The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-26
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NAMED stationary until after o'clock.
There was hardly a car In the service
the roof of which was not broken by
the hail. The car roofs are Of wood and
the three-eighihs OF an inch thick.
A hailstone crushed the skull of the
6-year-old-son OF E. Jensen, 613 Third
street. so that portion Of the skull had
to be removed
D. klee, who runs small shoe shop
at 322 Kansas avenue, was badly hurt
on the head. Klee ran out Of his shop 70
see passing runaway and was hit by
large hailstone. An artery on top OF
his head was broken.
The state house Jared very well. Five
lights in the dome and one in the adju-
tant generals office were broken.
The stock and store of the Topeka
Shoe company, 511 Kansas avenue, was
damaged to the extent OF $500. The hail
came through two large skylights carry
ing with il 81 shower Of glass which, with
the rain, nearly ruined 400 pairs Of shoes.
The Gavi,t Office block on East Fifth
street was badly damaged. The iron
sheeting OF the roof offered no resistance
20 the heavy balls of hail and ice. and
was punctured in many places. The sky
lights were al broken.
The damage to the new court house
will amount to several hundred dollars.
About two-thirds Of the population OF
North Topeka went out on the streets
yesterday evening TO watch the big storm
come up. Everybody was looking for
something unusual, and none were disap-
pointed.
dash out OF the box. It was then that
the largest stones fell. and the worst
damage was done. There was hardly
house in the city which did not have one
or more windows perforated. The dam
age was probably not as great as 1t was
on the south side OF the river.
There were only two plate-glass win
dows broken. One Of these was at c. A.
Fernstrom's shoe store, S24 Kansas ave-
nue.. The other broken plate was at
Chief of Police Steele's residence, 1908
Monroe street. The chief went out af-
ter the storm and measured the huge
ball Of ice that did the damage. 1t was
five inches in diameter.
LIST OF INJURED.
Councilman W. C. Stephenson, 307 Mon
roe, head cut
Fred. McGif1n, so Polk, head bruis-
ed.
Miss Anna Buchanan. Sixth Avenue
hotel, face and hands cut.
Patrolman Murphy, North Topeka. fin
ger smashed.
Miss Fenton, Santa Fe hospital, head
cut.
John Carter, Fifth and Lincoln. head
cut.
Mrs. earning, Seventh and West, head
cut.
Andrew Lorech, 63z Lake scalp wound.
W. n. Hall, Potwin. back sprained.
Frank Brainard, North Topeka. head
hurt.
Roland Daugherty. 1881 Clay. shoulder
hurt
c. ]. Devlin, Topeka avenue and Thir-
teenth, head bruised.
- White, Hancock and Third, leg
broken.
Patrolnne- B. F. Kidney, hand hurt.
Patrolman Henry Grosch. head cut.
Enoch Thomas. Sixth and Lake, head
cut.
Mrs Mary Hughes, Third and Kline.
arm hurt.
Cnsr.es Clapp. Oakland. head hurt.
Frank p Lindsay. 1922 Taylor. face cut.
George Hill. Lowman Hill, head cut.
Charles Johnson, head cut
Fred Heller. 42S Kansas avenue, head
cut
D. Klee. 80 Kansas avenue. head cut.
- Jensen, S1s East Third. skull
crushed.
J. D. Henderson, scalp wound.
Young. 1925 Van Buren,, head cut.
ALL OVER FOUR STATES.
ST. Louis, June 25.-The reports Of
heavy storms throughout southern Hill
nois and Missouri continue TO be receiv-
Ell. Last night and until an early hour
today ST. Louis was again deluged with
rain. While the wind has been destruct-
i've 20 trees. crops and buildings in some
sections, the rain has greatly benefited
some crops. Around Cairo. IL. fully
five inches OF rain has fallen within the
last week. breaking the drouth and saw
nearly every section os southern Illinois
indicate tina, while the yield OF wheat is
below :he average. the quality is IN
usually good s.. Joseph, No. suffered
especially from the wind. Big trees we're
uproo,e1 ard small buildings crushed
Telephone and telegraph service was sus-
pended for some time, but, 50 far as
learned, no lives were lost The other
points throughout the state where the
storm was especially severe We're Mo-
berry. Alexandra. Fayette. Trenton and
California Several lives were %.
Through lightning. Mrs. Reuben Rocka-
baugh. We Of farmer. was instantly
killed while sitting a: the window OF he-
house. two miles from Albany. AI5er.
RoUz,er. farm hand living near 81.
Charles. No. also suffered death in tire
same way. waile 4 number o. farmers
in both Illinois and Missouri hal barns
and crops burned by the lightning. TIE
iransnse big elevator "A" in Feast s..
Louis. II which vas stored 500, bush
SIS % grain. was struck by lightning and
ST On fire last night bu: firenen saved
Il fran destruction
TORNADO AT RICH HILL
Rica Hill. No. June "A tomato
struck the northern par. % re city lag.
rIeat. TIE damage viii a-rcun: 20
thousands O. d9Ils-s One Sc, % .si,ns
az ore -: os furnaces = IRE Cce-osee
I4a1yo1 Ss-se,tsr c5rpaay were s,9vn
down. ca.ra, FIRE azi We're ;C-slly con-
srulej TIE blacksmith shops s5d 9th
er buildings az the pant ve-e blown
away
TIE Ric1 Ell canning tsc-o-y. S-.ck.
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