The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-07-23
Terrible renardo.



st. Paul, (Miunl. July 3-The storm last night
was the heaviest ever known In Minnesota. Five
inches of rain fell in fifteen hours here, the greatest
amount since the Signal Service Office was estab-
lished. The damage In the city was considerable,
but confined 10 flooded streets and cellars. bursted
sewers and one or two buildings under water.
Trains were delayed all roads by wash-outs,
"hicn Will stop travel day or two. The storm
extended all over the State. and Northwestern
Wisconsin. Hail and lightning did great damage
but details come 10 slowly
AT Nasa. GoOdhue County, seven persons were
Killed and thirty injured by lightning and the fall
of building.
At winnebago, the wife of Nathaniel Stevens was
killed by lightning.
AT Mountain Lake Lawrence Lawless 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 bail.
At Marshal, hailstones were large as hen eggs,
and caused great destruction.
WISCONSIN.
At Lenomonee, Wis, house was carried away
Dy The Hood with two persons not since heard FROM
DAKOTA.
sioux City, (Iowa), July IA tornado struck the
southWesierB part of Elkhorn (Dakot, Territory,
about half-past five o'clock yesterday afternoon,
blowing down three dwellings, that are total
wreck. Many barns and stables were overturned
and ehimneys blown down Sheaier's storehuuse,
adJolning his mill, was blown over The windmill
OF tue Dakota Southern Railroad water tank was
blown down aud badly wrecked. The only person
injured, SO far as known, Mrs Woods, whose
head aud limbs were badly bruised By the turning
over of her house. Mrs. Norton was sitting in her
house, and when the cyclone struck IL, tue floor
opened under her aud she fell into the cellar the
house being carried away several rods Sue was
not hurt. great number OF trees, some two feet
In diameter, were blown down, and n number of
buildings moved from their foundations.
The cloud came up from the southwest and went
southeast, but its course was circular.
ReDOrts ffgm the eurrnuudiuu try hou hat
great damage has been dons-houses barns, fences
and crops having been destroyed. --
The storm was seen 10 gather and approach the
town from the southeast, aud IL is thought By many
that il had not reached It's maximum strength when
it atruck here.
In the night there was another severe storm, but
It has done no serious damage far as heard FROM
IOWA
special to the Journal from Lemars, Plymouth
County, Iowa, says: 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 Kass were killed. They saw the storm
coming, aud ran into barn for shelter when the
wind struck tue building with terrific force, com
pleiely demolishing IL aud crushing them to death
IN the ruins. Parties who saw the storm from
distance say 1t was terrific TO look at. II could be
distinctly seen from Lemars, and at first the Storm
cloud presented the appearance OF an hour-glass,
alter which IL assumed the shape of straight col
uInn, and then seemed TO break into fragments aud
DRIFT 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.