Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-07-08

trasted strikinsl3 with the darl
clouds that acdDmpanied it, ani
the gray clouds that followed
behind. and the clear blue evervwher1
else. As the clond moved up the mum
bers Of those watching increased, auc
there was intense alarm among thost
Who were in the line Of its probable path
There was q rush for shelter, and ,
small remnant, TO use Mathew Arnold
phrase, had wit enough to remember
the cellar. The direction of the funne
cloud was steadily southeasterly, and 4
seemed to hang over the city somewha,
west OF where Perry creek enters The
city limits, passing thence southeast.
wardly over Q point nearly at the wintel
bridge. As the storm center came owe,
the city, the surrounding, clouds were IN
violent agitation, circling about, some.
times about a common center, and some.
times torn with vicious gusts of wind
The passage Of tho funnel, too, was ac.
companied by q strange noise. which
many who were Hear it speak of. There
is no doubt whatever thst the cloud was
genuine tornado.
The cyclone first appeared in Tred.
ways addition, shout the head of West
Fifth street. Ashed adjoining the new
Craig mansion was dashed against the
Kitchen part breaking doors aud win.
dows. The wind here blew hard enonoh
to take the iron railing off the tower of
the house: A flying board from the shed
mentioned struck carpenter named
Page, hurting his arm and side.
iIttle beyond, at the corner of Omaha
and West Foutth streets, the recently
completed chapel erected by the Episco.
Pal society was torn down. Loss about
II the same neighborhood the barns
OF Messrs. Sterling, Hagau, Lalson. Mrs
belonRe, and q widow whose name the
reporter did not get, were torn down,
One OF these harms was rolled completely
over on its sills again, and then torn to
fragments. Herl-houses, pig. .stys. and
other small bnildiDgs in this part OF the
city suffered. - 'Ae
The funnel seems to lave lifted mn
here, for, excepting broken trees, little
damage was done, until the corner of 6th
and Pearl sstreets, some eight blocks
from the dtst neighborhood. Here M, j
kearney's store front was blown in, The
building faces east, but the glass was
blown in all the same. Further down
feari street the plate glass was broken
IN the Lerch building, occupied by
SWarts' auction store, and in Fl. A
Lyons gun store. These large lioht,
were broken by loosened awning irons
but q number of smaller lights werf
broken by the direct force of tho wind
The corner of the square front of the
Sioux City house barn on Fifth street
near Pearl, was carried away.
The bell tower of st. Mary's churct
was overturned. crushing tree and mar
rowly missing u house. The walls of tho
church itself were somewhat Injured b,
tho force of the wind. They would
scarcely stand another such storm.
a splinter OF the storm seems to have
split off here to wreck the front cornict
on q. Shenkberg' wholesale grocery .anf
| to carry off the wheel and tail of the his
wind mill at the Milwaukee tank. Thi,
and the vrecking of Benton's wind mil
by the river, ended the doings of th,
fragment. Wv
The main storm went right on, travel
ing little south of east, with the come
OF Fifth and Jackson as its center. Thi
part of town is we'll timbered, and I,
this is perhaps due the little damage +,
buildings. The trees suffered badly ant
fell In all directions, some being broker
off close to the ground, and others losint
their tops or great branches. The street
here were 80 cluttered with broken tree
that a team could not get through i,
places after the storm.
The course OF the storm beyond ca,
be traced by broken trees and occasiona
damaged buildings until the linseed oi
works were struck. The tai
buildings themselves suffered onl,
the loss of few feet q
stating. The heavy iron tanks on ston
foundation beside the building fare
worse. One was blown over and smash
ed so as to be useless, and two NOR
were showed nearly of, AMI hang aImos
on balance. just beyond are the GAS
works, which suffered only little los
OF stating and wrecked fence.
The principal loss was at the plow
works. The north wing, occupied as
forging and shaping room, is complete
~ demolished, the walls being levele,
with the floor in places. The line shat,
ing is warped, but the machinery, whel
the debris is cleared away, may not be Il
as bad condition us 1t now looks. Th
gables and south front wall were take
off the main building. The upper floo
was used for the storage of plows ant
these are partly buried under the fallel
walls and roof tlmbers and partly role,
out to the ground below. The roof i
; torn all to bits and scattered in the nat
OF the cyclone. Secretary Swan tells tL
, reporter that the insurance on the build
ing and stock will not apply to any los
excepting by fire. The loss he estimate
at $1,000. The building cost $4,000 thre
years ago, and numerous additions an,
betterments have since accumulated. mn
members of the Plow Works comppn,
have worked hard and with fair success
to build up business. The annua
;. meeting had just been held, and showed
satisfactory gains during the year. Bu
the capita! of the company is tied up Il
its business, and indeed the lack of NOR
capital has oil along been a severe pine
to the company. They will rebuild, q
course, for too much time and none
has been spent in working up profits
BILE business to let it all 20 now. Ther
is come talk among business men abou
contributing towards new building.
Skipping over slight wooden building
beyond the plow works, the. storm leye]
ed tree or so. and then bade the dit
goodbye at j. E. Booge & 20. Is packins
house. The smoke stack, above til
brick stub. was blown off ventilator
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