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\ TAVELETH YEAR OMAUA , ffKtt. , M'ONDAY MORNIXG , JUNR % 1882. T.
"MILLIONS IN IT. "
That Gallons of Water in
Omaha Cellars ,
A Hurricane Strikes the Oity
Early Sunday Moruliig.
Heaviest Boiuftxll Bvor Known
find thoVDaniftKo It
Wrought.
The Wind Over Sixty Miles
an Hour Chucks
Hail Sfconeu SIR as Hon'a Ers
nt the Dovotpd Oity.
Hundredo of Families Lose
Tuoir Litile All and.
Hundred. ' . ' of Merchants ) Their
Surplus Stock. -
Heroic Acts and Hair Breadth
Escapas Numerous.
Omaha Dnnincctl to the Eztout of
Probably 8200,000 ,
Which la Divided Among All
Classor , Rich nnd Poor Alike.
Tulojjriipluc Commuulontlou Cat
Off in All Directions.
Grain and Small Fruit level
ed to the Earth.
A Honiblo Sight und a Terrible
Wreck of Homes.
A Bnttlo of the Clouds la Mid Air
Omaha had for so long enjoyed im
munity from the terrible storms which
have raged about her in every direc
tion that her citix.juu began to quietly
boast of the mutter , whoa the visita
tion of yesterday reminded them of
the old si : ) it g , "Nover crow till you
get out of the woods. "
. After a night which waa extremely
lovely overhead , the morning dawned
bright and clour and with no indication -
tion , beyond ; * , aultry atmosphere , of n
coming storm. The barometer at the
signal service oflico showed a normal
condition , and itvaa not until the
signal fifll car went to reccivo his morn
ing reports and found that ho could not
Sot Cheyenne. Denver or Washnkie ,
that ho knew of the trcatened dis
turbance. North Platte had , however -
over , sent a dispatch that a violent
storm had passed that Nation and was
traveling in the direction of Omaha
at the rate of forty-five miles an hour
and coneequontly several were on the
look out for a broezo. Towards 8
o'clock the sky bogau to grow dark
and thoEo on the top cf Capitol hill
were the first to see
TIIC ADVANCING rLOUUR.
First came thrco long lines of dark
wind clouds , tinged with a roseate
huo. They extended the entire length
of the horizon and cs they aacondcd ,
moving toward the east had a revolv
ing motion as if something was push
ing them along ; they were divided by
a whitish line so that each was distinct
from the others and when the first
had reached to a height of forty-fivo
degrees from the horizon , a mass of
angry black clouda followed thorn.
These were turning and moving about
aa if engaged in a fight among thorn-
lolvcs. It was then apparent that
there were two counter currents striv
ing' for mid-air mastery , ono forcing
the red clouds to the eastward and
the other trying to inovo to the weat.
Soon the former apparently won the
battle and the others becoming ab
sorbed quickly with their Tanquishors.
KOLBEI ) AOIIOS8 THE SKY
in ono dense mass of forbidding clouds ,
which extended quickly from horizon
to horizon , throwing a pall over the
city and sending terror to thn hearts
of many who , with the details of : hole
lo wad meters fresh in mind , imagined
that Omaha was doomed , and began
Becking for the nearest route to col
lars and dug outs to escape the antic ,
ipated danger. At first a few great
drops of rain fell , making spots us big
as oaucors on the dry ground ; the
wind had risen to a considerable ve
locity and blow
CLOUDS or DUST
through the streets ; the rain increased
and came down in fierce and blinding
sheets , At 7M3 the velocity of the
wind hud reached sixty miles an hour ,
and it struck the city with a blast that
amdo it shako to the center ; over
turned chimneys and small houses ;
wrenched the largest limbs from trees
und twisted othora off entirely , llin-
ing thorn about like wiaps of straw ;
unroofed houses ; hurled signs and
boxes , barrola and loose boards
through the streets to the imminent
danger of lifo and property. To add to
TJIK TEiiuons or TUB STOIIM ,
hail atones began falling , ranging
fr < m the siza of a pea to that of a
walnut , and niling up in a few mo-
inenU in gutters and corners and on
the roofs , to a depth of several inches ,
being found four inches deep in many
places Into in the day. The hnil
stones nleo ftozo toother nftor falling ,
like ice when salt is thrown on if. The
sixty mile wind subsided to nn nvor-
miles nt 7:48 nnd
ngo of forty-thr o :
continued that way to the termina
tion of the storm , which lasted nbout
forty-five minutes in nil. Daring tHe
time it wns impossible to s-io ncroas
the street nnd dnngoroua to venture
forth , as oven by nn escape from the
I'LYINO DEI1IUS
ono waa liable to bo blown nw.iy or
drowned in the putters or streets ,
which were running rivers. The lut-
tor ia literally Iruo uatho streets , gut
ter's ami sidewalks were covered with
water from n depth of n foot on Far-
nam r.nd Djuglna to two nml thrco
feet on aticels nlong the vnlloy of
South Omaha creek. The wind scorn
ed to do the greatest damsga on the
bminepH slroeta , while the llood wns
greatest on Ilarnoy and Seventeenth ,
nnd thurc3 down to the sewer nnd
ncrors the district through 'vhich it
passes , inuhunng Jackson ntul Jones ,
iinvctmorth and Thirteenth nud so
on toward the mar.
