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Show m Disastrous Hailstorm I Swept Lehi K Many Thousand Dollars Damage Done BE In Fifteen Minutes Time. Field Bf Cropc, Fruit, Garden Truck and MM Windows Damaged. WM Ouo ol tho most disastrous and LV unusual hall storms in locul history Bj struck Lolil at 1:15 p. m. Monday B ovuiiing. Tho storm lasted but IS B jilnutca, during which period damage B in tho neighborhood of $7G,000 was B wrought to furuiors, fruit growors, B poultry minors and other citizens. : !X The storm Blurted near the West ; H Canyon mid cut a swath about a mllo H wldo northeaBt-ward to tho east hoc- tloii of town. Within this path hall, fl varying in sizo from a marblo to that 7Si9 m of a hon ogg, cut and beat flold crops, j fruit, gardens, otc, until thoy aro al- 1 most u total loss. Windows on thu I north side of buildings and hoinad I within this section, not protcctod in 1 sumo wuy, wuro smashed to bits and !n many cases composition roofs woro id damuged that tho rain that fol-owed fol-owed leaked through as though it niB being poured Into a slovo. Tho all of hall was so heavy as to almost over tho ground in tho entire section torn tho mouth of Wost Canyon to lltchell Hollow oast of Lohl for u nilo in width. Ovor tho river tho cctton covered was botween tho acobs runch and tho Roberta ranch dillo in town tho soctlon botweon Iain Street and tho lower bonch was ho path taken by tho storm. Farms orth of thu Old Flold road including ho Now Survey section, tho town orth of Main Street as far as tho S. i Smith, J. F. Thrasher and Ellshu 'ock farms camo within tho borders f tho falling hall. Grain Holds that had not boon cut ,'oro nourly all cut to ploces, laid at or, "wlioTotho grain was ripe, hellod all out. At tho Qardnor ranch bout 100 acros of grain was cntlroly ostroyed. Tho loss alono on this laco is estimated at ovor $4,000. 'arthor west Harry Stoker lost his ntlro dry farm crop. Closor to town luch of tho grain crop was also a )ss. DootB throughout tho ontlro trip wero damaged to Quito an ox-ont ox-ont In that tho loaves woro cut from Lia plants which will greatly rotard liolr growth. Com and sunflowers r onsllago was damaged to a largo xtont In that tho loavos woro striped strip-ed from tho stalks. Gordon truck, lcludlng tomatoos, melons, squash, tc, is almost a total loss as tho Jnos woro cut to shreds and tho cat-Mob cat-Mob themselves wero bruised, mash--bJQ and brokon open. Sovoral largo lEelon patchos woro totally destroyed. flRrho fruit within tho scopo of tho flBorm was beaton from tho trees, tho Xgavcs and small branches torn off &ted oVOn tn0 bark 0tl tll larg0r Iimt)a I : InirulBod and broken. About halt tho I fnttiplo and poach crop was knocked to tho ground and somo of that remain- ; JEaTng on tho trocs Is bruised so badly .UHQt It will not mature, t BVchlckons caught in tho storm woro I Bkjllod, logs and wings broken and 1 iBjfthorwlso crippled. J. 13. Dorton lost j 'MRorty sprlngors of his flock boforo j yS&ioy could bo gotton in tlio coop, I , Bjhllo Charlie Ournoy lost ovor 200. VBtBomo rabbits and other small animals l- 8 ls&ot Drolocl0(1 from tll fuUlnE ico ; rBworo killed outright. A fow porsons caught in tho open SBJufforod from bruises as tho hail mTCpltod their bodlos. Qoorgo P. Barnes JKwas out in tho storm and bad hlB car JJKearly turn off whon ho was thrown from his buggy as tho horso bocamo unmanngoablo. Eight stitches woro required to hold tho oar In Its propor polstlon. Probably tho largest loser in town was Josoph Broadbont whoso hot houso roofs woro smashed to small bits. Ovor 7,000 square foot of glass was destroyod by tho storm besldos damago to flowor plants, pots, otc. A loss of a skylight and much damago to a composition roof was sustained at tho Utah Fnrmor building. Liko damago to tho roofing on tho Pooplo's Co-op was done at that institution. n |