The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-15
Crops Seriously Damaged
By Flooding Rains and
Falling HailstOnes Over
Large Section of State
INTERURBAN CAR
SERVICE CRIPPLED
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
LINES DOWN AND TRANSPORTA.
TION BETWEEN CITIES VERY
BADLY HANDICAPPED

Oklahoma City. April 15.-Teephone
communication with cities in the
western part Of Oklahoma. re.estab.
lished at noon today, revealed that
earlier reports that a severe wind
storm had swept across a large sec.
tion in that part of the state were
unfounded.
A heavy rain and hail storm did
however, strike strip of territory
extending from Kiowa county, through
Caddo and Canadian counties and into
Oklahoma county.
1t is believed serious damage has
been done to crops.
Wind seems TO have been strongest
between here and FL Reno. where il
blew down a number of telephone,
telegraph and interurban line poles
Communication with FL Reno has not
been established shortly after noon.
Clinton, reported last night to have
been the center Of the supposed storm,
received only n moderate rainfall. with
a slight touch Of hail. telephone re-
ports at noon indicated.
Oklahoma City. Okla, April 15.-
Communication was established by
telephone shortly after IL o'clock with
Cordell. Washita county. and Bridge
port, Caddo county, Reports from these
two towns were that a heavy hail did
much damage TO crops but that the wind
although severe, was not OF cyclonic na
ture and did little damage
Efforts to communicate with the dis
/ trict in western Oklahoma which was
struck by a wind storm last night were
unsuccessful early today and il Is Inn
/ possible to learn the extent of the dam.
age.
An area comprising at least parts OF
six counties and extending about S(
miles from west tn east and about 3C
miles from north 10 south is cut of
from wire communication with the east
crn ana central parts OF the state. Tn,
telephone service Is interrupted be
tween Oklahoma City and Clinton. Gus
ter county. Elk City, Beckham county
Weatherford, Custer county; Kingfsh
or, Kingfisher county and III Reno. ca
madam county, according 10 the South
western Bell Telephone Company.
Reports to the telephone company
offices. here are TO the effect that M
lives have been lost. These reports. how
ever. are incomplete and not authentic.
Interurban car service between her,
and El Reno is suspended as a rssu
Of damage 10 the system near Banner
Canadian county \ number of poles
are said 10 have been blown down. Il
Is not known whether other damaV,
was done. Cars which were en- route Il
Oklahoma City last night were unable
to complete the trip and are stalled To-
day some whore on the western part o
the line.
The telephone company reports poles
down four miles north OF Edmund II
oklahoma county.
Hobart, Okla. April i5.--A tcrrfI,
hail storm swept over parts OF Kiow,
and Washita counties last night. A
Cordcll where the heaviest hail wa,
reported. many plate glass fronts o
business buildings were broken. Three
fourths OF the windows IN the wash
ita county court house there wcrc shat
tered and every pane IL glass on IN,
west side OF the Cordcll school houst
was broken.
No reports have been received frou
the rural districts as To crop losses,
Some wind accompanied the storm
Many telephone and telegraph lines ar,
down.
\ heavy hail storm last night di,
considerable damage 90 crops In tn
vicinity OF Yukon. ten miles west o
here, was reported to the United state
weather Bureau here today.