The barn on the Markley farm rented by Flaharty was totally demolished, and the residence and barns of Harvey Downing and Wm. Petty’s old house and also Albert Petty’s house and all other buildings on the place were struck almost simultaneously.

The Preston Prairie school house was one of the most complete wrecks of the storm, not a vistage of anything discernible to tell of its former location.

The old stone spring house at the head of Preston’s pond which has stood for years as an old land mark was demolished, as was also the barn, and the windows were blown out of the residence.

Geo. Rauser’s roof was lifted from the barn and carried some distance away.

Geo. Bickelhaupt’s cider mill perished and considerable damage was done to trees.

The tornado, for such it was, being far more destructive than a cyclone, veered to the southeast and took the barn of Abner Nelson’s and slightly damaged his house.

Harry Whitmer’s house was also slightly damaged.

Further east all the buildings on the Campbell farm, on which Mr. Kauffman was a tenant, were completely swept away. Horses and other live stock were completely covered with debris, one horse being buried entirely with the exception of the head, sticks penetrating the body through and through. One pig was blown out of a pen on this farm and found a mile away.

The farm implements on Mr. Kauffman’s place were scattered in every direction. The work of the storm at this point was the most destructive of any with the exception of the county farm. Mrs. Kauffman was seriously injured, two ribs were fractured and one of her elbows injured. Mr. Kauffman and the children escaped without a hurt. The Kauffmans came to town and are now at Wm. Fritz’s.

George Schneider, who lives one-half mile east of Mr. Kauffman’s, had house, hog house, barn and all out houses completely swept away.

Considerable damage was done to the buildings on the farm of Frank Craig.