Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-01
DAMAGED BY THE STORM.
Joe and James Ringo Extensive Suf.
ferers--DisastrOus to Orchard
and Other Trees.

and Other Trees.
The reports from wreckage done
during the late storm are still COM
ing in and the total damage will be
hard to estimate but will run up in
the thousands of dollars.
The bridge on the Ridge road is
washed away.
The Thomas Board bridge was
washed down the stream.
Thomas Board had twenty sheep
drowned.
Thousands of windows were broken
out by the hail and our druggists did
a rushing business in glass Satur-
day.
D.. S. Burroughs had nine. acres
of corn washed out. He says the
loss to the corn crop will be quite
extensive.
Mrs. Ed. Atchison and Mr.. M. II.
McCue are both reported better and
are thought to be out of danger.
James Ringo visited his own farm
and that of his brother this week and
reports large damage from hail. He
brought in some small trees showing
that the hail had whipped them
clean. He also brought in a box of
hail stones which had been gathered
three days after and had melted
considerably but were still an inch
in diameter. His buildings and
those of his brother were almost en-
tirely ruined by the wind. Joe Rim
go had 600 apple trees entirely strip
ped of their bark and Jim lost over
2 miles of good fence. In the hail
belt you car find no vestige of green
leaves on shrubbery everything hay
ing been whipped clean.
John Ball, north of Mexico. suf-
fered severely from the hail and
Abe Whitley lost so sheep from
the storm.
John Charlton and DR.. Settle of
the northern part of this county suf-
fered severely from the storm.
Marvin Enamons, living north of
Mexico, lost considerable property
by the storm Thursday night. He
says the hail was so large that some
of it stayed on the ground for at least
three days.
DR.. Rodes, who returned from Mr..
McCue's Monday says that the in
iured man will recover. He was
severely hurt about the head, ~receiv-
ing several dangerous scalp wounds,
none of which we trust will prove
fatal.
Hugh Logan, of Laddonia, suffer
ed loss to his stock of goods and
store building to the amount of
something like a thousand dollars.
Joe Ringo lost quite a number of
sheep during the storm.
DR.. Crawford says his orchard and
other trees on his farm are ruined by
the hail.
Robert Peck, Eph Hughes, and
E. Threlkeld suffered consider
able loss to property during the
storm.
Green Cant had a steer killed by
last week.
Mr.. Hodge lost a horse during the
storm.
Martin Kunkel and J. w. Weaver
suffered a good deal of loss to their
outbuiIdings and trees.
P. P. Golfers apiary, one mile
east of Rush Hill, estimated to be
worth $500, wa totally destroyed by
the hail storm last Thursday. Mr..
Collier sustained other damages
estimated at 5000.
Loss to G. G. Bakers outbuild-
ingg and orchard will be quite ex-
tensive.
Jas. Carter, w. o. Wilkerson
and MIR. Atkins were in the line of
the storm and suffered considerable
loss.
Mr.. Renie, Mr.. Rice and Bob
Freeman lost considerable by the
storm last Thursday night.
On Monday night there was a
severe storm in the north part of
this county and we have various
rumors in regard to the damage done
at Perry and Santa Fe. But reliable
report is to the effect that the injury
to crops and buildings from that
storm will be very light.
A. Browning and C. F. Browning
also Sid Galloway suffered some loss
in buildings and trees from the
storm on Thursday night.