The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-04
Two Miles of 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 cyclone struck about three miles
north and tore path for nearly iwen-
~ miles northerly. 1t caused some
$4,000 loss as near as can be learned.
There were 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
rolling in an ugly manner. A funnel
SNAPPED cloud was formed, and at once
commenced its work at Simon Siegler's
place, which was yesterday one of the
bandSomeSt farm residences in the
county, and today is a total wreck.
except his brick residence The twister
first struck his windmill, carrying 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
sAVefs. The granary was next. and
nothing but broken timbers and
mangled boards of the floor mark the
spot. The balance of the building is
scattered over the fields for a mile
around. MT Siegler and his family
were up stairs in the granary watch
ing the funnel-shaped twister to as
certain which way it was coming. so
as TO escape death, which was staring
lhem IN the face, and when if was
WITHIN a few hundred feet they ran
Dehlnd their brick dwelling house and
were saved. A heavy woods across
the field from the wrecked bui16in@ ss
Is IN terrible shape. Large maple
Trees foot to eighteen inches in
u!aineter, We're snapped off and twist
ca out of the ground Three cows
f @ere nurt by the flying debris, and
l0 H. hogs Killed. Damage, $4,000.
Inc next place in the path was John
frelss, but his buildings ESCAPED HIS
FENCES wood piles, chimneys and light
nlhg rods are scattered in ALL dive
I1ohs: Henry Baers' place was next
hls large 15OX50-foot barn was s11cl<aJ
III ana collapsed, burying five horses
ana number of hogs, besides smash
ing a threshing machine and wind nil.
loss $780, VIM ILL.,
Ed Hedtke also suffered some loss
august Burrow had two barns demol-
1shed, also the roof of his dwelline,
Rouse is gone; loss, $1,000.
Great crowds from the surrounding
villages and country are visiting the
cy clone district.
REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, uly 81
A 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. ]. Nelson.
Henry Nelson and Peter Olson the
crops were totally ruined, the owners
! having already commenced to pillow up
the tracts. One or two barns were
blown down. Other farmers lost part
of their crops
CARLTON, Mimi, July ga 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 a 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 it's
| foundation and set down in a hog pen.
One man suffered a severe cut in the
thigh, but none others were injured.