New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-11
THE GREAT I CYCLO NE.
The path Of the Cyclone.


The path Of the Cyclone.
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and others sayeraly wv won n Fnn
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was nnronfad nd HE w;fa.s eli
fractnrad mo honsos &c nc sn 1nu,l
n;noton and TTndarwnod ma ), az -
strnyed Int tba;r families ' eseon ue
=nnharmed The residence of n
HI ~, ,,,aa ne''lu'Ge - WI !;
members of lis u,;1v h ~ e1en :, , ,.,iu
The house nf NJ Harr;a y ~ ,Jq R1"a
Snr;nos was lemo,;shad and - Harr rae
his wife and l;ttle g;rl L;llad fh,ao
other children reca;y;ng mnr+ ~
wounds. !.
Nh. Harris, his wife and children
were carried up into the air clear
out Of sight and dropped in different
places and directions from the site
OF the house and varying in distance
from 100 to 200 yards. Mrs. Harris
and one child were killed outright
and Mr.. Harris died several hours
afterward. One Of the other child.
rem was found i'll a pool Of water
several yards from the house with a
large mass OF straw and grass wrap
ped around his head and shoulders. It
could only be removed with great
difficulty; The child was but slight
~ injured and his escape is attribut-
ed to the mysterious bandage around
him.
st. Louis, Mo. May, 81. The town
OF irving. is reported to have been
destroyed by storm yesterday, a cy-
clone leyelllng everything IN its
course. Several persons were killed.
Atchison, KS, June 1. A mes
senger just in from Irving SAYS the
storm at that point blew down is
houses, killed eight persons, wound.
ed about % and several are missing.
ST Lonis. .Tune 2 A disnatch
from Independence, Mo-, states that
that place just escaped the cyclone,
but it did great havoc in the neigh
borhood.
At Lee Summit, the house of R..
I. Harris, who, with his wife and
two children were killed, and two
other children injured, was lifted in
to the centre Of the cyclone and car.
ried 800 yards in the air, then dash
ed down into pieces. Scientists are
puzzled to account for the phenome-
ma; all the bodies were covered with
"a thick, blush, sulphurous mud;
their clothing stripped off or torn to
shreds; shoes torn off their feet, and
their bodies burned and blackened
fearfully. Horses, cattle and hogs
were caught up on the Harris place,
carried long distances and dropped
to the earth crushed out Of all natur-
al shape.
In Barnard county the cyclone
rose in the southwest and moved To.
ward the northeast. It first struck
the dwelling of Tom Smith, seven
miles from Barnard and demolished
it. then moved a swath oyerth field
and timber lot an EIGHT of mile to
the house occupied by q German
named Schmidt, which was torn to
pieces. Mrs. Schmidt was fatally
injured and Miss Lizzie Davis seri.
ously wounded. It then DESTROYED
the farm property for one and a
quarter miles, where it encountered
d large building, formerly a hotel
and wiped it from the earth. The
inhabitants escaped and were blown
into ledge. It then went one and
half miles to one Turner's house.
lifted it mn. carried it one. sixth Of !
mileland dashed it to the ground.
The family had left it previously.
Two hundred yards distant it de-
stroyed the house and barn Of Henry
Harmon; two sons Of Harmon were
badly injured. Harmon's loss ex-