, 1873-06-04
A MINNESOTA CYCLONE.
a Lively Visitation From tho Storm.
'KtnE--1aouncs, Fcnccs, nnd Animals
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A Lively Visitation From tho storm-
KtnE--1aouncs, E.cnccs, and Animals
ON tho Wing. ~-"
From the st. Cloud tAfinn.) Journal.
On laat Thurday afternoon 0 southwest. wind,
kind Of tornado, awopt through q strip OF
country horaboutB, to tho. damage Of whatever
lay'in itH path. a one-atory house on tho farm
of horo, Id shorburne County, WAS completely
-Wroolod. Nothing WAS loft but tho lower floor.
boards and Htu1ding woro carried BY tho torna-
do distance of thirty rods, while tho roof was
baok track. The house WAS occupied by hir.
Thomas Haigh, who WAS knocked down by q fall
Ing tinbor, and hig vito WAS. scratched little.
His wagon WIS cnrrlod twenty rods and dropped
moved twice Its length. Tho stor1n-spirIt, in 4
JOKING way, soizod a crock Of eggs sitting on a
Bhof in the house, carried 1t a dozen yards, and
deposited it neatly on tho ground without break
Half }6o planiB wore wronohod from lilo
bridge acroHa Elk nivor, noar Mr. Biggerataff'a
plaoo.
= Tho house Of J. &. Gator, about two miles
southwest Of Afr, Biggorstai1's, was damagod
son, eomowhst. .A,huggy bslonging to Senator Bur;
oyor and over and over, until there was not
much loft to turn again.,
On the st. Francis, g. T. Goorgo'a house was
unroofed, and Mrs. hushton's house was dam-
aged.
Demolished fences and .uprooted trees, for
width Of 20 rods. marked tho course tho storm
had takon.
at Paynoevillo, in thia county, an enormous
barn belonging to @. Holmer was ripped to
Some af the furniture Was found d mile AWAY,
othor buildings wero, unroofod.- Tho track Of
tho storm was only q few rods wide,
We hayo hoard Of no one boing moro than
slightly injured.
1t Maino Prairie, Elk. Lake, and elsewhere
largo hail stones fell. In this city thoro was 8
heavy dash Of rain, accompanied by wind, for q
few minutes, +. :
Front Tho 81. Cloud {5ffnn.) Press. -
On Thursday The. soyerest rain and wind storm
Of tho Beaaon occurred. Near 1tasca two houses
woro completely demolished, eleven telegraph
polea twistod out of the ground, end one largo
oak troe torn up by tho roots: Mr. Thaoaoro
Bucks houso, near Zion, in this county, waa
blown down and tho oontonts scattered aoroaa
tho prairie. Ills wagon was broken into small
piecoB. A log bom0 three feet in diameter md
ton foot long was moved about fifty yards. at
Mr 9: Holmor's Place shoIt distance 44n oa from
blncksmith-8hop, barn, aud ;smoke-house wore
blown down to tho ground. Tho barn WIS 401G0
feat. His wagon-box was takon distance Of
forty acres. His losB 10 estimated ut 81 900.
Mr. James Biggcrstnff'B house, SIX or aaYon
miles eaat Of this olty on tho Elk Hivor, WAS do
atroyed by the hurricane.
Front Tho fright County {5iinnl Times.
4 torrit1o tor11atlo accompanied by hail md
ruin, passed oyor tho. country few miles north
Of Clearwater on Thursday of Inst weok. It was
from 10 to 60 rods wide, and tore to fragments
nearly everything in itB courae. Houses, burns,
fencos, md trees wore blown down and scattered
III every direction. 80 far as wo haye heard No
lives were lost, and no ono was faeriouslY! in
jured. Some OF the hail-stoneB are said to have
been aB large as goose oggB.- In Santiago, ahor-
burne County, oak trnoH foot in dlametcr wore
broken of and carTied moro than fifty rods
Scarcely wlole board was loft Of house aud
granary belonging to Mr. g. T. George. Some
Of his boe-hiyos wore found sixty rods from thei,
stand4 A COW was takon up and oarrlod eighty
rods aud dropped in plowod fold without bolng
materially injured. a new frame house, 14x2a
with an ''oll 14x18, belonging to Mrs. nushtou
widow, VAS torn to piocos, only ono side ant
ono end botng left atanaing. Hor furniture was
bally brokou up and q portrait OF her twin boya
which cost $500. was destroyed. Tho dwelling
Of Mr.. Thompson was unroofod and house bo
longing toa swodo named Anderson was torr
down. '
THO courso Of the tornado WAC from east tt
wost, Where it struck tho ground or where, Il
loft It wo have not learned, and tho full oxten
of tho itnmago haa not yet boon ascertasned.
On tho. sano day a'Btorm OF a1nilar cheraoto
vfsltol the noighborlaood OF Dayton, doing con
siderable damdgo: At Anokn q watar-Bpont val
formed in tho .Missisyinpi, and traVolod up tht
river q distance OF q milo mud half. It Wal
cone-ahapel and had the appearance Of fog 0,
smoke, and q dark cloud hung directly over it
It appeared to travel at the rate Of ten or twolyt
n1i0s IN hour. r. =; a. =