Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-31
RAIN AND HAIL
Terrific Rain and Hail Storms In
Kansas, Missouri and Ne
braSka.
0verfowing Creeks, Innumerable
WashOuts and Great Destruction
of Growing Crops.
But Little Loss of Life Considering the
Widespread Extent ofthe Storm
Live Stock Lost.

CHADRoN. Neb.. May 2s-A waterspout
broke In Northwestern Dawes County
Saturday night at SIX o'clock. Five miles
of track wer- submerged on the Fremont,
EIkhorn & Missouri Valley railway and q
number OF bridges washed out Farmers
all along the White and Lone Tree rivers
have had TO abandon their homes
and number have been washed
away. White river rose sixteen
| feet in forty minutes and the water
| came down almC 81 in solid wall. II is
| impossible to cross as all the highway
| bridges are washed out and 1t is feared
great damage has been done further north
west, as the waterspout came from that
direction. Captain a. J. Sweet, a farmer,
lost sixteen head of cattle ana i've horses,
the water coming in such wall that it
! carried the live stock along with it Sweet
crossed the RIVER in a toat aud reported
that terrible damage had been done to
other farmers both in loss Of live stock
and crops. The cloud was plainly visible
from here AMI it had the appearance of a
black mass revolving like Il cart wheel or
| log, entirely different fr Dm cyclone cloud.
IN MISSOURI.
ST. JosrPu, No. May 2S.-Th heaviest
rain storm that has visited this vicinity IN
many years fell Saturday, beginning about
noon aud pouring down In torrents until
| eight D. NJ, with scarcely an interruption.
All The wagon bridges IL the county and in
i'll South aud North ST.. Joseph are gone,
and the street cars are not running, except
in the high p, ri ms of the city. Water got
into the O tank of Scotieid, Shumer & Tea
gle and wasted nearly thousand barrels
of oil, which is distributed all over The
south part of the city. About two miles of
the nam line of the Kansas City, st. Jo-
seph q Council Bluffs were washed out be-
tween here aud Forest City, thirty miles
above, and there was a washout of 100 feet
between here and Amazonia, twelve miles
north. and another of SO feet at Bays
branch, just above the city.
A severe rain storm, accompanied by
violent wind, visited Hannibal, Mo-, Satur-
day night, doing considerable damage to
the growing crops. ALI small streams
were flooded. A rise OF six inches in the
Mississippi river caused the Wabash rail-
road track TO be washed out SIX miles east
of the city and trains on that road were
temporarily abandoned. The rise in the
river was particularly discouraging to
flooded my levee farmers.
A tremendous rain, wind and hail storm
also visited Jamesport. The Rock Island
track and culverts east of the city were
washed away and trains delayed. Hail OF
enormous size, measuring three inches in
diameter, fell. There were rumors OF
heavy losses in the country, but the city
escaped without serious damage.
The heaviest wind and rain storm that
has occurred for many day passed over
Boonville Saturday night, and ragged with
unabated fury until next morning. Great
damage was done to property. A large
brick building, owned and occupied by
Sombart Milling Company as a ware
house, was blown down and completely
demolished. Several land slides occurred
on the Boonville q Lexington branch of
the Missouri Pacific railway, infiicIing an
estimated loss of $50 O0J to the company.
The Petite Saline river is over its banks in
many places, and the crops along its bor-
ders are greatly damaged.
IN KANSAS.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, May 2S.-A special
from Beloit says that city was visited by
heavy rain Saturday night at $50, accom-
panied by direct wind which was the
hardest ever seen here. Three small houses
were blown down in the city, a1d baby,
named Guile, was killed IN Cne Of them.
The mother and little girl were slightly
injured. The water works were injured.
Two or three business houses were un-
roofed, and chimneys, W nd mills and trees
suffered badly.
At Delphos the most destructive and
terrible wind, rain and hail storm ever
known in that section prevailed last Satur-
day night. The velocity of the wind was
sixty miles an hour aud destroyed fences,
trees, barns and outhouses in the country.
The hail stones were piled inches deep, and
for radius Of six miles the wheat and
other growing crops are almost wholly de-
stroyed.
dispatch from Abilene says: There
was heavy hail storm throughout DickIn-
son and Ottawa Counties At Manchester
a bank building in course of erection was
demolished by the wind. At Vine Creek
a wind struck the residence of w. A.
Tudor, completely demolisLing it and bury
ing Mrs. Tudor and daughter in the ruins.
They were badly but not fatally injured.
At Detroit the hail was accompanied by
vast clouds of dust, turning day into night.
Barns and residences were more or less in
jurned, but no one was hurt
A terrific electrical storm ragged at
Frankfort from ten to eleven O'Clock Satur-
day night. H. H. Loureys three finest
brei mares We're killed by lightning. L. V.
McKee's dwelling was struck and badly
damaged and a cow killed. There was
serious loss of stock by lightning between
Frankfort and Blaine, fifteen miles south.
The heaviest rainstorm that has visited
Atchison for years occurred Saturday.
The streams were greatly swollen and
many washouts were reported on the rail-
roads. Owing to the heavy rain, the rail-
road washouts and the muddy condition OF
the ground the excursion of 105 children,
inmates of the Soldiers Orphan Home, has
been abandoned.
Downs was visited Saturday morning by
a destructive wind and hail storm. The
hail fell in places 10 a depth Of six inches
on level One dwelling and large barn
at the edge of town were blown down, but
no one was injured. Almoso every win
dow glass in the west side of buildings
were destroyed. The loss to growing crops
is heavy.
MIR. Andrew Carnegie IL we'll known as
money making. and yet very liberal
man, and his last proposition to the thou
sands OF men he employs deserves respect
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