The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-15
%TRA1NLOADs OF GLASS

~TRAINLOADS OF GLASS
WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR
MISSING PANES.
Sioux Faits visited by . MOST Terrific Has
nj Wind Storm Nearly Every building
I'm the City More OF less Dsmsged-The
Loss VIII Amount to $4,000.
The mos. terrific hailstorm In twenty
years struck Sioux Falls abort Q o'clock
Sunday morning and lastedSwith undated
fury for fifteen minutes. The damage
done will rearh away up into the thou.
sands Of dollars. The storm came
from the northwest and was OBJ.
served gathering some little time
before Il burst. People who had not risen
from their beds at the time, were aroused
by the rattle Of hail stones against their
houses, the loud roar Of the wind on glass.
A perfect panic was created at all Of the
hotels, guests who we're ct breakfast,
rushing pell NELL from the dining rooms,
and others racing through the halls pro.
miscuously, half dressed aud hale crazed
With fright. There il no exaggeration in
stating that the average Sioux Falls citi.
zen has not had his or her nerves racked so
painfully in many q long year, and future
events will be dated from or referred to in
connection with the great hailstorm of
Sunday. Aug. 8, 1880. During the heighth
of the storm the wind must have reached
. velocity Of sixty or seventy miles an
hour, as substantial brick and stone build.
inss were shaken, billboards, signs and
awnings blown down, lumber piles scat
tered and the air dl'ed With flying debris.
Trees and s%hrubbery was more or less in
iured-leayes aud branches being stripped
off and the bark ruined. Corn and oats
within an area OF the storm wi l be ruined,
but fortunately wheat, oats and rye is
mostly in tue stack and will not be ser.
iously damaged. A perfect deluge of rain
accompanied the hail. filling open cellars
and flooding the streets. Some esti-
mate OF the damage lone in
this city alone cau be formed
when it is known that nearly
every light of glass on the north
and northwest sides of business blocks,
churches. public school buildings and
dwellings Was broken whero not protected
by wire screens. The north front of the
Masonic temple. tho syndicate building,
the three leading hotels, postofic, aud
other w%ell.known buildings look as
though they had been shelled and stood a
sisge. A massive plate glass window
in the Van Epps block was shat
tered and pieces Of the same
are on exhibition to show it to have been
nearly. If not quite, half an inch thick.
Any number of am doves and other
birds we're killed and an unfortunate hack
driver. b was caught out in the storm,
had both eyes BACKED and his hands
severely bra,s.d by the murlerous hail.
The hail stones varied in size from two to
six inches in circumference, and one
responsible citizen tells of one he
and party of gentlemen
weighed that tipped the scales at II
pounds. A large drove of mustangs
herded near the city, stampeded aud at
last accounts tho owners had not succeeded
in overtaking them. Il was about the
busiest Sabbath Sioux Falls has known
for some time, aud the corps of Western
Union employees was kept busy
sending specials and especially send
ing orders for glass. 1t will
be several days before the Queen
City is blessed to receive company and
wears her wonted looks of beauty.
A dozen car loads of window glass will
not moro than put her in presentable
shape again.
Later telegraph reports from the re-
gion affected by the storm show that it
originated in the vicinity of Pipestone,
Alinn., and followed the course of the Big
Sioux river. 1t has also been determined
that it cut a very narrow swath-not ex-
ceeding W or three miles wide, and that
Sioux Falls has been the greatest sufferer
from its ravages.
The Western Union operators mani
tested great heroism during tue storm, and
remained at their posts under very ad-
verse circumstances. Their Office faces
the north and Is close to the river, where
the storm seemed to rage with the greatest
fury. Every light of glass in the operating
room had been smashed by the huge hail
stones before the storm had lasted a min
ute. The floor was flooded with water,
blanks, messages and Office utensils in
company with any number Of hail stones,
Of assorted sizes, filled the air aud threat.
ened instant death OF mutilation, but the
"old guard" remained firm to the last and
the newspaper boys are under obligations.
Additional reports received show tina. the
storm extended east as far as Wo,thing.
ton, MINI. An Illinois Central train that
was nearing Sioux Falls when the storm
broke was badly dis6gured, every light of
glass in the coaches and the engineers
cab, on the north side bsinY broken, and
several Of the passengers being cut with
flying pieces of glass. A COW belonging 10
Mr.. McCrarrier was killed, aud Banker
Avcry's little boy, who was driving
q COW to pasture, was knock i
insensible. The damage to st. Augustine
cathedral, presided ov.r by Bishop Hare,
will amount to over q thousand dollars, all
of the beautiful cathedral glass, stained
windows. presented to thu church by Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, having suffered the
common fate that has ov.rtaken window
glass in Sioux Falls. A conservative
dealer in window glass estimates the loss at
over $4,000.
Original Packages at Deadlwoou.