Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-08-03
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Another View orthe storm Track.


TRACEY, Special Telegram, July 25.-A
careful survey OF field along the line of the
Northwestern road, between Rediield. Oak,
| and this Place, ma le by the special represent
! ative If the IIoNEER Press, who las lust re-
turned from the trip does not throw much
| new light upon tho situation in addition to the
facts already wired Beginning at point be-
tween Redfeld and Crandon, on the Huron
branch road, the storm went south about
twenty miles. Tlen, before reaching Huron,
it veered TO the east and passed through a
section of country between the road from
Tracey to Huron, and from Tracey to Redield
Being some distance from the railroad and tel
cgraph stations full details have not
been obtained. but enough is known
to make certain that the principal amount
damage was to crops, no lives being lost OK
cept near Hitchcock, Oak, and but few sub
stantial buildings being blown down at any
point. The towns seems to have escaped as
rule, the storm going through rural districts
While crops have suffered very severely in the
track of tie storm, i'll many places being en-
tirely wiped out of existence, ats reports are
of y more favorable character, and rumors
prevalent at first were undoubtedly exaggcr-
atod The losses will assume large proper
tloue III tne aSpreShte, 10 De sure Dut
IT Is A GREAT MISTAKE
| to suppose that the crops over all the section
| embraced in the course of the storm have been
destroyed. Many acres that at first seemed
ruined have begun to rise up to some extent,
and in good many instances farmers will be
able to realize considerably from the crops til ey
supposed would be worthless; but even in it5
most favorable aspects, the storm niay b. set
down as very severe. The damage, however,
was not as great as was first supposed North
of Redlield and west of Huron there are no re-
ports of any storm; nothing farther than toll
erably high wind and some rain is h card Of
At Frankfort, Oak ten miles ca st Of Redfield.
there was no damage and not much of blow.
Three miles south, however, crops
suffered quite largely, and a farme,
named Myers was injured, though
not seriously He was out i'll field aud was
blown against wagon with considerable force
This is the only person who was injured at all
in that section. At Poland, eleven miles
farther east. no traces of the storm are seen
The storm passed about eight or ten miles to
the south, damaging only crops, but them quite
severe. At Raymond the storm struck
south of the town. and number of crops
were almost ruined. About eighteen miles
southwest of Clark station TIE worst work was
done by the storm
IN CLARK COUNTY,
at kiefton rostotiice, the residence of Post
master harrington WAS blown down, but none
of the family were at home. Quite number
of farmers were in town to-day from that sec.
ton. There the path of the storm contracted
not being moro than a mile in width Crops
suffered severely that were in this stretch OF
country. South of Henry, Codington county
the storm was very violent, and crops sus.
tanned large amount of injury in places
Several buildings were blown down and g
number of people injured; none fatally Re-
ports as 10 the killing of one person are pre-
yalcnt, but not credited. AT Watertown there
are reports of disasters. The Storm reached
somo twenty miles or more from this place to
the south Crops. as usual, suffered TO some
extent, but no bnildinge were blown down
or people injured. Gary, Deuel. county,
just on The Dakota line, was al
least thirty miles from the storm track, and
no reports of serious results have reached
there. Crops within a radius of twenty-five
miles or more are in a magnificent condition.
Candy, Yellow Medicine county, the first sta
ton in Minnesota after crossing the Dakota
line, makes the same report as Gary The
storm went some twenty miles south. There
is no trace of the storm at Marshall and no re-
ports of violent winds north or south: in fact
the storm
SEEMS TO HAVE SPENT IT'S FORCE
in that section east OF the Dakota line, and
efforts to locate where it crossed the railroad
track. Doth Huron and RcdGell lines coming
together at Tracy, are not successful The
storm must have lifted about at the Dakota
line, doing little if any damage until it struck
again at Lamberton and Sleepy Eye jumping
completely over Tracy After skipping Tracy il
Gems TO have broadened out, taking in
kota OH the south; the northern and southern
boundaries suffering but little damage how
age. Then it contracted again ard passed on
east through Waseca and Owatonna, DIVING out
in a violent spasm at Elgin and Mantofville.
The storm, wherever it ragged throughout this
entire section from Tracey as far west and north
az Redteld, presented about the same charac-
terstics asit did to the east There was consid-
cradle hail and rain, and just prior to the time
it began at dusk almost approaching darkness
prevailed. The storm clouds were very near
the earth all the time. Crops in the belt OF
counties between Redfeld and Tracy, through
where the roads runs are very promising. The
damage to the crops as did the storm The
weather is very warm. Should this continue
heads Of grain will be ba lily if not irreparably
damaged