Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
COLONY TOWNSHIP
TORNADO SWEPT j !
s STORM LEAVES DESTRUCTION N
WAKE. HOMES AND BARNS
DESTROYED. I IS.
THREE PERSONS ARE INJURED
Barns Destroyed BY Fire Caused
From Lightning. Heavy
Loses Ensue.


The storm struck at a point abou
I'm q mile and a half south Of Coles burr
and went in a north easterly directio
for a distance Of about ten miles 1
8 its path the storm left residences
barns and other farm buildings com
I pletaly wrecked. The severest dan
age done by the storm was in th
country Just outside of the town o
Colesburg where in number of in
stances every building on the premis
cs were demolished. The town o
Colesburg, however, did not escap'
III the rayages OF the cyclone. Man!
buildings were severely damage
while some were leveled to thu
ground Porches were torn from tht
Il residences and trees uprooted ant
M scattered broad cast. Flying timber'
n and limbs of trees played havoc
with windows in residences and
IL storeg. Much damage was also done
4 IN Oakhill cemetery. Large trsee
vera torn UP and scattered about the
cemetery, damaging many monu
" ments. Il, 4. DIDO
b, While wrecking many homes and
farm buildings only three 4 persons
II sustained injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Wi
Flaucher. who. reside on@the i. A.
v Moreland farm where every build.
ling was DIES troyed, received slight
injuries. David 6Rea, a young man
in the Vicinity of Golesburg, also -sus.
] tained slight injuries. t
Z It appears nothing short of a mir
u acle that with such a vast amount
I Of propsrty DESTROYED that no more
Z harm befell the citizens of the de-
4 svastated section. Coming at an hour
Of the day when live stock is in the
pasture, Is attributed as q reason ,
Y for the small amount OF loss to live
v took On some OF the Farms a few
head Of cattle and horses persisted
u in the wrecked buildings.
Accompanying the cyclone was a
3veritable downpour Of rain. More
+ water fell Sunday afternoon in an
equal length Of time, than has visited
this section in a long time. In the
& hilly sections much damage was done
by the heavy downpour. In the vi
entity sof Manchester little damage is
reported. On the /. "A. MCGEE farm:
I'm Coffins Grove township two cows
were killed by lightning, and on the
Jake SchwagerS farm west of this
|; city small amount Of damage was
done to the house. Considerable hail
tell in this vicinity during the storm.
r. Hilliger of this city suffered a
heavy loss in the destruction by fire
s OF the large new barn which he
erected last fall on his farm Just
/ southeast Of Dundee. The farm is
occupied BY. Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Chef.
finger, who also suffered a very
heavy loss. Mr.. Chettinger and his
4 family were not at home when the
bolt Of lightning struck the building,
B and by the time neighbors could
reach the premises the flames had
gained such Roadway that it was
found Impossible to rescue some OF
the horses. Mr.. Chettinger had con
siderable hay and grain in the
j building All of his work harness,
tools and goodly share of the farm
machinery were in or near the DOOM
1 ed building and were consumed by
the flames. He carried a small
4 amount Of insurance on his. proper
~. This misfortune comes as a Sc
we're blow to this hardworking young
couple. The loss Of the valuable
farm hors es at this time of the year
means much to the farmer with large
fields to prepare for planting.
The barn on the Thos. Simons farm
near Delhi was also struck by light
ming and destroyed. N. o. Tai
madge. the tenant on Mr. Simons'
! farm, lost q number Of valuable farm
horses in the destruction Of the barn.
v Following are number Of the
heaviest loses in the vicinity Of
Colesburg: rs ~:
John Merton, barn. estimated at
"a, 900.
6s3 Watson Lovett, two barns and
two dwellings and all other farm
buildings, estimated at nearly $1o,;
1 900.
Oscar Dodge, barn estimated at
$4,000.
W. F. Glass, barn, estimated at
) $4,000.
Sam stillinger, barn damaged to
\ the amount Of $1,000.
Sidney Walker, all buildings on
premises, estimated at $4,000.
James Brown, barn DESTROYED.
4. A.. Moreland, all buildings de-
stroyed, estimated at $4,000.
Edward Moreland, barber shop de-
;stroyed.
3 Lorain Coon, restaurant DESTROYED.
J. w. Plat, furniture store dam
aged several hundred dollars.
Colesburg Creamery Company,
building damaged.
In addition to the above enumerat-
ed loses many Of the residents OF
cdesburE and vicinity suffered losss