Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-07-16
Greatest Storm in History Results
in Vast Damage---College Farm
Suffered to Extent of Fifty
Thousand DOllars---TwO
Men Slightly Injured

The east end of the Kerr Clifford
/ warehouse, at the foot of College
hill, was destroyed, while scores of
trees on College hill and other parts
of town were uprooted or broken
! off by the violent wind
Orchard Torn Up
AT the r. S. Booth place, two and
One-half miles east of Pullman, ten
anted by Clarence Hinchliff, where
the cyclone did its first damage, the
storm tore up the orchard then evil
IDENTIFY jumped over the house and
destroyed the barn. Buggies and
wagons were lifted across the tracks,
and heavy timbers were twisted to
| pieces. Four horses were in the
barn, but none was injured, although
the main part of the barn was torn
to pieces. All the windows in the
south side of the house were broken.
At the J. W. Haines place giant
trees were uprooted and the house
and barn badly damaged.
Big Road Damage
In the Evansville district west OF
Pullman cloudbursts flooded the en-
tire flat, walls of water three to five
feet high washing down the draws
and ravines and flooding Union Flat
creek over farm yards and wheat
fields
Estimates place the damage to the
improved road in the Evansville dis
trict at $4,000, while all other
roads in that section were damaged
to a great extent. Huge boulders
were carried down by the water and
deposited in the roadbed.
Persons who witnessed the cyclone
which passed over the college farm
state that the violence lasted but one
minute, during which time it was as
black as night.
Hundreds of sightseers have visit
ed the college farm since Tuesday
night to view the devastation
wrought by the cyclone. The re-
placement value of the buildings
destroyed there is placed at $4,000.
Lumber Strewn Half Mile
Lumber from the poultry house,
which was used for the all-North-
west egg laying contest, is strewn for
over half a mile through the big or
chard to the north of the site of the
building. The poultry building was
800 feet long and was completely de-
molished except for a small portion
of the center section. Three barrels
of drowned chickens have already
been assembled, while hundreds of
pullets which escaped death are be-
ing caught and checked off the lists.
The chickens were owned by poultry
fanciers in all parts of the North
west, having arrived at the college
November to remain a full year,
during which time trapnest records
were to be kept.
i AS fast as the live or dead birds
are recovered by the squad of work
men the leg-band number is taken
and the owners will be notified of
the fate of their birds at the earliest
possible moment.
Two Men Injured
]. w. Goddard and H. Smith, en-
ployes of the poultry department
were in the building when the tor
: nado struck, and were hurled
through space to the orchard to the
north. both being badly bruised and
cut. Both the men made their way
to nearby residence and were hur-
ried TO the Northwest sanitarium'
where their wounds were dressed
, Both men are improving rapidly
The tornado first struck the large
, bull barn, entirely demolishing the
structure. but missing large con
crete silo standing near Then the