McGregor, Iowa Storm
May
20, 1902
TORNADOS AND FLOODS.
Thrilling Escapes and one Death at McGregor.
McGregor, May 20. -- A terrific electrical
storm passed over the city caused a loss of
$50,000. Lightning struck the jewelry store of
S. C. Frese
and it, together with the Metropolitan saloon
and billiard hall, was demolished. Eleven men in
the saloon at the time rushed out the door as
the building quivered and saved their lives.
Peter Lux, a
fireman, asleep on a billiard table, went down
with the building, but half an hour afterward
crawled out from under the debris unhurt save
few slight scratches.
The collapse of the C.
I. Lewis building resulted in one
death and four injured. Blocks and planks were
floating away and nearly all the basements and
cellars in the business portion of town were
flooded with mud and water. A score of business
houses are covered with a coating of mud several
inches in thickness on the first floor
Daily Iowa State Press, Iowa City, IA 21
May 1902
Storm Wrecks Buildings.
McGregor, Ia., May 19.-- Three brick
buildings were wrecked by a terrific electrical
storm that swept over McGregor, accompanied by a
heavy downpour of rain. Lightning struck the
three buildings occupied by
Freze's jewelry
store, the Metropolitan saloon and a billiard
hall and all collapsed. Four men were hurt, but
not severely. Sewers were washed out by the
flood. The property loss is fully $10,000.
The Iowa Recorder, Greene, IA 20 May 1902
Transcribed by Sherry
McClellan. Thank you, Sherry!
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