The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-08
Clifford Haley injured When. Farm,
Home Destroyed; Prairie Cotton
OIL seed House Wrecked;
Damage $4,000.
DWELLINGS DAMAGED IN
GALE; BARNS ARE WRECK
City Hall and School Buildings Sui.
fer: Country Club House DAM
aged; Telephone and EIec-
trio Lines Arc Down.


Leaving IN It's wake the largest
storm damage cntaIled here since
1913. wind storm this morning
about o'clock totally destroyed tho
Prairie Cotton oil company's seed
house In the Frisco addition. dam
aged other atructure1, including sew
eraI residences. and played havoc
with telegraph. telephone. and elec.
trio service. LOSS Is estimated at
more than s95.O00.
Remnants OF the Prairie Cotton
oil company's seed house. a one
story stone structure approximately
25O feet by GO feet, wita sheet
iron roof were scattered over sev-
eral blocks Some OF the debris OF
the demolished building was blown
onto the Rock Island .right-of.way
near the plant. q. w. Sherwood.
cashier of the plant. estimates the
loss at approximately $4,000.
The contents of the seed house
consisted of about so tons Of cotton
seed cake. valued at $50 per ton,
The building was destroyed about
$40 o'clock this morning
City Hall Damaged.
The city hall and the eight city
school buildings we're damaged by
the rain and wind storm. Seven
windows in the city's capitol build
ing were demolished. Mayor Coff-
mans office was abandoned during
the storm. three of the large win.
dows sheltering the mayors official
headquarters having been shattered.
Shattered windows and loss from
the water blown into the buildings
constituted the damage to the city
school buildings according to T. T.
Montgomery, city superintendent.
The loss TO these buildings, esti-
mated at approximately 5000, Is COW
ered by insurance. Work of repair
ing the buildings will be started just
as soon as the weather permits.
Superintendent tgomery an
nounced this morning. He hopes to
have the structures repaired before
o'clock Monday morning.
1t was the severest rain and wind
storm since 1913, according to f. d.
Shaffer, manager Of tho Chickasha
Gas and Electric company which
suffered considerable loss in the
storm The storm has greatly in
terferred with electric light and pow
er service here. All residence cir
cults we're off this morning, as was
all power circuits west Of Sixth
street. Verden and Nihnekah we're
without electric light or power this
morning, the storm having forced q
. temporary discontinuancc OF this
service. Manager Shaffer declared
/ this morning that every attempt
would be made to restore normal
: electric light and power service
: some time tonight.
Dozens OF telephone and electric
!. poles in and surrounding the city
) were blown down by the wind. Add
!, ing to the seriousness Of the situa
4 ton, electric and telephone lines
lavc become entangled in places. II
t was reported.
a Telephone Lines Down.
r Chickasha was practically without
Y long distance telephone service this
l. morning after the storm which. !
is reported, affected this entire sec
y ton of the state. Because of th'
inability to get telephone communl
O. cation. reports of storm damages II
n and around nearby towns could no
$. be verified here this morning.
A force of men this afternoon ar
ID repairing the local damage to tn
h Southwestern Bell Telephone CON
r. panys property. Local officials coul
ii give no estimation of the time whe
i'd normal service will be available.
Telegraph service also has bee
affected. kilograms to all point
in Oklahoma are being accepted onl
with indefinite delay agreement.
Residences Are Damaged.
= Several local residences were dan
a aged in the storm. number
to outhouses were totally destroye
as the Frisco addition in the vicinii
ge CT the Prairie Cotton Oil company
nlant suffering the heaviest losses.