Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-14
SEVERE STORM SCARE.
The Town of Galva Visited by a
Young Cyclone.
Heavy Rains and High Winds Play
Havoc in the CITY and at Many
Other PIaces-One Killed and
several Injured At Galva.

of the seversest storms of wind, rain and
hail that has been seen here for some
time. Shortly after o'clock last eve
ming dark ominous looking clouds over.
spread the horizon that caused no little
CONSERVATION about the city. The storm
king was not long in mastering her forces
and in few minutes the temperature be-
came percertibly lower, strong wind
came up and with it driving sheets of
blir ding rain. For a few moments pre-
ceding the rain the wind blew terrific
gale, fences, awnings and signs were
blown down and trees bent and uprooted.
A sign over Davidsons restaurant blew
down striking the large plste~glsss wins
! dow below and breaking it in, another at
the Crown restaurant next door swung
/ lose and was just prevented by some by
stander from swinging against the
windows. At Bambergers clothing store
large plate-glass that had been pre-
viously cracked was blown in by the gale
and portion of the bill boards at the
corner of Twentieth street and Second
Avenue were blown down. The torrent
of water that fell filed numerous cellars
in different parts of the city and flooded
bitches and sidewalks so that it was al.
most impossible to move along the streets
after the rain. To make matters worse
| he 10 Of ha oil ErYht
station in Moline was blown down anG
the entire city circuit of electric lights,
besides those in large number of BUSH
ness houses were extinguished, leaving
the greater part of the city il almost total
darkness. This together with the flooded
condition of the walks made it decidedly
unpleasant for pedestrians.
The storm was q very severe strain on
the syndicate electric lines on account of
its being so intensely electrified, and
would undoubtedly have resulted more
seriously had it not been for the prompt
ness and efficiency of Electrical En-
gineer Fredericks, who was out from the
time the storm came on until morning.
He had all the currents switched off as
quickly as possible, but nevertheless, the
strain on the short circuit in the station
was so great that q crank disc on one
OF the new Ideal engines was broken so
that the latter was disabled 1t was
necessary to send part of it to Spring.
field for repairs, and in the meantime
the Company was obliged to cut out
The Davis Compsny's power for the Mos
line Central lire and all their other
power service, which will not be running
again until the engine is repaired.
Another of the freaks of the wind last
night was the breaking off Of the trunk
Of tree 10 inches in diameter in Pred
Hess yard on First avenue.
In South Rock Island there was consid-
cradle minor damages by wind and hail,
the most serious of which was that at the
Clippianock nursery owned by Henry
Gsetbje Nearly 800 psnes of glass in
his hot houses were broken by the hail
and large number of plants and flowers
destroyed. The houses were completely
flooded with water, which will be great
inconvenience to Mr.. Gsetbje in destroy
ing beds, etc The loss will not be less
tt an $500 besides the inconvenience that
he is put to.
At Milan the storm did considerable
damage also in the way of leveling fences,
ETC., trees being blown down but nothing
was seriously damaged. About a mile and
half south of Milan the storm again dis
played greater force approaching almost
to cyclone. 1t came from west to east
and covered path about half mile
wide. Barns and outhouses were blown
| down and fences and sheds were leyeled
to the ground On the farm Of John
| Retig considerable damage was done.
| Els house was unroofed and his barn ar d
some outhouses were almost completely
demolished Jacob Simmons barn in the
same locality was also demolished and
havoc was played by the wind on the
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premises of Henry Bastian and others.
No injury has yet been reported to any
one in that vicinity.
The storm was the most serious at
Gslvs of any place in this vicinity. 1t
struck there the fiercest at $40 and lasted
but few minutes, but in that brief space
many hundreds of dollars worth of DAM
age was done.
The wind struck the northwest end OF
the R. l. & P. depot and demolished q
portion of the building. Two chu riches
and an elevator were more or less dana
aged. The milford Steam Heating wor ks
and the Hayes wind mill building were
badly damaged and large number of
dwellings were blown down. The c., B.