The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-08
RAIN POURED DOWN
Half Inch Fell In an Hour Last
Night
WHEAT is NOT DAMAGED
By Hail Storm That Visited
Wichita Yesterday

What every citizen OF sedgwick county
has been praying for and every business
man Of Wichita has been pulling his left
leg for. came last night with the thunder
storm at twenty minutes past ten. The
wet rain which fell in large gobs and
flushed the cutters and laid the dust on
the residence streets and which will lift
e load Of apprehension off Of the minds of
fifty thousand citizens Of the county and
gladden. the heart of every pessimistic.
wheat is shot to ruin" houowerer in
this territory. About halI an inch of rain
fell last night from twenty minutes past
ten TO 1880 o'clock and at thar hour the
thunder was stin rolling and an occas-
ional flash of lightning could be seen and
it was still sprinkling slightly.
From the report furnished by Doctor
Johnson it is ascertained that last nights
heavy rain was the first of any conse-
quence for sixteen days. and that during
the past q hours ending at C p. m, last
night the temperature has ranged from
5S TO 81, a range Of 80 degrees and the
mean "A which was six degrees warmer
than the normal
The days engagement with the spirit Of
the weather opened at o'clock yesterday
afternoon with mild thunderstorm. The
clouds backed up in the south and west
and then blown by conflicting winds from
the south and the northwest seemed TO
center over the city and with a double
roll OF thunder and a percepUble cessa-
ton Of current the hail was announced.
1t fell and it fell thick in this city on
the tin roofs it ratified like miniature
bombardment Of Manila Most of the
hanstones were from a half inch to an
inch in diameter and they fell thick and
fast for the period Of perhaps three min
utes. The hail was followed by q short
light shower Of rain with a total preoipi-
tation of % inches. Just prior to the
hail the temperature went up to 81, the
highest it has been this season.
The hail did not damage the wheat and
it is probably that the fan was almost
totally confined to the city districts and
did not extend very far cut in the coun-
try. The hail do no damage to proper
ty in the city, with possibly one or two
slight exceptions
There were a number OF interesting
things seen on the streets during the fan
of the hail and there were several narrow
escapes from runaways with frightened
horses Tony Wineshenk's old bay horse
was standing In front of the store hook
a 10 the delivery wagon and when the
bombardment began ne gave snort or (
Sod. Z
Bolte's furniture store going east on I
East Douglas at a record clip one OF the /
Bolte boys ran out the store and sprint
ed for the wagon, caught hold of the end /
gate and pulled himself In and picked no T.
the lines and stopped the critter. This (
was a nice piece OF work and Bolte got a /
hand from several members Of the Hot
AIR club who were rubbering from Tim /
mons harness shop door. The Wine (
shenk horse had not been more than
stopped until here came another one
hooked TO ar express wagon and every
time a hail stone would hit him on the
back he would step a little faster A
couple of men caught him at the corner
of Lawrence avenue. A bay team hook
ed to a top buggy with two men in it
turned north on Topeka just as the hau
started and when last seen they We're GO
ing north across Central avenue at a
dead run and the men each had a line
ana were hallowing whoa for all they
were worth
Jim Woodland had perhaps an exciting
q time as anyone did de Hus flying for
shelter across the street at the corner of
Lawrence and First and he saw big
horse attached to a buggy. coming down
Lawrence at fun tilt A little slender.
delicate woman had the reius wrapped
around her hands and She was saving
on the big horses mouth but did not seem
able to even check his speed Jim got
into position as the hig came up 20 him
and made high wire dive at the horses
head ana landed with O good hold on the
bit He was dragged 10y the big gray
horse for nifty or sixty feet but finally
steered him upon she side az the north of
The Pratt lumber yard and stopped him
with the point Of one shaft up against a
tree. The woman thanked
him for his gallant rescue and said that
Dee horse was very gentle and "no doubt
{ he could have heard her voice he would
have considered" But the han was
making too much noise on the buggy top
.or Dobbin 10 have time to consider.
The hail storm came from the south I
and passed over towards the north Many .
people Thought that there would lee no ,
more rain. but the oldest i1hahitant pre- Z
icied chat the storm would come hack ?
from the north last night ana he was S
-isht. st ltue before 10 o'clock it +
oegan To bank up TO the north and west i