New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-17
ATORNADO'S FEARFUL WORK
MANY PEOPLE KILLED IN MINNESOTA.
A LARGE TRACT OF COUNTRY SWEPT BY THE
rt,enreyN ruNNEL-sHApED CLoUD-sCoREs
OF FnRMHovSES DEMOLISHED.

OF FnRMHoUSES DEMOLISHED
Minneapolis. June l6.-A dispatch to Inc
Journal" from Mankato, Mimi, says: one Oh 'le
worst disasters that ever visited southern .h'nne-
sofa occurred between ana oclo,h ia''
evening The terrible funneLshaped tornado again
swept over the land and laid waste scores OF
happy homes and sent forty or flN sous ii'o
eternity Every report that comes Ill is W.
than the preceding one. The extent oi oo"n''s
swept by this awful visitation was greater "a'
ever before known in the history OF 'he say
and fortunate indeed it is that no t"wn vi VII
laye was in it's destructive course. ,,.
Starting near Jackson on the Southern MINI
80 ro.d the cloud swept eastward and passed
four miles south of Minnesota Lake, then TOOK q
t.o.a o;,c,o 70 the south and passed away south
=, wells Considerable rain had fallen during the
oftarnoop and about o'clock the atmosphere
I.came almost sufrocatng. Curlous-shapeo
clouds bcran 10 Gather over the southwest, ana
MANY people gazed in wonder at the slsh" A'o"'
3 80 the wind sprang up, and OH 70 t'e weo' 4"
black cloud was seen rapidly advancing anu 'e''
ing asunder everything in its course ~ lNS'e"
two miles northwest of Sherburne ana IL ID Ie
ported that it then struck the dlstlct Sooo-
horse in which were the teacher and eighteen
scholars. The building was demolished ana ,he
teacher and fifteen scholars were Killed.
Al Easton three buildings were destroyed ano
several people were injured
Iiudon was visited and many houses were
torn from their foundations man, hiS VII.
and child. were killed, and others injured "a
Iorco oroun of trees were completely uprooted.
Tho storm nassed ON eastward, destroying larin-
bouses barns. and, in fact everything IN It's paul.
At Wells sidewalks were overturned, store ron''
blawn In. and other damage done. oeVelai ,i'en
were blown down by the force Oh Nhe win'
Four miles south of Minnesota Lake h'e i"in-
houses and their buildings were caueht Ill o'c
storm and utterly demolished. -Four people "eio
killed The body Of one Of these-Johh pio" ~
was taken 10 Minnesota Lake this morning i'i
wife. hired man and school teacher' WIZ "''
;pinred Sectionmen suffered severe injuries
Nil DAMAGE was done south of Wells, and II Is re-
nor+.d that fortv or fifty people were Kiile' sou'n
ona west of that village. As most of the damage
xvas done in the country, reports are $40" coi-
ina in. 1t is expected that la'eI ~
norris will increase rather than diminish ,he eN-
tent of the damage done as wen US 'ie i VI
life and personal injuries. vo..or
Tho house of Bohemian family at Bowen
M.-s near Minnesota Lake, was blown entirely
So So ~. ono loo remaining. The family, con-
sis,ino Of one man, wife and six children, spe"V
o.. richt mserebly in the rain without shelei
trom the elements They huddled together upon
q beap Of straw. and with piece OF a shee' ell
acavored TO keep of the cold wind ana never
Sessing rain that chilled them TO the pohc:
brakeman who saw the storm at "eiie
said lie plainly the cloud approach'is ,'oln
The west. and as it passed north oil ue 'n"s0
h ,ras cas, 70 tbe ground by the terrific pressure
~ Oh. air which was so close that it almost stiie"
