The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
HAIL STORM
DOES DAMAGE
TO GROWING CROPS IN THIS
COUNTY.
OTHER COUNTIES ARE hit
MUCH WORSE THAN BRooKINGS
AND THE LOSS is HEAVY.


different parts of this county last Fri
day afternoon, inflicting considerable
damage to growing crops The worst
loss Is reported about ten miles north
of the city, where the storm cleaned
out the crops for distance of four
or five miles. This is in the vicinity
of the Steurwald, Farrenkop, Rittman
and Workman farms and those places
were the worst sufferers. Reports
from there, while not very definite as
to the amount of loss, state that the
storm did not leave a straw standing
after it had passed, even the corn be-
ing cut down, but the area struck Is
a small one and none of the farmers
lost their entire crop.
The storm also hit west and north
of Bruce, where quite large amount
of damage is reported. Among the
lossers from that storm is J. w.
Sponslor of this city, whose son.
George, is living on the farm. Mr..
Sponslor received a telephone mes
sage from his son stating that most
of the crop on the farm was destroy
ed and even the barley in the shock
was pretty we'll pounded up. The
storm must have been in several Sec
tions as it dipped down in several
other places. striking just east of town,
where it did some damage on the farm
of John Nolan and to others in that
neighborhood. 1t is also reported to
have struck east of Elkton and infiict-
ed some loss to the farmers in that
vicinity. 1t also hailed for thirty min
utes on Saturday afternoon in the viii
lage of Aurora, but no damage is re-
ported outside of the town.
No hail fell in Brookings, but a
heavy wind storm passed over, doing
slight damage. A heavy wind and rain
storm struck this neighborhood on
Monday night, blowing down some
trees in this city and it is reported
some grain was lodged by the rain.
Friday afternoons storm was very
severe in other parts Of the Stat.,
and Brookings county got off very
lightly as compared with some Oh the
counties west of here. The storm ap-
peared to start in the vicinity of Blunt
and travelled east and south for over
sixty miles, being twelve miles wide
in SON places. The greater part of
the crops in this strip were destroyed
by the hail and the damage will
amount to thousands of dollars. Heavy
damage is reported in the vicinity of
Huron and it is said the entire crop
around Oldham and Ramona, north
of Madison, were destroyed b. w.
Lanphier of this city, lost the entire
crop on his farm north of Huron.
A dispatch from Huron says that
reports of damage in the country by
Friday afternoons wind, rain and hail
storm came in slowly but all indica-
tions show severe damage to crops.
Iluliul Gus VI dCIco VI WHEAT anu OdlS
are leveled and corn and fax are Sc
verely damaged. The wind attained
a velocity of sixty miles an hour and
shade trees and telegraph and tele-
phone wires were prostrated through
out the country and city. Small build
ings were blown down and chimneys
toppled over. At the state fair ground
buildings in course of construction
were damaged several thousand dol
lars. The storm came from the north
west and was the severest experienced
for several years.
According to Pierre dispatch the
latest report from the storm of Fri
day indicate that the worst of it was
a strip about six miles wide along the
line between Hughes and Sully coun-
ty, northeast Of that city. The grain