Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-25
No. A..
ASTORMS DEADLY HAVOC.
Terrors Of tho Funnel. Shaped Cloud
in Minnesota
Sehooihouss Destroyed aud tho Teacher
aud Fifteen Pupils Knied--The
Farmers Losses.


aud Fifteen Pupils Killed--The
Losses.
A storm Of wind and rain which In some
sections developed into a veritablo cyclone,
laid waste the southern central portion Of
Minnesota. That there has been loss of life
is beyond question, but time alone can tell
just how many lives went cut in the unnatur-
al darkness Of that terrible day. jackson,
Martin, Faribaul', Freedom AMI Blue Earth
counties seem to have beeu The scene of the
storm, although it was storming at the time
pretty much all over the state. But these
counties suffered so much more that the other
sections have been given little Thought. The
cyclone began to form near jackson. in Jack.
son county, and after sweeping across Martin
rnd Faiibault counties, Was scattered near
Wells, close to the boundary OF Freeborn
county. Its course was 10 the northeast irst,
but it later took a sudden sweep to the south,
disappearing below Wells, which is almost
directly easl Of jackson.
Fortunately, the storms worst fury was
d spiayed in the m,re sparsely seft ed farm.
ing regions, AMI the loss of life was conse.
iFhti1 - 20 great us II womb nave DINER
wise been. As IL IS, the loss will be very large.
and estimntrs running as high as 100, though
that Is the extreme figure. II seems more
probable that forty or fifty lives have been
destroyed by the fury OF this storm. Every.
thing in the path OF the storm was swept from
the lace of the earth, houses and barns being
splintered, and trees and telegraph poles
snapped OIL Ike pirestems. A heavy rain
s'crm broke at 49, o'clock. aud before that
had passed away the clouds began TO gather,
IN Ail their terri tying binekness, the terrible
looking conc put in its appearance, and MS il
whirle across the country, ID looped IN
houses, barns, trees. crops and people-every.
thing that came in its path. Many houses
mat we're hut partially destroyed covered the
manglcd remains of the former occupants and
owners OF the iarm. Debris was strewn along
The railroad tracks, so that we're traffic was
not lnterIerrd with iy the wnsl outs, il was
block d by the wrecks of the buildings aud
trees and tracks. Nearly NIL the Trims
through the Southern portion ofthe state were
delayed, aud in many eases the delay was
more due to wrecks than TO the floods.
Along the Milwaukee Railroad from Jack
son to Mime ota Lake the. scene is one OF de-
yssiation.
Not every house was wrecked, but so ma y
were destroyed that the scene Is piuiul. This
section is oGe OF the richest In the state. and
hne OF the most thiekiy settled Of ihe a%grieul.
tuThi sectlone- wrecks OF houses and barn.
and torn.up forests line tho road. which were
happy homes nd the pleasant shade Of forest
Trees.
Near Sherbournc q teacher and eighteen
fclo mrs W re kept in by The afternoon rains,
and when the cyclone struck the schoolhouse
me building was wrecked aud sixteen killed,
including the teacher.
a man, with his wife and child, was killed
at Linden, and others injured. John Brown
aud three others were killed touth Of Mime
'oia Lake. Mrs. Brown. a hired man and tho
tchool TEACHER were badly injured.
The FIRST reports from Wells we're TO thc
e1ect hat from forty 70 fifty had been killed
near there, the worse Of he storm hay M been
10 the west and south OF Tint %yillape. Ten
ere reported killed in the neiyhborhood Of
hapleton and twenty injured. The cyclone
Passed iOuT miles south Of Napoleon, and that
village suffered little loss.
The northwest corner Of Freedom county
was in the path ofthe storm, aud considerable
damage to property and crops was done there,
While several fatalities are reported also.
Ttere were two storms. the FIRST nj balfpast
iour and the second on hour later. Both came
rom the West and the second was n vertible
cyclone. II destroyed everything IN its course,
recording 10 rel ortE received. The damage
WIS chiefly IN the farming districts. and tho
reports, therefore, arc coming in slowly.
Andrew Hanson, aged twenty-five, took
Fheiter IN a barn near HartlHud, but the barn
was blown down aud he was killed. In Free
born township, Mrs. Mike IveIson End three
children and a child Of J. Sieen arc Rho re-.
ported killed. while many more are more or
less ser ously inju red. A pouring, drenchlng
tiln accompanies the VIVID storm.