Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-29
A MINNESOTA TORNADO.
Wreck of the Business Centre Of Dodge
Centre-Several Persons Injured-Loss
twenty-five Thousand Dollars.

ton, is frsm the Minneapolis Tribune:
The village was visited yesterday afternoon
at about 4:20 by storm of unexampled fury,
which spread devastation in its course. The
first Indication of the approaching storm came
in the shape of clouds skirting the ground.
Two currents of air, one from the southwest
and another from the northwest, meeting near
the head of Main street, and sweeping directly
down the main business street of the village,
injured nearly every building in its wake. The
storm lasted but about two minutes, but in
that time damage was done amounting to $685.
600. The Baptist church, new structure
erected at cost of about 81, 500, was completely
demolished, and nothing remains but a very
much scattered kindling pile. The
MOST STRIKING EVIDENCE
of the terrible force of the wind is shown in
the steam Touring mill owned by D. c. Fair
banks. The upper floor and roof were carried
away entirely, and the remainder of the build
ing turned over on its side and almost COM
pletely wrecked. The building was sixty by
twenty-five feet, four stories high, and worth
about $4,000. The depot building was I'M
rooted, the storm taking in its course Little's
store building, which st
COMPLETELY DESTROYED,
upset E. 81. Hoard's store, and then unroofed
the Leighton Sc Underwood block, brick
structure covered with a fat tin roof. The
building was occupied by 81. A. Mcconnell,
general merchant; A. @. Randall, drug store;
J. @. Edison, general store, all of whom suffer
damage to stock by the heavy rain
which accompanied and followed the storm.
The loss to these parties is about 1880.
The front was torn out of j. G. Browns groce-
~ store, infiicting damage amounting to 5000.
The damage and amount of loss to other parties
On the street is as follows: Smiths billiard hall
front and part of roof carried away $500; G.
P. Prices machinery hall, unrcofed and back
and front carried out; A. 8. Palmerlee, front
blown out and goods damaged to the amount
of $500; postofice building damaged $2C0;
N. S. Heads, drug store, damage to build
building carried out, damage 300; Julius
Ewart. loss, $50; E.. II. Charles, hardware,
front of building damaged s100; Thurt Bros,
Opera House, damage to front 800; o. Il. So
senson & Co.,, front damaged 5000; Pat Derber,
harness shop, front damaged, $500; D. @. Fair:
banks, elevator building, partially unroofed
and damaged. $500. His residence and ont
buildings were also damaged to the extent of
$1,000. Whiting & Wetherbee, livery stable,
unroofed, damage $500; Masonic hall, damage
by water, $500; Levi. loss on barn and build.
ings about town, 81 600; VIM. BUTTERFLIES, dam
age to building, 5000. A large number of
other buildings were injured, and barns gen.
eI3liy apout toWn ueaOuSueO. ING CQpola Ol
the Congregational church was carried away
and the building otherwise injured. The
storm in this place was fortunately unattended
by fatalities. Jerry Lynch, of Ashland, was
returning home, and was about forty rods
from the Kinney house, when his
TEAM AND WAGON WERE LIFTED
from the ground and deposited some distance
away. He received severe internal injuries,
but his recovery is now hoped for. IL year
old son of Mrs. Hubbard was struck by a fall.
ing brick, in the depot, and is still out of
bis mind. Chas. j. Humison was carried into
the air at least ten feet and over lumber pile,
and deposited in O mud puddle. A. O. Ran
dali, who was also on his way home, was sim
ilarly treated, and when he struck the ground
grasped the grass and
CHUNG FOR DEAR LIVE.
James Brown was mi ured by q brick, which in
ficted severe scalp wounds. w. T. Prake,
who was in G. P. Princes agricultural imple-
ment warehouse, had narrow escape, and
-ecollects being carried through the building,
the front and back of which were carried
away, in the midst of flying lot of debris,
which included gang pillow, which was lifted
as though it was feather. A span of horses,
standing in front of Lorrenson & Co.'s, were
BLOWN THROUGH THE FRONT OF TaB STORE,
and two by four scantling was driven direct
ly through horse belonging to Will. Tappan.
Another horse belonging to James Brown was
struck on the head by brick and killed. The
street was full of teams at the time, and the
widest confusion prevailed among the horses.
j. j. Stafford was caught in the storm, and his
team and wagon, a new one, lifted completely
from the ground and carried at least twenty
feet. Sidewalks and timbers went whirling
through the air in every direction, and the
town bears very much shattered appearance.
The storm came on 30 quickly and lasted so
short time that the people had no opportu-
nifty to seek points of safety, and miraculous
escapes were numerous. The roof of the bank
building was carried away, Geo. FIack and
Will. Parsons seeking safety in the vault. The
storm from Dodge Center took q northeasterly
course,
SWEEPING EVERYTHING IN IT'S PATH,
about half mile wide, the principal loss be-
ing inflicted upon farmers who lose their grain
which had been placed in stacks. farmer,
named Langwortby, living Just out of the vii
lage, had fourteen stacks SO completely scat
tered that he cannot trace them. Report
reaches this point that the Rockton Mills three
miles north of Byron, were destroyed, bridges
swept away, and two men killed. The names
are not learned. Considering the fury of the
storm, and the violence with which timbers
sidewalks and missiles Of all kinds were thrown
through the air, it is miraculous that greater
less of life did not attend the storm.
Professions of SisteFhood,
MMwAuKEE Aug. 2S.-To-day fifty.four
young women took homes, and made profess
sion of sisterhood of the order of school sisters
of Notre Dame, at the mother house of the
order, the Convent Notre Dame, IN this city.
On the 18th inst. ffty-six novices took the same
VOWS, making total of one hundred and ten