IN THE HOLLOW
southxroat of thu county jail and nonr
the head of Sutith Omnhav-ret-k , the
water roeo to an unprecedented
height and with n rapidity as if from
n cloud burst. It tilled the bd
of the creek and ovcillowed nil
the low land , sprouting out ever the
tilled rpaco abutting on St. Mary'a
avenue , und belonging to Mr. H.
Kountzo. This ia bui't up largely by
Swede ? , who have generally very
small cottages nnd in some places
houses of but ono room each. The
torrent swelled teA
A SEA OK WATEK ,
and rolled across the nvcnuo , falling
from the sidewalk on the south side
to the lower ground beyond , a dis
tance of nbout twelve foot , like n
mammoth dam , or n mincaturo Nia
gara. It was nn awful sight at this
point and at ono time threatened to
lloat nw.iy every houao m this quarter.
A cow wua seen to get into thu deep
water , and hardly had attention been
called to her when she sunk nnd dis
appeared in
THE UOLLINQ TIDE
which wna of irresistible force and fast
increasing volume. A buggy passed
dawn with a whirling motion , like the
cylinder of a revolver and , ns the
llood entered the houses , tables nnd
chairs , lounges und every oort of
household furniture , with barrels ,
casks , wood and lumber awppt by. A
small houno on the north side of liar-
ney , near Eighteenth street , wna lifted
from ita foundation and floated oil'ns
Btendy aa if it had been built nnd bal
lasted for navigation , nnd aa light aa a
cork. Mr. II. Malimquiat , the owner ,
had gone down town to look after his
photoginph gallery , and
H13 WIFh WA3 ALONE
in the house. She rode in it ncrosa
a whole block when it lodged on n
raised niece of ground , right eido up
and without damage. It is several
hundred feet from its original site.
Mrs. Behron's houao , in the path of
the Hood , waa filled to the coiling.
She had fortunately : ono ovto a.
neighbors , where she wna a liulo bet
tor on" , though in that house the
wnter raised several feot. Other
a in all houses in the bed of the ravine
were moro or leas submerged , and
gooda and property destroyed by
water , wind nnd hail. Juat across
from the houses described ia a largo
two-atpry building owned by Mr.
Christiansen , which had the base
ment walla paitially washed out and
was damaged to the extent probably
of § 1,000. This ia the fourth time
this house has been Hooded. It ap
pears that the culvert beneath
ST. MAIIY'S AVENUE
ia entirely to nmall to carry off the
water from so largo an nroa na timt
drained by the creek at this poi it ,
and since Mr. Kountzo built up ino
. round it acts ns a backwater whun-
aver there is much of a rain. Dining
the forty-five minutes duration of iho
itorm the figures at the signal oflico
; how that rain fell to the depth of
: hreo inches. The observer had to
{ 0 on top of the government building
luring the height of the storm and
: hango the rain guugo which was full.
Phis ia something that has probably
lever happened in the history of No-
> raskn , a rainfall of three inches forty-
ivo minutes being
A VEIIY UNUSUAL OCCUURBNCE
inywhcro. It may bo imagined then
hat there waa an enormous amount
if water rushing down the bed of the
reek. On reaching the vicinity of
'nckson ' and Fourteenth streets it
proad out and inundated almost
ivory house and Hooded every cellar
rom Fourteenth to Twelfth and bo-
ween Jackson and Loavonworth.
'hia district was the scene of the
rorat effects of the storm. The streets
reroliko mountain torrents , especially
'hirteonth and
WUEOK AND UUIN
'as spread ever the entire district
amed. Many were the narrow oa-
ipoa from death. Mud and water
Hod hundreds of houses to a depth
f two to four foot , sidewalks were
ont whirling down the stream , col-
irs containing valuable stocks of
ooda were filled to the surface of the
round , and the water continued to
so several inches on the Hoers above ,
ho trees were ' .orn to pieces by the
inrful gusts , the hail fell like a
tower of grape nnd canniater ever
11 the terrible econe. On tlio hills to
10 south of the creek , the ono story
rick house of G , A. Lindquoat was
uroofod nnd half of the roof
HURLED INTO THE ALLEY
10 hundred foot away , tearing down
to fences. Dr. Peabody'a fine house ,
hich overlooks the whole valley , was
ripped of ch'mnoyn und the glass
oken out of the west windows ,
long the hillaido , and especially up
; , Mary's avenue , the treoa sufhirod.
ho fine old forest trees in MM.
Inrkoon's yard were many of them
rn down , and everywhere the streets
id sidewalks were covered with bro-
m limbs and loaves , grasa and light
ibria of every nature.
From Thirteenth street to Tenth ,
the bed of the storm , is very wide
and deep , and this uns
A I'KTTKE TO LOOK AT.
