Tornado in Wheeler County

Special Dispatch to the World Herald

Bartlett, Nebraska, May 28. --  A small tornado which apparently originated in the hills near Bartlett, destroyed the residence of James Wallick, five miles northwest of town Saturday afternoon.

A small child was injured.  The cloud was plainly visible from Bartlett.  It proceeded slightly east of north and did some damage in the north part of the county.

Omaha World Herald - May 29, 1906

William Hupp

William Hupp of Wheeler County had a peculiar experience and a narrow escape during the storm of March 2.

He was away from home and became bewildered in the storm, but finally cam across a deserted hen house in which he took refuge, tying his horse outside.

The quarters were cramped but he managed to keep up enough exercise to prevent being seriously frozen.

The shelter, however, that the building afforded alone prevented his perishing in the storm.

Omaha World Herald - March 19, 1891

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