Huntsville gazette., 1884-08-02
STORM SWEPT.
Portions of Northern Dakota, Wisconsin
and Minnesota Swept by Fierce Wind and
Hail Storms-Immense Damage to I'm
secured Crops and Other Farm Property.

Portions of Northern Dakota, Wisconsin
and Minnesota Swept by Fierce Wind and
Hail Storms-Immense Damage to Un-
secured Crops and Other Farm Property.
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 2S.
The tornadoes Of the early part OF last
week which wrought such ruin in Southern
Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota,
have been followed by hail storms fuily
as destructive to crops, while not wreck
ing houses. These latter storms have
extended from Northern Dakota into
Wisconsin and Minnesota, touching IN
spots and leaving others unmolested.
storm Friday passed over Pleasant Val
ley, Clear Creek and Brunswick, Wis.
Near Eau Claire hail stones from eight
to ten inches in diameter prostrated
everything in the shape of grain in these
towns The damage to crops is placed
at S14, 1000, aud to stock $4,000. Many
sheep, hogs and calves in pasturage near
were killed outright, while cattle and
horses suffered severely from the huge
balls of ice. There is scarcely pane of
g.ass or a roof left in any Of the dwell
ings in the towns mentioned. Numerous
bridges were swept away and focks
of sheep were killed in North
ern Dakota. Terrible damage was
done to crops in Barnes and Cross Coun-
ties. 1t appears to have risen from the
earth in it's passage from Tower City to
Lisbon, as a section of the county inter-
vening shows no loss. 1t is impossible
tc make figures on the loss, but 1T will
be large and considerable of it will fall
on farmers of the bonanza class, VINO
live in Fargo and handle their farms
through superntendents.- The Buttz
Brothers, of ButtZvllle, will lose about
$25 ,O0O the destruction on their big
farm at Buttzvile being very general.
General Wilson estimates his dam
age within six miles Of Tower
City at nearly 800, 900. Many fields
were injured near Buttzvi]ie. The
storm appears to have been intermittent,
hitting one section and then skipping
three or four before doing further
damage, and late specials show that the
hail simply wiped out $500 acres ol
wneat for Buttz Bros. The hail
stones were as large as Wainuts, and
some as big as hens eggs, and
at Mitchell, 200 miles south, storm
Friday night destroyed large number
of houses. The people generally took
refuge iu the cellars and storm caves,
and no injury is reported except in the
case of one man, who was somewhat
bruised in a wrecked shanty. No hail
and very little rain accompanied the
storm, and the damage to crops, if any,
was slight. A second storm passed over
BeadIe County, destroying what OF the
crops were left after the storm OF
Wednesday. The Goodell School House,
six miles west, and the Catholic Church
in DeSmet, were blown over. At an early
hour this morning hailstones were
three inches deep in localities where it
fell last night. Several farm houses
were struck by lightning, but so far no
loss of life has been reported. In the
town of Boone Lake, Renyille County,
Mimi, Thursday nights storm did i'm
mensc damage, hundreds Of acres Of grain
being destroyed and many houses moved
from their foundations and unroofed. In
some places chickens, rabbits and birds
were killed. In Sherburne County,
Mimi, the damage to crops is estimated
at fifty per cent, and in many cases farm
ers' crops are totally destroyed.