New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
LAID WASTE BY THE TOhNADo'

o,.y, MAN KILLED AND NINETEEN INJURED
p,oprpTy WORTH $4,000 DESTROYED.
- ,,, >,irn June IA Lyle (MlnnD dispatch
says: ,, ,ic,ntv last
"a destructive tornado struck this Vciiiit! 'as'
night having waste track about TWO huhufeu !''u
wide and ten miles long the iuhiio'-snapeo -.
made ,ts first appearance about twelve Hiies We -
here where It swept to the grouho anu iii'''e
rosa and again struck six miles further east AM
ai0ao 49,. l, ~ devastation Thousands Of dol
80, worth Of property is in waste. The barn on thS
Funda farm was the first 10 suffer; ). - owens
Arc house barn and granar!es are oesIroyeN i'
and his family all went 10 the cellar ana hoe "ei
injured At Towards all outbuildings were "'pe'
owav Charles Howard son, was going from 'he
harm 10 the house when the wind struck MN. hH'
be Grabbed hold OF large rock and escaped peihs
carried away The Woodbury. schoolhouse was de-
nolished Charles Seversins fine farm properly was
al des,roved His skull was badly fractured, ana u
T. feared he cannot live. William Stipes farm pulu-
Iros we're picked UP and smashed into kinoling
wood The entire family got into the ceiar peloie
tho storm struck Mrs. Stipe. however, was badly
iniured Mrs Berg's new house was next destroyed
Al John Johnsons all were In the cellar Wheh inc
house was swept from over them. ana nooooy wa"
hurt Joseph Wyborneys barn and mouse are gone
scattered TO the four winds. One of his horses was
picked up and LANDED eigh'y rous ui''d"' anu 0
scratched
Henry Hansons buildings are all. destroyed, and
Hanson is a corpse. p X. Johnson and Hansons
wife and two children in a critical condition.
johnson found hanging to wire. badly cut
and unconscious. The Mnnereka schoohouse Is de-
stroyed. Angus; Webber's barn and windmill are
rome and John Webber's barn and house are
wrecked At Willis Bryan's there is scene OF de-
struction He gathered his family, consisting or
wife and three children. into corner or the ceIlar
and stood over them. AS the house was lifted from
above them a stone weighing Two hundred
pounds rolled down his back. inhictng ugly
wounds and plnning his leg 10 the cellar moor;
Christian Petersons property Is all destroyed, and
he canno, live. His is also in critical con-
diton Peter another son. Is badly hurt.
The tornado siruc; this town about twenty rods
north Of the business portion. Both the chicago
Milwaukee and s.. Paul and the Illinois Central
railroads had a number of freight cars WRECKED
Crews from both roads now here clearing up the
wreckage. The city water tower stopped working
peter Hanson and family were temporarily living IN
a new barn. This structure totally crushed
airs Hanson Is badly hurt. Is also the son,
Robert Mrs NJ l.. Hushson and Mr.. and Mrs
William Brooks, OF Clarion. Iowa. were visiting
there. and all were injured Charles LarEOn's cot
tace was destroyed. and he and his wife badly
hurt For several hours their little twelve m0nths-
old baby was lost. but II was finally found penned
In between some tm5ers. Christian Chrstensen's
new house was wrecked ard DR.. Frazer's barn de-
East of here Mrs. Oleson's barn was blown down
and some stock killed. Christian Meyers big barn
There were nineteen persons injured. killed
and three fatally injured The injuries Of two are
doubtful. 4 careful estimate puts The property
damage Mt $4,000"