The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
Trees Bend and Snap Before Its
Awful Force.
DRENCHIEG RAIN FALLS
YinewOod Excursionists IN Cars
Are Soaked.
Vivid Lightning and Sharp
Thunder Add to Terror.

For q brief minute during the terrific
storm OF wind with its accompanyin
thunder. lightning and rain which yis-
tied the city shortly after 10 o'clock
last night. it seemed as though the town
was in the throes of q cyclone or hurrl-
cane.
When the storm broke with all its
fury after the heavens IN the north had
roared with thunder for many minutes
and the clouds had fairly biazed witn
vivid flashes of lightning which made
the succeeding darkness doGbly terri
bic a rush Of wind came from the
north Within a few minutes i had
attained a velocity of IS miles an hour
and it maintained this velocity for near
y three quarters OF an hour except for
the one minute or 2 trife less when
the sort of a cyclone blast came. This
was just after the rain began to fall.
An unusual roar Of thunder was fol-
lowed by most unEsual roar Of wind.
Mammoth trees in the outskirts of the
town almost bent double before its
force and many light frame buildings
rocked. The wind attained a velocity
OF 10 miles an hour and had il con-
tlnued even for a few minutes It would
undoubtedly have wrought cousfderzb bic
damage but it's life was as short as Il
was sudden and except that If blsW
down some trees and broke the branch
es OF many others, little If any serious
damage was done. The storm Of FRI
day night, June p. seemed to have
trS out most of the dead wood III
the town and there was little left for
last nights storm to get away with.
Quite bit OF damage was done to
the telephone and telegraph lines in the
city but it was no so extensive as TO
hamper the services materially and sucE-
wires as were blown down viii be IN
working order before the day is over.
Considering the force of the storm and
the great quantities Of thunder and
city not much rain fell. The faIl meas
ured 13 hundredths of an inch.
Although the storm was a most furi-
Gus one. It was none the less accepts bic
and doubiy so because the real damage
It did was slight From early morning
yesterday until nightfa1l in fact until
the storm actually arrived the day
had heen a seercbeT THE hear ssae4
dence Of a breeze all day The weather
indications were that the hot wealth
er was 70 continue with increasing in
Iensity but the chances are the storm
at least. for today broke fair and oe-
lghtIulIy cool in comparison with the
days which have gone before
Pleasure seekers in the country. at
=Ninewooa park, and strolIers IN the
streets and the parks in the city, who
were hunting breathing spots, were
the ones who suffered by the storm.
particularly the girls and womep4 in
their gauzy summer gowns. So sudden
was the storm that there was little
chance to get shelter except that
afforded by doorways. and those xho
were out were drenched to the skin
Many in the crowds at VineWood as
soon as they saw the storm approa CHI
ing hurried to the cars and a couple
of strings of cars got lust half way
HofVreeTa fhn ~f- Lc ,sA~
the STERN came on. The majority Of
these cars were open trsilerS and thev
were packed to the limit The rain
blew IN them from ali sides and every
one in them was actually drenched.
Some of the women with their clothes
clinging to them ike paper to a wall
presented ludierous sights, to say the
least, when they alighted from these
cars at the terminal of the line in the
city. Several Of the women's escorts
acted the chivairous when the cars
pulled up at Eighth and Kansas ave-
nues by taking off their coats and
putting them on their companions fer
the rush to the transfer station, for
the storm then was at its height.
One woman in a white gown fell fat
escort at her side.
There was already a big crowd hud-
died around the transfer station ak
ing good wetting, but they forgot
tnelr dtscomnture ana cheered the
men who ran coatless through the
rain.
The rain seemed to come all at
once, and in a few minutes after Il
started the cutters along the streets
were running like small rivers and
all the dirt and dust whicn had ac-
cumulated in the streets for the past
week was washed away and today the
city looks like a good imitation Of
s-spotless town.