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Show I ELEVEN PERSONS I KILLED, AND I , THIRTYMJUHED m Much Damage Wrought Alto In Bur-pB Bur-pB rounding Country and Omaha PH Given Dad Scare H Soward, Nob., May 14 A tornado B which took a toll of cloven lives, In- Wfl Jured thirty-odd porsons, and destroy- H ml moro than a third of the town oc- H currod shortly hoforo i o'clock this SI evening. Twenty-two residences, In- SI eluding several of tho liest In tb'o & town, were entirely destroyed and Al many mo o woro partly wrecked, tut p tho business portion of tho placo B did not greatly suffer. & Tho Idcntllled dead ttro: Mrs. David Hoover. M Mrs. William llefniiRcr. SB Mrs. Chris Wcsturman and baby. BH Mrs. II. I'. Wasscrman. BSHj J. Schultz, Ilurllngton section fore- SI SIx-ycar-old daugutor ot Schultz. B v Mas. It. Imlay. BSSj Samuol Crlm. HBfl Mrs. Edwards. HBfl Oscar Cogar. V Tho known Injured arc: J Mr. and Mrs. Steinbeck. HBfl Mrs. Frodericlf. BIB Mtb. Molnko. J Son of J. Schultz. HBB1 f,a V. J Son of I), L. Wassorman. J Tho tornada formod northwest of J the city and Hwcpt across tho country J taking many buildings nlong Its HBfl rourso. It Btruck tho western or HflB rcsldenco portion of Soward and HHY swept everything In Its path clean. Hfl It cr.mo upon tho town so suddenly BflJ that only part of tho people had op- HH Iiortnnlty to run to cellars or other BflJ places ot rcfugo. Thoso killed gen- HflHj orally woro caught In tho wreck'ngo flflflt of their hollies, which wero crushed HflHj to plccos llko eggshells. flflfl Iho tornado after passing through Hflfl Seward con'lnueil on Hh murso to HBfl tho ncethciiH do'ng great dnmngo to flflfl flflfl Iteports coming from towns west flflfl and north Indlcnto that tho tlestruc- flflfl tlon of property was oxtonslvo In sov- flflflj crnl places, McCool Junction and To- pi mnro being tho hardest hit. Four per- flflfl sons are reported killed and several flflflj. Injured at Tomnro. Lushton, Grafton, flflflj I Utlcn and McCool also were In tho flflflj' plith ot tho twister, but wlro comniun- flflflj icatlon to thoso points' was destroyed flflflj by tho storm. flflflf' An appeal was sent to Lincoln bo- flflflj toro tho ouo remaining tolcphono flflflj wire was lout for physicians and un- flflflj (Icrtukors, and thoy loft on a freight flflflj train at 10:30 o'clock. flflflj Tho tornado was followed In Ho- flflflj nard by a halt ami rainstorm which flflflj idded much to tho already miserable. flflflj -condition of tho sufferers. Tonight flflflj tho.town Is without light, and search flflflj oT tho ruins Is bolng mado with Ian-flflflj Ian-flflflj flflflj Several ot tho business places not flflflj Injured by tho storm woro turned In- flflflj to temporary morgues and hospitals. Oove.al cf thoso Injured aro In a scr-ous scr-ous condition, and It Is believed sov-oral sov-oral may die. Ball Park Pavilion Destroyed Threo hundred peoplo were wltnoss ing a basobal gamo at tho ball park on tho wcBt sldo of tho city until rtf-teen rtf-teen minutes before tho tornado struck. Thoy rushod from tho park at tho approach of tho storm and scattered to their homes. Tho pavll-Hon pavll-Hon at tho ball park was obliterated by tho tornado. Frank Tipton proventcd tho wrock of a Ilurllngton passenger train which ho flagged on too outskirts of town. A telophono polo and other wreckago had been thrown on tho trackB and Tipton discovered tho dobrls Just In time to prevent the train from crashing Into It. Tho shorlff tonight sworo In a largo number of deputies, who wero at onco assigned to patrolling tho destroyed de-stroyed part of tho town to provent looting. Governor Morohead notified the town officials that ho bad ordered tho mllltla In readiness it Its servlco was required hero. Farm House Blown Into River Near McCool Junction tho farm houso ot Thomas Rlordan, it wealthy farmer, was, blown into tho Wuo river riv-er somo dlstanco away. Ono child was drowned, but other members of tho family escaped with bruises hnd a wetting. A mllo beyond a farmer whose namo was not given was struck by lightning and killed. Tho path of tho tornado was from a hundred yards to half a mllo wide, and cut h path tlf-ty tlf-ty miles long In which were many lluo farm houses and other buildings Several reports hnvo been received of farmers In tho field escaping tho storm by prostrating themselves In furrows of freshly plowed fields. |
