The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-08-29
SWEPT BY BIG STORMS.
Lightning, Wind and Rain Cause
Great Damage to Property in
Two Western States.
ILLINOIS AND IOWA HIT THE HARDEST.
Buildings in Scores of Towns Struck
by Observation-Disclosures and Gull
verts Swept Away-Many Struct-
ures in Pana, I'LL, Wrecked, and
Crops in the Vicinity Ruined.

Keokul, Ia, Aug. 19.-This city
was almost cut off from telegraphic
and telephone communication
for the "a hours ending Mon
day afternoon, when some wires
were again raised to surround
ing towns. They brought story of
one of the hardest storms ever ex-
perienced by the oldest inhabitants.
Sunday afternoon lightning, wind
and rain worked havoc all over the
country around here except in the
quadrant southwest in Missouri
Many Towns Damaged.
A score of towns in Hancock and
adjoining counties in Illinois were
hard Lit, and about 100 farmhouses
and barns struck by lightning. The
city hall of Carthage was struck.
Torrents poured down the streams
east of here, washing out bridges,
culverts and telegraph poles and de-
laying and stopping trains on the
Burlington, Wabash & Toledo, Peoria
G. Western roads. The damage com
prises hundreds of items much scat
tered. and the total will be great.
Destruction In Iowa.
The storm was as severe on the
Iowa side of the Mississippi river and
almost the same story of damage by
lightning. wind and rain comes from
there. Fort Madison had smoke
stacks and trees blown down in the
city. Pennington had a hard storm.
Lightning, wind and very heavy rain
damaged crops and farm buildings
throughout Lee county, and the path
of damage extended into adjoining
counties.
Tornado in Illinois.
Pana, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-A terrific tor
nado and cloudburst swept this por-
ton of the state yesterday after
noon. Many buildings in this city
were wrecked and almost every shade
tree is blown down. The storm was
the most destructive that has ever
visited the city, not excepting the
storms of 1857 and 1865.
Many Buildings Damaged.
The steeple of the Catholic church,
125 feet in height, was blown over,
and the bell, which was one of the
largest in the state, was torn from
it's place. The roofs are torn from
the two largest hotel. in the city
and also from the Union block, the
largest business block in the city
The Y. NJ. c. A. building, which cost
1000 to erect, is almost a com
plete wreck. The steeple of the Bap
the church is also blown down.
Apple trees for miles around are
completely stripped, and scarcely &
grain or hay stack is left standing
and corn is beaten into the ground
Much stock has also been killed by
lightning, and several buildings
burned.
Money Loss Is Great.
The loss in this section will reach
hundreds of thousands of dollars
The storm commenced with the ap
proach of a greenish colored banl
of storm clouds near the ground
The wind and rain reached the city
at the same time, fully two inche:
of rain falling in less than half al
hour The wind blew at the rate o
80 miles an hour for a full hal
hour.
Two Dead Mt Rock Falls.
Rock Falls, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-Two ar
dead and one badly injured as a re
suit of the heavy cloudburst which
swept Whiteside county last night
Two miles of the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy track north of Fentol
was washed out. Freight train No
46 was ditched, all of the cars roll
ing over the embankment. The sillet
are George Wells and George Muir
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