The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23
RUIN AND DEATH.


The Storm King Not Yet Satisfied with
His Fatal Work This Ycar-He Visit,
Several Counties In Minnesota and Add
Nearly Seventy Names to His Abroad,
Long List of Victims.
FAlRMONT, Mimi, June 17.-With Z
roar equal to the din of twenty railwa,
| trains running over score of iror
bridges great cyclone swept over the
southern Minnesota counties of Jack
son, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Blue
Earth, Mower and Fillmore Wednes
day afternoon. The storm began about
Z miles west of the village of jackson
Sherburne and Wells in Martin county.
passed lightly over Faribault county.
caused great havoc in Freedom and
spent itself in the two counties farther
east.
The loss of life has been very heavy
how heavy will not be known for
several days, as railway trains are
abandoned because of washed-out
bridges and tracks, wagon roads
are flooded and wholly impossible
and telegraph wires are in such
a tangle that it will be impossible to
put them to rights in several days.
The loss of life in this county will
probably reach thirty; that in Free.
born eight or ten, and that elsewhere
will bring the total up to nearly
seventy, if not more. Besides this the
loss to buildings, crops and railroad
property in the half dozen counties
will reach $780, The Root, Zumbro
and other rivers of southern Minnesota
are raging torrents.
Scores of people received wounds, and
as most of them were in the country
they suffered untold fortunes through
exposure to cold wind and rain and
lack of surgical attendance. The storm
will entail great hardship upon those
who lost their all, although crops are
not injured.
WELLS, Minn., June ia most dis.
astrous hurricane swept over this coun.
~ Wednesday night, destroying every.
thing in it's path. Its course was from
north to south. Houses, barns and ma.
chinery in the track of the storm were
totally wrecked and a large amount OF
stock killed. The cyclone was accom-
panied by a great electrical display.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 1.-THE great
storm did its most destructive work
along the Iowa border around Mime
sofa lake and south of the villages OF
Wells and Sherburne. Reports brought
n by trainmen say 4 district school
aouse miles east of Sherburne was
clown into kindling wood IN a
;wink1ing, killing sixteen of the eight
zen pupils and the teacher In the
farming district south of Minnesota
AXE many residences and barns were
+ blown away and four people were
killed. John Brown, prosperous
GARNER, one of the victims, was killed
~ flying timbers in his yard His
wife. John Englrbrccht, hired man
If them fatally
Farmers from the southern Martin
county line report at Wells that at
r east thirty people were crushed by
falling buildings, and they fear later
'epOrts will increase rather than dimin-
Z sh the loss Of life. Near Bowen Mills
he house of Il Bohemian family was
blown entirely away, leaving family
If eight to spend the night in driving
'ainstorm.
8 At Lyndon, on the Iowa border, a
'amily named Peterson, consisting of a
nan. his wife and child, were crushed
n their house and four other persons
INJURED Several people had bones
broken at Easton and three buildings
we're blown down. Spring Valley,
Mower county, was Il heavy sufferer,
more, however, from the flood than from
,he wind. Houses, bridges, sidewalks
md all movable property was swept
, away by the resistless waters. Con-
| siderable live stock persisted and much
lamage was done. Horses and cattle
we're drowned in large numbers. near
Austin, and bridges and dams were car
led away. All trains at that point are
1eld and people are going about in
BOATS. In Blue Earth county several
, houses were blown down. and Mrs.
! Nagle was blown into d tree top, but
she was only slightly injured.
ALRERr LEA, Mimi, June 17.-Two
: 1tath. dealing cyclones passed through
The northern part of Free born county
Wednesday afternoon. the first sweep
ng through several townships at 4:3O
md the other little after t. Six or
seven persons are known to have
oeen killed. Two of the number
we're children of Henry Christian
Charles ChristOpherson, wife and two
children were badly injured. Christie
oherson's buildings were all wrecked.
II HAk.AS i,:S wifi,
we're terribly crushed. The wife and
one child will die.
The village of Hartland and nearly
everything in Hartland township was
'azed. In Freedom township Mikkel
VERSIONS wife and two children are
missing and their home oblitcrated.
holland Stems buildings were ruined
md his child killed. Carl Hendricks
sons fine residence and barns were
demolished. Chris Nigard's barn
blew over and Ole Hansen, who
sought refuge in it, was killed. The
creamery at Freeborn was wrecked
and +. b. brakes buildings were
'trewn over his farm. II. ID. Threed's
buildings were blown to pieces and his
crops ruined. 1Iailstones as large
IS goose eggs fell for three.
quarters of an hour.
PRESTON, Mimi, June l7.-Fillmore
; county was visited by cloudburst dur.
;ng the night which destroyed crops
carried away bridges and sidewalks anc
drowned many cattle and hogs. The
loss to crops may reach $4,000.
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