The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-01
RAIN AND HAIL
Terrific Rain and Hail Storms In
Kansas, Missouri and Me-
braska.
OVERLOOKING Creeks, Innumerablc
Washouts snd Great Destruction
of Growing Crops.

But Little Loss Of Life Considering The
Widespread Extent ofths Storm
Live Stock Lost
CMADRox, Neb.. May ga waterspout
broke in Northwestern Dawes County
Saturday night at SIX o'clock. Five miles
Of track were Submerged ON the Fremont,
Elkhorn 4 Missouri Valley railway and .
number Of bridges washed out. Farmers
all along the White sud 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 almost in solid wall. It 10
impossible to cross ~ all the highway
bridges are washed out and 1t IL feared
great damage has been done further north
| west, ~ the waterspout came from that
direction. Captain A. J. Sweet, 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 toat aud reported
that terrible damage had been dono to
| other farmers both in loss Of live stock
and crops. The cloud was plainly visible
from here and it had the appearance Of .
black mass revolving like cart wheel or
log, entirely different from q cy clone cloud.
IN MISSOURI
ST. JOsFPH, Mo-. May .S-The heaviest
rain storm that has VISITED thl, vicinity IN
many years fell Saturday, beginning about
noon and pouring down IN torrents until
eight p. m. with scarcely an interruption.
All the wagon bridges ia the county and in
s,,Ss
and the street cars are not running, except
in the high Pr rti,ns Of the city. Water got
into the o | tank Of Scoheid, simmer & Tea
gle and wasted nearly q thousand barrels
Of oil, which Is distributed all over the
south part OF the city. About two miles Of
the main line of the Kansas City, st. Jo-
seph e. Council Bluffs were washed out be-
tween here aud Forest City, thirty miles
above, aud there was washOut Of LOCO feet
between here and Amazonia, twelve miles
north, and another OF $40 feet ut Bays
branch, just above the city.
A severe rain storm, accompanied BY Q
violent wind, visited Hannibal, No, Satur.
day night, doing considerable damage to
the growing crops. All small streams
were flooded. A rise of six inches in the
Mississippi river caused the Wabash rail-
road track 10 be washed out SIX miles east
Of the city and trains on that road were
temporarily abandoned. TIE rise in the
river was particularly discouraging to
flooded sny levee farmers.
A tremen lous rain, wind and hail storm
also visited Jamesport The Rock Islsud
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 ra,sed over
Boonville Saturday night, and ragged with
undated fury until next morning. Great
damage was done to property. A large
| brick building, owned and occupied by
Sombarts Milling Company rs ware
house, was blown down and completely
| demolished. Several lsnd slides occurred
| on the Boonville T. Lexington branch Of
the Missouri Pacific railway, inhicting an
estimated loss Of $50 OOJ to the company.
The Petite Saline river is over its banks in
many places, and the crops along its Dor.
ders are greatly damaged.
IN KANSAS.
LHAvENwoRTH, Kan, May SS.-A special
from Beloit says that city was visited by a
heavy rain Saturday night at $3.50. accom-
panied by q direct wind which was the
hardest ever seen here. Three small houses
were blown down In the city, and baby,
named Guile, was killed in one of them.
The mother and little girl were slightly
injured. The water works were injured.
Two or three business houses were un.
rcofed, 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.
A 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 demolisking it and bury
ing Mrs. Tudor and daughter In the rufus
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
turned, but no one was hurt.
A terrific electrical storm ragged at
Frankfort from ten to eleven o'clock Satur-
day night. H. H. Lourey's three finest
bret mares We're killed by lightning. L.V.
McKee's dwelling was struck and badly
damaged and q COW killed. There was
serious loss OF stock by lightning between
Frankfort and Blaine, fifteen miles south.
The heaviest rainstorm that has visl,e ed
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.
the ground the excursion Of los children,
been abandoned.
Downs was vi>itei Saturday morning by
q destructive wind and hail storm The
hail fell in places to depth OF six inches
on q level One dwelling and q large barn
at the edge Of town were blown down, but
no one was injured. Almost every win
dow glass in the west side of buildings
were destroyed. The loss to growing crops
Is heavy.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie is well known as
a money making. and yet very liberal
man, and his last proposition to the thou.
sands Of men he employs deserves respect
full consideration as showing how both
these qualities can be united. He has
made millions o! dollars and now proposes
to give the men who work for him a chance
to become independent. He offers them a
share of the profits OF his business and
also proposes to lend the money on long
TINA to build homes for themselves. A
more liberal offer was never made 10 work.
ingmsn, and it Is to be hoped that the ex-
pertinent will meet with success. The