Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-07-15
Winds Terrible Havoc
Caused Great I losses

service BY evening. Half mile Of
poles On the new toll line went down
ana this was working by 8. p. m.
The Kansas City line was down in
two places and will be ready this
afternoon. Most Of the damage was
vest Of Chapman. Many miles Of
line west of town are down, we DO
not know how much, probably three
or four miles Of the Solomon line, and
3 OF 3 miles Of the line to the north
west. There are In the county some
thing like 5000 miles Of wire and
fuiIy 4 thousand miles Of this Is down,
and many Of the country lines win
have to be rebuilt Our lOss is $500
to $4,000. All the city phones will
be working by Tuesday night and
the, long distance lines VIII be tenn
porariIy repaired in two days"
River Going Down.
The smoky Hill river fell two
feet during the night and is fifteen
feet above low water mark this af-
ternoon.
Their Big Scare.
Dr. b. Makins and John Baer were
driving home from solomon when
the storm struck them as they were
east Of sand Springs. The buggy
was blown over and one horse went
down. They tried to get up but the
wind was too strong. They heard .
terrible rumble, saw great ball Of
fire in the west and thought the last
day. had come. They ducked their
heads. said their prayers and waited
for the Journey to the skies. Then
they heard four blasts Of q whistle
and thought It was GabrisI's trumpet
until II daWned on them that It
was the u. p. flyer eastbcund. They
crawled out and felt better.
Sightseers n Town.
Scores Of persons came from the
country sunday aftercncn 70 see
what it did to Abilene. They parad-
II fhe streets and wondered at the
havoc All the Abilene population
also took a look at the broken trees
and kodaks were in general use.
Parker's Loss was $500.
In addition to the collapse of the
storage building at the Parker factor
les there was damage to many of the
buildings. Mr.. Parker estimates his
loss at $1,000. Work was suspended
ii ali departments today while re-
pairs were being made but the factor
les viii be running tomorrow,
Some Particulars.
AT the Mt. st. Joseph ACADEMY
not only the tin roofing bat also the
rafterink was torn off except p small
portion On the west END by the wind
and blown over 100 yards from the
building. Some Of the heavy rafterl
were driven into campus for several
tfeet about 200 yards from the acad-
envy. The second and 4 storiei
Of the building we're considerably
damaged BY water.
over one third Of the tin roof on
the A. o. U. w. building was blown
of. The front Of the tin was ce'
mented into the brick fire wall which
was blown off allowing the wind Y
get underneath the tin roof Ap
proximately s4OO damage was don't
to the building.
About two thirds Of the tin roo
Iof d. 6. Dahnke's livery barn, whicl
lis owned by H. A. ANDERSON, wa
torn Of and blown over Geo. SNYDER
blacksmith shop which Is next doc
Isouth Of the livery barn Franl
lAyers who stays at the barn at nigh
came very nearly being killed by
large plate glass window. exl2 feet
which was blown in and the piece
Of glass we're scattered all over tn
room in which he slept Luckily D
had gone out just minute or 3
before the glass was blown in 70 se
what was the matter with the horse
as they we're making a great deal .
noise.
The Abilene mills had a tonch .
the bad luck.
The two immense storage tank
Win ! capacity Of $1,000 bushel
| loi wheat and valued at 5000, wer
! damaged considerably W. ,, Green
) who had charge Of the building
} the tanks. IN an interviev said, ~
wind must have been ezeeedinsl
strong as the .anks each weigh
Z ton ana we're blown of their 9
D lment foundations. one twelve feI
5 and ihe other one some where abo'