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On Friday afternoon nnoilier cyclone crossed the county, passing a few miles weit of Dodge City. When lirtt noticed It was eight or ulne tulles southwest of town and was bended directly tlila way. A freak of the itorm In turning to follow a draw throw Its course ao that Dodge City was missed by ill or wven mllea. Alter pnillng around to tbo north of town the fUnnel-ibapcd cloud railed from tbe earth. I,ater It divided and formed two twisters; lome any there were three.From all of these itorma only one death resulted, and although several houses and bann were demolished, some stock killed and crops In the path of the storm were Injured, the paths of nil of there oydonis were aero?# sparsely settled portions of tbe county. In every case tho deviation of a few rnlles would have caused much greater destruction, A tew ^ people have been left nearly destitute by tlmlr lost of property sustained nnd tnorey U being raised Id Dodge City for tbel^aiilstiuoc.The beginning of Friday evening's Itorm could bo seen from town to the aouthwest. The work of the cyclone In that quarter Is described by the Gloiik-KEtl'flllC'AN’s Falrylew correspondent ai appears below.Destruction of Friday's Storm.The tornado of Friday started uear Geo. Miller's on the west Hue nt Ford and live mllea north of the south line.Peter HeiooiOlu was flrrt In (bn tornado’s course. Ill* house nod other buildings were destroyed and Mrs. llclucman was slightly bruised. Their boy was caugbtlntbo whirl nod carried about fifty yards and badly bruised about bis bead. Mr. Iloinemun cMitabe was uninjured by clinging to a fence poet.Wllllio Hlokinan’8 barn aod wind mill were demollibod.J. II. Gallatin'a tod house \VM partially destroyed nod Mrs. Gallatin Injured, though not seriously.Charles Pflleger'a homo was destroyed.Illy* Bealmetr's bouse was partiallyunroofed ilud bis granary destroyed. Mr. Boalmear bud more than twenty sacks of Hour stored in bis granary and wlion found, alter the tornado had1 punted, Hie whole of It was found tloatlug In Ills reservoir,Course Changed by Draw.From Bcalmears tbo cyclone made a direct oourse for J. D. Brown’s buildings. On tbo west side of the Brown farm there Is a draw and when tbe cyclone struck It the couree was turned, the twitter following the flrnw. The mighty force struck live horse# owned by
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The Globe Republican
Dodge City, Kansas, US
Thu, May 28, 1903
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