The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-03
Storm Did Much Damage Near Line
@a~,. Vile,

49,. Vile.
The Sunday night storm in this
vicinity was the most severe and &C
complished more destruction of
property within a radius of a few
miles surrounding Lineville, than
any that have ever occurred in the
history of this section. No lives were
lost, or injuries to persons have been
reported, but scores of barns and
outbuildings were demolished and
considerable stock killed and injur-
ed The storm struck here between
8 and 10 o'clock Sunday evening,
the wind coming from the south,
veering later to the northwest from
which direction came the wind
which worked the greatest havoc.
1t is estimated that it reached q ve-
locity of rs or 80 miles an hour,
but there were no indications that
it was other than a straight wind.
Chimneys were blown from houses,
windows broken in, fruit and shade
trees uprooted and broken, out
houses upset and other numerous
damages wrought in town, but it was
slight compared with the destruction
worked in the neighborhood a few
miles west and southwest of Line
Vile. Ten or twelve miles southwest
the barns and sheds on the Davis
farm were wrecked as were also the
barn and other outbuildings on
Bryan McKinney's farm. Farther
north the storm struck Doug.
Moore's place wrecking the barn and
picking up and demolishing his large
hog house. Debris from this was
blown against the house, knocking
out windows and sashes, and in one
instance driving a PKG through the
siding and plastering of the house.
The three horses in his barn, one
his valuable Shire stallion, Fortunate
ly were not seriously injured, but
how they escaped is a mystery. The
force of the wind at this place may
be imagined when it was found that
a heavy pillow was picked up and car
ried over 100 feet over fence and
dropped in the road. Three quar-
tiers of mile northwest, Bert
Moore's barn, which was a new and
substantial one, built last year, was
utterly torn to pieces and the wreck
age scattered and carried more than
a quarter of a mile in the path If
addition to miscellaneous property a
pair of horses which were so crushed
and injured by the heavy wreckage
falling on them as to render their
recovery well nigh impossible. North
and east the barn on the Cal Barr
farm on which Ernest Gatliff lives,
was unroofed and partly wrecked,
and other damages done, but quar-
ter of mile east Curren Bright's
barn was entirely demolished, three
hogs were killed under the wreck
and three COWS and other stock in
jured. A team belonging to Fay Os-
born, of Morgan, who was visiting
at the Bright home, which were at
tached to a top buggy,s were mixed
up in the general wreck, horses
somewhat injured and the buggy
badly smashed. The windows and
front doors of the house were blown
in, but otherwise the house was not
damaged. Here the storms seems
to have exhausted its greatest force,
but from all directions reports come
of other but less serious losses by
the storm While the losses in this
section will aggregate thousands OF
dollars, many who suffered no doubt
hold policies of insurance which will
partially cover their losses and ev-
erybody in this community should
feel doubly thankful that no human
life was lost or persons injured.
At J. M. Fenton's farm, west Of
town, scores Of large elm and cotton
wood trees in his pasture and tim
Der were broken off or uprooted, and
nearly all of his outbuildings were
destroyed.
One of the stained glass windows
of the NJ. E. church South, put in by
DR.. Carlisle, was demolished by the
storm.
The roof of the silo on the Elson
farm 2 u miles northeast of town,
was blown off.
Yves Petty and Sam Byran, north
of town, are reported to have lost
sheds and outbuildings by the storm.
Tribune.