New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-07
DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORMS.
AN IOWA TOWN SUFFERS 100000 DAMAGE.

TIN ROOFS RIDDLED CROPS RUINED AND CATTLE
RABBITS AND BIRDS KILLED IN THE FIELDS.
Iowa City. Iowa. May e.-After a sultry day. with
only thirty minutes Of "A storm yesterday after
noon. rain began TO fall followed by hail and for
twenty minutes there deuse of water and a
continuous pelting OF large hailstones. In almost
"A flash nearly every pane Of glass In the city
that faced west. and many that faced south in
Guiding most OF the plate glass windows. were
smashed Every tin roof was perforated with holes
through which the food poured running down upon
stocks OF goods. As nearly every business house In
the city has a tin roof. the damage up to
$4,000 If not more. In the few minutes that the
hail fell the excitement in the city was intense
many carriages and wagons stood on the street
this being the farmers day for tradings.
The buildings mostly injured were those OF the
State University. AS most OF these buildings are
covered with tin the hail made sieves out OF the
roofs. Three Of the largest university buildings
are covered with slate. and the roofs nearly
ruined Every church In the city has the west
windows shattered. and the water poured in and
did great damage. The photograph galleries and
their stocks were ruined. the skylghts succumbing
In a few moments. The extensive greenhouses with
their collections of plants wrecked. The Ham
mer Mercantile Company lost 5000 in flour and
groceries The Opera House windows are gone. and
the building is Hooded. Scores Of cellars are full
of water The hail covered the ground two inches
Royalton Mimi May G. his section was visited
ceeded by a tornado which fortunately. passed
the prairie one mile west OF this village bdrhS
unroofed. The tornado formed three miles south
west Of the village on the west sid' OF the MIs
through belt OF heavy timber TheTe was no iosS
cloud was plainly seen from this village ,o,,,,
wichita k2n May Ga tcrrlhc storm storm y'sldga fr6rn
: O'Clock in the evening to early morning. IN west west
Wichita several houses were struck by, lgntnlhs
by DE, bolt ''' severa houses in west Wichita were
blown down. Pidte-glass windows In the sun
Fort scott Kan. May EAST Of here Friday
night many houses ana outbuldinss "ere sreltIy d,
uanrs of gass were destroyed. This morning dead
rraLbts and birds were found IN the fields having
stripped ana crops were destroyed In the neighoor-
Reading, Kan. May "a nerce hail and rain rain
storm swept over this part of the country Friday
evening. doing vast amount Of damage to win WIN,
COW lights growing crops and young fruit te-
ports are coming in OF stock being killed ana In
SO loss q Ire has been reported A. Lebo IN me
southern part OF Usage County. me lapllst Chufoh
ami TWO dwcillne houses were blown Io"h' anu
olyet. Kan. May "a. storm Friday night
WuliHm Hattie. Mrs Iiattie ami her babe were
II NE 6glbafi b og gpcc oadsi car. We're
blown from tne track and wreckei. window
lights were broken in a majority Of the houses OF
Fonda y Y. May G.-A severe hailsiorm visitcd
unusually large. and some measured more man s Ia az,
inch IN diameter There was Il h,ayy 'tlI Si ran
fruit trees FAR enough advanced TO De injured
10 any great extent by the storm ,., .,,
WUkesharrc. Penn. May Ga sever" Wind ana
rain storm accompanied by thunder ana hghin&IMs. &
s"-pt over ~" " ',i',, II 49,, a, ,o,rrnts intin-
| dating cellars and flooding many or -" stree. -
Slmps@n a Waikinss massive coal breaker is re-
| ported to be badly damaged Y the wind. "hie INC
| mred TO a great extent. 4 new house at wyoming.
six miles from here. was blown down ne dsinsse AZ
TO farmhouses barns and other euldnks IN @ sne
country districts - great alnoufh 'he , hail
fc FOR az least quartz, oi an n'S t,y was blown
down and there were several mario" escapes from
u1ten TsIin3ore Nav ,speclD-For the la7 twenty
-Four hours this city has been the centr" ~ violent
| el.ctricaI storms accompanied hy heavy rain
fails All last night the electrical disturbances pre-
the thunder kept up an almost lnc".s1i' ron. i' IT,
some places were uOt large enough % carry on thr
torrents 81 water. To-Day me ain"spheie W.
Intensely sultIy ard az sunset storm worse nan nan
any of those last night burst Over me ~ ms
time there was q furious bomo4rlmeni ~ nav on on
unprotected skyNEnts ana Wlnh""S. "Nu ~ ~
northwestern section ~ town many rAn's OF Ells, E,
were smashed ana caTpets an iuiii,.t" IT,
O'Clock another heavy electrical storm passed over
from the Northwest The haiFioIiu. aa G'l,lu' en-. -,
ah'e damage in the truck-sarden district near '"e
city. ,., and val,
this section this afternoon About forty feet of ne
roof Of the storenpus' OF Inc l'H''h'N ""I',''"
works was taken ~ and carried over the rallrod !
track. trees were blown down IN different pari@ OF
ih. city and the electric hght service was dsAr-
ranged .t -. a.,
Huntington. " Va. May Ga destructive "lni
erd thuni.r storm accompanied 10y q heavy down
pour or rain. passed over ohio. Kentucky ana
Wcst Virginia about O'Clock MS eteninE. al
lcas, fifteen houses were unrooicd or blown down
| near here At Central city. two miles below mere
! ,bn ohio River Railroad shops and roundhousc
were completely demolished and J. IL Burkhart "A
man at work in the former. was badly hnrt IN
gincs and coaches were damaged. The iuIl extent
Of the loss cannot be ascertained yet.