Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-22
Northern Io1ua Items

I and after entering the building open
ed the safe only to find it empty. The
| fact that the safe was opened anc
the size of the foot prints leads au-
thorities to believe that 1t was a grown
! person or persons who did the job A
strong suspicion rests on one or two
| parties in town and Il would behoove
them not to attempt anything of this
kind again or efforts will be made to
apprehend them. Entrance was made
thru the west window Of the office
building by taking OFF the screen and
pushing up the window.
Eagle Grove.
A hard wind from the west with
torrents of rain struck Eagle Grove
last week Wednesday evening at about
1880. Many trees were uprooted and
limbs broken off and scattered all over
town. No buildings were damaged by
the wind. The chimney on the John
wareham residence. formerly the Fitz-
maurice place was struck by lightning
and considerably damaged but started
no fire. One OF the children was con-
siderably affected by the lightning and
SCOT from the fire place blown into the
room. 1t was the hardest wind this
city has had In many years. All the
trees in front of the Aaron Yearous
and S. Torresdahl's homes were torn
out by the roots. but the houses were
not damaged at all.
Story City.
Minnie Johnson. the granddaughter
OF Mrs Sarah Johnson of this place.
met with an accident which came near
proving fatal. Even at this writing she
is suffering terribly and is not entirely
out of danger, tho it is hoped that she
will recover. She was working at the
Brandjord place. northeast of towr.
and in reaching for the poker she tip
ped over a can of kerosene which was
standing on the shelf of the stove. The
oil struck the hot lid. ignited and splat-
tered over her dress. The dress caught
fire instantly and the frightened girl
ran for the dollhouse where she thought
there was a rug. Not finding the rug
she ran into the yard calling for help.
AS luck would have it the hired man
was working near by, doing some fenc-
ing and he saw the periious position
the girl was in and ran to her assist
ance. He told her to roll on the ground
while he ran into the house for a quilt
with which he quickly extingnished the
flames. But the girl was most awfully
burned from the knees to the shout
ders.
Eigin.
A fatal accident occurred Monday
evening at about o'clock John Wen
ger and Oscar kimball had started
home from town in the formers car
When about a mile from town the car
turned over, killing Mr. Wenger in
stantly by crushing his skull Mr. Kim
ball was badly bruised but not serious
ly injured The car in which they were
riding Is Ford roadster. There is
nothing iii the condition OF the road.
at the place Of the accident. to indi
cate why the car should have turned
over. and 1t is not known whether they
were going at excessive speed or not.
.LsMsrs.
Fire destroyed the house on the
farm occupied by Fred Kilker, mile
east of Seney. The hired man was
awakened by smell of burning and
he aroused the family. An investiga-
ton showed the lower part OF the
house fun Of smoke. The family man.
aged to save some Of the furniture and
some of their clothes. The house was
an old frame structure and story and
a half high. The origin of the fire Il
not known. There was no fire In the
stove after supper time. The loss Is
partially covered by insurance.