The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07
WARSAW STRUCK
BY TORNADO
Did Not Last Long But Was tho
Worst Blow That Has Visited
the Town for Many
Years.
ROOFS SENT FLYING
Windows Blown In, Houses Flooded
With Water and Lightning
Struck In Many
Places.
Especial to The Gate ctty.1


WARSAW, ILL.,, Sept. THE torna-
do that struck Warsaw last night
about 7:3O O'Clock, was the worst for
many years, though 1t did not last
long, nor did very much rain fall.
Fruit and shade trees we're riddled,
limbs twisted off and In some instan-
ces cut off close to the ground The
park was damaged. but only one large
tree was destroyed. Every street in
the path Of the storm is Uttered with
broken trees. The storm came from
the northeast, striking the hay ware
house of G. d. Hackamack on the
southeast corner of Main and levee,
and tearing off the second story, flood
ed the saloon Of Casper Giesen below,
but doing little damage there. It next
took in the Warsaw Pickle Factory,
demolishing the second story of the
front, and taking the roof off of the
back and depositing it on edge in the
ravine adjoining. Several tanks OF
pickles, under process, were covered
with brick and mortar. The damage
to this plant is extensive and will
probably reach $4,000 or $4,000 The
tornado kept up the ravine through
! town toward the southeast, damaging
buildings in its course. The roof of
John Stevens building on Main street
between Second and Third, was dam
/ aged, and hole was punched in the
roof of Robt Hoffman's store build
Ing on Main, between Third and
4 Fourth.
4 The tin roof was blown off of the
Ark store, next door, the building be-
/ ing owned by the Mussetter estate;
there was a slight damage to stock
in rear where the break was worst.
Ed Ketting,s furniture store Joined
I this store on the west and roof was
damaged
The tin roof of the large rear porch
of the Voolfolk residence was strip
ned off and blown across the street,
in two sections. There was great
damage done to electric light wires
and telephone wires On Fourth
street hill Chas. Climers' team step
ped on broken light wire and one
of the horses was instantly killed, and
1T was with difficulty he rescued the
other one, endangering his life there
by. A chimney on the High school
was blown through the roof, and, in an
another part of the city tree was
blown through the roof, and, in an
other part Of the city tree was driv-
en- through the kitchen roof of VIM.
!. Floto.
Fences and chimneys were blown
down all over town and in some places
trees across fences.
In many places windows were
blown in and rooms flooded. Light
: ming struck in several parts of town.
On The Marsh farm east Of town
1 long line of sheds were demolished,
and, north of that, John c. Hartmann 8
barn was unroofed At Ninth and
Webster Peter Hartman's front porch
/ was blown away, and Capt j. R. VIII
/ liams' lawn was Uttered with broken
e fruit and shade trees. and outside
/ several of his finest shade trees, hard
e maple, are ruined and in the rear o1
. his property on Crawford street, 20C
y feet Of fence is down.
An artist is this morning taking
i views of the most interesting wrecks
|, Word came this morning that the
Z, storm damaged the front of the Sage
r store in Alexandria, and the rear o
d the Bott factory. Fortunately no one
has been seriously hurt by the storm
y which is rather remarkable, as it came
y UP SO suddenly