Elias E. BOODRY were killed by lightning while enroute to town.

On July 8, 1878, a hail storm originated in Sherman County and came over into Hall County, causing such loss that forty-two Hall County farmers who were insured reported $20,000 loss, while the uninsured lost around $30,000. The frame of the Lutheran church, just raised in the southeast part of Gand Island, and the old building on Front street (P. DUNPHY'S) were levelled; several small buildings were blown down and the gardens generally wrecked. Though the hail-stones were not large, owing to their velocity their destructive power was terrible, and the quantity of water which fell in a few minutes was beyond the experiences of every one; and the torrent which swept the main street of the town was two feet in depth.

The eastern wall of the Union Pacific car shop was blown in, destroying property valued at $10,000; a new building near the Burlington depot was moved three feet, and from a point north of Grand Island to southeast of Doniphan, and even beyond that village, growing crops, trees, and small buildings were pounded into the ground, broken, or removed.

Koenig's block, and Schaupp's mills being almost all broken. The new agricultural hall was twisted so as to require rebuilding, the front of Hake's harness shop was blown in, and a strip about two miles in width, from the northwest to the southwest corner of the county, devastated.

1888 was in November, 1886. Men returning to their homes against that wind became dazed and almost breathless. David ALEXANDER became lost and was nearly frozen before he found shelter. Judge WILSON also lost his way; a herd of cattle drifted before the storm, the telegraph wires were torn from the poles, and several unfinished buildings were damaged by the terrific icy wind.

roadways and walks, and in many places remained on the ground until early spring. A similar condition had existed in the winter of 1903-1904.

were stalled in the Grand Island yards, though the situation was worse at North Platte and Sidney than here. A bad wreck occured during this storm a few miles west of Sidney, on the Union Pacific. All the railroads were tied up for several days, and for almost three days, no mail or freight was received.

southeast of Hall County line. This line was out of commission for about four days, though the Union Pacific was kept open at all times.

North America. The disaster wiped out whole sections of the city's southern business district and hundreds of homes. That night it killed 7 people in those deadly twisters. To read the front page news from the Lincoln Journal Star CLICK HERE