Telegram-herald., 1891-08-15
By lHI Wind And AAIL
Minnesota and Iowa Both Suffer
Serious Damage.
WIDESPREAD RUIy AID DISASTER
a Towa IN hinnssesA AiDsss Totally
DESTROYED ny . GAie-farnsrs
Lose their Unest Crops-A
Disesuragtsg Prospect

EIIswosrH, Mimi, Aug. 1.-THE
most terrific storm that ever passed
over this section OF Minnesota struck
Ellsworth at o'clock Thursday after
noon and left the town a pretty COM
plete wreck. A dark cloud with q
greenish tint along It's edges came
swirling in from the northwest
and crushed pretty much every
thing in its path Tho Iowa,
Minnesota & Dakota elevator was
completely blown To pieces The
Congregational church was par
italy blown down. Tho dwelling of
ID. r. Craner was thrown from its
foundation and the Burlington depot
suffered great damage about the west
end. Several box cars were hurled from
the track. No lives were lost There
Is not building in the village that was
not hit by the storm and blown away.
The loss win reach $4,000.
LAKE BENTON. Mimi. Aug. lA-This
place was visited by the most destruc-
tive hailstorm Thursday afternoon that
was ever known around here At 4:30
o'clock the storm suddenly struck, and
for the next ten minutes the air was
thick with hailstones, many Of
which would weigh four ounces.
Nearly every pane of glass on
the north and west sides of build
ings was broken, llo being broken in
the schoolhouses alone. In this courty
everything in the shape Of uncut grain
In the path OF the storm was annihi-
lated. 1t is not thought the storm
covered q wide area This is sad
blow to the farmers, as everything in
dicated the largest crop ever harvested.
ST. CLOUD. Mimi, Aug. IA de-
structive rain aud hailstorm swept over
this section OF the state Thursday cfter-
noon. Considerable damage Is reported
in the counties Of Shcrburne and Ben
ton. Along the lines of the Great
Northern great damage by hail was done
between Big Lake and Becker and
n the vicinity OF Nelson. on tho Fer.
gus Falls division. Immediately cast
OF Sc. Cloud the rain fell In torrents
and the wind, which blew q perfect
hurricane, beat the grain 70 the earth
and scattered wheatstacks in a hope
less tangle.
FuLDA. Minn., Aug. 14.-A terrific
rain and hailstorm passed over this
place Thursday afternoon. Hail
poured down for half an hour, break
ing hundreds of windows and stripping
leaves and branches from the trees.
Farmers report corh and fax badly
damaged. Most of the wheat, oats
and barley has been cut. What was
standing will not be one-third of q
crop.
WoRrmNaroN, Minn., Aug. a.
About o'clock Thursday evening a
hailstorm accompanied By wind passed
just north of this place. Hail larger
than eggs fell. and parties coming in
report considerable damage to fax and
corn. The full extent of the storm is
unknown.
| KEoKUK, Ia, Aug. II. "A terrible
Thursday afternoon. Half the shade
trees in town are blown down. Small
buildings were moved from their foun
dationa
OTrUMwA. Ia, Aug. 14-There wa.
the heaviest rain for short time here
Thursday experienced this season. Ir
Polk township it was cloud hurst
| Avery creek overfowed it's banks, car
rying away sheep stacks of hay and
grain. The loss to farmers hero by re-
cent rains will be very heavy.
JAcKsoSvILLE. H., Aug. 1A-Om
city was visited with very refreshing
! rain early in the morning, but the -'es
+ part Of the county suffered tremend
GUS hailstorm, which covered severa
square miles and did immense damage
The corn in that district is exceptional
T ly good. but IL was Frustrated, while
trees were denuded of efruit and ir
many cases broken down. Stock suf
fered also to considera bic extent.