The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-10
, DEATH IN THE GALE.
A terribly Destructive Storm in Minnesot
and Wisconsin,,

A Terribly Destructive Storm in Minnesota
| and Wisconsin.
/ The most severe and destructive storm
OF wind and rain ever known in the his
tory OF the State visited Minnesota on the
night Of Wednesday; July 2. Trains on
all the railroads of the State were DELAYED
by washouts and land slides, houses were
swept away, buildings blown down, lives
lost by drowning and casualties incid ent
to the destruction of houscs,a and crops and
property destroyed beyond the power to
compute
/ In the space of "a hours raih fell to the
depth Of 5 feet II inches on Il level, but
:theechief violence Of the storm was dur
ing "Wednesday night, when the ram fell
in aaectcd torrents, accompanied at some
points by hail, and there was a conunu-
GUS blaze of lighting accompanied by
dcafening, crashing, rolling thunder. In
st. Paul streets were flooded, sewers
damaged, cellars filled with water, per-
sdhal property destroyed, and every rail-
road centcring in st. Paul had its track
more or less damaged and obstructcd by
washaways and land slides. At Stillwa-
ter, streets were ovcrtowcd, ccllcrs filled
and good deal Of personal property, the
amount difficult to estimate. destroyed.
At the corner Of Main and Chestnut streets,
the water was three feet deep. At Winona,
Mimi, hail accompanied the storm, the
hail was heavy, more or less destructive
to crops in Marshal, Rcd1 ood, Wasca, and
other points. At Mcnoncc Wisconsin, the
rain fell in torrents, the streams we're
numerous, bridges were swept away.
Nine miles below Mcnomorcs, II house
was s"ept away, and the occupants, man
and woman drowned.
In Nicollet county, Mimi, the wind
struck the south side of Lake Emily, and
destroyed every thing for a space of one
mile in length and half mile wide. Fen
ccs were swept away, roads blocked by
fallen trees, houses and other buildings
demolished, and many persons severely
hurt. Goodhuc county, Mimi, and Pierce
county, Wis.,, suffered severely. \ num-
Der OF lives were lost by drowning. Great
damage was done at Bismarck, and
among other things four steamboats, at
tie lcvee were greatly damaged.
INGooD11UE COUNTY MINNESOTA.
RED WING, Minn., July 3.-A terrific
hurricane struck Vasa about II P. N. last
night. 1t lasted only ten minutes, but in
that time did immense damage.
The Orphans home, containing twenty
eight inmates, was razed to the ground and
eighteen children were wounded, one fatally
and three killed outright.
The men of the town were searching for
the bodies all night, and some were not found
till this morning. Six other persons were
killed.
One old couple named Holing, living in
house feet from the asylum, were
blown over the site of the asylum, and their
bodies were found in field 100 feet away.
The wife of Erick Swenson was prema-
turely delivered of child in the turmoil and
is not expected to live, while her husband
lies dead in building near by.
The town hall has been turned into an
hospital and Drs. Sweeney, Hewitt and Ray
mond, of Red Wing, have been in attend
ance all day. DR.. Raymond remains in
charge tonight.
The names of the dead are AZ follows:
Erick Swenson
Gustaf Holm and wife.
Emil Lindstedt, nine years old.
Geo. Hamberg, two years.
Three orphans, Ellen Eklund, aged nine ;
Minnie Eklund, seven years Elias Brandt,
aged seven.
One old man, whose name is not known
The roof of the brick parsonage was torn
off, bodily carried across deep ravine, and
landed on the hillside opposite, 200 yards
aWay,