, 1870-08-02
A FEARFUL TEMPEST,
t:pllAcA Moved nnd Torn Down
l.RrKe I.osx OF PROPERTY

l.nsKe I.os~ OF Property
Fru1n The -ManEafn {Ntnn.) Vni"n, ~. y
Mc mentioned last week somo aciu = OF =
.'tAtructivc tornado 1t Owaionns an | 10 Goth
irrt Later ndvices show .Est The gs'o cx-
:.,"!cd nearly across Southern M1Dueso.a,
ovc1ing belt from ten 10 fifteen miles wide-
lie editor ct tho Wells snas was al Fair
,:ont at tie time. At this place, twenty ni1ee
~est Ct the Blue Earth River, shauk= new
uilsiing was moved from its Foundation.
a. nearly all the chimneys in town wore
!,.own on.
ihc next We hear Of i,e rayases was al
W;nlelngo City nrtl vicinity. There the
III httirg war nceesant and the taunlet
;tsritic. Only one building was blown,
itwll in that town. Quo horso was killed
ff.cna. The general direction Ut the tornado
was little moth OF eset. II il reported tha!
Euau ald boy were killed between NinnebaSo
.:,f Wells. Dr. Farley writes to the St Paul
ir:s thai 3Ir. A. A. Huntington. who was at
H.. iine in Dunbar. taking tue ceneur, se1,art.
:. Al in lint town several houres were blown
.,.y.'. One man hnrii:d hi, family into The
crllar, alIo tlat instant the house fell. ! N III
~ ,le name Of TAYLOR lost property To the
ak Aou,t Of 1000; part Of his toi-e anil barn,
''riss.ring machinery, wee swep: away, ba-
,:.,.s Ats tons of hav. which was scatt.scl fur
three nilee. Ono farmer lost u;as |. ~, Of
cattle, killed by falling trees. Trees eight
iEsle. through were twisted ulI.
| The storm tapped over into the southern
part Of this county: Esquire L7ckcrhy, vino
| resides in ihe southern part Of SlaPleton, in
! forms us that the gale at Ills place eas fear
| full: II car,cht his hay rick, containing 10 toms
| OF hay, which he had just finished stacking,
| turned it Lotion upward, and ecattercd it for
half mile Mr. L. says his house, which il
| t:mls built and grauted, swayei 70 and fro, as
il lullt Of paper. lie went to Wells next day,
and passod eight IouseS on tho route which
| we're blown down or badly smashed. He was
informed that = Mrs. Shalbolt was straek by
the falling timbcrs Of her house and, it was
supposed, fatally injured. The Alias gives
a vivid picture Of tho storm ~ it
Of Wjnnehago City, Colonel Lounabury'b :
l'o,lse was Mown eight foot from its moor.nge
md at The north end was SPLIT from top to bot
ttlu. MEs. L. war n!uue Nth her three cllil-
=, n hut did not leave the house. Captain
rcys house was blown frum i:s Foundation
i ln'tet were eerved in like 1nanner. Young
| u, sons ehanty wAs blown NIL to pieces, mud
'Ec inmates lady injured Tho .1tlds Says
.utlIng OF the injury .lnne to the N.l!. House,
!:sn, Which We i,.fer tina. til. thousand dallase
camsse reported done to that 1,ne hotel is .
saistake- No lives los. anl no oeerious d.mage
lone 10 grain in that rrSion, but the fence:
: ARC nowhere. The -ii!1s rzyH the ditc. On the
uclts VI the Town Was ii!lsl With panple VIII
lad abandoned their lo1ses aud 1ed 10 it To-
| l'MCcsIOl. 1uDSt u IaCn III tActl EuTSaI tl04HGa
Twenty miles still further enst, at Alhcr'
Lo, F1celorn County, luiaiHs, trees, AMI
fci ces enncr-d sereriy. Com WAS grcail,
,s,asgcd. The lightning Was sharp. aud thl
} thunder startling. but no rain fell Th'
Standard SAYS tie beautiful gothi- residonc.
Ct l. G. Wedge, mainls cu,opleted, was sadl,
J r., st-d and damaged. Dir. Gorton's houee
>onti Of tho tow1,, was thrown entirely from
it, undcrpinning. The houso of Martin John
} ssc,, three miles nosth occupied I = Hans Gil
lsltstn- was blown down aslu nearly destroy
cl No lives lost.
ltmas tie northern wing Of the storm
wlnc'. lid srch heavy damage at Owatonn,
+iill further cast and more than tl,irtv mile
uorti,wsrl. The hour at which it occurret
VA. between and 3 o'clock on tie Goth oi
July.
This is the flrst hurricane OF go great All q,
tc1t which has tjsitcd Southern l1innesot
since its settlement. May the time he lou
feio.c the coming Of another.