The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
STORM DOES DAMAGE.
Atlantic and Other Iowa Points
Suffer Great Loss.

Atlantic, Ia, July 21.--A terrific
wind storm, straight from the north.
west, steady and of so great power
that no gauge could Withstand its i'm,
petus and measure its velocity, bore
down upon Atlantic yesterday after.
noon at 4:30. The blow continued for
thirty minutes.
l.. Wheatley, a stockman northwest
from town was caught fn mis- field and
injured by the running away of his
horses.
Fred Iepsgn, west from town, was
! blown from a load of hay and sustain.
ed fractured leg.
The loss to property is considerable
The new Gillespie brick store building
in course Of erection across from the
postofice, was damaged to the extent
| of 81, 000, the loss presumably being up
on the contractor, George Haver, Of
| Anita
G. P. Meredith's implement ware
house was totally wrecked and much
damage was done to vehicles and i'm
elements housed therein.
Glass in all parts of the city was
broken. The steeple Of the Methodist
church went down and the court house
tower is damaged to a considerable de
gree.
Hundreds of trees were torn up by
their roots and the telephone and cleo
trio light wires are tangled masses up
on the ground. From all reports OBJ
| tainable the storm was confined to g
territory of five miles each way from
this city. Within that boundary
much Of the growing crops were de
stroyed by the hail and wind.
! Bad in Northwest.
Sioux City, Ia, July 21.-Section'
of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakott
suffered damage reaching into thous
ands of dollars from a severe hail anC
wind storm yesterday afternoon.
In the vicinity Of Sheldon hail al
large as goose eggs fell, killing hun
dreds of pigs and young chickens ant
beating the growing crops to pieces
Some farmers suffered total loss o
their growing crops. The rain a
Sheldon amounted almost to cloud
burst.
Two inches of water fell at Sibley
and thousands of acres of crops wer'
damaged-the storm extending all tht
way to Watertown, South Dakota.
Rock Rapids, Iowa, reports heav!
damages reaching to Pipestone, MINI
Clear Lake, South Dakota, reports thu
worst hail storm ever known there
1t totally destroyed crops through
strip three miles wide and killed sheel
! and fowls without number.
At Sioux City a heavy rain fell a
night.
! Death in Lake Manawa.
! Council Bluffs, "a, July 21.-Whil'
out in yacht in, Lake Manawa las
evening, Dave w. Annis and Ben kim
and Misses Bessie Cooley and NELLIE
Clabap, all of Omaha, were thrown
into the water by the capsizing o
their boat. They were about the mid
die of the lake when squall suddenl!
came up and before the sail could b
properly trimmed the parties were al
thrown into the water. Mr.. King sue
ceeded in assisting the young womeI
to hold on the overturned boat, bu
Annis was not so fortunate. 1t seems
something struck him on the head a!
the boat went over, for he was neVe
seen again. His body has not yet beer
recovered.
Hail Does Great Damage.
Sheldon, Ia, July 21.-A severe hal
storm struck Sheldon yesterday after
noon. The storm was about ten mile
wide. 1t lasted but fifteen minutes
but did 100000 damage in the coun
try. The hail was the size of nutmeg
and drifted in places ten inches deep
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