Telegram-herald., 1889-07-17
MASHED AWAY.
Hx Thousand Chinese Drownsd
Ia = Flood
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Villages u Chss E0a and Ha a.
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svefnssed m.ny houses being -hoIIy
ssspt ssay. shiis oshsTs we're Inundated
Upward or a ~. lives we're lost Tea thoa-
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eie.ss tAss ths damage by the storm =.
friaessSzS sizlt "a - east os Hamilton
SUNDAY afcarnocn Wa about sseUol Out
s1-s 81 tns town eastward for sever or
si<st miles On Pata from 90 To go fess
wide tas dAn4azs 20 barns. orchards.
en.o7< and crops vas aeary As
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- form by tho meeting OF two
cioods az PEinceton-0as from the north
the other from the south whsrs thsy
formed wLixG~iHd and thenee moved
eastward toward tho 5haksrs' Onion VII
iszs In Warren County Very few house,
we're blown doE 9 bat . grea. msnv
we're 0nroofsd Ons hundred acre.
OF the timber Was blown doxn
The saw mil tha churches and ths
school house la Princeson were badly torn
cp. Much damage eas caused 10 the thirty
dwellings OF the town which were un-
rooted BY the torrents OF rain which rsl
during sad for long tine after the wind-
storm Wheat shocks in its path were
tossed wildly and were utterly DESTROYED
fences were prostrased and standing
grain In nslds was twisted into en-
tangled masses. rendering 10 worthless
The devastating whirl . nd &C times divided
and followed two paths aud then came TO-
seLher again Within seven or eight rail-s
esst frorn Princeton the storm spent It's
energy or aross above the ezrth's surface
and did act 3 Proech it againL
pAnaasS IN IOWA
Dss Aotsx1 Ia. July io--ssports from
Saturdays Storm indicate that is was very
sove<e throughout the state A dispatch 4
FROM Davenport says it was the most So
we're known there IN years the signal
SERVICE record showing fall OF over 1--WE /
tncnos IN sfx hours The river rose,
sev-nreea inches IN seven hours The
telsphone system Was demolished and 4
uasy bEidxss washed away Two WISH
cuts ars reported on the wilton branch OF
the Chicago. Rock Island 4 Pacific railroad
fraiD'nen say that for 100 miles southwest
az here eorn-nelds are beaten Fat by tue
rain and hail The damage to crops Is
heavy As Lenlars the storm was ac-
eompanied by hail covering a tract
fourteen miles long and two miles
vida In the city OF L-mars thousands
OF windows were destroyed Many farmers
lose their entire crops Several large fields
OF corn are pounded into the ground. not
more than six inches OF stalk being left
standing Glenwood reports that about
pne-third OF the apples were blown from
sne trees and growing corn was badly
lodged Trees were broken and considera-
Ole other damage done
SIX niles south OF Dexter the storm as
snmed the nasure OF cyclone. doing great
Damage 70 crops and buildings The large
hay barn OF Fred Louvecker was complete
iy destroyed and another largo barn near
By WAS badly damaged The hay barn
OF III snyder, In The same neighborhood
y ~ struck by lightning and DESTROYED
with fOrU tons OF hay Considerable
stock va killed aud many small bridges
" ~ssAsd out In Greeley township. Audu-
bon County strip OF territory six miles
long and two niles wide was devastated by
, nGiisSorm. the growing corn being beaten
down and cuinsd and small grain laid fat
''ne house was unroOscd and trees twelve
inches tn diameter snapped ike pipessems