Morris tribune., 1890-07-30
TERRIFIC STORM +!
Thunder! Lightningl Wind!
Hail! Rainl

The severest storm that ever visited
this section at this season of the year
passed over our city last Monday
evening little after s o'clock, lasting
some twenty-five minutes.
The storm came from the northwest,
or very nearly that direction, and
travelled In an east or southeasterly
direction. The wind was very heavy,
thunder and lightning terrific, the
rain came down In torrents, accom-
panied by an immense amount Of
hail, doing great damage to crops In
This vicinity.
The track Of the storm was about
four miles In width, from northwest
to southeast, and probably damaged
crops for twenty miles, from west to
east, In this county.
The most serious damage done in
this city was the destruction Of Stone
& Dumble's windmill, in the rear of
their store. Damage, 5000.
Large amount of glass in the court
house was broken aud the top of one
chimney blown off. Damage and re-
pairs, about $40.
A large amount of glass was broken
about town, trees ond fences blown
down, and garden truck" wasalmost
completely destroyed. AS nearly
every one has about the same COM
plant to make of damage done, we
will not attempt to particularize.
The damage to the crops In the town
of Donnelly, we learn, was very great.
Within five and six miles of this
place, especially In northerly, west
erly and southeasterly direction, the
damage TO crops was severe. amount
ing on an average, we think, from 20
to % per cent, while the crops of
some farmers are completely de-
stroyed.
Among those who have met with
severe loss in this vicinity we hear
of the following: John Eddy, crops
nearly all destroyed; l.. A. Pushor,
r. J. Hall, J. 8. Judd, VIM. Burrill,
J. A. Houston, the Towners, G. K.
Light, McCarl, on the Maginnls place;
Becker, Chas. Walker, J. s. Walker,
VIM. Noting, fine piece OF flax on
east side Of the Pomme de Terre river,
completely destroyed; H. w. Stone
& Co., DIR. Vaughan, Henry Baldwin,
crops destroyed completely; Matt
Diederich, Michael Calvin, M. L.
Judd, E. Leavitt, J. w. Pushor, Geo.
Griffith, Gus. Nudick, G. Kline,
Joseph Ernest, o. Seamons, l.. E.
Pearce, A. Satter, Spooner FARM.
Sisters of Mercy, windows of the
Industrial school building nearly all
broken out and crops almost complete
ly destroyed. Surely this is indeed
hard on the Sisters who had such a
fine garden and young trees and
splendid show for good crops, to have
nearly everything destroyed in the
space of few minutes, after having
worked so hard and almost unceas-
ingly.
During the storm the weather sud-
denly changed from extreme heat to
extreme cold. John Eddy was en-
gagged at the time the storm came, in
haying. It became so cold that it was
quite an effort for one to speak dis
tinctly. He says that the hail was so
severe that it made his horses groan
with pain, and he thought at once
time that he would be pelted to death
by it.
There was no damage done in the
near vicinity of Wheeler station and
L. J. Schlattman's, but gentleman
who resides near there informed us
that it was for while intensely cold
during the storm and for some time
afterwards.
Since the above was In type we
learn, after further enquiring, that
the first damage done by the storm
was in the northeastern part of the
town of fEverglade, and 1t covered a
track of country on an average of
about four miles, north and south,
passing across the county, from west
to east, distance of about twenty
miles.
The loss to the farmers OF this coun-
ty by the storm cannot at this time
be fairly estimated, but it is away up
among the thousands of dollars. We
shall endeavor next week to give
list of the sufferers, and the number
OF acres ofgrain, etc. destroyed.