Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-11

The worst storm of the present sea-
son, with the one exception that the
rainfall was slightly less than during
two previous storms, visited this city
and vicinity between II and II o'clock
Tuesday night. Streets and yards are
strewn with large and small limbs,
twisted from the trees by the higR
wind. and electric and telephone wires
are broken and tangled. A valuable
team of horses was killed by coming
in contact with a live wire, and conslo-
cradle other damage resulted, especial
Nv in Timber Greek township. where
a. hail storm caused destruction 10
buildings and ruined crops.
The storm was severe turnout the
county and west along the line OF the
G. & N. w. Much damage Is reported
IN CROPS in Timber Creek township
from hail, and several buildings were
nnroofed in that section by the wind'
which also damaged the hotel at State
Center Lightning did damage to sew
eral buildings both in the city ara
country.
Destruction in Timber Creek.
Wind and hail did damage to the
amount of thousands of dollars in Ilnl-
Der Creek township. A heavy hail
storm cut a strip two miles in width
thru the eastern portion of the town
ship running all the crops in its path.
The Marshall Vinegar Company lost
between forty and fifty acres OF cucunl-
bers by the hail, but the crop Will be
replanted, as there is yet time to grow
vegetables of this kind.
In Timber Creek township and In
norton of eastern Jefferson township
the damage done by the hail was much
greater than from the wind and rain.
The hail came from the first storm OF
the evening, and while some fell In this
CITY the storm did not assume seri-
Gus phase until few miles directly
south. A strip of territory between two
and three miles wide. and extending
thru Timber Creek township into JET
ferson the storm was so severe that
some of the facts are almost beyond
belief.
The commodious home of e. L. Mon
ohon, residing six miles south of the
city on Center street, was almost com
pletely ruined by rain and hail. While
the roof was rebuilt five years ago and
was in good repair, the hail stones We're
so large and the wind carried them
with such force that the roof was lit
orally pounded to pieces. The stones
went thru the roof, tearing holes with
as much ease as if fired from a gun.
The family abandoned the upstairs
to-, ~ etN al of
the members might have been killed
by the hail. The roof was completely
destroyed and the house was flooded by
the accompanying rain. Water ran
Gown the stairway in a stream. and all
the furniture was completely soaked
and much of it ruined. Sixty window
glasses in the house were broken. When
the storm abated Mr. Monohon and
family sought refuge at neighbours.
Mr.. Monohon's crops We're completely
destroyed, the hail stones cutting the
oats and other growing grain to pieces
and the wind sweeping the ground as
clean as 1t was when first plowed Other
farmers in the vicinity suffered similar
damage to their crops.
At the farm of G.. A. Dunn the house
and barn We're unroofed by the wind
and several outbuildings were demol-
ished. Mr. Dunn's crops were ruined
and he estimates his loss at $1,000.
Reports from different farmers within
the belt of the storm show incalculable
damage. Hail destroyed the entire
crop of many and joined with the force
Boughs three inches in diameter are re.
No
trees as with an AK The bark was
literally pounded from the orchard trees
and as one farmer expressed it the
orchards We're as spotted as Loop
ard"
At ]. L. Dayton's farm in Timber
Creek township glass was broken and
serious damage done to crops. John
Brennecke suffered the loss of his crops,
as did w. S. Smith and L. r. Strong,
six miles south of this city, lost his en-
tire crops of corn and small grain, beat
en- into the ground and entirely des-
troyed. He also reports the destruction
of his orchard. Harry BOWL reports his
crop ruined, nearly a hundred chickens
killed and his fine blackberry field
beaten and broken level with the
ground. The fields of j. M. Strong,
John DLukehart, Richard Loney, John
Vagart and other residents of that
neighborhood are in the same condition
and all have the same story to tell of
loss and destruction. Mrs. Robinson,
widow, is reported by her neighbors to
have lost everything.
At E. l.. Putnam's and W. Fl. Dreis-
backs farms near the Spring Valley
school house the storm seems to have
abated somewhat. While considerable
amage was done by hail and wind this
neighborhood escaped the
total destruction visited upon the farms
farther south and east. South of the
creek the wind twisted in two growing
trees eighteen inches in diameter and
the wind is covered with branches liter
ally cut off by hailstones described as
having been of sizes varying from a
goose egg to mans clutched hand.
Fred Midnight, afer gathering his
family in the cellar when the storm APP
emerged to watch the ele-
mental disturbance and was struck on
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