The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-06-01
A Portion of Iowa, Nebraska and
Missouri Wind-Swept, Last
ing for Two Hours.
ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERE LIGHTNING.
Five People We're Severely Injured
Near keswick, Ia., and Much Prop
erty Was Destroyed.
Reported That Dows, Ia, Was Completely
Destroyed-Other Property Dam
aged in the Path of the Cy-
clone-Lives Lost.

DEs MONIES, Ia, May ga special
from Fonda, Ia. says: A hailstorm of
greater severity than was ever wit
messed by any citizen of this section
passed over Fonda and vicinity be-
tween 6 and o'clock Sunday evening.
The halstorm ragged for one hour.
to one and one-half inches in diameter
and driven by a strong wind from the
northwest. When they struck build
ings and board fences the report was
like the discharge of musketry. The
hail, at the close of the
storm, was lying in drifts
six to eight inches deep
on lawns and two feet deep on Main
street, and the streets and brick pave
ments were flooded with water and
slush. Nearly all the unprotected
windows on the north and west sides
of the houses were broken, and great
deal of damage has been done to the
buildings and furniture. The trees
aspect of winter.
KIRKsvIIIE Mo-, May ga terrific
| windstorm struck this city Sunday
evening, followed for two hours by Sc
we're lightning and rain. A few out
| buildings were unroofed or toppled
| over and trees uprooted. Church
| services were suspended, so general
was the fright and excitement One
residence was unroofed and the roof
was blown through another. Appre-
henson prevailed because Prof. Wal
man, who predicted Kirksville's tor
nado of April 2s, when S2 peo-
pie were killed ana 100 injured, had
prophecied a return of the storm
throughout Missouri Sunday, People
have had clothing and valuables pack
ed to store in cellars. Cyclone caves
have been constructed.
OMAHA, Neb.. May ga special
from Chamberlain, S. D., says: Word
just reached town Sunday afternoon of
disastrous and fatal cyclone which
passed the county in the vicinity of
Bijou Hills, 25 miles south of this city
Saturday afternoon between four and
five o'clock, resulting in the death of
seven persons and the serious injury of
two Others
OMAHA, Neb., May ga special
from Central City, Neb., says:
Probably the most destructive
| hot clyo
passed through the northern part OF
Hamilton county Sunday night at
o'clock, destroying from S75,OOo tos1OO,-
900 worth of property, including Il
dwellings, one church, one school.
house, two iron bridges across the
Blue river, barns, corn cribs, outbuild-
ings, orchards, groves, fences and
stock.
The funnel-shaped cloud first struck
the farm of Peter Jacoby on Section 8,
Township II, completely destroying
the house, barn and other buildings
The cloud then rose and did not strike
the ground for two miles. 1t then de.
scended and caught the dwelling, barn
| OutOuiluluSS dhl "inu Hlill "a W. =
Lantzen, leveling them fat to the
ground. 1t next struck the residence
of Josiah Fox, completely destroying
all buildings.
SteePs large two-story house was the
next object OF the storms wrath, al
buildings and trees being leveled to
to the ground.
c. r. Eastman's house was the mex
in the path of the storm, which de
stroyed his barn and other buildings
A number of head of stock were alst
killed.
l. Isaacs, living just across the roa'
from Eastman, lost all of his build
ings. L. L. Clothier's place came next
and here two fine buildings and out
buildings were destroyed. Mr.. Clothie
lost two horses and two cows. &c la
trees l6 inches through were broker
off or uprooted as easily as corn hills
The family had taken refuge in Gel
lar. While in the cellar an old fash
ioned hay knife stuck in the wall b.
the side of Mr.. Clothier's head. TIL
. knife was blown from Eastman's plac
a mile away.