The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-25

ands of people poured out of their
homes to discover what damage had
been done The streets were thrOnged
with men and women, each cOngratu-
Iating the other that it had not been
worse.
Following the hail storm of last night
a heavy windstorm accompanied by rain
occurred between 4:3O and o'clock this
morning. and much damage was done
by the rain entering stores and resi-
dences damaged early in the evening.
Trees were blown down and small
buildings overturned. The wind blew
at a velocity of so miles an hour.
The Hall LithOgraphing company
probably suffered the greatest damage
from the storm. The skyHghtS in the
new building of the company on Jack
son street were demolished and the
glass dropped into the presses and
other expensive machinery. A force
of men worked all night taking the
presses apart and covering the sky
lights. The damage is estimated at
something over $500
The Topeka Shoe company located
at 511 Kansas avenue, also suffered
heavy damages. The building occupied
by the company is built with a. sky
light extending through to the first
floor, and this was completely wrecked.
the rain drenching several hundred
pairs of shoes. Julius Snattinger, the
head of the company, estimates the
damage at nearly $500.
All of the florists of this city suffered
heavily from the storm. But little
glass remained whole in the green
houses after the hail, and much of their
stock of flowers and plants was ruined.
The damage to the greenhouses in To-
peka will amount to over $1,000.
Many of the merchants of the city
suffered damage by water Water
leaked through the roof of the building
occupied by W. S. KaIe. the grocer, and
flooded that part of the store in which
his stock of flour and sugar is kept
He estimates his loss at 5000. The
stock of many other merchants was
damaged in the same way.
The total damage of the storm can
only be estimated. 1t will amount to
at least $4,000 in the city. The crops
of farmers living in the vicinity of
Topeka were not so badly injured be-
cause the hailstOnes, though enormous.
did not fall in sufficient numbers to
batter them down.
LIST OF INJURED.
The following is the list of the injured
so far as ascertained. Besides these
there were a hundred or more minor
injuries:
H. c. DEMO. 72O Adams street. fore
head badly gashed by a hail stone. Was
knocked down by the blow
COUNCILMAN W. G. STEPHEN
SON, 307 Monroe street Head gashed
by hail stone while driving
WILL WHITE, Hancock and Third
street Leg broken while getting out Of
a wagon.
c. J. DEVLIN, Thirteenth and Tope-
ka avenue. Struck on the head by a hail
FRED M'GIFFIN. 500 Polk street
Struck on the head while on his way to
supper and scalp bruised.
MISS ANNA BUCHANAN. Sixth Av-
enue hotel. Face and hands cut bv fail
ing glass.
PATROLMAN MURPHY. North To-
pel1a. Finger mashed by hail stone
strlk1ng II while holding mis- club.
MISS FENTON. Santa Fe hospital.
Head cut by breaking glass
JOHN CARTER, 402 Quincy street.
Head and hands Ivr6 6ya III,
MRS. earning. Seventh and West
streets Head cut by breaking glass.
ANDREW LORSCI, 632 Lake street.
Head gashed by a hail stone
w. N HALL, POtwin Shoulder
bruised by being struck by hail stone.
FRANK BRAINERD, North Topeka.
Scalp cut by hail stone.
ROLAND DOUGHERTY. 1881 Clav
street Shoulder bruised by hailstones.
MRS. MARY HUGHES, Third and
Klein street. Arm badly wrenched bv
BOY NAMED JENSEN Skull frac-
tured by a hail stone.
PATROLMAN b. # KIDNEY Hand
CUT py breaking glass
PATROLMAN HENRY GROSCH.
Cut about the head by hail stones.
ENOCH THOMAS, Sixth and Lake
street. Knocked insensible and head
badly gashed by hail stones
CHARLES CLAPP, Oakland. Head
bruised by hail stones.
FRANK LINDSAY 1922 Tavlor
street. Face cut by breaking glass.
GEORGE HILL, LOwman Hill. Scalp
gashed by hail stones.
CHARLES JOHNSON. Head cut bv
breaking glass.
FRED HOLLER, 426 Kansas avenue.
Head cut by breaking glass.
d kl4EE, 322 Kansas avenue. Head |
cut by breaking glass.
J. d, HENDERSON, Head bruised by
hail stones.
HENRY YOUNG, 1925 Van Buren
street. Struck on head by hail stone
and head gashed
MRS. ANNA RAGAN, 228 Kansas av-
enue- Wrist cut by piece of glass falling
from window
o. G. TAYMAN. of the Tayman-Ob-
erley Hardware company, was cut about
the face by flying glass from a broken
window at his home. He had started to
close the window when the glass was
crushed by a large hail stone.
ALBERT OVERTON, 171S Buchanan
street. Struck on head by hail stone,
rendered unconscious by the blow. Head
badly gashed.