The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-05-02
A TWISTER IN s. D.
SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AND
MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
CyclOnic Storm Paases Over MIC.
Cook COunty-A Small Town Near
Mitchell DestrOyed-A Number of
People Hurt, but No Live. Lo.t-
Several Terrific Hail storms.

NoutFoSc, -. u, April W.-A cyclone
passed about two miles west of here
last night. 1t struck the residence Of
FRANK Malloy. lemClishing il entirely.
Next in its track was the residence Of
Conrad Nirchner, which was torn from
Its foundation and badly wrecked.
About two miles further north it
struck the residence of Peter Elan
merry. which was demolished, together
with all his barns and outbuil,lings.
Tie family escaped by going into the
cellar. The house OF Michael Mannion
was next in its path, and this, to-
Eetller with all the outbuillings, was
torn to atoms and carried away. The
family. consisting of himself. wife and
ilNe children. were badly injured and
were all unconscious when found. The
storm was the worst ever known in
this section, and was accompanied
with heavy hail and of such power as
to tear up the ground in its path as
deep as If it had been plowed, and car
rled 1t away in several places. The
storm gTncd strength as it Travelled
nortllward. and it is thought great
damage was done. but no particulars
have been heard flnm that section.
Terrific sSu:l storms.
Lac Hui l'arle. Minn., April 9O-A Sc
we're hail storm, followed by a heavy
rain. passed over this place, breaking
all the windows on the north side Of
hulllings as we'll rs killing numerous
birds. Dead ducks were found along
the shores of Lac qui Parle in great
numbers. Many of the hail stones
which fell here measured three inches
in diameter. and were driven into the
ground several inches.
Buffalo Lake, Minn., April 3O.-A Sc
we're storm. accompanied with light
ming. rain and hail. passed over here
Yesterday. The wind mill of PHI.
Shepard of Lakeside was blown down
and fences were torn up. Lightning
struck the barn of Frank Wallner and
wrecked it badly. Hail as large as
hens eggs fell south of this village
and windows were generally smashed.
Tl"ed, n. d., April 3O-The worst
l'ailsform that ever occurred at this
place was yesterday. the stones being
larger tlan hens eggs. Some meas
uretl eight inches in circumference and
weighed four ounces. Flying geese
were struck by the hail and instantly
killed and were picked up by the peo-
PIE after the storm in their doOryartls,
Fergus Falls. Minn., April 3O.-Dur-
ing Il heavy thunder storm last night
lightning struck the tower of the
Fourth ward school house. completely
drmolislling it and badly damaging the
building.
Wiped Out by a Cyclone.
Mitchell, 5. D., April 3O.-Meager de-
tails were received here to-day of the
destruction Of the little town Epipha-
hey. sixteen miles northeast of here, by
a cyclone which struck that place mt
$3.50 o'clock last evening. The dam
age is said to be $4,000. Fifteen peo-
pie were seriously injured, hut no
deaths were reported. A large church
was carried twenty-five feet into the
air and collapsed there The floor and
altar dropped into their original places
and the roof and sides of the building
were scattered to the four winds. The
town was completely wiped out Of ex-
iStcncc.
Alexandria, S. d., April 3O.-A cy-