The fill across it on Tenth street
cheeked the How of water and the
sewer and culvert unitoil would not
carry uwny the water , which sprfnu
from side to side , rose to a luvol with
the floor of the Ktoronth ntroot
bridge and over the piling on the sewer -
or extension now in progress. A bun-
gy , wheelbarrow ? , outhouses and all
conceivable things cniuo down with
the water and whirled about in this
fjront lake and the heavy slono front
of the c'llvort fell into the murky
depths with n crash. Ui-ynnd the
Ninth street bridge the stone
culverts under the U. P. shrp
track was the next vent which
w.vi not c < iual to the emcrconcy nnt
it was
SWKl'T OUT
anil the hugo stones ucnt plunging
through the water like blocks M
wood , leaving f n arch of clay only to
support the trnok. The llood wna
free ut lust , and rushed and ( umbU'd
down to miiiglo its muddy niat.s of
waters with the Missouri's ritins ; tidr.
The danmgo done along the princi
pal business B'reet * from Uotrnrvl to
Doilgo wnsac.\tturucand ! no.irly everyone
ono located in that locality loses morn
or less , from a sign to ono or two
thousand dollars in stock , ( boded
in the collnra. It would bo impossi
ble to detail all , but some of these re
ported are given below.
ON FA11N1IA.M STKBKT.
The Can field houao had several
chimneys blown down , u largo patch of
shingloa pulled of ] ' the root and sus
tained alight damages from water.
The magnificent trees in and about
the Tivoli Garden were torn and
twisted and the limbs strewn about in
every direction. The canvass awning
and screens at the Natatorium were
badly handled by the wind and loft in
shreds.
A west window was broken out of
Max Moyor'o building and the repair
ing room Hooded. The collur was in
undated , and several hundred dollars
worth of cigars damaged by the wator.
Thu notion room was also
WELL WCT DOW.M.
The fine largo shade tree by Mc-
ViHiu's store waa blown down.
The front of the olJ franro building
occupied by Swuysland's cigar stoiw
and A. M.irtm'a tailor shop waa blown
out entirely and Mr. Martin's stock
badly damaged. The sumo front 'WHS
blown out by th6 big blizzard of 1878.
The largu fine wire sign of J. 0. El-
liott'u plumbing establishment and u
similar ono of the " ! ) ! ! " cent atoro
were torn down and whipped to
pieces. Ilicknmn's sign shared the
same fate.
Chaa. Goodrich loses n couple of
hundred by water and had several
pancs of ulasa broken by hail.
On Fifteenth street Schnw'cr ' and
Bocht'a collar was flooded and about
§ 500 worth of goods destroyed. They
had just got in a quantityof stilta and
auch goods , which were dissolved in
TWO KKKX 01' WATEK.
A piano box sitting in front of An-
K ll A Bowen'ii store in the opera
liou.io wao c.'trnptl across the street nn '
laid on Jim Ewing's stops.
Cruickahauk'a bi ? sign was lorn o :
and carried out of sight. It is prob
ably sailing through the air advorti-
inn the firm over in Iowa. Froiizor1
now collar waa filled with water an
about nix inches ot hail.
An upper window in Fronzov's bloc'
waa li-ft open ever night and Kdholn
and Erickson'a store Hooded. In Wil
Hums' bleak J. Kirnon a barber she
and Dr. Dinsmoro's batl rooms wer
flooded , the
WALLS CAVINO IN
in the area outside the buBoment wall
iho damage is conaidcrablo to both
: ind both v/oro Hooded out shortly
in the same way. On the next conic
Hio trees were terribly torn and soil
tcrcd , thoao about Mra. Downa1 resi
derico , and up that side of the stree
) ein < { stripped of leaves and branches
vhich covered the ground for blocks
On Douglas street fiva windows
voro broke in the new Millard and
no basement flooded to a depth c
light inches.
The iron ornamental work on top
if Miss Annie Wilson's house wa1
tartly blown away.
The Third ward school house had
. chimney blown off and twenty-throe
mnos of glass broken.
The cellar of the drug titoro , corner
f Tenth and Douglas streets , was
loaded several inches deep and the
ootor will lose about
§ 200 ON STOCK
The chimneys were blown oil'of the
ouso diagonally opposite the drug
Lore.
THE AUAIIEMY OI' MUMU
ad its lamp circle broken und .ts
ign board dashed down ,
Henry Ilornboriror was driven out
t his room by the storm , and tha col-
ir under his store was flooded.
Thu sidewalk oil Fourteenth street ,
i front of Schmidt & itaamusson's
nrness atoro , caved in , und the collar
ad to bo pumped out. Loss conaid-
rablo.
The llollman block , occupied by the
.morican News Agency , next door ,
ad a pile of water in the collar and a
isiointod sidowalk. Pumping horo.
J , P. Ilogors & Co. , down on Four-
south , near Central Hall , had u collar
ill of lemons and fruit , which waa
oodod. Their big sign blow away
) o. Lose about S200 ,
The collars under I. 0. 0. F. block
ere deluged.
IIAUNEV KTltEKT.
The front of the old brick black-
nith shop was prostrate on the
ound after the etorm ,
Windows wuro smaahnd in Stcolo iV.
