The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26
WITH WIND AND rain
A Fearful Storm Again Visited
Mitchell Thursday Night,
Coming FROM the West.

"AAeeneA A1uisQaY NlRht,
Coming FROM the West.
The excitement had barely sub
sized over the cyclone Of July l3,
before Mitchell was visited again
with a destructive wind and rain.
storm, which came up Thursday
evening at s O'Clock and spread itself
all over this section, lasting thirty
minutes. Both clements started i'm
about the same time, the wind
travelling With furious velocity and
carrying a deluge OF water that was
something terrible. 1T was without
question the hardest wind and rain
storm that has visited this section
since the cloudburSt early in June,
1902. Tie trees we're dashed in the
tuly Oh the storm and all over the
city branches we're broken and blown
into the street, while a number of
cases are reported where whole trees
were partially torn from the ground.
Hundreds OF fine trees in the city
were damaged TO some extent.
j. G. llamiel, living a mile and a
half southeast, WAS the heaviest
loser in the storm. MI. Hamiel
calne To town this morning and AVE
out the information that his large
new cattle barn, built at a cost of
l.500, was practically wrecked in
the storm. 1t was blown over and
the lumber scattered around the
premises. He owned d hundred head
OF cattle and practically all of them,
with a number of hogs, were In the
barn when it went. Just a day or
two before he had placed forty tons
of hay in the loft and when the barn
was wrecked the hay came down on
the cattle. Some of them we're
gotten out OF the barn and others
were caught beneath the bay and
smothered. Just how many cattle he
will lose Mr.. Hamiel was unable to
state before returning home and
making a count Of them. Some hogs
were also caught under the hay. Mr..
Hamiel's other barn was moved about
two feet off its foundation.
Out west Of town, about 8 miles,
the wind did considerable damage to
property. The barn OF David Duy-
wick was wrecked and that of Dan
Davies vas blown partially over.
while that OF Farmer Shuler was
move several feet Off its foundation.
The grand stand in the University
park was blown partially over and
the roof settled down over the seats
The windmills of Mess1s. Seaton,
Giltillan and Hardy we're destroyed
by the wind, being blown down and
twisted beyond further use. The
footbridge on Sanborn street across
Dry Run, was blown co npletely over
and laid i'm the road.
The damage to the crops will UNI
douotedly amount to a great deal,
unless some OF the grain can be saved.
The heavy wind laid the grain fla,
all over this section. Down south
and southwest a large quantity OF
hall fell and in Prosper township il
is reported that many cornfields were
practically ruined. There was a stri1
OF country about five miles wide
where the hail did.the worst damage
Hail is also reported to have done
considerable damage IN the southern
part of Sanborn county, near Lctch
er. 1t is thought that much grai1
can be saved after ii has straishtenet
up, as the harvester can he used ii
one direction in cutting.
During the thirty minutes tina
the water fell. the precipitation
amounted TO $50 inches. Dow,
town. ON Main street, the sewer
were inadequate to carry off the sur
plus wafer and it hacked up in tn
basement OF nearly every store on tn
street, the water Varying from fcu
TO oi-at i0cles, resulting in som
damage to GOODS stored on the loo
III tile basement.
10 in The northern part of tn
state there was no storm, other tina
a rood satn. Out west to Chamber
Jain considerable damage is reporte
from the wlnd and the hail.