Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-07
HARD WIND PLAYS
HAVOC WITH CORN
Northeastern and Eastern Parts
of the County Will Have
Heavy Losses
CORN FLAT IN MANY PLACES
And is Far Enough Advanced so That
Much Of 1t Will Never strashten
Fruit Trees, Especially Apples,
Blown Down-several Small Fires
Due to Lightning.

before o'clock Tuesday evening and
continued abo,0 an hour, played havoc
with growing crops and trees, leveling
corn so fiat that much of it will never
straighten, blowing down heavily
loaded fruit trees, as we'll as limbs of
shade trees, and Gripping telephone
services turnout the county. The losses
will be very heavy, especially in the
northeastern and eastern parts of the
county, where hail added to the dam
age. Several small fires resulted from
the lightning.
Green Mountain Hit Worst.
Up Green Mountain way the dam
age appears to have been the most
severe and widespread, and from the
country districts as far as three and
one-half miles northeast Of the Mar
ion township farm, in Vienna, the corn
is reported down so badly in places
that there is no hope Of it ever
Strengthening. Trees were blown
down in large numbers, and orchards
suffered, especially the heavily loaded
apple trees. A heavy hail fell, adding
to the damage to crops, and the light
ming was incessant. AS far as could
be learned, however. no damage from
the lightning, either from fires or stock
killed, resulted in this immediate vicin-
ity. Telephone lines were badly
crossed, and falling trees broke down
some of the rural lines.
n. G. Hubbard, who has a govern
ment rain guage. reports the precipi-
tation in this part of the county to
have been two and one-tenth inches,
an almost unprecedented fall for so
short a time. When, with the hard
rain in this city, the government OBJ
servation showed 80, or less than
three-quarters of an inch, the severity
of the rain toward the northeast can
better be imagined.
Also Bad at l-eGrand.
The storm was also severe at Le-
Grand where many trees We're blown
down, telephone wires broken, and the
corn was laid fiat. The same fear re-
garding the corn is expressed by far
mers in this part of the county, who
say that they do not think the corn
will straighten. Two haystacks were
struck by lightning aud burned south
Of LeGrand.
Northern Halt Escaped.
From view of the storm in this
city it was surmised that the most
damage would be reported from the
northeast, as proved to be the case.
The wind blew almost directly from
the northeast when the storm struck
the city North and northwest Of town
but little damage is reported, and the
wind there did not blow so very hard.
From point one and one-half miles
northeast of Albion there was a high
wind, but it did not blow hard enough
to do much damage. From this point,
however, it was plainly visible that
farther to the east a hard storm was
raging.
From Taylor township six miles out
toward the north, the wind did not
blow SO very hard, altho hard enough
to break down a few trees. The corn
is not down so low but that 1t is be-
lieved 1t will come up again in a few
days.
Got II to the Southeast.
To the southeast, altllo the storm
was fast spending it's force, the coun-
try districts had a good taste of the
wind, which blew the corn down to
some extent The damage, however,
will not be so great as farther north.
There was a very little hail accom-
panying the wind, but hard rain. To
the southeast a large fire was visible,
and this morning it was learned to have
been caused by the burning of a, barn
near Newburg, due to the lightning.
At Other Points.
AT Luray to the southwest, there was
little or no damage. and the wind did
not blow very hard There was fire
off toward Haverhill, but today there
was no telephone line to that point.
At LaMoille it is said that the storm
was not severe, altho three bad crosses
prevented communication with that
point on the rural telephone A barn
is said to have been struck by light
ming and burned north of LaMoille.
Another fire is reported at point
about one mile south Of the Pleasant
Hill school house, in Timber Creek
township.
Damage In the City.
The damage within the city is con-
fined to broken trees tangled wires. and
mutilated gardens, especially patches Of
sweet corn. Electric light wires suf-
fered as well as telephone lines, due
to broken limbs falling over them. The
telephones however. were in a better
condition in the city than would have
been supposed after such hard blow.
On the toll lines lightning burned out
good many fuses, and put the lines
out of business for time, but the
damage was easily repaired. The
country lines suffered the most.
A large limb of a shade tree was
blown over against the northeast cor
ner of DR.. H A. Kinnan's residence,
Fourth and State, but did no damage
to the house
Cow Killed by Lightning
A mich COW, belonging to Benja-
min Quinn, living seven miles south
of the city on the Center street road
was killed by lightning during the
storm. The animal, which was valued
at $50 was in the pasture and it is
presumed that the lightning first
struck wire fence near where the