) hiiBon's and liroatch'a blocks ,
William Snyder was caught in hia
rriago shop and wished himself out.
do skylight waa out and the hail
locked several windows out. The
til stones pattered on the iron roof
10 the roar _ of musketry , and overy-
dy in , this block was half deaf with
o noise.
Tlio big sign on top of the "Corn
( change- " fell and broke its back.
The llni'd home dinm : rumn and
otlictci iKtoocil ,
TUB woiurr ov ML ,
as has been stated , was m < Tlnrtopiith
und .lackson slreots. llriv ovury
thing AUtfertnl. A house that was not
lloocd ! anil its contents deslrojod and
u cellar that was not filled to the brim
with walor wna out of Inshion yester
day. A few only can bo tiu'iituniet' ' .
A Inko of water stands at the old
p'aco ' where the wind puma 13 put
up , nnil n dozen wind PUM ; > ; wouldn't
h.ivo pumped it dry yeatctvAy.
All of the row o ( houses lu-1 uiRin-
to Mr. William Chambers Sn. > fmui
ten to twelve feet of water 1,1 tli < > col
lars , and a big gang of in u u idi > r our
old friend MikoMo.inoy w..s ut uotk
with pumps and bucket-s , IVMIU to
raise the soige. By the u t.Atilj .
< AVID ; A nov's 1.111
je tcrilny. It waa during ! < tirat of
the storm tlmt the lad , wln > vm nbniil
1'J JOIM old , foil into the ! > n idtchon
the west riilo of the Eleu-ii,1 ! ottoiu
bridio. ; Ho wns oo'ised in i'or unit
rolled over , and at Inat IM down
and out of tiyht. iMikori' . t hisml. ;
The buy leupponrotl and lu > hrUl outn
f\l.uk t < > 1'iiu , tliu wiills * ' . n < > strop
he oc'iililn'f , jump in. _ 1'hrty ! roizoa
the plunk and held it till a ropins
thrown about his neck , and ) , y that
and thu plank hoY.U kept
at the surface of , the loariiig torrent
until others came and a man waa let
down to him and got him out. 11 was
well done and the boy shewed the
most rem-ukublo grit.
\i. \ luvi had three foot of water in
his cellars and will lujout least § 1,000.
Mahoney liros. ' Rrocory store , Thir
teenth and Ljavenworth , crllar Hood
ed and up through iloor , Loss about
§ 200.
P. K'elly , Thirteenth near Chicago ,
waa compelled by the flood to vacate
his residence.
lloimrod & Dormixn will sull'or
aovcroly by the water which inundated
the four cellars and buildings of the
Lingo corner , to n depth of three font.
Sugar , raiaiun , starch , etc , were do-
atroyed in largo quantities , valued at
from § 2,000 to § 5,000.
MM , A. Lingo , next corner below ,
wns washed out. for the third timo.
She had eight feet of water in the
collar and a pile of bricks for nn ad
dition to the atoi'o waa washed clear
away. '
Titus' drug store and collar were in
the same fixas ; the rest and the stock
was Horiously damaged.
A. J. ' vistgard's groscry store on
Thirteenth near Fnriiham was wrecked
by u caving collar wall , followed by
the store Huor giving u.vay. LOHS
unimportant.
Madame Leopor was badly uaud by
the elomuntii. Her house was in tin
pith of the Hood , and now nirpotn ,
piano and fine furniture were ruined.
Loss Hovural hundred.
In tbo alloy between Jackson and
Jonoaaros8ver.il little houses , and
thoio were badly used v,1. . The fum-
ilies in seine inatiinci 'j.j capiud by n
ropuntrotcliod ncroia 'h a'Jey.wid ' by
wading out in water arnipif deep.
A woman and her child v/oro saved
in this way. '
A man got caught on a raised bit of
groajul - u Ttortitftnth ap 'l falJout .ol
from oacapo ih any direction. Uodii !
not enjoy playing Uobintou Crusoe.
A few escaped by climbing out ovet
roofs and others Hud with bedding to
the hills.
Councilman O'Ko fo'a brotheras'.vod
a whole family.
The storm HMinrt to have
decreased in vulumu an it receded
from the centre of the city lowardu
TUB NOUTEHN HEIJI'ION ,
and while the damage wan vtiry ijreat ,
as will bo iiEon from o'ir leport below ,
it waa nnt eo bad r.a in the central
part of the city , and not nearly DO
terrible an it wuu nlou * , ' tie ! line ot' thu
south Omaha creek.
Mrs. Louise Ililh'lcc , .vho owns BOV-
oral tenements in Oii ha , suntaincd u
ssmowhut serious lo.ii from the storm
Her new brick block on the west dido
of Thirteenth atroet , between Dodge
and Capital iivonue , was partially
Hooded ; ono very largu pane of glasa
and thirty-two sinallur ones were
snmuhcd , and several panes of the little -
tlo frnniu structures opposite , Nos.
