The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-26
building in the village blown down.

yuilding in the village blown down.
AT owAToNNA.
All building on state fair grounds demol-
shed except the octagonal floral hall which
yas moved from its foundation.
Methodist church moved from its f0un-
lations and badly broken.
L. W. Irying-Barn destroyed and part
If house blown away. St. Paul elevator
lnroofed.
Church and blacksmith shop demolished.
Mr.. Evans-House blown down.
ATWAsECA.-
Trowbridge's store, end blown in and badly
damaged.
Storehotase of GEORGE Tollen blown down.
Coffin factory unroofed.
Mlller's store badly damaged.
Winona & s.. Peter elevator ana ware
house damaged.
Willard Bros. planning mill damaged.
Waseca Manufacturing Co.'s building
damaged.
Drug store, hotel barn, store and postof-
fee blown down.
LAKE CRYSTAL.
Humphreys hall turned over.
NEAR HURON OAK.
- "CooOukC1" NCAAOIoACus
Mr.. JohnsOn-H0use blown to pieces.
J. G. Peacock-House dem 0lished.
Twenty other houses, names of owners
not yet ascertained.
The Destruction of Elgin, MINI.
At 1920 p. m. on the 21st., the cyclone
struck Elgin, Wabasha Co., Mimi, and
within one minute there was scarcely any
thing left of what was little village of $50
inhabitants. One lady, Mrs. Thayer, was
killed and several others wounded. The
damage will foot up very heavily. A num-
Der of miraculous escapes took place. Mrs.
Townsend was in the third story of the
building with her family, over rooms oc-
cupied by Mrs. Thayer, and was hemmed
in by two stoves, but fortunately escaped
with slight bruises. Il number of
people were hurt slightly by
missiles. Trees were all torn up. A Ger
man blacksmith was working when the
wind took the entire shop and carried it
sons store is still standing. The front and
back of the building Is all blown away. All
the stores are almost complete wreck. The
hotel Office OF Sufford's was carried away
some distance, including Emanuel Wiel,
I'LL escaped by going down in the cellar.
The hardware store, saloon and agricultur-
al store were almost demolished. A num-
Der of horses were killed. Some had their
legs broken. Some dwellings were blown
entirely away, nothing left to shew except
a few boards.
Fond du Lac, Wis, Badly Flooded.
A special of the ed says: At intervals
during the entire week Fond du Lie has
been visited by the most terrific transforms,
accompanied by heavy wind. Last night
about 1890 the heavens seemed to open and
deluge of rain fell, sweeping all light ma
terial before it. This was kept up good
share of the night and at the dawn of
morning everybody was of the opinion that
a heavy rain had prevailed. They little
knew what was in store tor them. The u.s.
ual large number Of people wendell their
way to church, little dreaming that before
return their homes would be flooded and
carpets and furniture ruined, but
such was the case. At about IL
a. m. several dams on Geneva creek gave
way and the vast quantity of water which
was thus confined swept the entire eastern
portion of the city. The roar of the water,
as it rushed along, receiving reinforcements
ton Of the city. Upward of 200 dwelling
houses are submerged more or less, accord
ing to location. For Two hours the water
continued to rise until it was depth OF
three feet in the middle of the streets. at
this writing it is gradually recediug. The
water travelled with such velocity that it
tore up the Division street pavement and
the lower end of the street, and washed it
away to depth of several feet, and still it
rains.
The Damages to Crops from Hail
Storms.
Col. A. R. Kiefer, president of the Ger
man.Scandinavian Hail Insurance COM
pany, whose general office is located in St.
Paul, says that thus far, about 100 individ-
uals had reported damages from storms, and
these reports covered Minnesota, Dakota
and portions of Wisconsin and Iowa. The
first lost reported was on June IL in Monroe
county, Wis, and from that to July IL the
damage was very slight. The heaviest loss
and damage occurred in the storm of July
Is and 16, which struck Lac Qui Parle
county on the 18th inst, and DUN county,
Wis, the following day July 16. In the
former county nineteen losses were reported
destroying One.half the crop, ana IN Dunn
county, Wis.,. thirteen losses were reported,
mostly to the tobacco crop. There the loss
was also about oDe-half. Storms have been
also reported in Lyon, Pipestone, Pope and
Brown counties in Minnesota and from
Manitowoc and Marquette counties, Wis,
where the damage has been from 1.8 to ID
per cent of the crops. All these storms
have been local in character, and to large
extent are confined to a few individuals.
The reports to the company are up to the
10Th inst, and as they come from all portions
of the Northwest, it is safe to say that nc
widespread or serious damage had occurred
to the crops at that date, whatever may
have been the damage bv the storm of the