Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-07-29
The case, it is said, is to be carried to
the Cont ~ Annn01n
Terrible, Tornado In Stearns and p0De
Counties, Minnesota.

A Sank City correspondent Of the Man.
torvillo ExTress5 eivas the following partic-
ulars of the terrible storm that visited the
above towns on the 9th instant:
A house in Raymond, owned and occu-
pied by MIR. Richard Richardson, "a we'll
TODD farmer, formerly of Rice Co., was
completely destroyed. This house was
what is called block house, 1G by "a, with
tho cornices dovetailed together md pin
ned at tho corners and in the centre with
oak pins, two inches in diameter. There
were ton persons in tho house at tho time
and all were more or less injured. The de-
tails, so far as I have been able to learn
them, are as follows: Mr.. md Mrs. Rich
arlson, with one child of eighteen months,
wero sleeping down stairs in the northwest
family and visitors were up stairs.
Almost instantly the. building was I'M
rooted, and the logs Of the building, with
the inmates of the chambers, went hying,
over tho prairie.
The Oldest son, John, twenty-ono or
twenty-five years of age, was blown thirty
five rods from the house. He was badly
bruised externally, and received severe in
formal injuries.
The second son, George, thirteen years
of ago, was blown thirty rods, had his
right leg broken, and was very badly
bruised.
Tho third son, Willie, three years old,
was carried twenty rods, and was picked
up afterwards, dead, and fcarfully man
gled.
A Mss Anna Wilson, who Was teaching
school in tho district, and ut tho time was
up. stairs, was carried 81 rods, into q wheat
fold, and when found was surrounded with
trunks, barrels. boxes, &c, from the lower
floor. Sho was seriously injured internally,
and may not recover.
Two small children sleeping together up
stairs were wound together in their blankets
by the force of the wind, and, strange as it
the building, right In the direction from
which the wind como (southwcst), and
when found wore unframed. Mrs. Rich
ardson, during all the time of the tornado,
sat in her bed holding a child of eighteen
months in her arms. She was scratched
somewhat about the face and neck, but
otherwise received no injury. Tho child
was unframed. Mr.. Richardson was not
even scratched :. - .
A young man by the name Of Liberty
Raymond, who had stopped over night,
was blown thirty rods, and had both legs,
one arm and his neck broken.
The storm, coming from the southwest,
struck tho building on the cornor, md low
eled everything to tho ground, excepting
some logs in the northwest corner, behind
| which stood the bed Of MIR. md Mrs.
Richartlson. Aaido-f from these not q log
could be found within from 20 to 40 feet
from their former resting place. OF ev-
erything up stairs, excepting the bodies,
not thing, not oven bedstead, or a piece
| Ia A.
house.
Physicians wero on hand Mt an carly
hour, but the case of somo Of tho sufferers
is hopeless.
| In Pope county, frame dwelling house
Of MIR. George Rockwell was blown entirely
down. MIR. Rockwell was knocked sense.
less by the flying timbers, and Mrs. II. had
her collar bono broken. She supposing
hor husband killed, went for the noighbors,
and lost her way in the darkness. The in
| jury to both Mr.. md Mrs. r.. is compara-
tivoly slight.
Tho log buildings belonging respectively
to Harmon and aon, were both blown flat
to tho ground. Their children were blown
from twenty to thirty rods, but without
serious injury, 80 far as heard from. In
that neighborhood five buildings were
blown fiat, and ten others were unroofet1
or otherwise seriously injured. There were
no other lives lost so far as heard from al
present.
Tho course of the storm seemed to be
from southwest to northeast, and its main
fury was in q tract of about fifty rods. Al
Grove Lake, whore the storm passed thro
the timber, tho timber was hid in swatl
rs though q reaper had been through il
"a strip at that place about 30 rods i,
| width.