107 a.nd 10 ! ) , were also smashed. The
basement of No. 107 waa very badly
Hooded und a quantity of household
Furniture was waltzing around. The
: ellur of 21 ( i , which is nox1to the
brick building , waa filled with water ,
but fortunately there was very little
properly in it which could bo damaged ,
Mrs. John Lucas , who has two
frame houaes on Chicago street bo-
; weon Twelfth and Thirteenth streets ,
titia quita u nufl'crcr by the storm. Her
lousoa were literally torn
KUO.M TIIKIH IWSDATIONH ,
ind they are now in a very iiisccuro
itato. The reporter pjid u visit to
ho bauk kitchen whcro he found
ivorything turned top > > tnrvy. While
10 was there nome of the bonrda gave
narked indicitioiiH of diBiiolving purt-
lerdhip , und he waa glad to retire an
ipoodily as po'.siblo. Tlio foundations
aid all boon nearly washed away and
ho houses are now perfect wrecks.
kirn. Lucas estimates it will cost her
iver $500 to put them in order again.
Another houao next to liora , occupied
> y Mr. Daniel Mariarty , waa similar-
y injured.
On Sixteenth street considerable
tavoo watt created , The telegraph
riros were blown down , and they
roro being repaired shortly after
rarda , Four trees in
roro torn asundnr and the Kuari | >
onerally looks very dilapitatod , Wil-
iani Geiitloman'o grocery store , on
ho corner ot Caos ctrcet , was very
oughly treated by the tornado , morn
lian half the pattea of glass being
rokcn by the hail. The upper und
wer roomi of thu houo were ewainp-
d with water and the damage done
J the furniture and stock must ba
Biisiderablo. Mr. l T. Longproy ,
ho in right oppjuito , ia nlao a heavy
) Bor. A number of wagons and
ehiclea of various kinda which were
landing in front of his pbco were
lown by the wind in various dirco-
ons itiul some of them were badly
roken , Several tall trees situated in
the rear of hia building were blown
down and his men had nlenty to do
in trying to straighten thing } up.
Enowold's dry goods store came infer
for tta share the collars being com
pletely swAinpcd with water. MM.
Ivuatn , who oponud up a hair store on
Saturday had her plnco more or lesa
Hooded and
TIIK nr.K ntvr.
photograph gxllety h il sevornl window -
dow pftnos broken.
Charlton Hros. ' food store , and Lin-
onr.loin'a prooory toro were nt o dam-
ngod by llondini ; . Mr. Vapor , the
tailor , lost hi.i tout and hia pl.tcu wna
nihcrwiso clanmeod. Mr. Sahorb and
nd Mr. Jacob Kautmann also were
ho.ivy losers by tl oiling.
Mr. A. F. Wolf , who rcsiiioa on
Ohf rlc3 nlreol , brtwoeii Sauuderi and
Twenty-third utvoota , got morn thn
hia aharo of the storm. The rear pn
tion of the buildini ; was struck b
liti'iiL' . : , and Mrs. Wolf , the niotho
of the proptiutor , Impponod to bo i
the Inolc kitchen at thu time when th
lightning ponotr.\tod through the roe
and struck lu.r. She became iuf-u
bio , and on boiiij * restored it wn
found tlmt ulio had
LOST 1IKU UKAlllXn
by thu shock , but otherwioo nhc
uninjured. The biiildiiu' itjolf wu
thoroughly shaken up , the roof boin
torn oil'and the ceilings were nil to
ribly smanhod.
Mr. Woodman's beautiful garde
on Hurt street , which ho has take
much pridu in , uiiltivnting , waa 01
tiraly demolished , All his choie
Howerj are ruined and the place tlior
ouehly unrccognir.ablp.
Ueard'a uuraory is in .1 terribly deplorable
plorablo condition and nearly ever ;
patio of glasa in his hot houao i
smashed to pieces and hia ( lowers an
fruit are all irreparably spoilt. Hi
loss will probably bo between $20
and § . ' 100.
Mr. Volkmoior , the butcher ,
Krug's block , on Cumin : ' street , sua
tained no inconsiderable amount
Ions on account of thu storm. Hi
place wns deluged with water , but h
could not form nn idea of the oxtcn
of
THE DA.MAdE HONE
as yet. It ia to bo hoped it will nebo
bo so bad us anticipated , aa Yolkmeio
has only juat started business in hide
doatoro , and the loaa will fa"
very heavily on him. Kriig'a browcr ;
did not escape the ravuijua of th
storm. His collar wan Hooded wit !
water , and ever § tiOO worth of barle ,
in completely ruined by boiiiK
drenched. Mr. M. G. Cole , who hai
n fine residence on Cuming street
bolwuon Eighteenth and Nineteenth
with a pretty garden , wan also n vie
tim. A largo quantity of hia fruit was
( polled , und his vinery , which ho ha'
taken such pains to cultivate , wna u
torly destroyed. Ilia trardon is nov
completely strewn with fruit blowi
down by the wind.
Mr. P. A , Soxman , the well-knowi :
carpenter on Sixteenth street , mo1
with a onio loss in thojihapo of brokci
windows. Hia'tent was cjirrieil'riwa
by the wind ,
THE OLD BLUB 1IAUN
t'loso by waa badly swamped , and th
'iXJs were lirtrd at- work > yeet3r
doing their boat to fix it up.
