New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-22

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LIGHTNING G, WIND AND RAIN
A Disastrous Storm Sweeps Over the South.
ern Part of the State.
Many Towns SMfer and About Twenty
Lives are Lost.
A storm of terrific force swept oyel
Southern Minnesota last Wednesday af-
ternoon and evening and in its path de.
vastation and havoc are everywhere ap-
parent. Fortunately it confined its course
to the country districts and avoided the
villages and cities so that the loss of life
was not great, but the destruction of pro-
perty was nevertheless enormous.
IN Brown county the wind was not SO
strong and the chief damage was caused
by lightning. In Lake Hanska, a bolt
entered the house of Ole Nelson Moen
through the chimney and struck a boy,
aged nineteen years, killing him instant
ly. Wenzel Schnoberich of Cottonwood
lost horse from the same destroying
power and Isaac Nelson Of Linden lost a
valuable bull. The house of Mr.. Reuter-
in this city was struck but aside from
shattering the chimney and roof no dam
age was done. Five people were sleep
ing in the house but none were injured.
In the house of one Innermann in Cot
tonwood boy was lying on a lounge.
A bolt entered through rhe chimney flew
along the wall and threw the boy out on
the floor. He was unconscious for some
time, But recovered without any lasting
injuries. The stable near the Methodist
Church in West Newton was blown over
as were also many other small structures.
Near Courtland, the people experienced
a sort of cloudburst and on the lower
lands the families were compelled to
move, out from their homes.
A Mankato dispatch to the Journal
says: Starting near Jackson, on the
Southern Minnesota road, the funnel
shaped cloud swep, eastward and passed
four miles south of Minnesota lake, then
took broad circle to the south and
passed away south Of Wells. .-
The storm passed two miles northwest
of Sherburne and it there struck the dis
trict school house in which was a teacher
and IS scholars. The building was de-
molishel and the teacher and Is scholars
killed.
At Easton three buildings We're de-
stroyed and several people injured. Lin
don was visited and many houses were
torn from their foundations. One fami-
ly composed of man, his wife and child
was killed, and others injured. A large
grove of trees was completely uprooted
At Wells, sidewalks were overturned
store fronts blown in and other damage
done. Several men were blown down by
the force of the wind. -Four miles south
of Minnesota Lake, five farm houses and
their buildings were caught in the storm
and utterly demolished. -Four people
We're killed. .a....S
All along the Milwaukee road from
Jackson to Minnesota Lake the scene is
one of devastation. Not every house
was wrecked, but SO many are destroyed
that the scene is pitiful. This is one OF
the richest sections of the state, and is
prairie land.
At one point eight farm houses were
destroyed in a row. At another place 6
building was 50 completely wiped off the
face Of the earth that nothing can be
found, either of it or its occupants, al
though careful search was made. Con
ductor Currew of the Wells train, says
that the sight in the path Of the storm i:
heart-rending.