The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-07-30
Terrible Tornado In Stearns ana Pope
Counties, Minnesota.

A Sank City correspondent of the Man
torville Express, gives the following partiG-
ulars of the terrible storm that visited the
above towns on the 9th instant:
A house in Raymond, owned and occu-
pied by n Mr.. Richard Richardson, "a woll-
to.do farmer, formerly of Rice Co.. was
completely destroyed. This house was
what is called a block house, 1G by 81, with
the corniccs dovotailed together and pin
ned at the corners and in tho centre with
oak pins, two inches in diameter. There
were ten persons in tho house Mt tho time
and oil were more or less injured. The de-
tails, so far ns / havo boon able 20 learn
them, are M follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ardson, with one child of eighteen months,
were sleeping down stairs in tho northwest
corner of tho building, the balance of the
family and visitors were mp stairs.
Almost instantly the building was I'M
rooted, and the logs of tho building, with
the inmates of tho chambers, won't flying
over tho prairie.
Tho oldest son, John, twenty-ono on
twenty-five years of age, was blown thirty
Eve rods from tho house. He was badly
bruised externally, and received severe in
tornal 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, throo years old,
WAS carried twenty rods, and was picked
up afterwards, dead, and fearhlly man
gied. ul
A Miss Anna Wilson, who was teaching
school in tho district, and ut the time was
up stairs, was carried 81 rods, into n wheat
field, and when found was surrounded with
| Ipt0.lo" IaNraIu hnUau No cunn, lln l,uV.,
floor. She 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 M il
may appear, carried n number of feet from
tho building, right in tho direction from
| which the wind came (Bouthwest), and
when found wero unframed. Mrs. Rich.
ardson, during all the timo of tho tornado,
sat in her bed holding n child of eighteen
months in her arms. She was scratched
somewhat about tho ince and neck, but
otherwise received no injury. Tho child
was unnamed. MIR. Richardson was not
even scratched. .-n
A young man by tho name Of Iiberty
Raymond, who had stopped over night
was blown thirty rods, and had both legs
one arm and his neck broken.
The storm, coming from tho southwest
struck the building on the corner, and Low
eled everything 10 the ground, excepting
some logs in the northwest corner, behinC
which stood the bed of Mr.. and Mrs
Richardson Aside from those not n lol
could be found within from 20 to 40 fee.
from their formor resting phce. OF ev
erything up stairs, excepting tho bodies
not a thing, not oven a bedstead, or a picc
Of one could be found within one mile OF Tia,
house. ErtFA #ltt
Physicians were on hind nj nm early
hour, but the case of some of tho sufferers
il hopeless. ~ ~ i
In Pope county, R'frame dwelling hous,
of Mr.. George Rockwell was blown entirely
down. MI. Rockwell was knocked sonHe
less by tho flying timbors, and Mrs. II. haC
her collar bono brokon. She Bupposinl
her husband killed, went for tho neighboTB
aud lost her way in tho darkness. Tho in
jury to both Mr.. and Mrs. r. is compare
lively alight.
The log buildings belonging respectiyol.
to Harmon and SON, wero both blown fla
to tho ground Their children were blow
from twenty 10 thirty rods, but withou
serious injury 80 far as heard from. Il
that neighborhood five buildings wor
blown flat, and ten others wcro unroofet
or otherwise seriously injured, Thore wor,
no other lives lost 80 far as heard from q
present.
The course Of the storm seemed to b.
from southwest TO northeast, and it's mali
fury was in a tract of about fifty rods. A
Grove Lake, whore the storm passed thro
the timber the timber was laid in a5swatl
as though q reaper had been through i
"a strip at that place about 80 rods il
width.