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Show HATCHERY DAMAGED. - MANCHESTER. Iowa, July 24. A 60-minute rain and windstorm did damage estimated at. $175,000 to the federal fish hatchery and other property prop-erty in the counV. early Saturday morning. The mosi serious damage was done at the United States Fish hatchery where thousands of breeding stock were swept away Included in the loss Is 2500 speckled rainbow-trout. rainbow-trout. It ia estimated by the superintendent superin-tendent of the hatcher will take three years to replace stock lost Another An-other source of supply for reBtockii lakes and ponds will have to be found he said. Estimated loss to government ponds Is $50,000. Work which had begun be-gun on the new power dam site of th Iowa Electric company at Quaker Mill was destroyed at a loss of $7000. Mam Of the finest farm houses in the conn try were completely wrecked. Crops in the county will be cut In half. |