The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-07-27
Wind Wrecks SiIos and Hail Mows
Wide Swath Through Crops
Northwest Of Chickasha
Some Stock Killed
ACCOMPANIE BY
A SOAKING RAIN
Several Hundred Acres Of Cotton,
Corn and Melons Destroyed
Some Damage in the
City is Reported

Several hundred acres OF cotton,
melons and corn. a number OF silos,
sundry barns and outbuildings and a
few head OF stock are few Of the
items taken as toll by the storm Sat
nrday night. in payment Of which the
section OF country Immediately sur
rounding Chickasha received an old
fashioned % karat, dyedin-the-wool
"drouth Dustin rain, which the local
instruments registered at 1:49 inches.
The pranks played by the storm are
10 keeping with the tales told and re-
told for many moons. and the evi-
dences left in certain sections give
every reason for the belief that real
etwister' was a member Of the storm
company that swept through the Wash
tia valley. The clouds approached
from the Sest and northwest about
1:3O in the evening. at first promising
heavy rain. then thinning until the
glow OF the setting sun could be seen
again. but lastly thiekening within a
few moments and bearing down with
an the combination OF the elements.
sending the observing ones scuttIing to
the storm cellar.
The electrical section Of the storm
Was a genuine success from every
standpoint. the binding flashes and
cannonadinge being decidedly hard
on the nerves and ear drums The haii
department worked overtime through
strip two miles wide and several
miles long, starting about six miles
northwest OF the Chickasha and CON
tinuing along course TO the south
east
The destruction Of the silos belong
ing TO II. B. Johnson and j. b. Sparks
head The damage list for Chickasha,
while number of farmers in the hail
zone we're damaged equally as much,
in a different way.
The wreekage Of II. B Johnsons silo
house and SIX mammoth silos, is some
thing terrible to behold. Practically
nothing Is left on the site and the de-
bris is scattered over a section fully
half mile to the south and bearing
slightly westward. Anchored securely
against many terrific winds, the silos
we're swept away like SO many paper
bags and now lie a mass of twisted
rods. split and shattered timbers and
broken beams.
When the echos Of the crashing tim
bers died away, a windmill standing
barely 20 feet from where the silos
and houses were, was calmly pumping
away. having escaped damage in every
way. Likewise sheds. hay barns and
outbuildings standing in the barnyard
with but a matter OF yards separating
them from the silo house were left un.
harmed.
AT the residence of ]. p. Sparks, on
the southwest edge of the city, two
silos were wrecked for the second
time this year. The first time, several
months ago, the wind simply turned
the big cylinders on their sides, but
this trip they were torn to pieces and
scattered over quite an area. Practi-
cally no other damage was done at the
Sparks residence or in that vicinity.
All through the hail zone, bare
broken stems alone tell where We're
growing hundreds of acres Of fine COT
ton. while from the corn stalks hang
Imply the ribbons that We're vide
green blades. Sunday morning pre-
sented a pitiable sight in that section
Hundreds of dead birds were upon the
ground, presumably killed by the hail
To this death toll was added a lone
list of rabbits, few snakes aud sew
eral head of hogs Window lights II
~ lfsa.es ..ere hi as paper, beint
shattered as completely as would have
been the effect of several volleys from
a regiment of infantry Where were
once promising crops Of watermelons
with long. trailing vines, are nov
acres of bru@ed, broken melons, Wit
not a yestlgtS Of vine left. Weeds wer'
stripped Of their leaves and along tn