New Ulm review., 1913-08-13
Great Damage 4 Is
Done By Storm
Nearly 200 Telephone Lines
Put Out Of Commis-
sion in City.
Entire Crop Of Crone Pickle
Farm Practically
Destroyed.

One Of the severest hail storms thai
have visited this section for many
years, passed over New Ulm and vi
cinity Thursday afternoon, between 5
and 6 o'clock, and while the damage
done was considerable, it is surpris-
ing that it was not greater in view
of the fact that the hail was beaten
down by a high wind and was ac-
companied by drenching rain. Some
of the hailstones were surprisingly
large, being from one to two inches
in diameter, and this circumstances
might also have resulted in more ha-
voc. It is the general consensus of
opinion that had the storm set in two
or three weeks ago, the damage would
have been far greater, as most of the
farmers in this locality have now
practically completed garnering the
small grain crop, many having al
ready threshed out of the shocks,
while others have stacked the grain
In some sections, where the hail
and wind were especially destructive,
the corn fields suffered considerable
NGAlHoeVS Willie 4oI III OtItCI H4I ID
claim that they were unable to notice
a trace Of havoc wrought by the
storm on their lands. In places the
apple and plum crops were partial
ly damaged, although not ruined en-
tirely, while elsewhere no particular
damage was done. While many Of
the hailstones were very large and
destructive looking, the average piec-
es of frozen moisture were consider
ably smaller which probably accounts
for the fact that more window paneg
were not broken. AS it was, the To-
cal glass dealers had many calls for
window glass all day Friday and even
as late as Saturday and Monday did
they have occasion to sell this article,
principally to farmers who came from
a distance. The rainfall during the
storm aggregated 1.2O inches.
In New Ulm the principal dam
age by hail was done at the two
greenhouses, the school houses and a
number of private houses. Between
fifty and sixty window lights were
broken at the Christ. Boock green
houses, while George Dill & Son, who
have recently established themselves
as florists with new greenhouses west
of the fair grounds, suffered probab-
ly double that loss. At both institu-
tions, quite large number of flow
ers and plants were damaged. Sixty
acres of cucumbers on the Crone
farm, north of the city, were destroy
ed by hail also. Fifty panes of glass
in the windows on the northwest side
of the Union school building wse
broken by hailstones, while ten of the
large double strength English panes
in the High School building were de
molished. The hail and pieces of =
glass were blown into and across thes-'
rooms. Three large and several smaR
panes were broken at the Washington
building, while many private citizens
and a few business firms were re-
1uired to invest more or less heavily
in glass to provide shelter where the
hailstones got in their destructive
work. .... ...
The New Ulm Rural Telephone
reports that as a result OF
the storm no less than 800 telephones
in New Ulm, as well as number of
rural lines, were temporarily put
out of commission, but the damage
mas practically all been repaired by
his time. Leaves and large and small
branches of trees covered the side
walks and streets after the storm had
in the city and in some plac-
IS in the country the conditions were
wen more unfavorable as much fruit
vas also blown from the trees and
vas practically ruined.
Shortly after the storm had quiet
d, Leroy Alvin picked up at "Wah-
leim" six large hailstones which had
N aggregate weight of one-half OF
pound. He stated that the hail
tones punctured some of his wooden
zee hives and that eight bushels OF
pples were blown from the trees
nd in number of places the ice cut
oles in the bark of the trees. An
hony Schiller, present owner of the
ormer Max Micklas fruit and poul-
ry farm, opposite the county poor
ONE, reports that the entire crop OF
is 200 orchard trees was harvested
y the storm. At the John Hauen-
tein Brewing company's plant 2
lrge iron chimney was demolished
nd number of window lights were
lso broken by the hail, the damage
otalling about 5000. In the skylight
f the CASTER studio fifteen large
anes of quarter-inch glass were de-
lolished and the hail and rain beat
,g into the aperture ruined about
Is worth of goods. At the Goede
nd Sinkel studios only one pane
ach was broken, due to the fact
nat these skylights are constructed
thicker glass. Several large globes
nd lamps along the white Way,
ere also broken.
While the area covered by the heav
st outburst of the storm in Brown
ounty was comparatively small, 1t