The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-06-18

IoceiVeu' Ine uduldSe was cnlcnv IN the
farming districts and reports are
coming in slowly Andrew Hendon aged
% years took shelter in barn near Hart
Hendon was killed. In Freeborp town.
ship Mrs. Mike Iverson and three child
rem and child of j. Steen are also re-
ported dead while many more are more
or less injured. 1t is as yet almost i'm
possible to get the names of the dead
and injured. The storm was especially
severe in the western portion of Free
born township many buildings Of all
sorts being blown to splinters. An eye
witness says the storm seemed centered
in a cloud of midnight a blackness boil
ing, seething mass going 10 an easterly
direction. About two miles north of
Blooming the prairie storm was severe
and of cyclonic character. Houses and
barns were more or less damaged and in
in some instances totally destroyed.
No loss eff life is reported in that neigh
borhood A pouring. drenching rain ac-
companed the wind storm.
The first serious. damage of the cyclone
was at a school house near Sherbour,,
where three were killed and thirteen
injured From there the storm kept to
the east, destroying eight farm houses
and barns. John lonkers, whose place
is four miles south Of Fairmont, in Mar
tin county, lost two children and many
horses and cattle. Damage to property
and destruction of life in Martin county
is thought to be even higher than at first
stated. At Hartland five people were
killed and many injured. The center of
the cyclone seemed to be coming toward
Winnebago and the people of that place
were in panic, fearing the end of their
city's history had come, but the river
served to divided the tornado into two
parts and the town was safe. One-half
of the cyclone turned to the southeast.
circling south of Wells. One mile east
of that place three people were
killed. One was boy, another middle
aged woman and the third farmer
! The case of John Brown has already
been mentioned. His fine house was
close to the track of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul railroad 1t has
been made into kindling wood and all
its occupants are dead or dying. Mr..
Brown, his daughter and lady school
teacher, who lived with them, were
killed instantly. while Mrs. Brown was
fatally injured. Miss Brown was picked
up and carried 200 feet by the wind.
A son of neighbor was instantly
killed as also were five horses A
log house occupied by Bohemian fam
lily was completely destroyed and the
cold rain and terrible wind tried their
utmost to overcome the father. mother
and six children. but they huddled to-
gether, keeping each other warm. They
lost all they had but were content that
their lives were spared.
The territory that was yesterday so
badly wrecked was today covered by a
sea of water and mud. In the mud and
water hundreds of people searched for
some remnants of their homes and in
some cases for missing friends. Where
buildings were destroyed it was done
SO thoroughly and completely that no
vestige remains. In Wells the storm did
little damage. devctipg itself to blowing
in the fronts of buildings and blowing
down number of pedestrians. One OF
them says that the air seemed like some
sutfocating gas and was of "a whitish
hue. Three section hands on the South
ern Minnesota road were injured by fly
ing timbers. Telegraph poles and trees
suffered badly and wires all over the
southern part OF the state were not in
working order till late today. At one
place the cyclone destroyed eight houses
in succession and in each case the house
was so completely destroyed that not a
trace of either house or occupants re-
NAMED. Many people suffered from in
juries and their sufferings were made
more intense through exposure to the
cold wind and RAIN. Lack Of surgica
attendance was also the cause for much
added suffering. The storm vii
cause much hardship to those
who have lost all. Two inches of rair
fell in Faribault county within "a hour.
and several bad washouts occurred
At Spring Valley the heavy rain causet
a bad flood. Houses. bridges. sidewalks
and everything near the river were
washed away. The damage is estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000 Mrs. Taylor.
millinery establishment suffered as als'
did the residence Of III. T. Toline, both
buildings being washed away