| Show Damaging Storms Wichita Ivs 27One of the heaviest rain and wind storms accompanied ac-companied by hail passed over this section last Friday night ever known Five inches of water fell during the night and reports which have since come in say that the section sec-tion of the country ten miles wide and twenty long in Kansas valley west of here suffered very great damage Thousands of acres of wheat corn and oats are cut down level with the ground Even prairie grass was mown clean orchards stripped of their fruits wheat just stackedsoaked through and through and many buildings seriously injured in-jured Only one death is reported that of Pendergast who was killed by lightning while standing at the window of his house Another storm nearly as severe swept over about the same section on Saturday night and did considerable additional damage |
