, 1869-07-13
TORNADO IN MINNESOTA.

TORNADO IN MINNESOTA.
damage MT sttPeter and Elsewhere.
TWO nen kilicd by Lightning.
.rron. The St Rtter Tribune, July7.
The roost terrible and tHghtfnl storm ever wlt
nessed IN this vicinity passed over rnis place Oh
[ The. large stone warehouse Of E. Wainwright
| i Sen was almost eutirciy 1nrpoled. This was q
Il eost u nt 81 ae
| The old Maxwell warehouse, now owned by Il.
Eames 4 e., or st. Paul suffered TIE loss q
[ the amount Of about $3.50.
The htck ssoro Of George y. cHer Esq, On
Mnnss91a asenas Was 1nFo0.ed and .t r. goods
Tue front Of the building occupied bI our ue!gh.
bor the .ijrestttsr, WIZ blown entirely out. The
aF ss ns Pa, H. asfs
neas. when suddenly the whole lzont Of the ollce
| blew our giving them the benefit Of al the Light
work and lssped the paper x1thout further delay.
| The damages to thlR building. which Is owned by
ceope! Pra,t, ars 9 es.lma,ed at from ~ to roc:
aso. was blown to pieces md scattered 10 the four
TlcdA. LoBs about $500.
Mayor Randali'a BAN wns unruofed, two chin
! pcya blown doKu on his residence, and about teu
rods OF u new pine close board fence nattened tQ
the ground, the posts having broken 'on near The
\ GROUND. The damages suffered b. Nj: Randall
9is r.. r Tedencs aHsaa q VIM aaz ~. stripped
r. inc r9o, ssGa of
pretty teely, and leavtng tho piastcrinR on the
ceilings IN Z bud condition. His damage viii not
Tho Court nousc ald not blow over, uut It 10,
| pretty well blown through The water peltetl
| lMoughthe s'des Of TIE hopse. and net .ha plas.
| tering thoroughly. The Gable-end window blew
| IN, aud the seutue cover blew from oG tho rool,
and the building fs!Ity qulyered IN me storm;
ee!t e. espees 3 Tor III .ms ua aaa
! plew IN through the windows, through lne Aides
| doors, mud the wind weut In wish 1t 10 Keep It
! company. One chimney WIS l1oWu frpln the
Court lIouee, md l!ferise the 1asstaI Tho
Lightning rods were oil nattencd TO the ROOF. Iha
| damages to this building must be about 80.
The ttahlc belonging 10 Alex. Pettts Ia tho low
er ps5s OF town. vas partially un1oofed. pamases.
The residence known as the Witty nouas, sita-
a.ed Ii the nosshwcssezn put af The town, WAS
v. c. EsslerS foundry vas pretty well shakea
up. The smoke STACK had to bow TO the tempest,
and the c1ro1a found lta proper Level on The
and spoiled. Damage probably about Sid3 to sis1.
II has been reported that part Of the slate roof
| Of the new Insane ABJlnm Was taken on " tho
| one OF the Eoskmen on tho building That thts Ii
untrue, and that the root Eas IN no way damaged.
Ts rot 81 ,as new IEpso2s enrcn waa
move il. -. ~ -
warehouse owned b General II. u. slbicy. Of 81.
Paul, was blown on. VIC have not heart the dam
ages estimated, but 1t T. safe to presume that Il
I Tould cost we'll mp IN the bundrGtls to put tho
building y az good repair Is it vas beiorc lbs
| stnrm.
W yS!ks IRE; saw-ma: at Lake Emily, Eas blown en-
The storm extended up the r1FeE, beyond Man-
Iato, sn1 rsget With great fury nj the latter
point Wherever L vent M & destruction @ followed T.
| best ttees In The timber over which II passed.
| trees that bare hsavely withstood the strpuz
wi11s Of thts @ @sopnsTy foE @ agss Sere tH1ssed on
| One peculiar result Of tho storm was wash
! about twenty-five to thirty feet long In the St.
ssnf S The aoa ssd e ss ns
good. From parties who visited the SPOT on Mon
feet The engine on the up train Ff.day evening
ran into this hole, almost bu1Jtns Itself in the
mud. On Aonday worSmen were engaged trying
take 4 all apart and resurrect Ii By peeemeal.