him The air seemed like gas, and every 'nins
was filed with white haze
All along the Milwaukee road rom o"0NDoA
IN Minnesota Lake, the scene Is one oi uoN"''
,ior Not every house is destroyed, Du' ~ "'d"'
a-c zone that the scene Is plnlui' iEiS ~
.lo rch.s, sections Of the State and is prairie,
with now and then windofeah' w. ,roin
w., the settlers The Milwaukee idii
oS vi no, no farther than Mapleton
w.. rioht owing to the wreckage on the 'iacNS
IT. r,orripo train fIom Wells was four houre
,,,o &c il repared the telegraph lines aS IL cai'
ro,oor,nb polos and trees were everywhere pio""
- Tlis morning's train from SlouA ivy
,os hold at Kasota 10 wait repairs Oh 'n9 ""0''
. oahout at Rochester on the Northwestern ro'' I
DELAYED the morning passenger udin i'o'N
Eost IN this city, heavy ram ieh 'n'ous"'U'
,,o of,.rpoon. night and forenoon, bu' no u""'e'
is reported . uoooint of the
tououinQ telegram dated La crosse
-, So % ON the Mankato line found oos'fucu'n
lia" w w ,v, four miles south of Minnesota Lake
Va VI 700 houses blown dswn and the occup'nS ,SIs
a - ,aalv injured. They cleared the tr1ck anu p'A'O
,r ,ne wounded and took them to Minnesota LAKE
Another reads: ,,,..o.o,o lake
Train No. % (freighD is tea UP q. rrn IN that
nd No "a dreight OF Mapeton The storm !" VIZ
..,, w.s very disastrous. Train No 20 found sno"
ten,e timber and other mnterol on the tiacn anu ,d
.o,le killed p the neighborhood Nany "cio or' -,
Our Wells section gang is at MI"'eS''" A
them we've injured, but not seriously. i, ,ro ro-
Waneton. Mimi. June l6.-Ten people are T IT.
,>or,.J tilled near here and twenty inJureu' ON
houses are completely wrecked. The Brown ia'"-
;lv s among the injured The tornado was 'o0i
miles south of the village. .Tho
Milwaukee Wis, June l6.-Dispatchce u
Evening Wisconsin" say that clouuou'''
curred In the western part OIL 'Ie 'pV % io hr;dpcs
ding great damage. AT BoscoDel NV NJ ,ecf
nra carried away the water rising eleven Xii Xii
"; Turtle River in few minutes Inc w" VA
.ro,kec track is washed ont for some distoioo I'D
train service is suspended At Sparta, o"e ;n and
of a tunnel on the Northwestern caNEu w. ',rack
Vre bouses were washed away The railway .raIn t6n
i gone in places and trains are run n Tn.' liver
S.. Paul road. North Of LaCrosse. on u.' is re-
Jivision of the ST. Paul, bad wasIout - 40
nor,cd and all trains are ten hours ia1n, "ama1e
P,ai,e du Chen and other points great uai'"s'
tes,,:ted to highway and railway bridges; s,or,o
Ts"P PanI Mimi June 16.-ln this city the storln ll
,,as heavv the rain having almost the Wopofnonoo .
W clo1dburst. At Rochester last evening ,or d
terrible S bail rain and ELECTRIC storm ragea tor l%r
six hours The Zumbro kEer 50 rs an 1usi the vi
ron. and St. Peter road were suspended: ,,r lmr
track Is washed out in places, and water IS ,Tbe Se
feet deep the track IN other p,nceS I'ac washed
trestle half a mile from Rochester was ""'"'"
away and traffic is al a standstili .,,,o <,
The Durand. Wis. correspondent ol h Ihe ,,I 81,
Paul Dispatch says the seHerest ram ol'" The
storm known for years struck that secilon ,nn
water poured down in torrents The ;nuhaa,o' ,,a,o
Of tie bppewa owanas eIGnenfe sfrs9 that
-, sto,p thcre was fearful that many cattle ana
borses were drowned, ana a number of or'dEes Ies
rns5ed away. The people escaped in boats; l ,Hle