The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-26

roads are abandoned.
At Moberly, Mo-, lightning struck
Governor Frye's house. The members
Of the family were stunned, but were
not severely injured.
In the country regions creeks over
flowed their banks, bridges were swept
away, fences leveled and many small
building. carried away.
THE FLOOD At ATCHIsoN.
ATcHIsoS, Kan, June 21.-The food
which visited Atchison Thursday night
was the heaviest and most destructive
in the history OF the city. Five Of tho
largest railroad bridges in the city, six
large wagon bridges, eighteen dwelling
houses, besides innumerable other
things. we're carried down White Clay
creek and hurled against tho
Sixth street viaduct. Mayor Wagonel
has 200 men 1T work removing the
debris. The damage to the city is a
crest deal heavier than was first
thought, as every business firm
suffered moro or less. The water
mains burst during the storm and the
city Is now without water and prOtec
tion from 6re. All the railroad
tracks in the vicinity are badly washed
and trains are abandoned. Crops are
badly washed throughout the country
districts. The damage in tho city and
country is estimated at s15o.OD0 As ye,
no lives have been reported a. lost. The
storm was confined to small streak
along the Missouri river.
DAMAGE IN IOWA.
MASON CRY, Ia, June 81. - Heavy
rains visited Northern Iowa Thursday
night. The small grain is badly dowr
and much OF the corn washed out
Many pastures in the low sections arr
under water. Trains on the Iowa ecu
trail and Mason City & Fort Dodge rail
roads were badly delayed to-day BY
washouts. On their country roads many
bridges are swept away and the streams
run banks full.
HAIL TWO FEET DEEP.
WISONA. Mimi, June 21.-A terrifi,
hail-storm swept over Winona County
Friday, doing great damage to all kind
Of crops and utterly destroying nearl.
all the wheat, oats, barley, flax
corn and potatoes, and may perhaps
make half crop. This storm
was Immediately followed by the heav
lest rainfall in ten years, regis
istering 2.15 inches in eighteel
minutes Many farms that were al
ready stripped by hail were washet
of every thing movable, including
fences and bridges. Hail fell to tho
depth of two feet over a strip mil,
wide and for miles in length, and tn,
damage will amount to upward of $40,
900.
IN WISCONSIN,.
RIcHLAND CENTER, Wis, June 31.-
The heaviest rain-storm of the seasoI
visited this section Friday morning
The damage to crops, bridges, mill
dams and saw-mills throughout tn,
country is very great In the Mil
Creek valley every Dridge was washet
out and . number OF dwelling houses
and barns were lifted of their founda
tiOnS
BoscoBEI. Wis, June 21.-Storn
after storm has swept this section
during the past week. Floods hav
washed out bridges and roads and trou
streams are ruined, the trout having
been swept out into the meadows
there to die. Thursday night wind
hail and rain-st0rm struck Muscoda
blowing down two barns, uprootini
shade trees and breaking windows. On
mile south of Mnscoda the house o
Michael Miller was struck b.
lightning and completely wrecked
,, Michael Miller was knocked sense
less. John Miller was holding the bah
, and the electric flash tore of one of hi
boots, and also one Of the baby's shoes
and then killed dog lying at thei
feet. Miller and the baby were badl
burned.