Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
DAMAGE TO CROPS.
Hail and Windstorms Visit Wide
Area in the West.
Several People Killed at Mendoza
and StreatOr, In.-Wheat and
Corn Destroyed i'm Iowa
and Minnesota.

Mendoza, ILL.,. July 1S.-A tornado
visited this city at five o'clock p. M.
killing four people. The beautiful
campus of the Advent college is
wreck. The path of the storm was
eight miles long. Everything in its
path was destroyed and a dozen people
were injured
At Streator five people were killed
and at least 80 injured, many of them
seriously. ALI the new buildings at
the race track and at Electric park
were destroyed. The Three T. rail-
road bridge, valued at S1,000,000, is
nearly all gone. The factory of the
Vulcain Western company was entirely
destroyed. The property loss in and
around Streator is $4,000 900.
The report of the destruction OF
Gardner proves untrue. While the
storm was the worst in the history
of the town. no lives were lost and
no one was injured. A few houses
were damaged and trees and shrubbery
were destroyed. Country districts re-
port considerable damage by rain and
winds but no fatalities.
Wide Area Devastated.
Council Bluffs, Ia, July 21-Prob-
ably the worst wind, hail and rain
storm of the season swept over a part
of southwestern Iowa late yesterday
afternoon, destroying all crops in its
path and leveling many buildings and
trees. A number of injuries have been
reported, but no fatalities and no in
juries that it is thought will prove IA
tai. Telegraph and telephone wires are
down in all directions and it is almost
impossible to obtain any information
as toSthe severity of the storm in the
country districts. The greatest dam
age is reported from Atlantic, where
the courthouse. Methodist church and
large brick store building in course
of construction were badly wrecked.
Harlan reports many farm buildings
demolished southeast of there and
that corn and small grain have been
pounded into the ground and cannot
possibly recover.
Thousands of acres of crops be-
tween Sibley, Ia, and WATERFOWL, S.
D., were severely damaged.
The Storm in Minnesota.
Luverne, Mimi, July PA hail
storm passed over the eastern part of
this (Rocl1) county late yesterday, to-
tally destroying fully one-third of the
entire crop, entailing a loss which has
been estimated at s1,00O,OOO. In Sc
verify and area the storm was the
| most destructive ever known in the
northwest A report is current here
| that from Trosky, % miles north of
| this city, south to Ellsworth, a dis
| tance of 80 miles, and from these
points east for Is miles, all of the crops
have been destroyed.
Took Shelter Under Load of Hay.
Vinita, 1. T., July 20.-Ligbtning
| struck load of hay not far from
| Miami, 1. T., yesterday morning and
set fire to the hay and killed Robert
| Griffin. The deceased took shelter I'M
| der the hay from a shower of rain that
| came up and when the lightning struck
| the hay three people were knocked to
| the ground, but none were hurt except
| Griffin, who gave a slight groan as life
| became extinct.
Died of Tornado Fright.
| Jefferson City, Mo, July 20.-Mrs.
| Kate Denger, wife of Philip Denger,
of St Louis, died suddenly in this city
| Saturday of fright. She was in the
tornado of '96 in st. Louis and barely
| escaped with her life at that time.
| This city was visited by a severe cleo
trical and windstorm late Friday night
and soon after it came up she became
very much frightened and nervous and
| finally collapsed under the strain.
Whole Fields of Corn Destroyed.
Warsaw, Ind, July ia severe
storm and heavy rainfall destroyed
thousands of acres of growing corn.
Whole fields east of this place, in an
area with a radius of six miles were
| ruined.
Severe Hailstorm Around Sheldon.
Sheldon, Ia, July PA severe hail
storm struck Sheldon yesterday after
noon. The storm was about ten miles
wide. 1t lasted but Is minutes, but
did S1OO, 600 damage in the country
| College Students Nuisance.
Topeka, Kan, July 19-In a letter
| to Mr. Gerow. the state free employ