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Show TOMHO TEARS ACROSS COUNTRY Everything in Path Destroyed Property Loss in Nebras-ka Nebras-ka Very Heavy. Broken Bow, Neb., Oct 10- October tornado tore its way through Ciister county lest evening striking P.roken Row. the county eat, a glancing blow, ami doing only minor I dnmage here, but wrecking many 1 buildings ami Injuring a number of people la the country districts. 8o far as reported, no one was killed In the BfcCasltn Home, eigui miles north ol Broken Bow two members of the family were Injured. Several mn ne inborn of Arthur Bevlngton's family fam-ily near tbe town of Sargent wore hurt, how serious Is not known. Many horses, cattle and hogs wer i ki"ed by the storm and the property loss is believed to be heavy. Reports indicate that the storm de-.'pod de-.'pod near Lodl shortly before I I ocicck. and cut across the country from the southwest to the northeast In a path varying from a quarter of ' a rrile to a mile wide It had all the characteristics of a tornado, helng a I whirling wind of great force. Railroad telegraph wires and telephone tele-phone wires are down, there being but one telegraph wire into Broken Bow. Tbe town of Sargent is reported ot have been in the direct path of the Btcrm and badly damaged, but nothing noth-ing definite has come from there j Near Lodl many houses and baron nxri destroyed, bul it is believed j there was no loss of life nor serious j catualtlcs. In Broken Bow the damage dam-age was confined chiefly to the fair grounds where all the buildings were wrecked. A tornado which passed within haif a mile of Lebanon late yester- 1 da; afternoon destroyed everything !n its path, which extended northeast north-east into Southern Nebraska. Five j fa cm houses and many farm build-lugs build-lugs are known to have been destroy ed but all the ocupants escaped by 1 Beeklng places of safety Seeral i ; hundred head of live stock are said to have been killed. No town was in the path of the storm. Wire communication com-munication is prostrated I |