Show HAIL AND RAIN Much Damage to Crops and Buildings Build-ings in Nebraska Duncan Neb Aug HThis entire country was swept by a severe electrical elec-trical storm last night and today and much damage was done Tim high wind was accompanied by hall and rain The storm was especially severe In Col fax and Platte counties while adjacent counties suffered severely The most disastrous results followed in the vicinity vi-cinity of Schuyler All the glass in the sides of the buildings exposed to the storm were broken The wires for a distance of fifty miles in all directions were torn Mown and information secured se-cured here was brought In by train While the torrents of rain helped crops In some sections many fields were wholly destroyed by the enormous fall of hall Streams In all directions were overflowed in a few hours carrying destruction de-struction In the valleys Railroad property prop-erty was much damaged trafllc being very much Interfered with Washouts are numerous for a distance of fifty miles |