The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-28
THIL END OF fl TWISTER,
1t Passes Through Several Red
wood County Townships and
Causes Destruction.
Barns Blown from Foundations,
Glass Broken, Rye Crop Ruined
and General Havoc.

The tail end of an Iowa cyclone
struck the central portion of Redwood
county about one o'clock last Sunday
afternoon. The tail end consisted of
strong wind, heavy rain, shower
of hailstones the equal of which the
oldest settler seems to be unable to
find parallel. Hail stones fell in
the main path of the storm until they
were from two to three inches thick
on the surface, and in size they ranged
from pebble to a marble and from
marble to an average sized base ball.
The tail end of this twister seems to
have entered into Redwood county by
way Of the southwestern gate, through
Granite Rock and Vail townships,
passing down through New Avon,
Three Lakes, Paxton, Morgan and
thence eastward out of the county. 1t
destroyed all of the headed rye in it's
path and badly injured large guam
tity of the small grain. At Gilfillan's
stock farm it knocked out PIG window
lights from the various buildings on
the farm. The windows and shutters
on the north side of the passenger
train running west from Sleepy Eye
were smashed out. The hail battered
against the posts and storm fences so
bitterly as to leave marks on them.
The trees all along the paths of the
twister we're stripped of all or nearly
all of their foliage and the grain fields
were flooded with water. Joe Seifert's
big barn in the town of Morgan was
moved from it's foundation. A tub of
water on a rain barrel on the farm was
carried about ten rods without even
spilling the water out of it.
Chas. Robinson claims that hail
stones passed through a one inch
board on his farm. Forty window
lights were smashed there as was also
the window sash.
E. Rist reports that his buggy seats
we're broken by hail stones. He says
that cattle we're stampeded but none
of them were killed, although all of
them we're covered with huge punches
of swollen flesh, relics of where the
hail stones struck.
The barn of John Whittier, one
half mile north of Morgan, was moved
IA feet from its foundation.
Albert Gluth, residing on the east
side of Morgan township, had barn,
granary and kitchen blown down, with
loss of several hundred dollars.
Near Mike Dammrose's place, one
half mile south of Morgan, the cloud
seemed to come to the ground, cover
ing it so that it looked like a lake IL
or IA rods wide.
A report reached town Monday that
horses and cattle on the Davidson
farm, or east of there, had been killed,
but dilligent inquiry by staff report
or of this paper, failed to confirm the
report.
Levi Robinson, residing three miles
southeast of this city, had Is acres of
rye destroyed by hail and DIV. Bank
or, residing in the direct path, had 80
acres of rye totally destroyed. They
both report two inches of hail on the
ground after the stones ceased their
hostilities.
Here in Redwood Falls it started
raining about 12:45 and kept it up for
about an hour. 1t was very heavy
fall and the water turned the streets
into river. There was no hail. The
Redwood river rose three feet in a
short time and dropped three feet be-
fore Monday morning.
Reports from the north, and in Rem
vile county, are to the effect that no
hail fell to speak of.
On Monday the roads and streets
had dried to an extent that dust was
blowing from them.
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