Kearney, Nebraska Tornado
June
6, 1908
Dozen Residences Destroyed or Badly Damaged and
Several Persons Injured.
Kearney, Neb., June 6.- Several persons were
injured and probably a dozen residences were
either destroyed or badly damaged by a tornado
which struck the southern portion of this city
at 5:43 o’clock in the afternoon. No less than
eight funnel-shaped clouds formed during an hour
and passed within sight of Kearney, but only one
struck the town.
Among the houses hit by the tornado were the
residence of Elwood
Jenkins, whose wife and child were
seriously injured; the brick residence of
A. W. Bond and
the homes of Alfred
Anderson, J. M. Parr, A. P. Salgren, Henry
Wagner and
S. Nichols. Mrs. Wagner, who was at
work in her kitchen when the storm struck the
house, was blown through a window, which
probably saved her life, as the house was torn
to splinters a few minutes later.
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville,
IL 6 Jun 1908
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
Thursday's Casualties
Kearney, Neb., June 5. -- Additional
reports received from districts hit by
yesterday's tornado tell of at least two
fatalities and indicate additional damage by the
storm. Near Boelus, ten miles north west
of here, E. Voldson and his wife were killed in
their home near town and their house wrecked.
In the town of Boelus, a number of buildings
were partially wrecked and three persons
injured, none fatally. Crops in the path
of the storm which covered a large part of
Buffalo and Kearney counties were almost
entirely destroyed.
The Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand
Forks, ND 6 Jun 1908
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