Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-08
Damage to Property Greatest in Win.
nebago County.
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA STRICKEN
Number of Buildings Wrecked al
Winona and Three Persons Injured.
WIRES WEST FROM CHICAGO OUT
One of the Most severe Disturbances
I'm Recent Nenrs-Wind Blows
at the Rate of sixty Miles
Hour.

CHICAGO Aug. 7.--Because Of severe
local storms in various sections of the
Mississippi valley during the last eighteen
hours telegraph facilities have been greatly
impaired. At o'clock yesterday after
noon the Postal company lost all OF their
wires north OF Chicago, and last night dur
ing remarkably severe storm which
passed over this city the Western Union
and Postal companies lost the greater part
of their wires TO the west. southwest and
north. This storm was one OF the mos se-
we're in recent years, the wind in the south
ern part of the city attaining a velocity
at times of fllly sixty miles an hour.
Much damage was done to trees and shrub
berry and some small outhouses were
wrecked.
Today both telegraph companies are in bad
shape for wires to the west, southwest and
north. At 7.SO the Postal company had lost
ali wires to St. Paul and st. Louis. and four
| hours later reported the situation had
not improved to any extent, The Western
Union also was in bad condition north.
south and west
Tornado strikes Iowa.
ST PAUL, Aus. IA special to the Dig
patch from Albert Lea Mnn.. says:
A tornado swept across Wnnebago
county Iowa, late yesterday afternoon and
although the reports conflicting 1t il
known that one person was killed In Joice-
vile, which was destroyed, and several
were injured. Reports say twenty were
killed The course of the storm was from
northwest to southeast. The destruction ot
property is said to be great The Minne-
apols * ST. Louis railroad is out of co NJ
mgsion and its trains are being run over
II Il Island tracks.
Thrcc Dead ut Mason City.
I ST. PAUL, Aus. IA arecial to the Dis
patch from Mason City, Ia, says;
! Three rersors were killed and -four In
surcG aod tin -an6I of dollars of damage
vce r~1o .r.u- hcut this section OF Iowa
/ Tucsda .a!ng by a tornado Tho dead
! ere:
Act7! - 1-''-c117D, n farmer OF Ham
. lortcvn, = Nd GoE.
( ri" 'r.ll,1:
/ NJ. Hc'r a." = 1.oinoG, arm bgo,.en,
aurt internally
: Mrs. Qulmlic,. Eima Ia, internal in
iuries.
! Gladys Veruy. Char atc, arm broder.
/ Fred Giul.L -lkc Mills, shoulder
crushed.
At Clear Lake many cottages were de-
I stroyeG. -Four houses near Rockwell were
/ demolished and the roof was blown from
/ the Catholic church AZ Rockwell
Damage In Southern Minnesota.
/ WINONA. MINI, Aug. IA violent wind
and rain storm passed over southern
Minnesota last evening Scores of frame
buildings in Winona were wrecked. Many
! structures were unroofed and fronts Of
stores blown in. Railroad traffic east of
here is suspended owing to washOuts. Two
coaches of Green Bay q Western train
No were blown over an embank1nent and
turned over. Three persons We're injured,
but net fatally. Reports today from south-
ern Minnesota indicate enormous damage
to crops, many dispatches telling of total
loss.
Lightning Kills Two.
PANA, H., Aug. IA heavy thunder.
storm swept over this section last night
and lighting killed Frank Henderson and
Peck Roberts. Three men in a wagon were
knocked senseless by a belt of lightning.
Two homes were destroyed at Tower Hin
and at Nokomia, the Catholic church waa
almost demolished. Great damage waa
done to crops by hail. A section OF the Big
Four track was washed out, causing delay
to traffic
! MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Aug IA se-
we're windstorm accompanied by hail. last
night leveled corn, blew down loaded fruit
trees and did much other damage.