The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
DISASTERS DOUBLING UP.
TWO MORE STORM HORRORS IN
THE WEST.
"A Tornado Tears Through Minnesota,
WreekinR Several Towns and Kill
ing Scores of Persons,

MiHNrAroLfs, June 1S-Dispatches from
Mank1to, Mimi, say that one of the worst
disasters that ever visited Southern Mime
sofa occurred Friday. The terrible funnel
shaped tornado ngain stalked abroad over
the land and laid waste scores of happy
homes and sent 30 or 80 souls to eternity
The extent of the country swept by this
awful visitation was greater than ever be-
fore known in the history of the State, and
fortunate, indeed, 1t is that 40 town or vii.
lage lay In its destructive course.
Starting near Jackson, on the Southern
Minnesota division of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul railroad, funnel.shaped
clouds swept eastward and passed four
miles south Of Minnesota lake, and then
took broad circle to the south and passed
away south of Wells.
About 5.30 circlng black cloud was seen
rapidly advancing and demolishng every
| thing i'll ITS course. II struck n district
school house, in which were the teacher and
IL scholars. The building was demolished
and the teacher and 10 scholars killed
At Easton three buildings were des royed
and several people injured Linden was
visited and many houses were torn from
of mai,, his wife and child, were KILLED.
and Others injured. The storm passed on
eastward, destroying farmhouses barns, and
in fact everything in its path -Four miles
| south OF Minnesota Lake five farmhouess
and other buildings were caught in the
storm and utterly demolished -Four people
were killed here
Many heartrendinp scenes occurred dur
ing the night The log house of a Bohem-
| ian family near Minnesota Lake was
blown entirely swav. not one loc remain.
ing. The family OK q man, wife and six
children spent the night miserably in the
| rain without shelter They huddled To-
gether upon a heap of straw and with
piece of sheet tried to ward off the cold wind
aud never.ceasing rain that chilled them 10
the bone.
Superintendent Earlng is in recent of
the following telegram, dated AT La Crosse
coming via Mankato:
Train yo ., an the Mopko,o line found ohs,ruc
,on the ira X about -four mi cs south OF Minnesota
Lake, Win win two house; blown down amt he 3ccu
track and picsed up the Wounded and ioos them 10
Minnesota Lake.
| Another reads
Train No 21Is tIed nm n, Minnesota Lake. and No
q at Mapeton. The storm that Vicinity very
i d,sa,trons Number = found snow fence timber
Killed in he neIshborhoed @ Mnny W We're injureG Gpe
,,rrp prroprs
|
| nv spring Nailey damage heereeatlng
| >'v,'No ""1 "'o. "a. ~ Na,s S''u45
| came up III the west gathering thlcN ana
iast Wheh wlthout warning lhe heaVehs
pToke ioose WIN coilstaht lghthihg ana
heavy peas Oh thuheer. Inc falh came
uowi IN torren,s, Sprlng Iahey 1reek was
| qulckly swelleu 10 lis utmost. lhen the
bursting OF neavy CLOUD about nlhe CLOCK
mace tne llttie stream raging torrent,
raising u 10 hve OF SIX ieet above the hiehest
| marx ~ ever reached carrying everything IN
the way before IL.
-, me Irst uanlaee zone was that OF hitihg
the mouse occupied Dy a MT MrDuggan ana
carrying u down aSalhst the IRON Drldge,
| qeihollshlhs everything IN H. ana Mfs. NC
Duggan herself was not rescued until the
mouse had anchored
Inc ioiiowihg IS n partlai llst OF the kliled
III mn tne vlcIlllty 9I "els' hnreu ffeueIlck,
| Johh Brown, Mrs' John brown, Andrew
fletras, Mrs. Jonh La,usick, iierpan Brew
er; daughter OF Andrew Melchert, John
fnuii;Ion fiI az us'u [ al,ee oIitdie,, cni'u ~ 'he
Inpn GeiI. ~ chid of art.Ined edgs, S,nS 'h' Vi
'V,,n hei'i cIiio " 'niy ilii' .!ei!i' r.,,.,
Many aeaa o. ana itlured NJ v IN tne rollih
se,,,e,n,e,o s,,,, ia Hi''es vi "ei'' o"A Ho' oe
ehsiheIn'e.' III. .o,,., ,.,,,o. A.. s.,,au,
,;., ~, ~ ~ d "a sPvTI E.es o,'v ioio"tns
IT,, ~ W tI Iae uv"' ~, oo"'I3 III
en ahiiIrn, S,i, @
s,lat, Mi1. .iiiIuIei ". a,,u '
Mrs Ghris,o ,onhorsnn %n "y ana chiId e" i""''o"
MT s.oPiieIso,l hIlu oi'iiui u. II.
unkn9wn man, drowned between Hart
ialu ana hichiahu,
u.u.isI smlra orr Ilih M LAhihi III, ,
nv iaItiliiu ,Ne Eeopie were kiIled anu
many n..aH wounded. w Mhen 'ne S center OF the
seemed as thoUgh that VILLAGE was fatcd and
the greatest CONSERVATION prevailed there
for n few minutes. The river seemed 10 |
divide the tornado. and one-bolf tnrned |
sontheosteriv and one.holf northeasterlv
The southern funnel swent oronnd souih |
If Wells and cir,,lei in tn tho cast
TirTy KIIIrn ~ oyr PLACE
Ten are ren,rteJ killed in The ne;phhor-
hood ManeI,nn and oD ininred Tie north.
ern half af The cvclone was The more de. |
siructive II passed northeasterlv abont four
miles south ~ Minnesota lake and not n |
buiidinp in is path was left standing while |
many people were killed or wounded. The |
country devastated is one of the most nros.
nerous sections of the state and the houses |
were tbickly dotted over the prairies. score, |
81 ,hosa hn',sos ,,oro Jos,ra,,dd and 4, e.