Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-04
HORRORS OF THE CYCLONE.
Portions of Minnesota, Dakota and Wis
consin Devastated by Il Terrific Wind
Many Persons Killed and Injured, and
Much Property Destroyed.

cOnsin Devastated by Il Terrific Wind
Many Persons Killed and Injured, and
Much Property Destroyed.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, July %.
A Chicago & Northwestern passenger
train was caught in the tornado Saturday
afternoon fifteen miles south of Green Bay,
and nearly wrecked. Rain poured through
and drenched the passengers. The train
stood on one rail for a long distance owing
to the force of the wind, and trees fell
across the track, being smashed off like pipe.
stems. The darkness was so great the en-
gineer could not see out of the cab. At
Kaukauna he saw evidences of buildings
wrecked. The storm passed over to north
and west.
Lightning caused the destruction of a
private residence and barn at La Crosse,
and one COW was killed. Washouts oc-
CURED Oh nearly all the railroads in the Vi
cinity, and it is rumored that two trains
were thrown from the track and the pas
sengers Slightly injured by being thrown
from their berths.
Mrs. Grace FOUL was killed at Dodgeville
in the downfall of her home, which was
struck by the tornado. Another woman is
reported killed at a small town near Dodge
vile. Buildings were blown down in every
direction, and crops Frustrated.
IN MINNESOTA.
ST. PAUL, MIMI, July %.
Wild rumors are afloat here as to the eff
feet of the storm which ragged in some por-
tions of this State Saturday afternoon.
The town of Elgin, on the Northwestern
Road, was entirely destroyed by a water
spout. The town has $50 inhabitants. It
is also rumored that a train on the Minne-
apolis & st. Louis Road was blown entirely
from the track and a number killed. These
are believed, but it is impossible to find any
details OH account of the condition of the
telegraphic service.
"A Globe special states a wind rain-storm
struck this place Saturday creating, great
destruction in its path. Itswept from south
east, gaining in force until a perfect hurri.
cane. The house and buildings of Mr..
James Little are entirely destroyed. None
of the occupants are seriously injured. The
school-house is also a wreck.
The storm now divided again, one branch
going ~northwesterly and the other in a
yearly westerly direction, both carrying
death and destruction with renewed vigor.
1t is impossible to give accurate details.
The casualties as far as learned are Mr..
Deuntly killed and his wife fatally injured.
Mrs. Middleton North, of Byron, and a
daughter of James South, two miles west
of this place, were killed.
At Owatonna great damage was done,
especially at the fair grounds, where all the
buildings were wrecked. Several persons
were injured one mile west of that place.
A. II. Williams, of Rochester, MIMI, was
injured in the back and chest; w. Rogers,
internally; ID. Dodleman, skull crushed.
These are the only ones thought to be fatally
injured.
At Kasson the cyclone struck one mile
west of the town, blowing down school
houses and several other buildings in its
track.
At Mantorville three men were killed and
eight wounded; of these three fatally.
AT Wasseca there was great destruction.
and one person was killed.
A LATER ACCOUNT.
ST. PAUL.. Mimi, July %.
Later advices from Saturdays storm indi.
cate that it extended from a point near the
bend Of the Minnesota River east to the Mis-
sissippi, and that its track was from one to
two miles wide. 1t crossed Blue Earth,
Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Olmstead and Wa
basha Counties. The most serious damage
so far reported is at Kasota, Blue Earth
County, near Manterville, Dodge County,
and at Elgin, Wabasha County. The fury
of the storm seems to have been exhausted
before it crossed the Mississippi.
The following is a revised list of the
killed and injured as near as can be ascer-
tanned:
AT Elgin-Miss Edith Dillon, skull fractured:
John Townsend, spine injured; Mrs. Frank
Kessler, skull fractured.
Near Mantorville-R Middleton and S. Mum
Horden, severely injured; four children of
William Crosby, severely injured; a man,
name unknown. badly hurt.
M7ankato, head cut on left temple and back Of
left ear; Clara zickwick, St. Charles,
.r in5"fiea wa aSeaf 1 taf sn hsad; b 5; g:
ternally and some ribs broken; a. 4. Williams,
f EsSaiHste Wi hs q hurt Sar s'di Hy t ibn'e ebesi, a Al 1;rh f
sprain in left hip; George Pickering, Perfec-
ten Gaso Wis, r WlaoS Sh0 %dds h spar;ained; Peter Sas5
head: B. +. w %acR1' o wat slis"1 siigh hnS"f hu 1ne
not known how much; Mrs. Farmmes, Win
the head, thigh and knee; George e
E bSa;seg and c Chi 6 aEo,,+ +t both til, ,a lsgs ,on badly badE
ably broKen Michael Manger was cut about
the head; D. Cumming, of St. Peter, sprained
WHAT s. fa %ina and 1 LETT ha9 3n3s tut Mrs: G; F:
Charles Cummings, Winona, left leg sprained;
a; $; Broadway, Chicago, left shoulder out Of
JoAlG IL UOCu legs SpfalucQ; lnOmaS Had
ley, New Richmond, left leg slightly injured;
Fred Morgan. condnctor,. arm. broken and
other injuries; H. w. Morgan. brakeman,
". Rodgers, circus agent, badly bruised; b.
Brookleman: skull fractured, very serious;
Frederick Brookleman, injured about the
face; Clark j. Fickercer, st. Charles, bruised;
G. H. Bym, Mrs. Alden, Miss Blakely and
George Hale. Of St. Peter, severely cut on the
head; Mrs. Geisenger and five children.
Near Hitchcock, Mr.. Geissinger and mother
killed.
Near Redtield, Oak, Mrs. Bowles killed.
Near Huron, Oak, nine persons are known
several, it is feared, fatally.
The loss of property in Dodge County
alone will run into the hundred of thousands.
The storm reached as far as Huron, Oak.
Death Caused by an Operators Mistake.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July %.
A south-bound passenger train on the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, while COM