The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-23
A SUMNER CYCLONE.
The Fearful Work Cf Saturdays Cyclone in
its Path Through Minnesota and Iowa.

ANc " VIA III 5 CyCIOuC Ill
its Path Through minnesota and Iowa.
Latest reports of the storm of Saturday show
that it was of a very violent character and il,
some localities great deal OF damage was
done, and some lives lost. It seems to have
been the most general storm which has swept
over the country for some time.
The house of Peter Nelson, at st. Peter, was
the children wero Knocked down and the prem
ises were set on fire by the fiery fluid. The
force Of the wind, which prevailed during the
storm was such that the west wall of five rooms
of the hospital for the insane in process of re-
construction was blown down.
At Lura, in the northern part of Faribau.t
county, the dwelling Of a man named Chafee
was blown down, killing him and his wife. The
barn Of T. J. Propert was lifted from the foun-
dation and carried fifty feet, then dashed in
pieces. The dwellings, Of George Herring and
a man named Grady, Of Wells, were destroyed,
but with no loss Of life. The bridge near
Grady's, across the Maple river, was lifted from
its foundations and destroyed. The storm then
passed into Blue Earth county, in the town of
Danville. The house of one Robert Jones was
rolled over several times, he and his wife be-
ing In it. The woman was severely cut on the
neck, face and breast A large barn on the
farm OF MIR. Curtss was entirely destroyed
The damage in Faribault county is estimated
at $4,000. The storms were very severe in
Hennepin county, many buildings were moved
1iOut tHelT 1OuluIilOUS, auu sOIu0 euuIc1y uC-
etroyed, but no loss of life is reported. In the
vicinity of Des Moincs, Iowa, the storms moved
from the southwest to the northeast, funnel
shaped, with fearful velocity and terrific noise,
following the Des Moues river through Iowa
and swinging to the southwest in Missouri
Along it's whole track there is great destruction
of property from wind and hail. Farm houses
were destroyed, grain broken down, and fruit
trees destroyed. In Anderson county two men
were killed by lightning The less will
amount to hundreds Of thousands. At
Colfax, Iowa, eight honses in the east part OF
the town and two houses out of the city, occu-
pied by farmers named Sheldon. were blown
down. The house of Chas. Upham, IN the
east part of the village, was lifted from it's foun
| dation and riddled, but the family escaped in
jury by taking refuge in the cellar. The house
Of J. r. stnble was badly damaged, The house
| Of Mrs. Kinsell was unroofed and the barn ad-
| joining hoisted from its foundation and torn to
! atoms. f. A. Robins house was lifted from its
foundation and turned upon it's side. Jos.
d. h4Hse s in runs The t%o st9Sfy
| molished. Numberless barns and outhousea
| were destroyed and numerous trees torn up in
| the track of tho storm.
In Missouri, on Sunday, no less than three
| different paths. The first was from King City
| and vincinity. This started near Savannah, in
| Andrews county. Its course was northwest
through Flag Springs and King City. Many
| houses were destroyed and not less than twelve
| lives lost in Andrews county. At Flag Springs
| and King City there was great loss Of life.
Probably fifty men, women and children were
killed. A public school building at King
county, large brick building was razed to ita
foundation. Hundreds Of horses. cattle and
sheep were killed, one man loosing eighty
cattle. Another cyclone started eight miles
miles being southeast It was one-fourth mile
| wide Nothing escaped it. Many lives have
| been lost in all these cyclones, and the de.
| struction of property cannot now be estimated
| LATER FROM MISSOURI AND KANSAS.
Dispatch es from King City, Missouri, gives
some of the details of the terrible cyclone which
struck that vincinity on Sunday night:
Tho cyclone had its beginning about two
miles outh Of Rosendale, and twenty miles
little 80 uth of west Of here It gathered force
as it came on, its mad fury assuming serpen:
tine shape, covering track varying from zoe
everything clean in it's path. It was seen fully
an hour before it reached here, and within
mile and half Of here 1t shied north tride
striking the northeast boundary of tho town
and spending its fury three miles north of here
Houses, stock, trees, shrubbery and even gras
were demolished in it's path, everything bein|
laid in waste and the whole territory strewl
with fragments Of timber, houses and domesti
articles: While the cyclone las ed the air wa
filled with various objects. Men were picke
up bodily, thrown seventy five feet in the al
and landed quarter OF a milo away. far
mer named May nard, living four miles we+
Of here, attempting to escape the cyclone, tool
the wrong course and ran into it. He wa
driven against = fence post an,
pierced through and through by a four-incl
piece Of timber, death ensuing shortly after
His grown daughter, Grace, was carried
quarter Of a mile from the house, and found il
cornfeld, devoid of all clothing except he
saved by to the ce.r the
house was blown to fragments and scattered
for miles about R. T. Mel on, farmer living
mile nertA Of town, was sitting on the bacl
porch reading, and was killed Two soma nea
by escaped severely injured. Tho rest of til