The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
LOSS AT SpENCER'S IS ENORMOUS
Roof is Pealed Off OF Big Building and
Almost the Entire Stock OF Goods
Is Damaged By the Water.
Other Serious Losses.

at the other end of this block was
taken out by the suction.
The wind tore the roof from the
Beadle building on the south side oil
the street and opposite from the Odd
Fellow hall and dumped it into the
alley. The front of the Stull & Nc
Gregor building was blown in and
great quantities of water entered the
building.
Other plate glass fronts demolish-
ed about the city were Pfeifer & Bel
mont, Harris Brothers, Will Neagle
grocery, Crescent Coal Company,
Augustine drug store, Chris Winter
hall on High Avenue west.
Lumber Sheds Destroyed.
The southwest corner of the Kali
bach Lumber Company lumber sheds
was picked up and demolished by the
force of the wind and the boards
scattered along G street and Second
avenue. The loss here is several
hundred dollars.
The Iowa Central round house was
practically unroofed and the water
poured into this place. The roof of
the Iowa Central passenger station
was also damaged and the offices of
superintendent and secretary and
the ladies waiting rooms were flooded.
A part of the roof of the Lacey
Hotel was lifted and several rooms
received a bath of rain water.
Congregational Church Damaged.
The Congregational church is bad
ly damaged. A part of the roof from
the Spencer building fell upon the
church and went through the roof in
a number of places. One piece cut
through the roof of the auditorium
and let in the flood of water.
South A street and the Spencer
corner was the scene of the greatest
destruction and damage and hun
dreds of people visited the place dur
ing the day. The Spencer building
was closed to all visitors but the
street in the vicinity was filed with
sight seers.
Great damage was done to the
trees of the park and some of the
strongest trees were leveled.
The rear of the brick addition to
the Bashaw barn was blown in and
much damage rendered. .-.#
The Electric Light Company's of
flee is damaged by breaking out Of
the front and the flood from this
opening and the roof.
Damage at Court House
A portion of the terra Gotta trim
mings of the court house were lifted
from the north east corner and were
hurled down through the roof of the
jail building and sheriff's residence.
Sheriff Valentine was in bed at the
time and narrowly missed being hit
by one of the hugh chunks.
Damage at Power House.
The power station of the Oskaloosa
Traction and Light Company was
unroofed in part and the water Leak
ed upon the belt transmitting power
on the great Corliss engine, disabling
it for time. All power was turned
off at one O'Clock this morning and
the city was in total darkness the
rest of the night.
Raaa Rail Eanna n1na Soy.
Practically all of the board fence
around Base Ball park was either
leveled or damaged. The grand
stand, however; weathered the storm
and stands almost intact. Other
high fences and bill boards about
town suffered considerably.
Horses Have Marrow Escape.
The Harry Phinney building west
of the Spencer place was damaged to
the extent of couple of hundred
dollars. The wind took down a
chimney through the rear part and
into the Underwood stable. A couple
Of wagon loads of brick piled into the
stall of cold jerry" the delivery
horse, and how the animal escaped
with his life is mystery. He was
standing onla bedding of brick and
mortar this morning with no injury
mot even scratch.