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Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
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A severe storm with hail, lightning, and high winds struck central Iowa on Sunday, causing widespread damage including destroyed homes, burned church, killed livestock and people, and ruined crops. Reported from Des Moines on June 14.
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Des Moines, June 14.—One of the most destructive storms that ever visited Central Iowa swept through here Sunday afternoon and evening. Hailstones the size of goose eggs fell, breaking glass and killing livestock, poultry and game. The Baptist church was struck by lightning and the roof burned. Half a dozen houses were blown down. At Rising Sun, one Erickson and his wife and baby were blown a quarter of a mile. The wife's mind is badly affected. John Walter's house was demolished and his child killed. In Grant township a child of D. Johnson was killed. The crops were beaten to the ground in Casey, and one house blown away. Many houses were demolished. Six inches of hail laid on the ground. Robert Trowbridge and Herman Rathburn were killed by the lightning, three miles north of Erie, while in a wagon. One farmer lost every hill of corn in thirty acres by the wind.
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Central Iowa
Event Date
Sunday Afternoon And Evening
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killed: livestock, poultry, game, john walter's child, d. johnson's child, robert trowbridge, herman rathburn. injured: erickson's wife (mind affected). damage: baptist church roof burned, half a dozen houses blown down, john walter's house demolished, one house blown away in casey, many houses demolished, crops beaten down, 30 acres of corn destroyed, six inches of hail on ground.
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Hailstones size of goose eggs fell, breaking glass. Lightning struck Baptist church, burning roof. High winds blew down houses, blew Erickson family quarter mile, demolished John Walter's house, blew away house in Casey. Storm affected Rising Sun, Grant township, Casey, three miles north of Erie.