Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-11
HAIL AND WIND RUIN
BUILDINGS AND CROPS
Timber Greek Township Farmers Suffer Great
Damage From the Storm.
HAIL POUNDS HOLES THRU ROOF OF MONOHON HOME.
All Crops and Many Trees in Strip Two Miles
Wide Completely Destroyed.
WIND UNROOFS HOUSE AND BARN OF c. A. DUNN
Storm Does Much Damage City Vicinty-Valuable
Team Killed by Contact With Live Wire-Telegraph
and Telephone Lines Frustrated
UNROOFS HOUSE AND BARN OF c. A. DUNN

/ and deep cash was cut in his scalp.
| Besides the loss of crops several of
the farmers had stock killed by the hail,
Harry bowl lost thre calves and had
one horse ruined Mrs. Robinson had
two calves and one horse killed, and
much other stock was severely injured.
| The path Of the hail storm extended
over towards Ferguson and among
those who lost their crops in that vicin-
ity are William Smith, Tembusch
Schied, Joe Holubar Mr.. Lackey,
Charles and William Lewis, George
Mech, Fred Mcknight and Guy Nc
Knight. Their loss of corps in some
instances is total. j. S. Dunn, residing
south of the Spring Valley school house,
| lost his crop of corn and small grain
and three acres of onions. He says he
| lost $1,000 in five minutes.
Assistance Needed.
Many Of those who lost their entire
crops and some of their stock are poor
men and tenants. Those conversant
with the situation say that many would
replant their fields at once were it not
for the fact that they have their all in
vested in the destroyed crops and have
not the money necessary to purchase
new seed. 1t is probable that an effort
will be made to procure donations of
seed and money to assist the sufferers.
The roof was blown from the Hotel
Mack at State Center and the chimney
was demolished, but no one was in
jured.
The residence of Robert Harper in
Marietta township, was struck by
lightning, but no one was injured.
In the City.
The midnight storm was preceded by
one about 6 o'clock that was quite Sc
we're and was attended with vigorous
atmospheric disturbance. The early
storm did considerable damage about
the city. A large tree in front OF the
Sigleton hospital at the corner of
Church street and First avenue was
struck by lightning. and a tree at the
corner of Grant street and First avenue
was blown down, carrying with ii a
number of electric and telephone wires.
Either lightning or a short circuit on
the North Third street line of the street
railway company burned out one OF the
cars while it was on that end of the
line, and another car hauled it to the
barn for repairs. The damaged car was
No. 2.
While strong wind was blowing
from the south and southeast the Sec
ond storm beat down from the north.
This storm was accompanied by light
ming so incessant that it seemed that
the heavens were on fire. The storm
came straight from the north and when
it struck it gave buildings and every
thing out of doors lively shaking up
The wind, the lightning and a down
pour of rain continued for an hour
without abating in their fury, and for
were deep in water and culverts and
catch basins were entirely inadequate
to care for the amount precipitated,
with the result that the lower quarters
of the city were flooded.
Both lightning and wind played hav-
oc with the telephone wires. Both
companies report considerable damage
by the breaking and tangling of wires.
and number Of the instruments of the
Marshall Telephone Company were
burned out by the lightning. The en-
tire forces Of both companies are de-
voting their energies toward repairing
the damage Several large trees were
blown down, including large oak in
Riverside cemetery, and large and
small limbs We're stripped from trees,
big and little. Several outbuildings
about the city We're overturned.
A house belonging to f. M. Sutton
and located on the corner of Preston
and South street, on the south side, was
struck by lightning and was consider
ably damaged, the corners of the build
ing being shattered. The building was
unocupied. The west end of the coal
sheds at the yards of George Gregory
was blown down.
Marshal Nicholson had an unpleas-
ant experience while returning home
Tuesday evening. At the corner of
street he found some broken wires and
attempted to push one away from the
sidewalk with his umbrella. The fer
rule of the umbrella came in contact
with the uninsulated portion of the
wire and the city marshal was knocked
down.
During the storm that struck the city
about 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening
lightning struck the house of E. a.
Walkup living at the extreme west end
OF town. The lightning struck the
chimney, tore 1T to pieces and also tore
I. large hole in the roof. Mrs. Walkup
and daughter Pearl We're in the build
ing at the time and We're severely
stunned by the shock.
The total rainfall during the storm
amounted to 1.55 inches, an unusual
precipitation for a storm of that dura-
ton, but % less than fell during the
previous storm of last week. The Iowa
river. which was assuming normal con-
ditions, this morning commenced to
show the effects of the heavy rain, and
as the storm extended far to the north
it Is expected that the waters will again
be high.
The storm fooled the weather bureau
observers, who predicted fair weather
for Iowa, and instead of sweeping
across southern Minnesota it changed
its course and covered almost the en-
tire central portion of Iowa.
Valuable Team Killed.
A valuable team belonging to Livery |
man c.. J. Scheeler was almost instant
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