Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS
PROVED ONLY LOCAL

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With mary rural wires down a. a
result 81 The high wind which accom-
the terrific elstnc storm il
central AudrSin THURSDAY Efternooa
late, L Is almost impossible % obtain
an accurate and complete account q
the dAmsge and extent q the rain
fall
In Mexico. for two hours, rain, hail
and wind We'd with each other for sn-
premaey. The official rainfall as re-
corded by Mrs. Abbie Llewellyn snod-
dy was ass inches. Al four different
times during the storm the hail made =
white y over the ground here. The
heavy gale which accompanied the
rain blew many trees down in the res
idenee districts, while the lightning
struck two trees in Hardin Park. enc
behind Guthrie's Coal Yard, and one
on the Courthouse lawn.
II Seemed TO Hang Over Mexico.
Coming from the northwest, the
cloud passed over this city speniiag
its initial fury. But then the wind
changed and the motion reserved tire
storm swept back over, making its
turning point about half way between
Mexico and A~uxvasse, on the south. Il
did no. rain in Auxvasse, it is said.
That the width Of the cloud was not
great is shown by the fact that at
Centralia it only s~prirkled, and at Far.
Der the dust was not w settled.
On the north Of Mexico, persons who
have motored through declare that the
mud begins two miles this side of Par
is,
The storm made its exit from cen
trail Audrain by a northeasterly pas
sage but seems to have soon lost the
fury, and force it had here. A mes
sage from Worcester, which is due
east OF Moline, says that the farmers
are jubilant there over a good heavy
rain, which was not accompanied by
hail. Railroad crews say that farther
toward ST.. Louis there was a good
rain.
Horse Frightened Breaks Leg.
George Dean, about two miles south
west OF here, found a fine mare stand
ing in a branch with n leg broken.
How the accident occurred is not
known, but it is supposed that, be-
coming frightened at the terrific claps
of thunder, she was separated from
the rest of the horses and rain into the
overlooking branch.
Charles Lewis Barn Struck.
The large barn on the Charles Lew
is farm, two and a half miles north
west Of Mexico, was struck by light
ming and damaged, but did not catch
on fire as a result Of the electrical dis
charge.
Loses Fine Turkeys.
Mrs. A. P. Johnson lost between ~
and 80 fine young turkeys in the cloud
burst Thursday. Only n of her en-
tire flock was saved. The drowning Of
young fowls throughout the affected
district was one Of the notable feat
ures of the storm losses.
Big Hail at Thompson.
Conductor H. W. Brown, of the Chi
cago G. Alton Railroad, reports that
the hail storm at Thompson Thursday
afternoon was unusually heavy. Al
time he was there with his train, ant
the hail stones broke windows both II
his caboose I'M IN the Chicago q Altof
station. One OF the hail stones, Mr.
Brown measured was b inches IN cir
conference.
Chimney Struck by Lightning.
The chimney OF the Pllcher bulld
ing, occupied by Bert Sims barber
shop, was struck by lightning during
the storm Thursday afternoon ant
partially destroyed. Brick was throw
in different direction, but fortunately
no one was on the street or there
might have been several injured.
Residence Is Flooded.
The high water on West Liberty
street, just west of the Powell Con
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crete Works at the bottom of the hill
resembled a river Thursday after
noon. 1t entered the residence OF W
F. Settles, and it was necessary to car
ry Mrs. Settles from the home. Besides
damaging their property and house
hold goods, they lost one hundred
chickens.
Another Tree Struck.
Lightning struck a large tree in tn
front lawn of J. E. Blattner, on Eas
Promenade street, Thursday after
noon.
Reed Says Crop Is Gone.
R. I. Reed, who farms four mile
south of Mexico, says that he be
lieves his eighty acres of oats an
two hundred acres of corn were de
stroyed beyond redemption, by tn
hail and rain Thursday. Some Of tn
neighboring farms were not damage
at all. These places evidently were no
in the path of the hail storm.
Lightning Kills Hamilton's Cow.