The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-07
FURIOUS STORM
HITS DIES MONIES
Many Residences are Wrecked by
the Fierce Gale.
HEAVY TREES SNAP AS TwIGS
Lightning More intense and Thunder
More Severe Than Any Exper.
fenced In City For Mum
Der OF Years.

Dies Moines, April Especial: Las
night this city experienced the mos
severe and destructive storm In
years, If not in her history. and did
thousands OF dollars worth of dam
age on the west side, especially In
the vicinity of Thirty-ninth and For
tieth streets and Kingman boulevard
and Pleasant street
Shortly after IL o'clock the wind
was at its height. An intense rum
Bile, like that accompanying a cyclone
added terror for the residents of the
vicinity, and the noise made by the
falling trees, parting roofs and crash
ing of window glass, coupled with the
high treble of the tempest's voice,
made a deafening noise.
Lights Out.
All electric light and telephone
wires were blown down for a radius
OF half a mile.
The residence of Allan Paul, 4106
Kingman, was struck by lightning
and caught fire, but the rain put the
flames out. The entire top half of
the residence was blown away.
The roof Of the residence of J. Ross
Carpenter. 404S Kingman, was pick
cd up and a portion of it ground into
hndling wood.
Chester Eller, an attorney living at
1868 Kingman, added his garage to
the winds collection OF property. Mr..
Eller's auto house was picked up like
it had been a candy box and whirled
away in the air Another roof torn
completely loose was that on the resi-
dence of f. A. Wallace, 1907 Pleasant
street.
A substantial barn and horse and
buggy disappeared from the home of
&C. NJ. Domback, 1908 Kingnan.
John Hopkins residence at 4057
Kingman. weathered the fight, but
Mr.. Hopkins lost a chicken house
and a considerable number of chick
ems.
The roof of the home OF Charles
Barchus, 40G3 Kingman boulevard,
was torn completely off, exposing the
furniture TO the rain. The family,
with the help of neighbors succeeded
in getting some canvas over the top
Of the house.
The roof OF the home of Fred
Moore, 1924 University avenue, was
also badly damaged. The rain leak
ed in and ruined most of the furni-
ture.
At the home of Edward Gibson,
4053 Kinginan boulevald, the roof was
torn on and the porch completely de
molished Half of the roof was car
Tied completely away.
At the home of F. A. Wallace, 1907
Pleasant street. the roof was damag-
ed, but not so badly as in other places.
Scene of Confusion.
The scene of the whirlwind a short
time after it had passed was a mass
of wreckage and confusion. Window
sashes and boards We're strewn about
the yards and streets and in several
Instances roofs fell so as TO buock
the front entrances of residences.
Every light in the neighbOrhood
was exunguished and every tele-
phone wire on the ground. No CON-
munication could be had with the rest
of the city and the residents of the
section were left to their owns re-
sources.
The loss in the section will be high
Several of the men who had made
the rounds of all the damaged prop
erty estimated that it will not fall
below $4,000, and many declare that
il will be more.
Glass Front Broken.
Down town the awning in front of
the GuthTie-Lorenz company's florist
shop, 622 West Grand avenue, was
torn from the building and thrown
through large plate window pane.
In all parts of the city the storm was{
severe. Pedestrians found it next to
inaTncu{h1n 4n amy In