The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-24
HAVOC CAUSED BY STORMS.
a DrsAsrROUs CYCLONE IN THE
FAR NORTHwEST.
A Train Blown from the Track with
Fatal Ecsuits-Dcath and Dcstruc-
tlou I'm SEX Counties.

tIOn In NIX COuwttess
A st. Paul (Minn.) special OF SUNDAY
saws Later advices from yesterdays storm
indicate that Il extended from point near
the bend Of the Minnesota river east 10 the
Mississippi, and that It's track was from one
TO two miles wide. II crossed Blue Earth'
Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Olmstead. ara wa
basha counties. The most serious daihage
so far reported Is at Kasota, Blue Lar'n
county. near Watonia, Steele county, near
Mantonville, Dodge county. ana at bigIh,
in Wabasha county. The furyoi the storiii
seems 10 have been exhausted before u
crossed the Mississippi. A haso'a speciai
reports two storms from the soutn-
east and northwest, which appear 10
have met about one and halt
miles directly west OF that place, where
devastation was the result. William crosby
was building new residence. and this,
with his old home, seems TO have been
struck from the southwest, and not YES
tige OF either remains except de6rtS. one
OF Mr.. Crosby's boys had his legs badly
fractured. Mrs. Crosby was bruised, and
the rest tumbled violently about. The
house and buildings OF Mrs. James Little
were entirely demolished and thrown
house were seriously injured. Mrs. Little,s
house and the buildings were carried TO the
north. The school-house. a few rods west,
WAS ENTIRELY DESTROYED AND CARRIED
SOUTH.
The storm next struck Owatonn9.
srecial says the storm only lasted from
twenty 10 thirty minutes. but it did thou
sands OF dollars OF damage in this county
alone. The passenger train on the Wmona
and North Peter railroad was blown com
pletelv Off the track about mile west OF
here, and about twenty-five persons more
or less injured, some probably fatally.
They were brought to this city in
freight-cars, and everything possible Is
being done. All the buildings OF the
playground. which were being rented
for the app coaching State Fair, were blown
down and completely destroyed. A num-
Der OF persons were in the main building
Mt the time and some very seriously In
iured. Mr.. W. ii. Crandall, postmaster OF
this city, was hurt across the chest ana
lungs very badly by falling timbers which
he could not escape, and fears OF bis death
are entertained. A number OF other build
ings were blown down or injured. Re
ports coming i'm from the country show
that many OF the largest and best barns in
the county were unroOfed OF blown down
The following is
ALIsT OF THE INJURED on THE TRAIN
so far rs it has been possible to ascertain
them: A. II. Williams, OF Rochester, in
jured through back and chest; Frederick
Morgan. conductor, broken arm and other
injuries; w. III. Morgan, brakeman, scalp
wound and conclusion Of brain; W. Ro-
gers, circus man, badly bruised all over;
c. II. Cumming, OF Winona. wounded in
the leg; ID. Brookelman, fractured skull
very bad A; Frederick BroOkelman, injured
about the face. Twenty others were more
or less bruised. At Meriden the flour-mil
was unroofed and the barns OF Messrs.
Slllerby and Schuldt and Mr.. Engle's
blacksmith shop blown down. Mr..
Evans's house was blown down with
three children in it, but none OF
them were injured. One was found
in q wheat-feld some rods distant from the
house. and wondering how it came there.
The catalogue OF marvellous escapes could
be drawn out to almost any length, and the
fact that so few casualties occurred amaZes
everybody. Elgin, Wabashaw county, suf-
fered worse than any other place. A spe-
cial says: Every business building in
town is down or unroofed. Mrs. Thayer,
an estimabe lady, is killed, and two or
three other persons are badly injured. The
church and school-house, both substantial
structures, are flat on the ground. A good
many private dwellings are also in ruins.
The storm seemed to take the centre OF the
town, and moved with
TERRIFIC FORCE AND VELOCITY.
William Bower had fractured hip, and
thinks the injuries were caused by his be-
Jug caught in the ruies OF his house. The
elevators are partly damaged, and the
station building is almost a complete
wreck. We have brought all the aid and
physicians possible to assist from Plain
view. The width of the cyclone-belt was
about two miles. The injured are: Miss
Edith Dclton, fractured skull, serious
Mrs. Frank Kessler, fractured skull; John
Townsend, spine injured. A number OF
people were hurt slightly, but the above
list embraces all serious casualties by mis-
siles. Nearly every Tree in town was
blown down. A German blacksmith wa,
working when the wind took the entire
shop and carried it off, and no trace OF il
is left. All the stores are almost complete
wreck. The office OF Sufferers Hotel was
carried away some distance. The inmates
including Emanuel Wiel, shoe-salesman
of Milwaukee, allescaped by hurriedly going
down in the cellar. The storm was accom-
panied by all the phenomena that mark
genuine cyclone. The movement was TO
tary, and the shape or the ruins CORE
spends to this movement. The dismay o
citizens while the rum was being wrough
was past description. Most OF the suffer
ing residents are persons OF small means
and many OF them will be unable to rail-
from their misfortune without some assist
ance. This state OF affairs is aggravated b
the fact that the crops Of many OF thes
same people on farms lying within til
storm limits are destroyed or greatly dan
aged. The area OF injury to crops Is nc
extensive, as the storm seems 10 have beer
SO far as can be learned here, largely loca
A Mantorville, Dodge county, spcci;
says: This county was struck by an awfl
cyclone to-day about noon,
WHICH, FOR WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION,
rivals anything Of the kind ever befor
known in this region or in this State. Nh
Duntly's house and barn, three miles mort
OF Mantorville, were demolished, MI
Duntly instantly killed, and Mrs. DuntI
fatally injured. The residence OF +. Lii
tie, occupied by ii. Harden's family. wa
demolished, killing Miss Fay Smith an
severely iniuring two Of Mr.. Harden
children. The mill and residence of MI
Middleton, one mile north of Byron. wer
blown to pieces, and Mr.. Middleton in
stantly killed. Three horses and one mul
We're also killed. The residence OF William
Crosby. IL miles from town, new
structure, was blown TO pieces, and hi
Tour children severely injured, one DO,
having his leg broken. The residence O
Mr. Pratt was blown over and several in
mates hurt. Teller's barn and granar,
was blown down. James A. Crandalp,
granary was blown down. Eugene Irish,
large barn was blown TO pieces; Harry
GrinnelPs house was blown down. q