The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-04
IN THE WAKE OF
THE BIG STORM
MUCH DAMAGE DONE THROUGH
OUT MIDDLE WEST.
IOWA STATE HOUSE SUFFERS
SkyIight Wrecked and Part Of Build
ing Rendered useIess-lowa
Towns Suffer--Some
Damage Here.

started in a department store on East
Seventh street shortly after 1900 o..
clock last night assumed alarming
proportions and a large part OF the
business district or the city was
Threatened for hours.
The flames jumped across the street
and two other buildings were destroy,
ed, while flaming cinders were driven
across the city by strong wind
Threatening the downtown district.
Damage to State Capitol.
Des Moines, Jan. 3O.-Damage aggre
eating about $4,000 was wrought at
the state capitol building by the storm
yesterday. The large skylights at the
east and west sides of the structure
we're almost entirely demolished and
the grand stairway is closed because
of the danger from falling glass. AL
most half an acre Of copper roofing
was loosened. i H@ ..
| Norfolk, Nebraska, Attire. =,
| Sioux City, Ia, Jan. 30.-A telephone
report received here stated that Nor,
folk, Nebr., is on fire, with a gale oil
SO miles an hour sweeping across the
Iprairies in the fiercest blizzard ever
seen in this section since 1883. When
the telephone exchange was destroyed
the residents of the city were fighting
the fire desperately.
Damage at Boone.
Boone, Ia, Jan. 30.-The northeast
corner of the roof over the Lincoln
larmOry building here blew off and
landed on the Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium,
causing slight damage. The wind al.
so blew out the front and back glass
windows of the w. Il. Zimheek gro.
Gerry, causing considerable damage. 1t
wrecked the goods in the store and the
damage cannot be estimated.
Guthrie Center WaterIess.
Guthrie Center Ia, Jan, 30.-The
worst storm in years swept down on
this town, yesterday and is still rag
ing. The smoke stack on the power
house was blown down and today the
town is without light or water.
Newton Without Light,
Newton, Ia, Jan. 30.--The electric
light plant smokestack went down be.
fore the gale and the city is without
light and power. Many OF the big fac.
tories are operated with power from
this plant and cannot run.
Atlantic Goes Dark.
Atlantic, Ia, Jan. 3O,-The storm put
the electric light plant out of commits
sion and the town was in darkness last
night Several buildings were badly
wrecked and windows smashed in all
parts Of town.
Blows in Glass Front.
Grinnell Jan. 30.-Thc wind blew IN
the entire plate glass front, by %
feet, or Kibby & Adams new store, COW
ering the furniture with snow the en-
tire length of the 9O-foot room.
"a" Shops Unroofed.
CTestOn, Jan. 30.-Thc Burlington
railroad shops were unroofed by wind
yesterday and much damage was done
the engines undergoing repairs.
Local Incidents of Storm.
The blizzard which struck this local
ity early Friday morning continued all
day and through the night, with the
mercury gradually lowering until it
registered degrees below zero this
morning. The high wind which pre-
vailed all day Friday did not subside
in the least until early morning, and
the condition of the weather Friday
evening was such as to almost pro-
CfTio nf
doors. Traffic was greatly delayed on
the street car line and all railroads
and many trains were abandoned and
none were running on scheduled time.
School Building Shaky.
School was adjourned at noon Fri
day in the Second ward building, as
TIE structure is somewhat unstable,
and the strong wind shook the build
ling so severely as to make it unsafe.
In all the schools the attendance was
not more than half the average and
many OF those who went took their
dinners with them.
All the theatres of the city closed
down Friday evening None of the
three moving pictures opened their
doors, and the play, Human Hearts, "
which was to have been given at the
Grand opera house, was postponed for
lack of an audience. The evangelists
holding meetings in the city managed
to conduct their services with reas-
Iolably fair sized crowd considering
the weather. The concert at the Cen
trail Holiness university, the second
number on their lecture course, was
also given, the audience being COM
posed entirely of students at the uni
|vcrsity. The car service on the Uni
vcrsity line was abandoned in the ey-
'ening and Oskaloosa people could not
attend the concert If they had wished
tic. sH
Trains Abandoned.
The train from Des Moines due in
.0skaloosa via the Rock Island Friday
evening was abandoned, as was also
the Burlington train due to leave go
ing east at 500 in the evening The
Rock island train from Dayenport.No
49, due here at p. mo arrived at
$40 and left this morning, going east.
with double header. Tho passenger
from Des Moines due here at 2:50 Fri
dav afternoon arrived at $40 and the