Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-23

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MORE CYCLIC NE N EMS. )
Fnrfher Particulars about Its
Destructive Course In
.sf Morrisen County. r..
The cyclone passed from Benton
county into Morrison on the west half
:of section 32,m buchanan town. The,
first object Of it's fury was the house Of
John Spoon on section 20, one mile
from the county line, which was total
~ wrecked. The track ofthe cyclone
Was at this point only four rods wide.
kFom the / county line to Senator
Auckman's house, q distance Of SIX
miles, the track of the center was q
perfectly straight air line rosie, never
.swervinK to the right or left, but the
varying 'fWidth-from -four to eighty
rods-as the cloud rose and fell gave to
those who viewed it from the, sides an
appearance of zig Gag movements in
Buchanan town. After leaviae, Spoons
the next loss wasJ. Hodorf's barn, and
them came VIM. Dahlmeier, whe was
killed and his house destroyed and
barn and sranaey unrcofed. A. little
'bsyendAn the 1ine between sections
II and Is. was destroyed a bridge over
branch Of Little Rock, the gransry Of
jules Kienow, the house and barns of
A. l.. Kienow, and the roof was blown
from the house of Frank Kienow. A..
A. Pratt's barn WAS blown down, and
on section seven the dwelling of 10
Fruit was total wreck, but J. Dock
ems place, over a quarter of mile
west ofthe track, was saved. The
next seri GUS damage was on the farm
of Senator, Buckmon, where a barn
and machinery shed wore totally de-
stroyed, the kitchen torn away from
the house and scattered, and the house
partly unrcofed and, badly injured
Up to this point the centre of the
storm was,on line north by north
west'o one point. Leaving Buchanan,
thecourse followed was another bee
linz far;six miles north by northwest
two points. taking IN ard demolishing
in Pierz township the home and out
buildings of Peter Rensle, the grsnary
Of +. Kahl, and the house Of Eng lebert
Boehm, and severely injumng Mr.. and
Mrs. Boehm. Lit Buckman's farm
Fred Clark was killed. No other S.
rious damage occurred in the county,
so far as ascertained, but all along the
route OF the center fences, sheds and
other small structures fell in company
with the cyclone aud went on visits to
their neighbors. The estimated losses
will follow The cyclone center from
the Benton county line never exceed
ed eighty rods in width and hardly
reached that extent. It was followed
by strong wind which strewed the
ground for a distance of about forty
rods to the north in case of destruction
with that part Of the ruins which the
cyclone did not carry Of, otherwise
but hta@ or no debris fe II within two
miles on either side OF the center.
Beyond the two mile limit the country
on each side for three to- Ave miles was
strewed with tie wreck from Sank
Rapids and st. Cloud, far to the north
some pieces falling even 1t Br4:aerd
and further ON. Careful inquiries all
along the route show thatthe pteesess
(!ofthe center was very nearly one 4half
mile per minute. while that of the de-
bris was nearly one mile a minute; for
instance the wrecked matter from Sank
Rapids falling at Rich Prairie from 20
to 25 minutes in advance of the advent
Of the cyclone itself, and falling from a
comparatively clear sky, warned the
inhabitants of the com ing danger. BY
thisit will he seen that the cyclone
was confined within one mile, perhaps
one-half mile Of the *eartln's surface
and had no control over the rapid aud
regular garments of tho upper atn,os-
:phere, but was able to project the
crushed material from its center u
from q cannon into the upper current
which then carried it to the nortl, in
two lines to the right and left Of the
center, tho powerful winds backing
the center and extending acros. the
country preventing the fall within tile
two mile limit. But little ar no wind
preceded the cyclone. Eleven miles
north Of the Benton county line the
center lost some Of its force and spread
out over larger surface, and evident
ly veered to the northeast passi ng over
a country thinly settled and doing but
little serious damage except the de.
struction Of Mr.. brakes house south
of Sullivan lake where it killed little
girl. The lake was covered with thick
but soft ice with some clear water ut
the shores. The storm center lifted
the ice and threw it in all directions,
completely breaking up the whole
body Of ice in this large lake. Sullivan
Lake is in township 43 of range %, in
the southeast corner.
The cyclone travelled from the Ben
ton county line for twelve miles, in
Morrison county through one, Of the
best cultivated portions of the
county and directly along one of tho
Sank Rapids and Rich, Prairie public
roads. just where in it's limited space
+ could and did indict the most dana
age possible upon any straight line.