The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-09
LAID WASTE EY HAIL.


Farmers in North Dakota Lose Thousands
Of Acres Of Growing Crops Wind and
Rain Cause Much Damage IN Iowa and
Missouri Fatal storms Abroad.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. July 3.-A terrible
haiistorm visited Ransom and Sargent
counties, N. d., Thursday afternoon.
j The storm commenced its wo; k of de-
! struction a short distance southwest of
/ Elliot, Ransom county, and travelled in
southeasterly direction. completely
, running thousands of acres of grow
ing crops. The damage in Sargent
county is confined To Milncr. IIamline
. and Ransom townships, but dcplora-
BILE condition of affairs is reported
from Ransom county. The storm
varied in width from miles at the
starting point to about / mile, where
it stopped in Ransom township,
this county. The hailstones were of
large size and covered the ground
to depth of several inches. Among
the heavy losers in Ransom county arc
i Harry Oliver, a member of the last
legislature, and Mr. Church, who lives
just across the llne from Sargent, in
Ransom county. The loss will reach
many thousands of dollars. The total
loss in Sargent county is placed ut
! 1850 acres of crops and in Ransom
county at 5000.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 3.-Dis-
patches received at Kansas City from
Blairstown state heavy rain and
wlndstorm swept over that town
Wednesday night and did serious dam
age. Several houses were blown down
and several persons were injured,
though not badly. The depot, a large,
substantial frame building ut Landis
station on the Kansas City. Osceola &
Southern railway, was blown off it's
foundation and seriously damaged. The
rain was terrific one and the low
lands are covered with water.
WIsrERsET, Ia, July 3. "Wednesday
evening about ) o'clock most terrific
| hailstorm visited the southwestern
portion of this county. For distance
of about Is miles long and to miles
wide the crops are totally destroyed
Corn fields are as barren as the road.
Hay is pounded into the ground. Not
green blade of any sort is left. In
| some localities the hail was from to
10 inches deep. Following this was a
binding rain and windstorm which
added greatly to the disaster.
Booze, a., July 3.-Later reports
from the scene of the storm Wednesday
night in Audubon and Shelby counties
increase the damage to the crops. The
hailstorn covered a much larger area
than Mt FIRST 4nt
ruined many fields of wheat oats and
| rye. The track of the cyclone at Gray.
Audubon county, is about half mile
wide and tore up everything in its path.
No fatalities are reported.
| FATAL STORMS ABROAD.
BERLIN, July 3.-A terrible tornado
swept over the Crefeld district of Rhcn-
ish Prussia. In the town of Crcfeld
booths and hall which had been
erected for the purposes of rife meet
ing, together with fifty houses.
| were destroyed. Many persons have
been killed and injured, but how
| many is not definitely known. Trees.
telegraph poles and wires are prostrat-
ed, while fences. sign boards and avn
ings were hurled through the air with
incredible force. Soldiers, policemen
and f.remcn are engaged in removing
| the debris, and it is feared that the
number of those killed will be found to
| be very great.
Thirteen bodies have already been
recovered from the ruins of the
| wrecked buildings. while many more
are undoubtedly still buried i'm the de-
bris. Immense damage and great loss
of life is reported at Suchleton, Rade,
Siltard and Brunswick. At the latter
| place the streets were filled with
| wrc ckage. houses were demolished
and others badly damaged, while many
! thoroughfarcs are turned into miniature
rivers. The hailstoncs were unusually
large and rs a consequence it is csti-
mated that 100000 ranes of glass
have been broken. The ancient
churches seem to have been
| singled out by the elements upon
which to wreak their fury. While not
| seriously damaged the Church of st.
/ Blaize the patron saint of Bruins
wick, st. Martins, st. Ulrichs, st.
| Andrews. and st. GATHERINGS are all
more or less injured.
At Sanct Repurucht, near Gratz, the
| capital Of Styria, in Austria, water
| spout burst over the town with fearful
force, sweeping away the cabins of
two peasants. Nine were drowned
The effects of the storm We're serious
| in the neighborhood of Suechteln on
the roads to Viersen and Sittard.
| Houses were overthrown, trees were
uprooted and many cattle were
killed, and besides much damage was
done to chimneys and roofs. The total
| damage is estimated at $3.50, O,OOo. The
| Inhabitants who took shelter in base
ments or in open places escaped with
| slight injuries. At the village of Aurath
scarcely house was spared, forty be-
ing totally destroyed and a man being
killed. The damage there is estimated
at $4,000. A fund has been started
for the relief of the homeless. Volun-
teers are searching the debris for vic
Tins. In the valley of the Rhine the
| streams generally overtiowed their
banks and carried destruction to many
vineyards, besides oyertaking and
drowning many fugitives who fingered
| in their flight from the pur-
suing element. The cost of the de-
struction is difficult to estimate, but
| it will certainly take years to restore
entirely the devastated places. In
SILICA and Whestphala the storm was
appalling. A waterspout in the vicini.
| ty Of Murat, Syria, destroyed several
villages and twelve lives
SWEPT BY FIRE.
Flames Play Havoc with Grain, Feed and
| Timber Land In California.
MTrpy ral July . n,,,;,., A.,