New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-29

From the following special tele-
gram to the PIONEER PREss it APP
pears that the thunder and rain
storm which passed over this section
of country last Wednesday night
grew as it travelled and by the time
it reached Madison, Wis, it became
a regular cyclone. 81
MAp1eoN, May pa remarkable phenomenon
occurred in this city this afternoon. During the
prevalence of a heavy rain storm, accompanied by
light fall Of stones, being nearly as large as
hickory nut but Of half round shape the air was
the ground. These were followed by cornstalks,
straw small branches of oak trees from one to two
feet long, one piece of board eight feet long and
parently been torn from house or barn, clearly
evidencing a heavy whirlwind or cyclone In this
vicinity. During the storm the lightning struck
pipes till near the ground, when It went through
the stone wall oftte building, two feet thick, tear
ing ont hole as large rs a mans hat, scattering
tty officers, but luckily injuring no one. A very
heavy fall of rain occurred. Later-A whirlwind
struck the farm house Of Mrs. B. F. Brown, four
miles south Of this city, in the town Of Fitchbnrg
utterly demolishing it and carrying the debris into
the air. The whirlwind also caught up and carried
off large straw stack Fortunately Mrs. Brown,
her son in-laW and wife and hired girl were out of
the house at the time and escaped injury. The cy.
clone seems to have swept down on this particular
farm, then Immediately raised, carrying the debris
over this city. A telegram from Oregon, ten miles
south of here, reports very hard storm in that
vicinity. Several houses were blown down, some
of the inmates injured, and two reported killed.
LATER AND WORSE.
MADISON, Wis, May 24th.-The tornado which
passed over this place last night proves to have
been more widespread and destructive than was
thought last night The storm came from the direc-
tion of southwest passing through section Of the
State where no Geographic communications are es-
loss of life are meagre. Enough has been received,
however, to show the devastation and sacrifice of
property and life has been appalling In thetvicinf-
ty of Primrose twenty-f miles southwest of
this city, from there through Mount Vernon to Pao-
li,5the storm seems to have done widespread dam
age. From Is to 80 barns and farm-houses We're
blown down. some Of them utterly destroyed and
of wind, some of it falling at ~ Is miles away,
one shutter Of house falling in Lake Mendoza near
this city. Some IL or Is persons are known to be
killed and large number seriously injured Graphic
yet terrible descriptions given of the terrible
effect Of the tornado. Teams and wagons are re-
ported taken from the roads and carried in the air
and dashed to the ground At DR.. Geo. Fox's near
Oregon, his valuable horses in a pasture we're taken
up hundred feet in the air carriedl fifty rods and
dashed TO the earth, killing them instantly. The
storm came from the direction of Mineral Point
where it wrought such terrible damage raised from
the ground, seven Or eight miles southwest of Madi
son and again striking the earth near Fort Atkin-
northeast of here. Near Primrose and Paoli the
storm seemed from half q mile to a mile in width
and swept everything before it, moving down trees,
fences, barns, houses and shrubbery as it with
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