The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-06-26
MINNESOTA TWlSTER
STRIKES TOWN OF LYLE
Sweeps a Section Of the State lust
North of the Iowa Line
With Fatal Effect.
oae MAN KILLED, OTHERS INJURED
Trees, Telephone and Telegraph
Poles, Barns. Houses and Every
thing In Its Pash are Cons
plctely Demolished

st. Paul, MINI, June 1.-THE tornado
1t Lyle, Mimi. knocked out the wires
or the most part. but brief reports have
been received here at midnight, being
tent via Chicago. The tornado went
trough the north portion of Lyle. a
lew miles this side of the Iowa line. A
lumber OF dwellings, and baras We're de-
noiished, cattle and horses being killed.
20 a as known only n person, Henry
Hansen, was killed, but Ten We're in
urea, some of them, it Is feared, fatally.
Those injured we're:
Charles Larson. wife and baby.
Mr.. Brooke and wife.
Peter Hanson. wife and son Robert.
Mrs. Iiaughson and Mrs. Henry Han
IN.
ShicaSo June 12.-All railroads run
ling in the vicinity of the track of the
torn report telegraph poles blown
Town and other damage done. A rail-
DAD operator at Mason City, Ia, re-
rorted at midnight that twenty houses
Nzre demolished in Lyle, one man killed
outright and twenty others injured.
1t is believed that much damage was
lone in the country around Lyle, there
icing all sorts Of rumors Owing to the
manage to telegraph lines definite in
formation is lacking. A special train
with surgeons, linemen and workmen
vas sent to Lyle from Waterloo, H.,
within an hour of the time of the storm.
Damage Mostly In the Country.
Minneapolis, Mimi, June IA spe-
:iai to the Tribune from Lyle, Mimi,
rays: The first reports concerning the
;ornado at this place We're exaggerated.
h damage is almost entirely in the
COUNTRY. Instead of SIX persons being
.ilied, as at first stated, only one. Henry
Hanson. a prosperous farmer living
tbout Two miles west, near the Iowa
inc. met'death. His barn was complete
y demolished and his team and other
stock killed.
As near as can now be ascertained
:he storm originated four miles west of
his village and a half mile on the Iowa
inc and pursued a ziazag course toward
the northeast, sweeping everything be-
fore it fully half a mile wide. Trees,
telephone and telegraph poles were
aroken off and barns, houses, orchards,
groves and gardens swept With the mad
Jury of the storm. Several loaded cars
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
'ailroad We're removed bodily from the
track and scattered promiscuously
about the country. As most of the dam
Fge is in the country, it is difficult to get
accurate information, but as nearly as
Fan be learned from fifteen to twenty
persons are more Dr. less injured. Peter
Hanson, a harnessmaker, had his leg
broken in two places, n his on, !
years old, had a severe head wound, but
will recover Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Of
Clarion, Ia, who We're visiting at Han
sons, are both slightly injured. Charley
Larson, wife inc child are injured.
The school house known as Minner-
elsa, near the Iowa line, is completely
obliterated. Physicians from Usage,
Mitchell and ST. Ansgar are on the
ground assisting the local doctors. The
damage to property is %variously esti-
mated at from $25, 600 10 SIS, 900.