The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1892-08-12
HARVESTED HY HAIL
OeoSRucttve Storm Visits the
C0untry to the West and
Southwest Of the

| Country to the West and
| Southwest Of the
City.
| Sunday evening last the aestructiv,
element OF hail again played havoc witt
the Iaes rlpenlnE crop, devastating ];
strip OF country from two to four miles
wide and more than twenty miles long
in places literally pounding the grain
ia the ground, and in others only par
TALLY destroying the crop. The rayagea
OF tho storm extended over a strip OF
country northwest of the city commenc-
ing In the township of Kilborn and
reaching down through Twin Brooks
Grant Center, Madison, Stockholm and
Troy townships and into Codington coun-
ty. where the storm was even worse IN
its destructive character The blow has
been very severe one TO many of our
farmers some OF whom suffered from the
same cause last year. 1t is almost in-
possible to get q complete list Of the
losses over SO wide territory, but par
tial list ls gwen below, many of whom
had no insurance on their crop, and who
will sufier total loss. BY far the larger
number had happily more or less insar-
ance, which will materially aid in alle-
WAITING the misfortune. The number Of
acres affected ranges from SO to 300 to
each individual, and from the loss OF a
few bushels to the acre on the edge OF
the storm track to total destruction
Of the crop where the storm was seyerest
Following are some of the names OF the
sufferers:
A. Sweesy, $50 acres, partial loss, in
sured.
D. B. Nichole, partial loss, no in
surance.
John Rodgers, loo acres partial loss
insured.
J. G. Stanford. nearly total loss, in
sured.
VIM. Farnham, nearly total loss on
100 acres.
Clarence Rider, same.
Thomas Thirsk, total loss OF nearly
300 acres, no insurance.
John Buzzell, over 100 acres total loss
no insurance.
VIM. Koepke, 200 acres, total loss, no
insurance.
II. Cell, $50 acres destroyed, some in
surance.
Amsden Bros, heavily damaged, in
eured.
John Bosworth, partial loss. insured
Ladd Robbie, total loss, partly insured.
Fred Koepke partial loss.
James Winch, 300 acres, part insured
Geo. Clark, 100 acres, no insurance
Geo. Manning, 100 acres, insured
j. Corskie, partial loss on 100 acres,
insured.
w. G. Ackerman, partial loss, insured.
~ lovy
cent, insured.
@ DErlandson & johnson, 10U acres total
loss, insured.
z. B. Roberts. SO per cent destroyed,
insured.
w. Is. Saunders, 16O acres.
The following named suffered partial
loss Of crop. running from slight DANA
ges to IS per cent of the crop, and q
number Of whom we're also damaged
by the hail OF two weeks ago: Samuel
McCollum, John Roth, Andrew Nor
qulst, J. Norquist, Minnie Zulka, Thos.
Smiley, w. G. Roberts, Mrs w. Dring,
Henry Kirchell, Ed. Rogers, Samuel
Harper, J. w. johnson, Peter Aasred, J
G. Raw son, Frank Hicks, Ed. Ferry,
John Lutz, A. NJ. Hagan, j. e. Anderson
Herman Schroeder, II. Seide, J. @.
Thayer, J. Runge, w. Redike, Geo. B
Isham, John Lockwood, w. I. Burma,..
Among those who suffered total loss
were: D. NJ. Darling, FL. T. Blood, Aug.
Selgert, A. +. Rhenke. Jacob Busta, Pat
Z. Lupenak.
To the south and west the Storm was
even more violent and destructive, and
west from Strandberg and through Troy
township, where the county was ravaged
last year by hail, wide swath was again
swept by the destructive element. Among
the sufferers in this neighborhood are
w. d. Lawrence. Herman Meyers, and
Messrs. Miller, G. Brockman, N. j. Pry-
or, Bethka, Herden, S. Peterson, G. John
son, Lundberg, Ne.s Ecklund and
OF others, who have met with
total loss. O. B. Fornell, Andrew Berg
and others IN that immediate neighbor-
hood were damaged TO some extent
From Troy on 70 Watertown there is
vide strip Of country where there is an
almost total loss.
TWIN BROOKE.
Aug. 10, 1892.
Joseph Foreman has just received
new thresher. Il is monster from Min
neapolis and is well named "Victor."