The North school looked moro lik
n re. ° orvoir than anything oleo. Al
the upper part of tlio building wni
filled with water and n number o
ceilinga had fallen down. Thoudifioi
ia now in a very insecure alato , and i
in probable several other ceilings wil
give way ere long. It in quite unfi
for occupancy , und will have to bi
thoroughly renovated before it 0.111 bi
utilised again.
THE HiiuiaEs
in north Omnlm nro all very Berioiialy
damuged. The ono on S.umdois
street is n perfect wreck and ia thor
uughly iiup-iaHablo. All the limbur
ire washed uwny , and It looks an if i
was ontiroy ! ruined. The Twentieth
street bridge , which only repaire
! uut Saturday is in about I ho simo
condition audit will take a pile o
tixing to make it fit for tr.illio ngain
rite Eighteenth utrcut bridge ia also
judly cut up and very little of it ia
eft , Coniii junvblo stoppage of buai
icba ia ciusod by the ruination o
.IIOHO bridged , and the people living
n the innnedictto vicinity nro at n loaa
o know what to do.
The north Omahrt. creek haa boon
ratiHfonnod into a river and proaentn
t most remarkable appearance. It
ooka like
A HUOK FLOATNil JUNK HTOIll' ,
joing filled with pots , kottloa and
ivory conceivable und unconceivable
loiitehold utensil. There ia now u
ino opportunity for impecunioun
: ouplea desiring to go into hnusekcop
ng to supply thoniiolvoi ! with every
'cquiaito ' they may po aibly require.
I'liu creek was fed l.yEtroama of water
iiiiiiini' down the various Htntots in
hat direction , anil on Suvonloenth
troot there waa quito a little rivulet ,
/hich continued running with quito
, rapid current for several hours ,
Numbers of thu sidewalks in this
oculity were Heating about in nil di-
octions , and ultoiothor ; the scene was
ne tlmt will not easily bo forgotten
iy thoao who witnessed it.
Till ! IIAILHOAim ,
The Denver train yesterday of
onrao arrived ahead of the storm and
ravel on the U , P. was not seriously
utorforcd with until about noon , The
tonn , howovcr , had cut oil' all com
luiiication with the west and a switch
ngino was started out with a gang of
ion to repair the lines and to pro
eed cautiouoly ever the route and BOO
hut there wort ) no washouts before
ending out the overland train , which
rns H very heavy ono yesterday , The
'incoln truin and the regular west-
ound mail train wore both hold at
! io U. P. depot until half past one ,
'hen the former went out and the hi-
jr was side trucked to await the ur-
ivul of No.I. . The Lincoln train
Dining north wui laid out at n ninull
.atiou down along thu line and ar-
ivod considerably behind timo. There
aa another reason for not Heading
ut the U. P. train and that wat
10 washout mentioned ubove
u the track leading down to the
iops , which made it impossible for
loin to got any locomotives up , The
posson for their not bringing thoi
around by the H. M. track undi
the bridge is not known , but it oj
poara that it would have coat thoi
considerable and perhaps they woulc
not nsk for thn accommodation at nl
1'hrly in the morning they had re
coicd n lolegrnm notifying thorn t <
boon the look out for n storm am
their cars nnd locomotives had boo
disposed of in the beat manner pos
nibio to shield thorn from iU violouco
The overland tmin from the west nr
rivtd exactly on ( imn , nnd showec
that there waa no worse washou
aloni ; the line , ntul iuunudintely upo
ita at rival No. II piillnd out for th
wet , the break on the shop true
having baou bridged over by Super
intoudont Lauo nt 'J : ; > 0 and a locomo
live ixiul BBVoral cars beivjj brough
up from the shops , lown. trains n'
e.uno on time and no particnla
damage was reported from th
other roixtln up to n lalo hour las
night night , although m matter o
tact it would bo impossible to get mi }
telegraphic news' the lines nil boin
down.
THE TELl'dliAVIl LINES.
When the nlorm hud passed ovc
yesterday morning the Wontorn Uuio
folka found thcm&olvea left with bu
two iroa in the ollico out of thirty
oiiht , ono of those wai the wire coi
iiooliui ; them with the Union Paciti
hi'udqiinrtorn nnd the other the om
ruuniiiL ! up the Omaha nnd St Puu
road to Herman , with which pine
they were in communic.xtio' * . lie
liairora were aonl out on nil roada earl
in the day , nnd worked until darknos
oamo on laat night. Between Oiimh
and Oheyenno tlio worst break seem
to have boon near Central Oity , nl
though lines were proalrated in over ,
direction , but there both th
Union Pncifio nnd the Wcston
Union lines were down , mu
last night the only line between th
two places named wna ono made up o
a union between thoU. P. niulthe W
U. wires. At this hour they In <
had one wire via the Northwestern to
Chicago , two wiroa to Knnaaa Cit ;
nnd one to Oreaton , Iowa. There
were four preaa roporta wniting t (
come ever the one wire connecting
Omaha to Chicago , mid the cense
quonca wna very little cuuio over foi
anybody.
