Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-08-04
Terrible Tornado in StearnS and Pope
Counties, Minnesota.

Sank City correspondent OF the Man.
toryille Express, gives the following partic-
ulars of the terrible storm that visited tho
above towns on the 9th instant:
A house in Raymond, owned and occu
pied by q Mr. Richard Richardson % we'll
to-do farmer, formerly of Rice Co.. was
completely destroyed. This house was
what is called block house, 16 by "a, with
the cornices dovetailed together and pin
ned at the corners and in the centre with
oak pins, two inches in diameter. There
were ten persons in the house at the time
and all were more or less injured. The de-
tails, 30 far rs have been able to learn
them, are as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ardson, with one child of eighteen months,
were sleeping down stairs in the northwest
corner of the building, the balance of the
family and visitors were up stairs.
Almost instantly the building was I'M
rooted, and tho logs of tho building, with
the inmates of the chambers, went flying
over the prairie.
The oldest son, John, twenty-ono or
twenty-five years Of age, was blown thirty
fivo rods from tho house. He was badly
bruised externally, and received severe in
ternal injuries.
Tho second son, George, thirteen years
of age, was blown thirty rods, had his
right leg broken, and was very badly
bruised
The third son, Willie, three years old,
was carried twenty rods, and was picked
up afterwards dead, and. fearlully man
gIed.
A Miss Anna Wilson, who was teaching
school in the district, and Mt tho time was
up stairs, was carried 81 rods, into wheat
field, and when found was surrounded with
trunks, barrels boxes, &c, from the lower
floor. She was seriously injured internally,
and may'not recover
Two small children sleeping together up
stairs we're wound together in their blankets
by the force of tho wind, and, strange as il
may appear, carried number of feet from
tho building, right in the direction from
which the wind came (southwesL), and
when found were unframed. Mrs. Rich
ardson, during oil the time of the tornado
sat in her bed holding child Of oightoen
months in her arms, She was scratched
somewhat about the iace and neck, but
otherwise received no injury Tho child
was unharmed Mr.. Richardson was not
even scratched.
A young man by tho name OF Liberty
Raymond, who had stopped over night,
was blown thirty rods, and had both legs,
one arm and his neck broken.
| Tho storm, coming from the southwest,
struck the building on the corner, and lev
eled everything TO tho ground, excepting
somo logs in tho northwest corner, behind
which stood the bed of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richardson. Aside from these not log
could bo found within from 20 to 40 feet
from their former resting place. OF ev-
erything mp stairs excepting the bodies,
not thing, not even bedstead, or a piece
Of one could bo found within one mile OF the
house.
Physicians were on hand at an onrly
hour, but the case of somo of the sufferers
is hopeless.
In Pope county, framo dwelling house
of Mr.. George Rockwell was blown entirely
down. Mr.. Rockwell was knocked sense
loss by tho flying timbers, and Mrs. II. had
her collar bone brokon. She supposinl
her husband killed, went for tho neighbors
and lost her way in the darkness. The in.
jury 10 both Mr., and Mrs. II. is compare,
lively slight. l.n
The log buildings belonging respectively
TO Harmon and son, wero both blown fla
to the pround. Their children were blown
| from twenty to thirty rods, but withou
serious injury, 30 far rs heard from. II
that neighborhood Gvo buildings were
blown flat, and ten others we're unroofed
or otherwise seriously injured There wer,
no other lives lost 80 far as heard from n
present.
Tho course Of tho storm seemed TO b,
from southwest To northeast, and its mali
| fury was in a tract Of about fifty rods A
Grove Lake, where the storm passed thro
the timber, the timber was laid in o swatl
as though reaper had beon through il
"a strip at that place about 90 rods il
width, N