rugs out and
sent them scurrying through the WIN
dnNs. The piano was not badly dam
aged.
THIRD PERSON DEAD.
Harrington. Neb, May 20. Three
persons we're killed, 20 to 80 injured
and 100000 worth of property de-
stroyed by q tornado which devastated
the territory along h county line be-
tween Knox and Cedar counties. about
IL miles west and north OF Harrington,
Saturday evening.
Mrs. August Frederickson, 3d., was
killed by being struck on the head by a
piece of debris as she vas carrying her
baby to O. cave near her home. She was
blown across the road, the baby being
found alive a few feet from where her
body lay. Her husband and two other
children were injured, Mr.. Frederick
son seriously. Every stick OF wood
was bloWn-from this place.
The home and buildings of Charles
Crisis, directly across the road. We're
also Blown entirely away. Crisis, his
wife and two little girls were In the
cellar and escaped.
The house Of q. N. S~outhwick was
blown over the top OF a grove and, to-
getller with every building on the
place was demolished. The South
wicks had taken refuge in their cave.
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CARRIED 100 YARDS.
Mrs. John Rupiper IA killed when
Their homo was carried over 100
yards and torn to bits in the air. Her
bOdywas found at the foot of a tree
(which had caught the flooring. Her
slaughter. Elizabeth. was found nearby