Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07
The Wind storms.

Delaware county seems to be getting
its share of cyclones and wind storms
this season. A violent storm passed
across the county last Tuesday night,
doing much damage and coming within
mile of this city on the south. 1t
travelled from west to east and was at
its height about midnight. 1t first
made its self manifest at the farm of j..
F. McEwen, in Prairie township. A
barn 44x62 feet was badly damaged
and a smaller barn was completely
wrecked Several head of live stock
were killed and the house slightly in
jured.
On the farm occupied by Loren Snyder,
the house was badly wrecked and all
the other buildings were more or less
damaged. The wind mill was blown
down and about hundred chickens
killed
On the Hoyt farm just south of town
the entire roof of barn c0x72 feet was
torn from the building and demolished,
some of the pieces being found over q
half mile away. The house and all
of the other smaller buildings on the
premises suffered severely.
The barn on z. Wheelock's farm was
blown to a total wreck. Damage of
less magnitude was felt at the farms
of E. NJ. Hamblin and w. A. Macer.
The next place to suffer was at the
farm of j. j. Dudley, near Spring
Branch. The large barn was blown
down and several head of live stock
were injured and two cows killed.
The storm continued onward in q
northeasterly direction but with less
destructive force.
SUNDAYS STORM.
About six o'clock last Sunday evening
the sky presented an aspect that
threatened to make the oldest settler
hunt for saftey, in fact there are few
to be found here who did not take
refuge in the cellar. This community
may feel thankful to have escaped
with so little damage done. Trees and
limbs were blown down but no one re-
ceived serious injuries. Several tele-
phone and electric light poles were
broken and the grand stand in the ball
park is total wreck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Lampman were
driving toward Manchester just west Of
town when the storm struck them and
carried them out of their conveyance
bodily. Mrs. Lampman struck on her
head and received several severe bruises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Drew suffered sim.
liar experience but escaped injury.
Reports have been received showing
| the destruction of wind mills in all parts
of the county.
Among the others who suffered dam
age are:
George Belknap, barn blown down.
Tim Mcdonald, Hazel Green, house
and barn wrecked.
Clemens House, Coggon, unroofed.
| Danburg's store, Coggon, front blown
Rob Wheeles, Adams township, build
ings damaged.
Burt Sheldon, barn twisted around.
Depot, Central City unroofed.
Ben Holbert's large barn, in Greeley
demolished.
Ryan, Iowa,-A severe wind storm
passed over the south part OF the county
last night doing lots of damage. 1t wal
the hardest wind storm for number
of years, tearing down wind mills ant
large trees, unroofing barns and ou
buildings. at the old Norman Loo]
farm occupied by Michael Kelly larg
barn was entirely demolished carrying
the roof about ten rods before breaking
it to pieces. A smaller barn had tn
roof blown off and the ends blown dow
and the chimneys knocked off the hous
at the Pennimam farm and the win
mill was broken to pieces. At Got
telieb Abbey's part of the house wa
blown away and the wind mill broke
off at the ground. At NUM- rous othe
places buildings were blown down {
unroofed, hay stacks blown away an
wind mills broken and twisted out {
shape and lots of other damage ",
done.