The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-17
WHIRLING BLACK CLOUD,
FORTY OR MORE LIVES LOST IN
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

Teacher and Eighteen Scholars
Reported Killed In a School House.
Father, Mother and Child Killed at
Lindon and Many Buildings Blown
From Their Foundations.
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, June 16-A
special TO the Journal from Mankato,
MINI. says: zone OF the worst disasters
that ever visited the southern portion Of
Minnesota occurred between $50 and 6
O'clock last evening. Every report that
comes In Is more serious than the preced-
| ing one. At least forty or ffty lives are
lost. The extent of country swept is
greater than ever before known In the his
tory Of the state. Starting near jackson,
on the Southern Minnesota road, a funnel
shaped cloud swept eastward and passed
| four miles south of Minnesota Lake, then
took broad circle 10 the south aud passed
away south of Wells.
BREWING OF THE STORM.
Considerable rain had fallen during the
| afternoon and about o'clock the atmos-
phere became almost suffocating. Curious
shaped clouds began gathering over the
| south west and many people gazed In Won
der at the sight. About $3.50 o'clock a wind
sprang up, and Off to the west a ctrclinR
| black cloud was seen rapidly advancing and
| tearing asunder everything In Its course 1t
| passed two miles northwest OF Sherburn
| and it is reported that it then struck dis
| trict school house, in which was @ teacher
and eighteen scholars. The building was
! demolished and the teacher and fifteen
scholars were killed.
| "At Easton three buildings were destroyed
and several people were injured.
| "Lindon was visited and many houses
were torn from their foundations. One
| family composed Of man, his wife and
| child were killed and others injured. A
| large group of trees were completely up
| rooted. The storm passed on eastward der
| stroying farm houses barns and in fact
| everything In its path.
! 'At Wells sidewalks were overturned,
| store fronts blown out and other damage
| done.
| FIVE FARM HOUSES DEMOLISHED.
'tFour miles south Of Minnesota Lake five
farm houses and their outbuildings were
| caught in the storm and utterly demolished.
| Four people, were killed. The body OF one
Of these, John Brown, was taken TO Minne-
sofa Lake this morning. His wife, the
hired man and school teacher were also
| injured. The railroad section mon suffered
| severe injuries
much damage was done south of Wells,
! anu IL TopOELSu buAb 10 nLbY nOEo
killed south and west Of that village
"As most of the damage wes done In the
| country, reports arc slow in coming in, but
| what has been already heard is enough to
| insure belief that ID was the worst storYu
| ever reported in South Minnesota. IL M
/ expected that later reports will increase
| rather thau diminish the extent of the dam-
| age done as well as the loss of life and per-
sonal injuries. Many heartrending scenes
| occurred ~
The house OF Bohemian family at Bowen
| Mills, near Minnesota Lake, was bio wn
entirely away. not one log remaining.
| CONDITION OF THE AIR.
| A braliemen who saw the storm at that
place said he plainly noticed the funnel
approaching from the west and as it passed
north Of the village he was cast to the
ground by the terrific pressure of the air,
| which was so hot that 1t almost stided him.
The air seemed like gas aud everything was
| filed with a white haze.
All along the Milwaukee road from Jack
| son TO Minnesota Lake the scene is one OF
| devastation. Not every house is destroyed
| but so many are demolished that the scene
is pItiful.
The wind had full sweep, and the wires
have been down all the forenoon.
TRAINS DELAYED.
The Milwaukee train to Wells got no
| farther than Mapleton last night, owing to
| debris on the track. The morning train
| from Wells was four hours late. Telegraph
poles and trees were everywhere blown
| over.
Owing to a washout at Blakely, on the
| Omaha road, last night passengers from
the Twin Cities have not yet arrived.
This mornings train from Sioux City
was held at Kasota TO walt repairs on the
| track.
A washout at Rochester, on the North
western road, delayed the morning passen-
| ger train from the east.
| In this city heavy rain fell throughout
the afternoon, night and forenoon, but no
| damage is reported.
LARGE TERRITORY COVERED.
ST.. PAUL, MINI, June 16, 40 p. NJ
| AS better kno Wedge is gained of the effects
| or the cyclone it does not appear that the
| first reports we're much exaggerated. The
death and destruction spread over a large
territory. The school house disaster at
| Sherburne is modified. The school house
was destroyed aud three children killed
and thirteen badly inJuEed out of IS pupils.
At Hartland five people were killed and
many injured.
The cyclone divided and passed one half
on either side of Minnebago and left that
town unharmed, although directly In the
| line of the course of the storm. Cases
are continually coming to light Of
| destruction of farm houses and the death OF
| some member of the families iphabiting
them. Cases are very numerous where
every vestige Of buildings was swept from
| farms.