New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-06-24
Farmers Badly
Hurt By Storm !
HAIL. DAMAGES CROPS in. MIL
FORD, sIGEL, COTTONWOOD
II AND LAFAYETTE.
MANY COMPLETE LOSSES OF
CROP REPORTED. WIND
DESTROYS TREES.

DESTROYS TREES.
OF al unpopular persons in this vicinity
at the present time the one who dopes
out the weather is in the lead and still
any sense at all: nothing but incessant-
rain IN his daily program until every one
begins to look utterly Disguised. And
to crown his iniquities he dishes up-or
out-a two mile wide strip of hail that
cleans out the crops in long stretch of
prosperous farming country in Milford
Sigel and Cottonwood Thursday evening.
After day of alternate sun and shower
that would do credit to tickle April, the
sun set in blaze Of glory, tinting to rose
and gold the puffs Of white cloud that
covered the sky from west to east and
sending out long banners Of light across
the dark gray clouds near the horizon.
Engrossed in this display Of Nature, one
hardly noticed at first what was going on
in the north until the constant roll and
rumble of distant thunder drew attention
to. a vicious looking cloud that lay low
along the northern horizon. A wonder
full display of lightning followed as the
cloud rolled higher, moving rapidly
forward and spreading up towards the
zenith. Shortly after $50 o'clock the
wind began to blow and in very few
minutes a downpour was upon the city,
which tho it lasted but very short time
| filled cellars with water and left the
streets looking like miniature lakes or
rushing rivers. A number of trees were
broken by the force of the wind. Some
hail fell but not enough in the city limits
Ito id ssssny real harm. In the parks the
leaves we're torn from the trees to some
extent but the growth is so vigorous this
year that they will not be missed.
It was in the surrounding farming
country that the real force of the elements
was felt. A strip from one and half to
two miles entirely across the Town Of
Milford was cleaned out by hail that fell
in stones several inches in diameter. The
morning after the storm hailstones as
large as pigeons eggs were brought to
town and they were not isolated instances
by any means for the ice covered the
earth in places to the depth of more than
6 inches. The worst of the damage
began at a point about four to five miles
west OF the city and extended to dis
lance of six to seven miles from here.
In the strip damaged by the hail in
Milford were located the farms of John
Essig, Albert Werner, Herbert Wegner,
Anton Henle, Alex Mecklenburg, H. J..
Albrecht, Aug. Mielke, Herman Beuss-
mann, And. Backer, Robert Lambrecht,
Fred Scar, Otto Schreyer, Jul. Bogatke,
Mrs. Bongards, Otto Radtke, VIM.
Strate and Henry Mueller. Many Of
them lost their entire crop and at present
are engaged in ploughing to put in fodder
corn. The storm travelled from North
west to Southeast and extended into
Sigel for some distance also.
AT the same time another branch of
the storm was in progress at CORTLAND
and Cambria. "A group Of movers on
their way to Devils Lake, N. D. were
encamped at CORTLAND and their wagon
was blown over onto the tent and a
woman was hurt A number of windows
were broken in the village Of CORTLAND.
On the road to Hanska hail cleaned out
| a strip to within about four miles of
Hanska and the farmers there are, also
|ploughing up their dead corn and other
small grains. Vt
| Across the river in Lafayette and West
| Newton, while not so extensive the
damage was still severe. The Russell,
Massopust, Palmer and other farms on
that road were quite cleaned out. In
Brighton the Globes, Gieseke, Fluegge
and Karpen farms suffered and in St.
George the Inhofer, Newton and Dunn
mer farms lay in. the path Of the wind
and hail. In short, the weather man
accomplished more harm in the short
space Of half an hour than can be repaired
in twelve month. After passing over
New Ulm the storm proceeded south
wards but seems to have spent it's chief
force in this neighborhood, altho the
same evening storms were. reported at
Minneapolis and east along the. line Of
the Chicago, Northwestern. Telephone
lines here were out Of commission for q
short time, some along the rural lines
and also on the long distance lines.
Raymond Pfeferle spent Sunday with
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