Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-10
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DEATH IN THE GALE.
a Terribly Destructive Storm in Minnesota
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"A Terribly Destructive Storm in Minnesota
ss and Wisconsin. H
4 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 incident
to the destruction of houses, and crops and
property destroyed beyond the power to
compute. ~
" In the space Of "a hours rain fell to the
depth of feet II inches on level, but
the chief violence Of the storm was dur
ing wednesday night, when; the rain fell
in sheeted torrents, accompanied at some
points by hail, and there was a connnu-
Gus blaze of lighting accompanied by
deafening, crashing, rolling thunder. In
st Paul streets were flooded, sewers
damaged, cellars filled with water, per-
sonal property destroyed, and every rail-
road centering in st. Paul had it's track
more or less damaged and INSTRUCTED bv
washaways and land slides. At Stillwa-
ter, streets were overaowed, cellers filled
and a 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, Redwood, Wasca, and
other points. At Menonee Wisconsin, the
rain fell in torrents, the streams we're
numerous, bridges were swept away.
Nine miles below Menomores, house
was Hept away, and the occupants, a man
and woman drowned
In Nicollet county, Mimi, the wind
struck the south side of Lake Emily, and
destroyed every thing for space of one
mile in length and half a mile wide. Fen
ces were swept away, roads blocked by
fallen trees, houses and other buildings
demolished, and many persons severely
hurt. Goodhue county, Mimi, and Pierce
county, Wis, suffered severely. A mum.
Der of lives were lost by drowning. Great
damage was done at Bismarck, and
among other things four steamboats, al
the levee were greatly damaged.
GooDHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA.
ASSO "AN6s AAiAu's cuAy GA teITlul
! hurricane struck Vasa about II P. NJ. last
night. 1t lasted only ten minutes, but in
that time did immense damage.
The Orphans home, containing twenty.
eight inmates, was RACED to the ground anc
eighteen children were wounded, one fatally
and three killed outright.
The men of the town were searching fol
| the bodies all night, and some were not found
| till this morning. Six other persons were
killed.
One old couple. named Holing, living in s
| house feet from the asylum, were
| blown over the site of the asylum, and thei1
bodies were found in field 100 feet away.
The wife of Erick Swenson was prema
turely delivered of child in the turmoil ano
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 as 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 tori
off, bodily carried across deep ravine, ant
landed on the hillside opposite, 200 yards
away.