Morris tribune., 1883-07-25
DISASTROUS CYCLONE.
The Southern Section Of Minnesota
S,cept bg q Terrible Tornado
Saturday Morning.
The Tovn of Etgin Completely
Wrecked IN tess than ttOo
Minutes.
Il Passenger Train Near OWdton,ea
Bioaon From, the Track and
Toenty-fce People
Injured


) anything left of what was prosper
Gus farming village of250 inhabitants
Every business building in town i
down or unroofed Mrs. Thayer, al
estimable lady, is killed and two 0
three other persons are badly injured
The church and school house, botl
substantial structures, are flat on tn,
ground. A good many private dwell
ings are also in ruins.
THE STORM.
seemed to take the center of the town
and moved with a. terrific force and
velocity. VIM. Bowers had frac'
tured hip and thigh. The injuries be-
ing caused by his being caught in the
ruins of his house. The elevators are
partly damaged, and the depot build
ing complete wreck. awe have
brought all the aid and physicians pos
sible to assist. from Plainview. The
width of the cyclone belt was about
two miles. Nearly every tree in town
was blown down. A German black
smith was working when the wind
TOOK THE ENTIRE SHOP.
and carried it off, and no trace OF the
] shop is left Richardson's store is still
standing. The front and back build
ing is all blown away. All the stores
are almost a complete wreck. The
hotel office Of Sufford's was carried
away some distance. The inmates,
including Emanuel Wiel, a shoe sales
man of Milwaukee, all escaped by
hurriedly going down in the celler.
| The storm was accompanied by all the
phenomina that mark it as q genuine
cyclone. The area ofinjury to crops
is not extensive, as the storm seems to
have been, so far as can be learned
from here, largely local.
OwAToNNA, Mimi, July 2l.-At
about 1880 today the worst storm
ever seen in these parts struck
Owatonna. The morning had been
close and sultry. AT about IL the
clouds seemed to be running very low
and it was evident that storm of
some kind was approaching Of more
than ordinary severity. At about the
hour above stated it commenced to
rain, and in very few minutes it
came in perfect torrents, accompanied
by terrific wind and considerable
lightning. The storm only lasted
from 20 to 80 minutes, but it did
thousands of dollars of damage in this
county alone. The passenger train
on the Winona & st. Peter railroad
was.
BLOWN COMPLETELY DEF THE TRACK,
about a mile west of here, and about
Is persons We're more or less injured
some probably fatally. They were
brought to this city in freight cars,
and everything is being done that
can be.
All the buildings of the fair ground,
which are being reffited for the ap-
preaching state fair, were blown down
and completely destroyed. A number
of persons were in the main building
at the time, and some were very
seriously injured. Mr.. w. FL. Gram
dali, postmaster Of this city, was
hurt across the chest and lungs very
badly, by falling timbers which he
could not escape, and fears of his re-
covery are entertained. The Methodist
church, the largest in the city, was
moved about four inches from its
foundation and badly broken at both
ends. The damage is probably $500.
The windmill just out of the city was
blown downand
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
as were also the barn and a part of the
house of T.. w. Irving. The woodshed
of John Odell was blown down and
the roof blown off his barn. The roof
was partly blown off the St, Paul
elevator. Many other places have
been badly damaged. The shade and
fruit trees were many of them COM
| pletely destroyed. Reports coming in
from the country show that many
of the largest and best barns in the
country have been unroofed or blown
down. One blew OH to severaLhead of
horses and cattle.
AT MERIDEN
The floormill was unroofed and, the
barns ofMessrs. Sitterly and Schuldts
andMr. Engle's blacksmith shonblowr
down. Mr., Evans house was blowr
down with three ohildern in it, but
none of them injured. One was fount
in wheat field, some rods distan
from the house, and wondering how i
came there.
q NoRTHFIELD, Mimi, 21.-A terrible
wind and rain storm struck this city
at 10 o'clock this morning Rair
fell in torrents. and wind broke dowr
shade trees and demolished the am
phitheatre, stables and Horticultural
Hall, on the fair grounds. Grain ii
fiat. 1t was marrow escape from 9
cyclone,
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
KAsoTA, Minn., July2l.A .tesr''-'.
l..v.s-~,-s s4lui'
wind ram storm ss.. ack this plac,
ao2us ..Jo'clock this morning, ere
!. atiDg sad havoc in its course as /
passed here. Itswept from the south
east, gaining in its fury as itcame, uIl
!. til the rain fell In torrents aud til,
! wind was q perfect hurricane; but hap
! PLY passing this place without doin.
any damage except blowing down
lew chimneys and doing considerabl,