Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-09
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED, MANY
INJURED AND GREAT DAMAGE
TO PROPERTY
PENNSYLVANIA FLOODS
Heavy and Continuous Rains Causing
Big Damage-cloudburst at Hoovers-
viIle-Lightning Strikes Two Barns
Near Iowa city-Litte Damage
From Storm in ottumwa.

nights tornado, which ragged over
! considerable section of southern Min
nesota and Western Wisconsin. The
wife and children of Peter Meyer, a
farmer living near Caledonia, Mimi,
were killed. Meyer himself was in
jured. All the farmers in the same
vicinity suffered seriously, buildings be-
| ing destroyed and many received In
juries. The damage done by the storm
is estimated at 100000.
Many Injured.
H. ]. Halvorsen was killed, four per-
sons were seriously injured, and ten
buildings were leveled by tornado,
near stoddard, Wis, last night.
The hurricane centered, apparently,
one and one-half miles east of Stod.
dard, Vernon county. 1t passed up
Coon valley and Mormon Coulee, strik-
ing Stoddard and Brinkman. Tele-
phone communication Is crippled and
telegraph wires are down toward the
south
Washouts are reported on the rail
roads in this vicinity. A bridge on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road
near Stoddard was carried out and
passenger train, carrying 200 passen.
gers, was tagged at the brink Of the
gap by a farmer. named Miller, and
many lives were saved. Many farms
are reported devastated.
Devastation in Minnesota.
North Branch, Mimi june S.-A tor.
nado passed about one mile east of
here Wednesday, doing heavy damage
and probably number Of lives are
lost No details have yet arrived from
tle country, but the storm is known
to have destroyed at IL EST three farm
houses near town. Mrs. Mygran and
Benjamin Lagoo were injured. Physi
clans have followed up the path of the
storm and indications are that several
persons have been killed and macy
injured. ~
The village of wyoming was also N
the path of the storm The home of
Mr.. Funk at that place was destroyed
and some members of the family hurt
4 Heavy Rain Storms.
Pittsburg, June 8.-Heavy and al
most continuous transforms throughout
the northern and eastern portions of
western Pennsylvania during the past
twenty-four hours have resulted in seri-
GUS floods. Great damage has been
done to property, but no fatalities have
1 been reported.
cIoudburst at HooversviIIe.
Johnstown, Pa, June SHOWERS.
vile, a town eighteen miles north of
here, was visited by cloudburst early
today. The lowlands are inundated, but
no serious damage resulted No fatal.
ties have been reported.
Struck by Lightning.
Lightning struck two barns owned by
former Supervisor A. Oil and Mrs
Kate Watkins, Thursday morning, re
sulting in fire which destroyed the
buildings and contents The loss is
$1,000. The insurance is slight.
Lightning Hits Court House.
Newton, June lightning struck
the dome of the Jasper county court
house last evening. The lightning
spread over the metal roof after slight
; ly damaging the dome. 1t reached the
ground by the water spouts.
One of the worst storms Of years oc
CURED intthis city Wednesday night
when foran hour the elements broke
loose. Rain and hail fell in torrents
the wind blew terrific gale and light
uluS llluulludL6Q lu6 SKIES. lie per
Torrance of the Wallace show in the
East End har just commenced ant
people were making their way towards
the tents when the storm started. Men
women and children immediatel.
scrambled for cars, hacks and othel
| protection. The damage by the storm
{ was very slight. despite the fact tina
: it exceeded in violence anything of re
cent years.
The roof of the Milwaukee round
house was struck by lightning, which
destroyed one of the ventilators and ;
J portion of the roof. Paving on Nortl
Z Market street, north Of Fourth
! street, was undermined and hat
t to be relayed. The new work on Nortl
! Wapello, between Fifth and Alban.
street, was also affected. About 15
feet of new curbing was washed ava,
and several bitches were filled. TIL,
) total amount of precipitation was 275
: Horribly Burned
: was c. Rivenbark of Norfolk. Va. blu
l~l I.