Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1895 — SWEPT BY CYCLONES. [ARTICLE]

SWEPT BY CYCLONES.

Three Distinct Storms Do Much Damage in the West. Monday evening a cyclone struck Hartford, Kan., coming from the southwest, and sweeping everything from its path, which was clean cut and about 100 feet in width. Several persons were injured so badly that they are not expected to live. No one, as far as known, was killed outright. The storm after passing through the town to the east seemed to jump the Neosho river and then rise and disappear in the air. A very heavy rainstorm prevailed throughout Nebraska the same day. In the southern portion it was accompanied by high winds, and in Richardson County a cyclone did great damage to property and crops. No loss of life has been reported yet. There were miraculous escapes and considerable loss of live stock. The storm was first seen when three funnel shaped clouds came together and merged into one.

Monday morning a heavy windstorm passed over Crawford County, la., and at places assumed the proportions of a cyclone. The storm w,as worse in Paradise township, near Kenwood. The house of John Rose was demolished and Mrs. Rose died from injuries received. Mr. Rose had his shoulder dislocated. Their baby was carried some distance from the house, but was found wrapped in a quilt unharmed. The large barn of Joseph Duncan was wrecked. August Eggers also lost his barn and all outbuildings. The McWilliams school house, three miles east of Denison, was completely wrecked.