People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — NEBRASKA'S CYCLONE. [ARTICLE]

NEBRASKA'S CYCLONE.

Many Parson* Are lnjarod bat Non*. It I* Thought, Fatally. Lincoln, Neb., May 13.—A terrible cyclone pounced this city Tuesday evening, and, after the disturbance, It was found that scarcely a building in the capital city of this state had come out of the struggle undamaged. While the ruin, in some instances, was complete, it varied in others from the loss of roofs to the demolition of chimneys. No loss of life has yet been reported, but the number of persons injured is large. The “twister” scooped down upon the city at 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon and In a short time the work of destruction had been done. Among the larger buildings that suffered were the Hotel Ideal and the structures of the State University. The buildings at Lincoln Park, where races were about to be held, presented a sad scene of desolation, and much money will be necessary to restore them. A. S. Woodward was crushed under a falling church, and had a leg broken. , It is not thought the crop damage will be great.