The damage 10 the railroad and engine must be
from ssSo 1Ii 70 aIteo.pe..aps Toss ~
" this Atolu1- Nearly evcIybo suffered nosc or
less. shade-irees ehimneys and outhouses we're
have not y, heard Of anyo1e being hali, notmish-
standing .ee imminent eapEsr: sks =
been to swan Lake nsa!nR on their return homo.
sought refuge In the school house IN the town Of
nstnadotte: in tbs Is soants. and M Mnte 1nero ths
Ecu, One Of them. 5oung man named Alfred
johnson, acrd IS, stood In the doorway holding
lot lot ieaT1cd. % tTd bsa q bis hand ssntiy iajared
The electric nuid passed ont through The roof Of
tac house, making s1nau hole, but doing no other
damage to the building.
OUT Informant, Gusiaye r Hal, lost steer,
which WIS also killed BY Ichtnlng.
At LAkE PErlS-
From the Leie City Le1da.,
The drFt tornado eyer Eecn nt Lake pcpIu, by
any Of the present inhabisnnta, passed over the
lake on Tuesday evening. II rose on the high
lands between The Read j Landing and West Al
q ~ ela easS saS
struck Lake Pcptn about mule below Lake CITY,
9sse assas 60 ;a4a T te SS
secnded the steep hlun towards N1nnoW Lake
the dccllytg was swept q It's hrush aud eapungs,
plants hal slid down there on their haunchcs.
As II passed over the list towards the lake, trees
fences, telegraph POLES aud wires were gathered
up INTO The air md hurled in MI directions
VIC INT saw the tornado az Il was Wh.rlag ont
upon Lake PepIn. Our attention was arrested By
hearing hoarse and awful ro2Fs tro1nlng the
noise OF the thunder storm that MAS thea paa4Ing
over the town. Looking fouthTard We saw q
huge eggtbaped cloud Whi1ing at an altitude OF
sa5 sS 5srds Is Rostion va lnen qasqns
roar Of 1t was terrible. When It passed out upon
the LAKE It assu11 ed more Upright position, sank
aR .se aant to
over space aboit. 4 hundred feet IN dlameter,
s.oIeuee @ and eomooa @ @ i shat 1as JEW a.i to
behold The epray and mist, mixed *ttn The
f!enas 5en ,s1 e asst sot. ea he he, w1Taa
peaIance an s oi IKE w On ire ire AZ As i. 'IS nearsd *
the opposite shore, The cloud TOOK the perfect tun
mel shape Of the ocean TasesEpout, standing in
rnG}f{nH fF1rinr fhH a REa
The waters out upon the beach for distance Of.
thirty ynrus IN warea twcntg feet ADORE tho ottlt-
IN the mouth and, 1t rose to cltmn the biul anu
pass over INTO Bogus Valley, the trees TINT 1t lifted
from the blua side were distinctly seen from Lake
do. ioar OF nSe nanlrc1 eel Up from the groand.
The right wtpg Of the toTrado swept to the leil Of
NJ Whites house: be!ug turned By The heavy
blue. and the Whole crossed Bogus Creek below
the MIL, climbed the opposite bun4, and swep,
Fonunateiy them Tere bot few Houses IN is way
where It crossed Bogus Valley. fof ruin WAS IN is
ask S snf lei 1g1ose tls IN y msnses st Tsre
into tpsintcls. One fold white oak, two fec; and
d halt through. WIS twisted completely OF
,ora II to III pieces; % castson vss hadJ in,areI d ihs
ruins, y bile biz utt'e boy Eas taken up Into the
clouds and les down sateay IN cornneld. some
for the boy, Hud dropped IN the coru1cid behind
HIN. BEDS, bedding, clothing, surnlturo and
C4OktlE lttEAl& NeIE eCA15&feQ JOE 11u a f1l9
bcy ond Carlson house, cone OF theua hanging In
the broken t1ee>tors- -hls house and goots all
ruiucd md ecpe- Carisons barn WAS likewise de-
btrpsed MISC log house and barn near by, be-
longing TO Iii. Scwcomo. The mill barely es-
capcl destruction, belng but few rods 70 the
LETT OF the b'Ass, bat the fcncea wagons and farm
into prumiscucus r11ln MI. Whites h'ca were
fnEg into 1eEcc, md they we're 80 mad Abouiit
,hat The spot wa dangerous to . stranger, even
the next noruing
Ben. suihs boat the g. = Grant, took dance