THE TELEPHONE.
The telephone wires nnd poles
were prostrated in various parta o
the city nnd there wna moro or lost
interruption in the usu of the various
circuit ) yesterday , but the repairer
were sent out early nnd kept busy : il
day nnd but very little trouble wna
experienced , aa moat of the business
houses were cloaod and there was loan
ot n demand upon the line than usual
They will nil bo put in working ordo
to-d.iy.
MliOKLLANKOUfl.
A big tree nt No. 1515 Divonpor
in down
Dr. Groaamnn'a horse foil into n
Bower hole in the alley buck of th
German Catholic church nnd waa wit !
diilioulty saved.
Mr. J. Schreincr'u residence 01
Chicago bntwoon Fourteenth urn
Fifteenth wna flooded in the brmomon
and several windows broken.
Four big chimnuys 'woro blown o ,
tlio west uido and ono oil' of the oni <
aide of the court-house.
A field of oats west of town wm cu
down an bald us n billiard cue.
Floworvi and small fruit suflbroc
ovorywhor.i.
A o.irponlor'a bench lodged on to ]
of a * roe on upper Furnain.
A line tree in front of Hon. J. H
Millurd's waa paralyzed.
Engine hoiiao No. I ! wna Doodad
with water and mud , which wn * limit
inchai deep in the engine loom niu'
six or eight in the truck room.
When Jim O'Urion opened thu dooi
of the latter , the water which had
been held fust , iiiuhed out so no to
nearly knock him down. The roof
leaked HO na to drive nil the boys out
uf bed , and they Were in momentary
danger of the hose tower falling.
Krobs1 vinegar factory was victim
ized by tha water , nnd hi.ilosa is esti
mated by a noigl bor at § 500.
A wagon was left by the water at
10th nnd Jucknon upside down.
Mr. Wm. H. Van JJuron had just
repapered und painted his roaidonco ,
1518 Furimm , and fitted it up with
now earpota nnd furniture. Ho
tvadud over the cnrpoca in several in-
ilita of water nnd hia ceilings and
, vtlls are ruined.
The telegraph poles on Twenty <
ifth nnd Farnuin were flattened out.
JnmcB Y. Cniig'a nuisurv , Seven-
.eeiith and Wobslur. A flying limb
vent through the greenhouse und
> roke $ Jf > 0 worth of glans and plants.
Thu awning waa hhmn oft < i (
ilausb' Sixteenth atrost bakery , nnd
iart of the cellar wall washed out.
LUMDEll YAKD. " ,
The Cjiiicagp lumber yurd w.xs dam-
god to uonaidorublo extent. Soon
, ftor the storm commenced the crook
lecamo obstructed , und the yard u
atv minutea later bceamo a lake , from
wo to thrco foot deep , The wind
ilow'tho lumbur in nil directions , und
t wns ocattored for five blocks , The
osa sustained will amount to oicr ono
hounnnd dollnrs ,
South ot their yard , nnd almost in
ho street , ia the house of Put Foley ,
, laborer in the Union Pacific shops ,
diich was raised from the foundation
, nd before ho anticipated any danger
, t all 1m household furniture com-
noticed to float , and ho had over
hrco feet of wnlor in the houao.
L'iioy then began to search for a safe
iluce for their children ,
West of Mr. Fuley'a is tlio houao of
Jr. J. UolliiiH , who ia also in the om-
iloy of the U , P. car shop. Ilo was
haunt from homo when thu double
Atulity no'irly occurred , nverted
lirough the heroic Lfl'orts of 'Mr. An-
ii'jion , wnUhmun of the Chicago
jmbor yard , who forgot his own
roporty which wna in dungoito pro-
unt the calamity that threatened , his
Itildron. Mr. Collins' Avifo nnd' two
liildren , who were homo , were &ur-
jundod by water so that drowning
'as imminent , but their screams ut-
ractod Mr. Anderson , nnd ho lit once
turttid to thuir aaaiatance. Ho
rabbed ono in oaeh arm and brought
lorn safely to their neighbors ,
Mr. Anderson stated to TUB UEK re
porter that at ono time the current
was ao swift that ho really thought ho
would lose his foothold. A lloscn-
be r/'a
MLVN1NO MILL
was considerably damaged and the
lower part of the building wns per
fectly inundated.His engine houao
wns nlao filled nnd n force of men wns
nil day nt work pumping anil clearing
the obstructions. Mr. Uojonberry's
Ions will amount to sovornl hundred
dollars on machinery nnd stock.
W\KK.KIBI.D'S YAUD
on Ninth street wna nlao considerably
damaged by the wiu4 nud lumber wns
Aoaltorcd in nil dirnoAfaii. The low
\\illnmomitto about $ fiOO. Mr. U
Bradford's yard aullorod almost from
the name olfecta , only hia stock wna
not scattered in so Inrgo nn nren. Mr.
G. Hoauland wivt dnmoged to the ox-
tout of SiiOO.FOS1KH
FOS1KH it OKAY
Wuro the ho.ivio.it loiers. .About sixty
foot of the roof of their long moulding
shod waa completely carried awny by
the wind nnd their mouldings were
tcaltered nil over the outMilu. The
dim m no wns very li ht. The IOPS on
Block'niHlbuihlinji.will amount , to con-
nidtir.iblo over § 1,000.
