Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-02


exceed $50 Corn was pretty badly
flattened in places where the wind mao
a good sweep over prairie land, ana
in some places 1t is thought that some
damage has been sustained.
.. Damage to Telephone Service.
Considerable damage resulted thru
out the city to telephone service. altho
the lines were repaired today so that
but little Inconvenience has been eN-
perienced. Considering the severity
of the storm the telephone companies
got off luckily. The principal dam
age was to the long lines, extending
to suburban quarters, and the north>
western part of the city suffered the
most. great many Of the phones in
Electric addition were out of service
today. A number of crosses resulted,
as a natural consequence. The rural
and but little damage was done to toll
connections.
Fire Alarm System Crippled.
Shortly after the night storm began
or at about 9:30. the fire alarm system
of the city was put out or service.
Lightning sounded the fire alarm once
and the horses sprang from their stalls,
anxious to brave the torrents that were
falling. 1t WAS found that
the system could not be used
SO the horses We're Kept hitch
ed for fifteen or twenty minutes.
ready for emergencies. The entire
circuit was affected by the electrical
disturbance but has been repaired to-
day.
Street Cars lnterfered With.
Street car service was interfered
with and the cars that were operated
after the storm began were without
lights. They moved cautiously, with
repeated gong signals, and We're able
to get over the lines slowly. 1pcan-
descent electric service was also inter-
fered with, a junction box between
Center and First, controlling the SER
vice in the northwest part of the city,
having been burned out. The damage
was all repaired today The city's
lighting plant was affected, but no
damage resulted. The lights were
out at different places where crosses
or some local trouble existed.
Telegraph Service Crippled.
The commercial telegraph service
was somewhat crippled out of the city
on both lines but the damage was
but slight, considering the severity of
the electrical storm at night. After
o'clock Thursday afternoon, until mid
night, the Western Union had no Chi
cago wire, but the damage was locat-
ed and repaired so that business was
resumed this morning. The PostaIs
packing house wire was burned out.
but was in service again at 80 this
morning. The lines of the Postal
leading north out of this city were the
worst affected. Linemen for the CONF
pany were out all night locating dam-
aged wires and repairing them.
In the railroad telegraph lines but
little damage was reported. The Cen
trail had a few crosses, but they were
of slight consequence. The Great Wes-
tern had some for Il time. as did also
the Northwestern, but the trouble was
not serious on any of the different
roads. No washouts We're reported.
Wind Hits South Side Hard.
The wind in the storm Thursday af-
ternoon appeared to hit the south side
of the city harder than any other one
southern limits of the city, the wind
blew almost in the proportions of a
tornado, altho it WAS straight blow
and showed no signs Of a "twister."
Outbuildings We're blown down In sew
eral places.
Valuable Bull Killed.
bull belonging to William Clemens
and his brother-in-law, William White,
kept with a herd on the White farm,
three and one-half mites northeast of
the city. was singled out of the entire
herd by the lightning in the afternoon
storm. The animal WAS valuable, a
thoroughbred Shorthorn
Advertising Boards Blown Down.
The bill boards at Leland park suf-
fered demolition as result of the wind
of the afternoon. only small part of
the section remaining standing.
Reports From the Country.
Reports to the T.-R. from the coun-
try do not indicate that the damage
to crops will be very severe. Green
Mountain reports no damage whatever
by lightning, but in the neighborhood
south Of the town, it is stated that some
of the corn is pretty badly down.
At Liscomb corn was laid pretty fiat
during the storm of the afternoon, but
estimates made say the damage will be
very slight.
LeGrand reports corn blown down in
places, but the damage is not material.
part of it is so fiat that it will likely
not straighten out but it is thought
that even at that the damage will not
be great.
Albion seems to have escaped the
worst of the storm, and corn damage
in that locality is not reported as at
all severe.
Iowa Coming Up.
The Iowa river, as the result of the
heavy local rains and the storm north
began to rise rapidly this morning and
is becoming muddy. A big rise, how
ever. is not looked for.