The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-29

some four rods east Of the latter This was a
small frame, from which the root was carried
off and deposited a few, feet from the house
Mrs. Robinette and child We're in the honse at
the time, but neitherf suffered injury. Es35' , :
! F. The direction Of the storm then carried it
across the railroad tearing awsy both telegrar h
The first house lse north of the railroad t. feel
the effects ct the storm was small frame be-
Ilongngto ~ M ichaels Lynch and occupied by
Mrs. Mcintyre andchiId, herr husband being
absent insCali ornia. This house was COM
the household furniture broken. more COM
plete wreck it is hard to imagine, what was lett
of the building laying flat upon the ground
The last seen Of the roof was when it went
sai!ingover the Miss ssippi: At the tine Mrs
sfng mia o Mo- %sha her
n ai w s thrown oat into tie lot Sy the force o
/ OF the wind, and the child torn from her arms
i and carried some twenty feet and landed in a
potato patch. Mr.. Nehely's child was also
blown out into the lot. Mrs. Mcintyre escaped
was not SO fortunate, receiving, severe, and at
rst'thought dangerous bruises about the face
and head. This morning, however. it ap-
peared in very comfortable condition, and
the physicians do not anticipate fatal termi-
J nation of its injuries. Mr. Nehely's child
escaped with a few scratches on the shoulder
"A few feet to the north of this building was
the small frame Of, Mrs. Twiges. This escaped
with only broken glass and the demolition of
the front. porch. n Mrs TWiggs had ~ shirts
on the line dying, and these, with the line,
disappeared and have not since been SEEN
with addition for kitchen: The force of the
wind took effect on the roof OF the main build
ing, knocking it in, and completely Kidding
the inside of the building. A small shed ( arm
on the same lot was also hattened to the
earth. Mrs. Scott was in the house, but es-
capped injury.
Some Twelve rods further east was the house
and barn of D. Hause. The house was de-
stroyed and the barn unroofed.
Across the street from the house occupied
by Mrs. Mcintyre was the store and residence
of Mr.. Lynch. This escaped all injury. I'M
nediately adjoining to the east was small
frame residence, on which some of the shin
giles were torn off, In the corner OF the Yard
next adjoining Mr.. Lynch's stood a tree abont
six inches in diameter. This was twisted off
about feet from the roots.
| Further to the north and few rods from the
river bank stood the blacksmith shop Of VIM
Morrissey. This was entirely swept away, the
around for rods, the roof following off after
that on Mrs. McIntyre's house across tn river
The next building and the last one to suffer,
was an unoccupled house owned by Cyril Rob-
eson, which was completely Quilted, nothing
but the frame being left standing
THE DAMAGE
The above comprises all the damage sus-
tanned in Mendoza, so tar as our reporter could
ascertain, but how this number of buildings
| could be either totally demolished or wrecked,
and most Of them occupied at the time, with
out being accom panied by loss of life. is a
| mystery that the reporter will not attempt to
solve.
The buildings were all small, and hence the
destruction of property is by no means large,
| three thousand dollars probably covering the
entire loss.
| To show the force and peculiar action of the
wind, the reporters attention was called to the
house next south of that occupied by Mrs.
direction of the storm, had evidently been
lifted up as the wind passed, and before set
thing piece of board some eight feet in length
and from one to three inches in width, and
coming from the opposite direction, was blown
into the opening and there caught, where it
still remains, detying the efforts Of strong men
to pull it out.
! two-horse wagon standing in the yard,
southeast Of Mr.. Lynchs place, was picked u,
and carried several rods and depo> tied on a
wood pile, right side up aud nothing broken
Several other peculiar performances of the
storm We're pointed out, snch as driving a
board six feet into the, ground, and MANY
other things of the kind, but time and space
will not permit mention at this time
The next sufferer of which the facts were
ascertaled is Mr. Pera, two miles southwest
of Mendoza, and he is, by far the heaviest sui:
ferer of ali, having his house demolished,
three wagons, reaper and seeder broken to
nearly all his fences destroyed. =
Mr.. Thomas Lubbey, living near Mr.. Pera,
| also had his fencing broke down.
Aunt q mile nearer Mendoza IS the farm of
Lcui Ind Media LIE Claire, to which point the
reporter went in following up the track of the
storm, and here he saw the most convincing
evidence of its terrible force.
Between Mr.. lie Claire's place and Mr.. Pera's.
are cleared fields and open prairie. The LIE
Claires have some go acres in wheat, the track
! OF the storm quartering across it
and passing some twelverods to the east of his
house. Across the wheat field in spaces from
| five to eight rods apart, the wheat has. been
the ground here and there being torn up,
sometime gouged for a distance Of five or six
| feet, similar to that made by a
| rifed cannon bail When it strikes the ground
and ricochets. Again the ground would be
torn o eP in vde Tosd aP be again t space tor
straight ahead as if gone over with
dozen heavy weighted drays.
| Near the northeast side OF the field the re-
porter found two large oak trees, between
and twelve to fourteen inches in
diameter. The body and limbs ofthese trees
| were covered with mud Mr.. LIE Claire saws
these trees were landed there 10y the wind,
and as there is no timber nearer than the blutf
southwest of Mr. Pera's place, mile or more
away, the supposition is that the trees came
from that timber. This was verified bv
following the track of the storm toward Men
dota.
On leaving the wheat field Of Mr.. LIE Claire,