MU. r. N. DIET'/ ,
St. Paul Fjumbnr yard sulForcd to the
amount of § 'J)0 ( ) or § ; JOO. Mr. S , W.
NVyntt's yard was nl o badly damaged
in nil dii'iclitiona. The roof of his
moulding shod wm cirried by the
witul , ntul lumber was scattered ovory-
whore. Ilia sidowalkn were nil car
ried n way and the juul dug up in n
very Kid mniinor. His losa will
amount to ever $500.
TIU : VMON TAcirio
car shops were considerably damaged.
TJio new shops auirerod by hail , n
largo lot of windows were demolished ,
u chimney was blown oil' and scat
tered in all directions. Tracks were
dug tip in all quartern as if by bomb
aliolle. At the old shops everything
looked demoralized. Every building
was full of water , nnd n force of men
were nt work pumping und cleaning ,
Lumbar wns blown nt random. Hero
the reporter wan shown aovornl cnru
( lint were moved by the wind ton to
fifteen foot from the position they
were left in the dny before.
Caas street from Sixteenth to Twen
ty-first looked in n bndnhapo. Thoao
beautiful shade trees were very badly
damaged , limbs hung and wore Bent-
tared in all directions.
1IEUO10 1IENUY.
Among thu many startling inci
dents which occurred yustuiday in'
connection with thu terrific tornado }
was ono which , though it did not ere- '
ate a great dual of attention nt the
tiein deaervoa u special mention.
While the Htorm waa doing ita worat
ono of Bimzou t Johinon's
ice wagons happened to bo
standing on Fifteenth atrcot
nnd the fierce down-pour of
hail falling upon the backs of Uiutcnm
so irritated them that they started elf
ut n. wild pace , and tearing down Far-
nam atreot they paused ono of Mr.
Snydor'a team * , which wns standing
in front of hia market. No sooner
had they passed Snydor's than hia
team wont madly galloping after thorn ,
und thorn ia no doubt but that they
would bivo Monj norions damage hail
it not boon for the wonderful presence
of mind nnd bravery displayed by ono
of Mr. Snyder'a men nnniod Henry
Nomoyor. In the m'uht of the pelting -
ing hail nnd violent winds ho rualicd
out into the road , und wading
through the w.vtor ut great personal
risk succeeded in securing the excited
tinimalpind by nome cox'oro atrjigtgling
managed to got them out of the ahafta
md convoy chem to the stable. At
lliu umo ho cnurjht up to them the
v/uuon find linen ovtirturned nnd the
loraea were flying along nt n terrible
inco. Owing to Jlr. Nomuyor'a
irompt action both horriai nnd the
vngona v/cro comparatively unin-
urad ,
HpuclM Dlopitcli to Tun Illtn.
TO THE WKsr.
FJIEMONT , Nob. , Juno 25. No-
damngo' horo. h m reported the
storm broke in nil the windows on
ho north side of houses nt Wnhoo.
A grout deal of property in the noigh-
> orhood wns destroyed.
QUIETING THE flTLE.
Van Wyok'a Bill for the Relief
of Bottlers ,
BpcHol DUpatih to TIIK llr.K
WA HiNdTov , Juno 21. The bill
ntroduued by Senator Van Wyck to
settle tlio tile to homestead lands in a
lumbur of countirn in Nebraska
laimed by the St. Jjorph iV Wostorii
road UH ci'ibcnccd in the land grants ,
mssod tlu iiona'o to-day us reported
rom thocommittuo.
Troablos of Tlcliot AgoutHi
ktlonil AsuoclatoJ 1'roim ,
OIIICAOO , Juno 2 > l , The now pas-
cngor rates between Chicago nnd St.
yjuiH , Chicago and Kansas City , and
t. Louia and Kansas Oity , have been
i offoot only n few days , but already
ompatitions have arisen which sori-
usly threaten further continuance of
10 now urrangemont. The Wnbash
fllco ia being flooded with tickets for
odomplion , and they claim rival
oada are using unfair moans to got
ckotii redeemed at once ,
Pennsylvania Free Mason * .
UtlonM A BOcUtod I'resu.
PiULADKLi'iiiA , June 2-1. The
Liinivoranry oftho , grand ledge of
Ifaaons will bo celebrated by n grand
; > rocc3aion.
3rolnn.o on tlio a "f. Pnul & Ouinlia
, 'uUoiut AfUod-iU'cJ I'l nl. >
Giiimao , Juno 21A privnto tele-
tram frmu M -tiapolis states a
jyclone ntruck tlio Omaha road at
iloaper's last night , turned ever the
lopot buildings and _ eighteen box
: ara , and caused considerable other
lamugo. _ _ _
To FAIIMEIW or NKHHASKA. Thir-
y thouBind choice * fence ( hardwood ,
tivoii footpoata ) cheap. Ex-Mayor
k'nuKhanf O uiicil Bluffs , Iowa.