The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-27
A TORNADO.
ne NE Recent Hurricane in NIinnesOtH r. Men,
Momen, and Children Carried Away by the

Iae Recent Hurricane in AIinnesota -- Men,
Wind.
Saak Centre Cor. Of the ST. Cloud Journal.
About twelve miles southwest from here, in
gIe Town of Raymond in Stearns county, was
MMe dwelling-house of well-to-do and respecta-
NC farmer, Mr.. Richard Richardson, formerly OF
NICE county, in this State. AT the time OF the
eommencement of the storm on Friday night,
le and his family were quietly enjoying their
IOme with others of the neighborhood VINO
were stopping over night with them. About
u O'clock Mr. Richardson remarked to his
Vile that he feared they would have hard
storm. Before he could arouse the family or
even make any preparations himself, the tor
nado burst upon them with such force as to tear
Il TO pieces and scatter about for distance of
quarter of u mile the entire house and its con-
I tents, together with the inmates. There were
al the time twelve persons in the building, the
! most OF them upstairs asleep. 1t was block
or Lighthouse, 1924, one and n half stories high
well dove-taiiod at the corners and pinned with
two-inch oak pins. Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson
! and the small child alone remained in the ruins
OF the house. John, the eldest son, twenty
two years DID, was carried thirty
iour rods and dropped on the ground,
so badly bruised and mangled that there is
but little hope of his recovery. George, the
tecond son, thirteen years old, was also carried
thirty rods and had his right ankle broken, the
pore Protruding through the HeSh. he Is also
badly bruised in many places. Willie, the third
son, three years of age, was borne some thirty
rods, and hurled to the ground so badly injured
That he lived only few moments. Two other
Children little girls. were taken from their bed,
twstod up in their bed clothing, and dropped
on the opposite side of the building from the rest
unharmed. Mrs r. received some inquiries
on and about the head and face, but nothing
serious This is about the extent of the injuries
received by the family of Mr.. II. Miss Anna
Wilson, a sChOol-teacher, stopping at the house
Of Mr. r., having some fears at the time, had
risen dressed, and was sitting up when the wind
struck the building. She was carried with the
rest mixed in with broken pieces of timber
| boxes barrels, cupbOards, trunks, bedding, and
. turniture, and the entire contents of the upper
part of thehouse, thirty-seyen rods and depO-
sited in the wheat field. She was so badly
I bruised that there is little hope of her re-
covery. Liberty Raymond, % years old, eldest
son of i. B. Raymond, from whom the town
OF Raymond takes its name, was among the
unfortunate. He was carried about the same
distance Mr.. RS oldest son, and so badly
mangled that he only survived a short time.
The scene at the house when the daylight came
Is much easier imagined than described, Mr..
k. being the only one left after the disaster to
collect in the dead and dying, and to care for
the injured ones. After looking for and finding
the most of them in the midnight gloom, it being
very dark and stormy, he proceeded to the
neighbors to give the alarm and procure assist
ance. All of the medical aid was soon on the
road to the scene of distress. Drs. Garfield and
i McNlasters, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Stewart, were
on the ground as soon as the horses could carry
them there