Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-07-20
YANKToN DAKOTA EVENINGS JULY 90 1883

ENING, JULY 90, 1853.
Falls. in the afternoon. The following
note from our special correspondent at
the latter named place tells the story Of
disaster there:
Canton. July Is, 4:30 p. m.-The most
disastroas hail storm ever known in this
locality visited Canton about four o'clock
this afternoon. Stones as large as base.
balls were found after the storm, which
lasted about fifteen minutes. Every
store facing the north was badly disfig-
ured. The damage can not be estimated,
The crops must have been fearfully dam.
aged. Three different thunder storms
preceded the final storm. The air has
been filled with electric fluid all day. No
accident resulting in personal injuries
has yet been reported, although ii would
have Jared, very ilfSwith any one Who
might have been caieht out. 81
The following; special dispatch to The
Press shows something of the extent of
the storm further down the Sioux val.
ley:
Portlandville, Iowa, July l8.-A hail
and wind storm passed over the mouth
OF Indian creek, seven miles north of
this place, about 5 o'clock this afternoon
destroying the crops in its path and do
ing much damage to buildings and stock.
No one was killed as far as heard from.
The storm was travelling in. southeast.
erly direction, and was about half a mile
wide. Hail stones that .measpred four
inches in circumference were found after
it passed.
At Salem, forty miles west of this place,
there was considerable lightning, thun.
der and hail, but no serious damage was
sustained by the crops. The house of r.
b. Crandall was struck by lightning,
knocking Mrs. Crandall insensible, but
she soon recovered and at last accounts
was out of danger.
Sioux City Journal. 18th.
Severe storms prevailed yesterday in
many parts of the country within q radius
of fifty miles from Sioux City. In south.
east Dakota great damage was done to
property and crops. The storm belt ap.
pears to have extended north and south
by west and moved rapidly. It was es-
pecially violent at and around Calliope,
Portlandville, Centerville, Vermillion
and Elk Point in Dakota. and at Hub.
bard in Nebraska. North and east Of
this city . violent storm also ragged, visit
ing LeMars and points between here and
that city.
The extent OF the damage to buildings
and crops is not obtainable accurately
but it is estimated that in southern Da.
kota alone not less than 100000 worth
of property was destroyed. In addition
to heavy wind and rain, accompanied by
lightning and thunder, in most of the
sections named hail fell with destructive
force, breaking windows and cutting
corn to the ground.
| AT Sioux City. however, the bulwark
of the bluffs turned aside whatever de-
struction may have been borne hither.
ward on the swift wings of the gale, and
the city, which may we'll be called q
etorm haven, escaped all injury. The
appearance of the heavens was ominous
in the afternoon, although during the
day the weather was greatly diversified.
Heavy rain and wind inaugurated the
day. followed by cheering sunshine and
almost oppressive heat. Then thunder
storm swept over and close in its wake
fell hail, showing that above the cur.
rents OF warm and cold atmosphere were
colliding. At evening it was agar
clear and pleasant, but the overhanginf
clouds which came up later boded NOR
trouble.
| At Elk Point and through the sur
rounding country the wind was yer,
heavy, at times blowing hurricane
Small buildings were moved md large
one shaken. A barn belonging to Geo
r. Freeman, on farm near Richland
five miles northeast, was demolished.
The wind tore half of it away, and then
scattered that portion over the surround
ing country. The horses in the barr
were slightly injured. The corn was cu
up badly, and other grain was beatel
down by the hail and rain.
Across in Nebraska the hail storm
reopened in all its fury. At Hubbard
swept the town with q ferceness tina
caused general alarm. South and eas
of that place the hail fell to the depth O
three inches, according to reliable re
ports, and several persons came in will
the report that it was six inches deep il
places. This was probably exaggerated
however, caused by the alarm the storm
created. The corn through large sec
tion was cut into ribbons and much gen
eral damage was done.
A report from LIE Mars, by telephone
was received last evening. stating that
very severe storm visited that city in tn
afternoon. One house was struck b,
lightning. Two families occupied ii
named Finton and Blemn.
Owing to the humming of the wire
the difficulty of getting particulars va
great. LIE Mars and surrounding cour
, try was visited by severe blow on Nor
day. The LIE Mars Sentinel of the Let
contained the following regarding th
storm at one point:
Near Hinton, between LIE Mars an
this city, the damage by hail to the cor
was general and severe. A gentlema
, who arrived from there last night state
that nearly all OF the corn for ha
!, mile was cut to the ground.
5 From the reports received it woul
2 seem that there were three distinct hal
storms, one ou the Big Sioux, reporte
at Calliope, and east OF Portlandviile an
, Elk Point The other is heard of .
, Centervllle aud Vermillion. both in I'll
? Vermillion valley. The third is hear
from ut Hubbard, about the center {
Dakota county.
D Atelegram from w. L. Leland, a me
chant of Calliope, to Hansen, wholesa
e druggist of this city, received last evel
D ing, said briefly: Send forty. -four box,
J of glass by express. Big hail Storm"