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terly destroyed. Mrs. Barnard's house, occupied by Dick Horton, was com- 

 pletely destroyed. The barn of Wm. Well was blown down, and his house 

 moved. The kitchen of Mr. Thomas' house was blown down and destroyed. 



The cloud then lifted again and next swooped down at Colfax, twenty-six 

 miles east. Weser's house, in the east part of town, was blown down, and two 

 houses out of the city occupied by farmers named Shelden, shared the same fate. 

 A house in the east part of the village was lifted from its foundation and riddled, 

 but the family escaped injury by taking refuge in the cellar. 



The house of J. R. Stuble was badly damaged, and that of Mrs. Kinsell was 

 unroofed, and the barn of the adjoining house lifted from its foundation and torn 

 to atoms. A. E. Robbins' house was lifted from its foundation and turned upon 

 its end, and Jos. Berkhard's house is in ruins. The two-story house of W. H. 

 Robinson was completely demolished, numberless barns and outhouses were de- 

 stroyed, and trees torn up in the track of the storm. Five miles west of town 

 and directly south of Mitchellville four farm houses were destroyed by water- 

 spouts. South of Colfax five miles the fury of the storm nearly equaled that in 

 town. Fences were destroyed, fields laid waste, cattle killed, and several persons 

 injured. 



Sunday evening a terrific storm of lightning, wind, and rain passed over nearly 

 the track of the cyclone in this city. The Baptist Church, several residences, 

 and other buildings were struck by lightning, but no persons killed. Trees were 

 badly demohshed. In the country farm barns and houses and trees were toru 

 down. At Colfax several small buildings were unroofed, windows broken, and 

 trees uprooted. People all fled to their cellars for safety, expecting a repetition 

 of the cyclone. The path of the cyclone was not wide, but it is marked by com- 

 plete devastation. 



Later reports of the storm show that it came down from Minnesota, follow- 

 ing the Des Moines Valley through the State and swinging to southwest in Mis- 

 souri. Along its whole track there is great destruction of property from wind and 

 hail. Farm houses were destroyed, grain broken down, fruit trees destroyed. 

 In Audubon County two men were killed by lightning. The loss will amount to 

 hundreds of thousands. 



The Galveston News' Waco special of June 13th, says: A fearful hail storm 

 visited South McLennan and the north part of Bell Counties Saturday night. A 

 number of farm houses were torn down. One lady was killed. Two men were 

 badly hurt. Near Crawford several houses were unroofed. A Dallas special says 

 a violent wind and rain storm swept over the city May 12th. The rain fell in 

 torrents, flushing all the streams. Trinity River rose rapidly, and was expected 

 to overflow its banks. The News' special reports wind, rain and hail storms in 

 various portions of the State, in many instances totally destroying the fruit and 

 seriously injuring the corn, cotton and wheat crops. The News' Taylor special 

 says a hurricane visited Taylor Saturday evening and lasted forty minutes. No 

 lives were lost. Mr. B. N. Train's house was blown down. Two families sus- 

 tained serious injuries. The Christian Church was blown from its foundation. 



