Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
A FLOOD OF HAIL.
Chunks of Ice Fall During a Storm
in Iowa City.
Damage Estimated at 100000 Done to
Buildings - Exciting Scene In lae
Streets = Disastrous storms
In Other States.
A FURIOUS STORM.

IOWA SATY, Ia, May "a ueluge or
rain fell for twenty minutes Saturday
afternoon with continuous pelting of
hailstones some inches in circumfer-
enee and the average . inches in cir
conference. In almost a fash every
pane of glass in the city that faced west
and many that faced south, including
most of the big plate glass windows,
were smashed, Every tin roof was
perforated with holes through which
the food poured, running down upon
the stocks of goods. AS nearly every
business house in the city has tin
roof the damage runs up to 100000, If
not more.
An Exciting SeCne
In the few minutes that the hail fell
the excitement in the city was intense.
Hundreds of carriages and wagons
stood on the street When the hail
stones began TO fall the horses broke
loose and scores of vehicles went fly
ing down the streets without drivers,
and in nearly every case there was a
smash-up. The people. almost panic
stricken, kept indoors, but so sud
denly came the hail and food that al
most nothing could be done. Many
persons got their teams unhitched from
their carriages and wagons and housed
them, but the vehicles left in the street
were entirely riddled--tops, cushions,
seats destroyed and the bottoms of the
vehicles broken through by the great
chunks of ice.
state BuilciE gs Injured.
The buildings most seriously injured
were those of the state university, the
west sides of which were entirely rid
died. Most of these building are COW
cred with tin and the hail made sleeves
of every roof Three of the largest
university buildings are covered with
slate and the roofs are nearly ruined.
Every church in the city had the west
windows shattered and the water
poured in and did great damage. The
photograph galleries and their stocks
were ruined. The extensive green
houses with their collection of plants
are total wreck.
Cyclone Sweeps over Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May IA cy-
clone swept across the prairie and
through the heavy timber near Royal
ton, Mimi, about 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. The traditional black, fun
nel-shaped cloud was distinctly visible
from the village, which was visited by
tearing wind, accompanied by a heavy
hailstorm. Several buildings were I'M
rooted in the village and few panes of
glass left unbrolxen. People were ter
ribly frightened, Nbnt no one was in
jured.
Furious Storm in Kansas.
WICHITA, Kan, May IA terrific
storm swept over this section of Kan
sas Friday night Rain fell in torrents
here from Z in the evening to early
morning. West Wichita had several
houses struck by lightning and
one man and his wife were
knocked senseless by a bolt. Sew
eral houses in West Wichita were
blown down and hardly an out build
ing is left standing. Plate glass win
dows in the Sunfower block were
smashed like eggshells The damage
| is considera Bile.
In Illinois.
FAIRBURY, Ill, May IA destructive
storm swept over this section Saturday
night Great trees, fences and weak
structures were leveled TO the ground.
Signs in ne business part of the town
were torn loose and hurled through the
glass fronts. Several buildings sus-