The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-07-18
Terrible Havoc by a Tornado in tho Wa..

Sioux CRY, Iowa, July A tornado struck
the southern part Of Elkhorn, D. T., at half. past
o o'clock last evening, demolishing three dwell
hngs' many barns, storehoases, SC. Only one
person was injured, rs far as known.
special dispatch to the JoarnaL from Le-
mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, says; "a ter
rible wind storm passed over the northern part
OF this county last evening, destroying houses,
barns, SC. Ten miles northeast of here two
young men named kuss, who saw the storm
coming, ran into a barn for shelter, when the
wind struck the building with terrific force COM
Pletely demolishing it, and crushing them to
death in the ruins. Parties who saw the storm
from distance say it was terrible to look at 1t
could be distinctly seen from Lemar's. At first
the storm cloud presented the appearance of an
hour glass, after which it assumed the shape of
straight column, aud then seemed to break
into fragments and drift away"
MILWAUKEE, July 4.-Reports from over one
hundred different points in Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin say that the late storm did no damage
to crops. Some wheat was blown down, hut is
all coming up again.
ST. PAUL, July 4.-The storm Of Wednesday
night was the heaviest ever known in Mime
sofa. Five inches Of rain fell here in Is hours
the greatest amount since the signal service Of
nee wos established. Trains are delayed on all
railroads by washouts, and none arrived at or
left the city until last night The most serious
damage is on the railroad near Red Wing where
storm extended all over this State and North.
western Wisconsin, in which regions there was
great fall of rain and hail, accompanied by
thunder and lightning.
Red Wing reports one hundred thousand dol.
lars damage to property in that city. Every
town IN the southern and eastern portions of the
state, Suffered heavily, but details are wanting
At Marshall the hail stones were as large as
hens eggs, causing great destruction to crops
AT Menomonce, Wis, house was carried away
by the flooo which followed and two persons who
were in the house have not since been heard
from. Telegraph lines eastward were down all
day yesterday.
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 4-The first complete
account of the terrible loss of life in Goodhue'
County by the storm of Wednesday night and
yesterday morning reached here today. The
storm assumed the character of q cyclone near
Red Wing; the point of greatest VIOLENCE being
Vasa, small village ten miles west of the Mis-.
sissippi. special dispatch TO the Pioneer Press
from Red Wing, says: "ln the town of Vasa
the fury of the storm was at its height making
fearful havoc. 1t seemed to start four miles be-
yond Vasa, and travelled in q south westerly di-
rection. Vasa Church and the Orphanage,
which is under the care of the church, were
completely demolished The Orphanage con-
tanned twenty-four inmates, and out of this num-
Der three were killed outright, and seventeen
injured, three, it is thought, fatally. The house
OF Erich Stevenson, close by, was blown down
lie was killed and his wife severely injured. -
G. II: llome and wife, an elderly couple, were
killed, also baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. Linsted,
and another party unknown, making nine per-
sons in all killed and four not expected to live.
The number Of wounded is thirty The houses
of oil mentioned as killed were blown down and
many other houses injured. The storm ragged
through Belle Creek, where it blew down the
house Of Anthony Pettel. At Warrentown, on
Lake Shore, three houses were torn down, and
n man and his wife and daughter were killed in
one of them. At Maiden, Rock, two frame
houses were demolished