Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-20

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ing, and arose and went to the barn
to look after his stock. Shortly after
he entered the barn 1t was struck by
lightning and it Is supposed that the
unfortunate man was killed outright
by the bolt or rendered unconscious.
The barn caught fire and In few min
utes was in flames and by the time
anyone was present 1t was impoasi-
BILE to enter. Some time later his
charred remains were recovered from
the ruins. Five horses were also
burned
The loss to property will probably
aggregate $4,000. Segar was well-to
do farmer and leaves wife and two
children.
Abba Hard Hit.
Abba, Aug. ia heavy wind storm
swept over this city last evening and
q great deal of damage was done to
the fruit and shade trees here. The
greatest damage was at the Chautau-
qua grounds where an eight days pro-
gram had just been closed. The peo-
pie had no more than gotten from the
park when the wind whistled beneath
the large assembly tent raised 1t clear
off the ground and with swish took
The tent was torn almost to shreds and
tho loss will fall upon the Chautauqua
people as the tent had been rented.
Other tent; all over the grounds were
swept from their moorings and torn
and damaged. Had the storm have
happened a half hour sooner 1t would
undoubtedly have caused panic
among the large crowd who were pres
ent.
RanaS in, Inhneoa Hono%u
Iowa City, Aug. IA big wind
storm struck Johnson county last night
assuming In the vicinity of North
The hardest part Of the wind struck on
the farm Of Isaac Meyers. where a
barn, granary and hog house were
completely demolished. with other
small buildings. Boar. and timber
were scattered all over the farm, while
the fences were hidden under hay and
straw. Nearly ali the shade trees In
the vicinity wer blown down and an
orchard containing forty apple trees
family did not discover the damage
until morning. for they were unable
to see into the storm. The wind also
unroofed the barn on the Alex Moore-
land farm and deposited hay all over
tn, place.
The storm was general, but In other
parts of the county the wind was not
SO strong. The barn on the Peter
Hauri farm, in the southern part OF
and burned to the ground. The family
rushed out into the storm and rescued
the horses in the barn, but We're un-
able to remove the valuable farm ma
chinery.
Telesraphic communication east Of
here was completely cut off, and but
little of the trouble has been remedied.
There was only half an inch of rain
accompanying the wind.
Friday Mornings Storms.
Richland. Aug. 1.-THE worst wind
and rain storm Of the season visited
this section Friday night From IL
o'clock till IL the heavens were ablaze
with lightning, with continuous roar
of thunder, Trees were blown down.
and corn fattened. Telephones were
burned out and wires down. The
streets were flowing with water.
Cyclone at CrawfordsvlIe. S
Washington, Aug. IA cyclone
Friday morning and followed the creek
several miles south of town, Several
buildings were enveloped and trees up
rooted. Fortunately no one was in
jured The rain at this point was
quite heavy.
Bad Storm at Libertyviile.
Libertvville, Aug. lf,-There was. a
severe electrical storm here Friday
morning. doing some damage Tho
barn on John Hutton's farm was burn
ed A large straw stack on Joe Hofr-
mans farm was also burned. The corn
seems to be damaged by being blown
d.wn. The farm house on A. n. Hip-
bard's farm was struck tearing the
chimney down and breaking three raft
ers and tearing the plastering off.
Crop Damage at Salem.
Salem, Aug. 17.-Salem was visited
by heavy rain and wind storm Thurs
day night, which did great damage to
the corn, breaking it down.
A large rtee In the Bicksler yard was
blown down and considerable other
damage done.
The storm was accompanied by
heavv thunder and lightning, which
greatly damaged the rural telephone
lines.