The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-04
Two Miles Sof Pavement
ment Is Completely
Washed Out.
ONE MAN DEAD.
The Railways Suffer
Heavy Loss.

the high ground surrounding the
! suburbs. So far but one death has
been reported. Chris Johnson, an en-
ploye of a saloon in the suburb of
| Proctor Knott, was attempting to
cross a high trestle work sidewalk
and lost his footing and fell into sew
eral feet of water. An attempt was
made to rescue him, but before he
could be reached he was drowned.
CARVER, Mimi, July 3.-Last even
ing a cyclone struck about three miles
north and tore a path for nearly TWEEN
~ miles nOrtherly 1t caused some
$l0,O0O loss as near as can be learned.
There We're many narrow escapes, but
no persons were hurt. The clouds
seemed to have gathered about three
miles west of this village and went
IN northerly direction, tumbling and
! IoIllng In an ugly manner. A funnel
shaped cloud was formed, and at once
commenced its work at Simon Sieglers
place, Which was yesterday one of the
handSOmeSt farm residences in the
county, and today is a total wreck,
except his brick residence. The tWister
Hrst struck his windmill carving the
wheel and fan about 400 feet in the
ar, and twisting the steel tower in ali
Shapes, then struck the north half of
ms large barn, smashing it into
sIvers. The granary was next, and
nothing but broken timbers and
mangIed boards of the floor mark the
spot. The balance of the building is
scattered over the fields for a mile
around. Mr. Siegler and his family
We're up stairs in the granarv watch.
ing the funneI-shaped tWister 70 as
certain which way it was coming. so
as TO escape death, which was staring
Inem IN the face, and when it was
WITHIN a few hundred feet they ran
pehlnd their brick dwelling house and
were saved. A heavy woods across
i ilie IN ne from from the wrecked buildings
- 81. III terrible shape. Large maple
5rees' foot to eighteen inches in
diameter, were snapped off and tu,is+
ed out of the ground. Three COWS
We're hurt by the flying debris. and
I'M M hogs Killed. Damage, 1000.
pr Liie liGNt pace IN the path was John
Ffelss, but his buildings escapad HI
FENCES, wood piles, chimneys and light
nlnS rods are scattered in all dirac-
tlohs: Henry Baers' place was next
il4s large l5OX50-foot barn was sucked
III ana collapsed burying five horses
anu number of hogs, besides smash
ing a threshing machine and wind mil.
| loss, $780, i''>' 1ii111'
ga Hedtke also suffered some loss.
august Burrow had two barns demol-
| lshed, also the roof of his dwelIino,
house is gone; loss, $1,000
Great crowds from the surrounding
villages and country are visiting the
cyclone district
REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi. uly s.
severe hail and wind storm passed
over Gales township, in the south
western portion of Redwood county.
Thursday The storm did great dam
age and on the farms of c.. J. Nelson.
Henry Nelson and Peter Olson the
crops were totally ruined, the owners
having already commenced to plow up
the tracts. One or two barns were
blown down. Other farmers lost part
| of their crops.
CARLTON, Mimi, July "a disas-
trous rain storm set in here yesterday,
and torrents Of water fell necessarily
during the night, with vivid and con-
tinual flashes of lightning for fifteen
hours. Otter creek has broken it's
banks and flooded the town, and hun
dreds of people are fleeing. to safer
quarters. The St. Louis river has risen
twenty feet, and solemnity is added to
the grandeur by the breaking of booms
! above, allowing millions Of feet of logs
to come crashing down the channel
| All railroad traffic is suspended and
will not be resumed for several days.
The estimated damage in this locality
is 100000.
PRINCETON, Mimi, July 3-Prince-
ton was visited by tornado last night
at $3.50 o'clock. Jesmer's store front of
plate glass was blown in; damage, $500.
The st. Anthony & Dakota elevator
was unroofed, and several other build
! ings were damaged. One house con-
tanning Mrs. Brown and five children
was blown down. The woman was
slightly injured, but the children were
unframed. Four miles out Of town
one house was lifted bodily from its
foundation and set down in a hog pen.
One man suffered a severe cut in the
thigh but none others were injured.