Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-02

Its prompt and generous payment to
Pomeroy sufferers last year of nearly
So, 100000. 1t is gratifying fact, that
during the first six months of 1894, this
company increased it's business $40,-
900. 90 without extra expense or special
effort. This speaks well for the popu-
larity and favor in which this worthy
home company is held by the insuring
public.
Geo. w. Dees, a farmer living eight
miles west of Burlington, was burned
to death in his house. He was 81 years
of age and weighed 300 pounds and had
been confined to his bed In some way
the house took fire at midnight, and
when discovered the flames were all
around Dees' bed. His son-ip-law,
Scott Derault, attempted to assist him
out of the house, but the sick man was
unable to walk. Derault partly car
ried and dragged him as far as the
door, when the flames swept upon them
and he was compelled to abandon the
invalid to his fate. The flames soon
reduced the form to a crisp in full view
of the Mortified spectators His aged
wife was badly burned, and the entire
family were left with almost nothing
to cover them.
AS j. E. Berkey and Charlie Colburn
of West Union were starting to drive
down the Eldorado hill, rocky hill
half mile long, one OF the tugs I'M
hitched ind Charlie Colburn jumped
out to hook it. Just then the wagon
moved ahead enough to strike one of
the horses and they sprang forward.
Half way down the hill the wagon
upset Berkey's foot was caught in the
wheel and he was dragged thereby.
He managed to catch hold of the axle
to jelly; but his body was literally
skinned and in some places the flesh
fairy scraped off. At the bottom of
the hill the team dashed into another
rig and tore off the rear wheels, but
the occupant was unlnjured. Berkey
was picked up for dead but it is prob
able he will recover.
Iowa was visited by very destruc-
tive and blighting hot wind on the
26th, the kind of hot wind Kansas
counts on every SO often but which is
new to Iowa. Everywhere in the state
the thermometer registered over 100 and
in places in the shade where the wind
beat upon the thermometer it registered
10 degrees. Reports from Kansas and
Nebraska say the wind did incalcula BILE
damage to the corn crop. Director
Sage, of the Iowa Weather and Crop
Service. says that it is only a conserv-
ative estimate to say that this hot wind
has cost the state $40, ZOO, 900 or one
tenth of the crops total value. Mr..
Sage thinks the farmers of the state
have made a mistake in letting go all
of their corn, or nearly SO. There is
but fifteen per cent of last years crop
now in the state. He thinks corn is
going to be IS cents bushel this win
ter.
Fire started in blacksmith shop at
Belle PLANE on the 2Sth, which re-
suited in the nearly total destruction
of the business part of town, only
three buildings remaining. The loss
is estimated at $500 900, with perhaps
insurance amounting to 100000 The
flames, owing to the buildings be-
ing very dry. were soon hey ond con-
troll. From Kroh's livery stable the
flames leaped across the street into an
other livery stable and the engine
house and spread up the main street
west to the Henry Hotel: then across
the street into billiard hall, and con-
tinulng east so engulfed the entire
business part of the city, leaving ruin
and ashes in its wake. Thirty-two
business firms were burned out, in
Guiding the engine house and city hall,
the opera house and the Citizens bank.
There were also a number of dwellings
destroyed.
Fire which was discovered in the
rear end of Wood 6 Kibby's furniture
store next to the Chronicle Office on
Fourth street at Brooklyn at o'clock
in the morning, did immense damage
to that city. The fire engines failed to
work well for the first half hour and
it was plain to be seen that the flames
were under such Roadway that the
business portions of the town on the
north side of Front and west side of
Jackson streets was doomed to destruc-
ton. The total loss reaches $125, 900;
insurance half that much. A steamer
was sent from Grinnell at a. IN. Fol-
lowing are the names of those burned
out: Brooklyn Chronicle, Wood & Kib-
by, Drs. Conoway & Busby, Scott,
Reed & Scott, Frank Butts, Poweshiek
County Bank, Boston clothing store,
postoffice, j. p. Wood, j. I. Krouskuk
& Son, Rayburn & Lee, DIR. Landes,
Ola White, Chas. West, Il. II. Talbot,
G. 7. Rainsburg, Leonard Bros, VIM.
Tanker, Graham Bros, DIR Anger, l.
o. o. f. hall, Geo. Kraft, Karr Bros.
j. w. Johnson, Mills variety store.
Mustopher & Butts, +. p. Shrader. w.
l.. Paul, S. l.. Drake, VIM. Mannat,
Phil Kilmer, First National Bank
Sterling & Talbot, Bower estate,
Rnr,rhtn, L.