Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-27
WIND and RAIN
Do MUCH DAMAGE
Storm of Tuesday Evening
Takes on Proportions of a
Small Tornado
DOES DAMAGE AT THE HOME
large Smokestack on tho Hospital
Power House Blown Down and Tears
Away Corner Of the Buildins-Fact
That it Fell to East Saved Lives of
Patients-Trees FelIed, Wires Broken

The wind storm that struck this city
at about o'clock Tuesday evening,
took on the proportions of small tor
nado, and for a time threatened to do
considerable severe damage. The dam
age was great enough, as it was, es-
pecially in the northwest part OF the
city, where the storm first struck. The
wind approached from the northwest
one moment, then whirled around and
made it's appearance from the south
At the Soldiers Home, the damage
was greatest.
While the Home suffered, Comman-
dant Horton is of the opinion that the
storm terminated most fortunately, as
far as the institution is concerned
The large smokestack on the hospital
power house building, seventy feet in
height. was torn down even with the
roof Of the building and went crashing
off to the east, tearing away the cor
nice of the kitchen and breaking many
windows in the building. Flying bricks
tore off shingles both on the hospital
and the residences Of the quarter
master and adjutant. Trees in Cottage
Grove park were twisted and torn to
the ground, and the large flag staff,
little over 100 feet in height, was brok-
en- off Just above the splice, or between
fifty and seventyfve feet from the
ground The cost to replace the stack
is not known by the Soldiers Home
officials, but will be quite great. The
flag staff, which came from oregon.
can not be replaced for less than $500.
In all parts of the city evidences of
the storm are shown. Trees are lying
in the streets here and there, and in
many instances, in falling, carried With
them telephone and electric light wires.
The city was in darkness as q result.
the municipal plant being unable to
furnish an arc circuit, and the Mar
shalltown Light, Power & Railway
Company crippled in it's commercial
circuit. The man who used gas was In
his element The lights We're turned
on at , o'clock, but failed again a half
hour later.
River Out of Its Banks.
The Iowa river is again out of its
banks and the prospects are that the
conditions of last year are to be re-
peated The river came up three feet
Tuesday night and this morning, and
began to flow around thru the channels
under the first two bridges north of
the river on Center street The water
this morning was to the Cation bridge,
and If the rain continues Mr.. Cation
will have to use boats to reach his
home, as was the case twice last sum-
mer The river is now between one and
one-half feet and two feet higher than
1T has been any time this year, but is
still considerably under the highest
stage of last year. II will not take
much more rain however, to furnish a
repetition of conditions.
Linn creek is booming. the heavy
rise not occurring until an early hour
this morning. All the meadow land
west of Third avenue is flooded, ex-
tending as far north as the master
mechanics Office of the Iowa Central
A part of the raised sidewalk on South
Center street is atioat. East of Third
avenue the gardens along The low
ground bordering the creek are flooded
similarly to the manner in which they
w ere idSt tSti. iiS NiNSh 10 Stiii AAs'-
ing, and can be seen from Main street,
six blocks to the south.
Telephones Out of Service.
The telephone companies suffered
materially The Iowa people were in bad
shape this morning, wires being down
all over the city, crossed and broken.
The outside connections We're demon
allied, altho the lines south and east
10,
expected. North and west there We're
no connections whatever. The Mar
shall Telephone Company did not suf-
fer quite so much in the city, altho
many crosses We're encountered. Out
available.
Dairyman is Injured.
George Loss, dairyman living
southwest of the city, was caught in
the storm while in the west part of
the city, near the Soldiers Home. His
wagon was overturned and was torn
to pieces. Mr.. Loss was quite badly
bruised, but not seriously injured.
Rev A. E. Kiser, G. w. Holt and an
other State Center man We're caught
in the storm as they We're leaving the
city to drive to State Center. The
buggy was overturned and the occu-
pants spilled out in the road in a heap.
None, however, was injured.
West Marshall Suffers.
The storm struck the city near the
Soldiers Home, a little to the south. 1t
swept eastward over a oath about $50
feet in width. Just outside the city,
south of the Home, is where the heavi-
est damage resulted. outbuildngs being
blown away, overturned or completely
destroyed. Charles Everist, Charles
Epson and f. +. Church, all residents
of Fifteenth street, had coal sheds
blown away. The one OF Mr.. Epson was
carried 200 feet The building belonging
to Mr.. Church was smashed into kind
ling wood. Louis Lu:vy, living on
Fourteenth street, had The addition to
his house, which had Just been placed
On its foundation, blown away and bad
~ racked. George Seibei. living on Fif-
teenth street, suffered the loss of an en-