The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-06-12
WIDESPREAD STORM.
Many Sections Of Iowa Suffer
Considerable Damage.

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and rainfall was prevalent In many
sscticns Of Iowa last night. The
storm was general over lows, but
was only severe in localities.
4 A serious accident As the result Of
the storm is reported from Waahing-
ton, but as the town is entirely cut
| on from communication details mra
impossible to get. Seven young peo-
pie, members Of the High school
graduating class drove TO COppock
| for q picnic. Returning their hack
was overturned and they were com
PEELED to seek shelter In brick
country school house. While harbor-
ed there second storm came up and
the school house was partly 4 adenaol.
ished. All Of the young people were
hurt, several Of them seriously. An
other report says it was the school
house atWashington where thelgradu-
alton exercises were being held that
was blown down. A number are In
iured but how many can'tbe verified.
A tornado struck Morning Sun thia
morning aud unroofed eight buildings
and demolished the tile factory.
Several people were slightly injured.
Last night the West Hill sschool
house In Muscatine was unroofed,
and the streets Of the city Uttered
with trees.
Washouts on the B., CIR. & IN. tied
up traffic until noon to-day between
Montezuma and Muscatine. Several
miles OF telephone wires around Mus
catine were also leyeled.
Much damage was done by last
nights storm in Cedar Rapids and
vicinity. The Fair Ground buildings
were unroofed and the barn OF Hiram
Hirtz near Blairstown was struck by
lightning. Loss, 81 900. a great deal
OF stock was killed throughout Linn
county.
Fire from lightning last night des-
troyed the store mill OF Hart Daniels
at Lowmoor. The loss viii reach
seven thousand dollars, IpartialIy
covered by insurance.
A severe electric, wind and hail
storm did immense damage to Mar
shall County last night. Many houses
were struck by lighting and much
stock was killed. In Timber Greek
township the wind unroofsd several
buildings. The hail was worst ever
known and fell in chunks as large as
mans fist, cAennine The gtound aSs
all growing crops and knocking the
bark from fruit trees. at Elmo. Os
Monohon's home hail stones tore the
roof to peices and damaged all the
furnishings. No lives were lost.
The heaviest wind storm since the
cyclone OF 1882 visited Grinnell early
In the evening. twas accompanied
by heavy rain. Trees were damaged
badly and the roofs were blown from
the old opera house and livery
stable.
Jordan, few miles east Of Boone
on the Chicago & Northwestern, was
struck by cyclone early last even
ing. The extent of the damage done
was not reported to Boone, but IL 10
known no one was hurt in the town.
Fears are expressed that the cyclone
did greater damage in the country.
In the town the depot was blown
across the track and number Uf
houses were moved from their foun-
dations and smaller structures de-
stroyed.
A wreck was reported near Jordan
and q wrecking crew ordered out
from Boone to pick up four cars
which were off the track. The cause
Of the wreck was not learned at
Boone, but it was thought the storm
obstructed the track.
Telegraph lines were down last
night east on the Rock Island and
northeast on the Great Western. The
Great Western lines were down at
Reinbeck.
Fearful Storm I'm Illinois.
| Bloomington, H., June 11.-A ter
rife storm passed through Blooming
ton last night, causing .s125, 200 dam
age to property in the city and prob
ably as much more in country and
villages nearby, and cutting of COM
munication created q panic among
the inhabitants. The tornado APP
peared shortly after II O'Clock and
ragged in full fury for 15 minutes.
Houses and business blocks were un-
rooted, have the plate glass in town
shattered, treesland telegraph poles
leveled and streets swept by rain and
wind. Many people fed to the streets
when their houses we're unroofed.
So far as can be learned this morning
there were no fatalities, Reports Of
other sections in Genital Illinois tell
of serious conditions.
At Merua three women were killed
in storm and aboat twenty others
injured.
| Pekin, Ills., June 1,--In Cyclone
that passed over this section last
night three were killed at Kingston
mines and two fatally iniuTGs. Great
damage was done to prot ty.
Peoria, June 1.-The worst storm
in Atty years ragged here for -four
hours last night and this morning
/ Seven lives are known to have beer
: lost and untold damage done. Wires