Fairbank, Iowa Storm
August 16, 1898
On Tuesday afternoon, August
16, 1898, a disastrous storm visited the
northern part of the county. It was one of the
most destructive in years. No lives were lost
but the wind and hail combined destroyed a large
amount of property. Local showers of short
duration had been experienced for a week
preceding the storm. This storm, in its
intensity and whirling propensities, reached the
proportions of a cyclone. The storm varied in
different sections and had no well defined
course, but fell hardest in the vicinity of
Fairbank. No particular damage was done in the
Town of Fairbank but throughout the country in
that vicinity farm property and the crops were
badly demolished. In the grove north of Fairbank,
the track of the storm was clearly defined by a
space a couple of rods wide extending through
its entire length where the trees were blown
down. On either side of this path they were not
injured to any extent.
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