The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-09-08
Another Damaging Storm.


One of the most severe storms of this
season of bad storms visited this section
Friday afternoon. There was tremen-
dous downpour of rain for an hour, ac-
companied by intense electrical dis
charges, and in many places good deal
of heavy wind that badly twisted and
hattened the growing crops. The heav-
lily cared corn and the large growth of
tobacco were just in that condition when
such storms do most damage. The
weight of the cloud burst of rain and
the assistance of the wind beat down
these crops after the soil had been soft
ened by the rain so that many fields pre-
sented the appearance of having been
passed over by roller. The accumula-
lions of the food overtaxed the water
lars were soon filled and the streets and
sidewalks covered with water for time.
Over four inches of rain fell during the
storm.
In some localities hail fell, causing
much loss to the standing tobacco. In
many places the crop was vertically cut
to pieces and little more than the stalks
are left standing. Orson Coon, whose
farm is on the Johnstown road six miles
east Of GAINESVILLE, and whose remarkable
l2-acre field of magnificent leaf which
was expected to yield $500 pounds to the
acre, had his crop cut so badly that it
will not be harvested. He had contract.
ed to sell it at 10 cents straight. His
loss will be between $4,000 and $4,000.
j. l.. Cronin of Spring Brook is reported
to have little more than the stalks left
in his field. Tom Welsh's crop OF four
acres is badly cut up. John Casey's
crop is badly damaged. On the farms
all along State street the leaves are re.
ported to have been uniformly punctur-
ed in four or five places by the hail
Another section where the storm was
severe was the south part of the town of
Dunkirk, where a large amount of hail
fell for the second time this season. A
tobacco shed on the Bailey farm, where
Ed. cortland is tenant containing about
h'O all % Va AouSIuS LOUoCCO Was DlOWu
over, seriously damaging the crop Now
that tobacco is selling at prices running
from &c to lie per pound, the loss is con-
Siderable The stacks of grain on Fl. D.
Hanson's4 place, Haverhill, were struck
by lightning and burned. A tobacco
shed on the farm of 81. E. Roberts, on
Wheeler Prairie, was blown down, as
was also shed on the Thore Olson es-
tate.
Lightning struck many farm build
ings in the track of the storm, causing a
good deal of damage in the aggregate.
The Child storage warehouse just north
of town was struck, as we'll as T. A. Per-
RVS tobacco shed, but in neither case
did fire follow. On the Stone farm in
Fulton large horse barn was set on fire
and totally destroyed. The building
was filled with hay and more than 5000
bushels of grain. Fethers & Jeffris
carried insurance on the building and
contents but the tenant, Peter Ander-
son, suffers the loss OF all his harnesses
and his interest in the grain, etc. Light
ming struck large horse barn on Griff
Jehu's farm in Rutland township and it
was burned to the ground with about Is
tons of tame hay. Most of his farm ma
chinery was destroyed as we'll as couple
Of head of cattle. The roof of barn on
the Kidder farm in Fulton was carried
off by the wind to an adjoining field.