Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-07-09
STORM LOSSES
HAIL DOES GREAT DAMAGE.
kilograms Pour Into Denver Giving
Accounts Of Destruction North
and South.


ciai from Greeley last night says: De
tailed reports from the district swept
by hail yesterday confirm the state
ment that the storm was one OF the
worst on record in this section. The
area over which hail fell vas not as
great as that covered BY similar
storms in previous years. but because
OF the long duration Of the storm, and
the size of hailstones. the damage was
greater than that done by any storm
heretofore.
From Windsor east the hail followed
the river, spreading toward the north
and cutting a clean swath through
fields Of wheat. oats. barley and po-
tatoes. In these devastated fields hun
dreds Of dead rabbits. birds and small
animals were killed by the pelting Of
the hail.
The lie Grange district was in the
path of the storm. Just east OF lie
Grange the storm shifted toward thsa
southwest. striking the farming dis
>. tricts west and south of Greeley, de
1stroying all grain on large number OF
ranches. Grain suffered most. and the
owners have hopes Of saving one-halF
OF their potato crop. provided long
growing season follows. as the main
roots of potato plants seem uuinjured.
More hail fell in the town of Evans
than in any other place. Along the
streets it was piled to a depth of two
feet and in Lundie's orchard il was
heaped to the lower limbs Of the apple
trees. Gardens in the north par; of
Evans were beaten down while those
in the south part were hardly injured.
The report that Bartels reservoir,
above Evans had given way. was with
out foundation. East Of Evans the
storm was heavy.
Beels will withstand the hail and in
many cases VIII be the only crop
saved; grain is practically gone in the
path OF the storm. but potatoes are ex-
pected TO make half to two-thirds
crops.
New Windsor, Colo. July e.-The
most disastrous hail storm that has oc-
CURED in this community in the last
tweny years occurred here yesterday
afternoon. Thousands Of dollars worth
of crops were destroyed Telephone
lines are down and it is hard 10 obtain
outside information. The territory
covered appears TO be ten miles wide
and thirty long The storm passed
through Windsor. extending about
eight miles north and a couple OF
south The greatest damage was done
along strip of the most fertile part
OF the Cache la PoudTe valley. extend
ing from Timnath to Bracewell dis
tance of eighteen miles.
Lamar. Colo, July 6.-Three persons
were injured in the unprecedented hail
storm which visited Lamar last night.
l. c. Barnard who lives three miles
west Of town. received three-ineh
, scalp wound and his scalp was torn
loose by giant haitstone. Mrs Per-
due. who lives just east OF town. was
struck in the left side by a hailstone
while trying TO cover her windows and
suffered broken rib Mrs. Smith. who
lives In a tent in the eastern, part of
town. received severe scalp wounds
and had an ankle and shoulder
sprained. Some of the haiistones
which were picked up after the storm
measured sixteen inches in diameter,
The Lamar mill suffered damage of
S. 900 to building and contents All che
north windows are destroyed and the
roofs were riddled. exposing the stored
-four TO the heavy rain. The total loss
in Lamar will probably foot up to 500
600 The full force of the storm seems
to have been felt here. as reports from
the country indicate that very slight
damage was done to crops.
HOLY. tOlO.s July
~ was visited by heavy rain accom-
panied by rail which did much damage
10 growing crops last evening. The
rainfall varied from one inch to three
inches.
Trinidad. Colo. July 6.-Trinidad
and the surrounding country were Wis
tied this afternoon by the seyerest hail
and wind storm in years. In the
northern part OF the city Louis Lucio,
the ive-year-old son of the proprietors
of a macaroni factory. while playing
in a yard. was struck on the head by
piece Of corrugated iron roofing
blown from a nearby building and in
stantly killed. No other fatalities are
reported.
At Ell Moro five miles east. the hall
storm was unusually severe and lasted
three hours. The damage to crops in
that section OF the country is heavy.
Fort Collins. Colo. July Scat
tered reports of damage from yester-
days storm are still coming in. The
storm struck the Cache la Poudre river
a little east of Laporte. devastating
the onion. fruit and grain fields In Its
course The beet fields. though badly
damaged. will revive and yield fair
return. 1t is impossible at this time
to obtain an accurate list of the suf-
ferers. but there is not farm, garden
or orchard in the pathway Of the storm
that did, not suffer to some extent.