The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-07-23
terrible ronardo.


St. Paul, (Miun.l July S.-rhe storm last night
was the heaviest ever known In Minnesota. Five
inches OF rain tell In fifteen hours here the greatest
| amount since the Signal Service Office estab-
/ lished. The damage In tue city was considerb le
but confined TO flooded streets aud cellars bursted
sewers and one two buildings under water
Trains were delayed all roads BY wash outs,
which will stop travel day or two. The storm
extended all over the State. and Northwestern
Wisconsin, Hall and lightning did great damage.
but details come In slowly.
At Vass. Goodhue County, seven persons were
Killed aud thirty injured by lightning and the fall
/ of building
AT Winnebsgo. the wife of Nathaniel Stevens was
Killed by lightning.
AT Mountain Lake, Lawrence Lawiess was killed
by lightning.
Red Wing reports 500 600 damage to property in
the city.
Every town in the south and east of the State
suffered heavily
The crops suffered from rain aud hail
Al Marshal, hastones were large as hen eggs,
and caused great destruction.
WISCONSIN.
AT Lenomonee, Wis, house was carried away
oY the flood, with two persons not since heard FROM
DAKOTA.
Sioux City. Qowa), july IA tornado struck the
southwestern part of Elkhoru (Dakots Territory.
about half-past five O'Clock yesterday afternoon
blowing down three dwellings, that total
wreck Many barns and stables were overturned
aud chimneys blown down. Shealer's storrhuuse
adjoining his mill, was blown over The windmill
OF tue Dakota Southern Railroad water tank Was
oo"b auu oauiN WftChcu luc only person
injured, SO far as knnwn, was Mrs Woods, whose
head aud limbs were badly bruised by the turning
over Of her house. Mrs. Norton was sitting in her
house. aud when the cyclone struck IL, tue floor
opened under her AVID she Tell into the cellar the
house being carried away several rods Sue was
mol hurt. great number oil trees, some two feet
IN diameter, were blown down, and number of
buildings moved from their foundations
The cloud came up from the southwest and went
southeast, but its course circular.
Reports from The surrounding country show that
great damage has been dons-houses, barns, fences
and crops having been destroyed.
The storm Was seen To gather and approach the
town from the southeast, aud il is thought by many
that 1t had not reached its maximum strength when
IL airuck here
In the night there was another severe storm, but
II mas done no serious damage far as heard from
iowa
special to the Journal from Lemars Plymouth
County, Iowa, saws: terrible storm passed over
the northern part of this county last evening be-
tween six and seven o'clock, destroying houses
barns, etc
Ten miles northeast of here two young men
named kuss were killed. They saw the storm
coming, aud ran into barn tor shelter, when the
wind struck tue building with terrific force com
pie'eiy demolishing II aud crushing them To death
IN Tie ruins. Parties who saw the storm from
distance say 1t WAS terrific TO look at II could be
distinctly seen from Lemars, aud at first the storm
cInuu presented the appearance OF AN hour-glass,
alter which II assumed The shape OF straight col
unn, and then seemed TO break into fragments aud
driit away. II seemed To move slowly and was in
sight about thirty minutes
The wind blew strong In Sioux City, but no
damage worth mentioning Was done.