Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-14
Not a Single Case of Loss Of
Stock By Freezing Re
ported; Coolest Novem-
Der Day for 10 Years.
DAMAGE REPORTED
FROM MANY STATES
Three Cyclones and Heavy
Loss of Crops and Stock
Features of nusual No.
vember Storm.

Contrary to the general belief that
the severe storm Of Saturday AFTER
noon and night did considerable dam
age in the vicinity OF Ottumwa, re-
ports show that this section Of the
state escaped comparatively lucky.
Farmers within a radius OF fifteen
miles of OttumWa stated today when
interviewed that they could see no
material damage whatever. In TACT,
the stock which was not under shell
ter was about the only property of the
farmer that could suffer, but no loss
OF even single animal has been
learned today. Cattle and sheep IN
the pasture naturally suffered from
tue cold The damage that Is worry
ing the farmers most today Is the very
bad condition of the roads. The rain
flooding the travelled highways caus-
ed them to become cut up and rutted
and the subsequent freezing has made
them almost impossible.
In Ottumwa, however, the storm
caused considerable trouble although
little I, damage. Steam pipes were
I frozen and many were without heat;
water pipes burst, necessitating the
employment of plumber. Several
window panes were tsplintered by the
hail The telephone, and telegraph
companies also suffered with wire
trouble. ;, >. '..yt - - Z
Such drop in temperature as was
experienced Saturday has never been
recorded in the past seven years at
the local, weather station. At IL
o'clock Saturday morning, Voluntary
Weather Observer Charles Sloan
found the mercury standing at the
summer mark of eighty degrees. Sun
day morning at Z o'clock four degrees
above zero was registered, q drop OF
seventy-six degrees In twenty hours.
In the past seven years, as. shown
by the records of Weather Observer
Sloan, there has not been day In the
month Of November that can compare
with yesterday. =
Nearly score Of deaths, several mil.
lion dollars property loss and much
suffering and Inconvenience resulted
from the violent change in temperature
preceding the storm and the succeed
ing cold and snow that beset the GEN.
tral part of the country Saturday and
Sunday. ~ ~
After an unusually warm November
day Saturday, tornado storms did dam
age in Wisconsin and Illinois and killed
q dozen persons, besides injuring more
than score, several fatally. H.
A cold wave almost Immediately
rolled over the wreckage of the tornado
and extended in few hours to the gulf
coast and to the Atlantic seabord.
Rain turned to sleet, swapping . tele-
graph and telephone wires and snow
followed. The temperature dropped
In several places more than so degrees
in eighteen hours.
Several persons were frozen to death
by the sudden cold, shipping on the
great lakes was damaged and several
boats were cast adrift. In some places
gas also failed. The poor in large
cities and the homeless in the storm
swept regions suffered severely.
The, Official weather forecast last
night was for quick relief from the
severe cold in the middle west, the low
temperature moving rapidly eastward
and southwark. From point near
zero, the mercury began to rise yester.
day, with probability Of a further rise
by tomorrow in the central states.
Resume Of deaths. Injuries and dam
age: .... ". r..
Tornadoes In Three states
GAINESVILLE, Wis, and vicinity.
Eight persons dead, two dying, dozen
injured and 100000 damage done by
the tornado. @g
Chicago: Two men frozen to death;
seven fishermen missing son Lake
Michigan; many persons hurt on icy
pavements; shipping damaged
Central Illinois: Three or more per
sons dead and score injured in storms
in Easton, Virginia, Peoria, and other
places; $1,000, 900 property damages.
North Dakota: One man frozen at
Grand Forks. ~. .
Omaha: One man dead from cold.
Indiana: Whole state swept by biz
zard; 81 900, ,000 damage by wind.
Ohio: Much damage and suffering
caused by cold wind and snow.
Michigan: Storm damage at several
places by wind and sleet! - 49,
kentucky: Widespread damage by
winds: unusually cold.
Gulf coast: Unusually severe
weather, much suffering.
Missouri and Kansas: Gas supply for
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