Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-08
BIG DAMAGE DONE
TO IOWA PROPERTY
HAIL AND LIGHTNING IN cREs-
TON AND VICINITY AND WIND
STORMS IN BURLINGTON AND
NEWTON COSTLY.

helpIessly before a sixty mile gale
off Kelly island. The barge which
broke away from the dock at
Kelley island early today as the
result of the high wind and heavy
seas, was last seen near noon
when it was being carried swift
ly away to the northeast, the crew
were then standing on the deck
waving frantcally to their friends
on the island for help. There is
no way by which they can change
the course Of the boat as II Is
without an engine. Neither arc
there any provisions aboard.
| Wabash, Ind. April IA tornado
struck Wabash last evening, injured a
score of persons and caused thou
sands of dollars worth of damage. A,
dozen houses were demolished. Mrs.
James Hayes and four children were
/ pinned down beneath the wreckage OF
their home, which caught fire.. The
| mother was badly burned and will die.
The children were seriously hurt.
/ Telephone cables and electric light
| wires went down and the city was IN
darkness last night. The wind was
/ followed by a cloudburst The river
rose over the surrounding lowlands
and many bridges were washed away.
The Toledo Storm.
/ Toledo, Ohio, April Hundreds of
men out Of work, thousands OF dollars
damage done, and many persona
slightly injured are the results Of tho
hurricane that visited Toledo and vi
cinity today The velocity was 60
miles an hour. The roof of the plant
/ of the Massillon Bridge company WAS
ripped off, Three hundred men were
thrown out Of employment until the
damage can be repaired.
4 The pedestrians were hurt by fall
ing signs, parts Of roofs, chimneys
anC limbs of trees and many women
were bowled over by the wind.
In the small towns near Toledo con-
siderable damage was done. Many
houses were struck by lightning and
the occupants stunned, but there
were no reports of fatalities.
Six Killed in Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn. April 7.-Six per-
sons are known to have been killed
by the storm which swept over north
ern Mississippi and western Tenne-
see last night and probably fifteen
/ were injured. The tornado, which
covered wide area, wrought much
damage to out houses and crops.
Tornado In Indiana.
Kokomo, Ind, April IA destruc-
tive storm struck this locality last
, night. At Miami, ten miles north Of
, here, the Masonic temple and several
; other buildings were badly wrecked by
y the wind The farm residence oi
. Mrs, Gammons, eight miles west oi
: Kokomo was blown down and the fam
= lily of six was caught in the wreck
q and one daughter, Clara, was killed.
!. Peru, Indiana, Hit.
Peru. Ind, April IA tornado
struck this town last night, destroyer
$ four factories, several school building.
: and wrecked many small structures
Il AS Large as Wanuts.
Davenport, April 7.-Monda.
J nights hail storm cost Davenpor
;. florists thousands Of dollars. Flora
= companies had 5000 lights of glas
! broken, and othre concerns were alst
heavy losers Hailstones as large a
walnuts fell in great quantities TO
several minutes.
a Killed BY Lightning.
- Waterloo, April Benjamin Brani
!. :. aged 16 years, while riding a seede
! on farm near La Porte City was xii
= ed by stroke of lightning at
= o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
q thunder storm gathered. His team wa
also killed
~ His father who was narrowing neal
"a by, escaped injury.
10 Hail Plays Havoc.
10 Creston, April THE electrics
a storm early yesterday morning was d
n rectly responsible for heavy propert
le loss In this vicinity.
William Niemeyer loses at leas
IS $4,000 by reason of the lightning Sc
q 80 ~