Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-06
SWEPT By WIND and RAIN
These Elements Cause an Enormous
Amount of Damage IN the
Nor Invest.
SEVERAL STATES SUFFER SEVERELY.
A Number of Person. Lose Their Lives
in the Storm - Many = 2 ~
Wrecked and Thousands OF <Ac"
of Growing Crops DestroSeo-D
tails of the Disaster.

Chicago, June 27.-The storm OF vino
and rain which swept over several Oh
the states Friday night and early oat-
urday morning was one of the most Sc
we're experienced for several years. ana
in many localities great damage was
done.
North Dakota.
Grand Forks, N. D.-The storm wn1cn
passed through this state was or MUCH
greater magnitude than at first reported
and the damage is almost lnconce'Vaole,
reaching at a conservative estlma'e over
$l000,O0O. The track of the storm Is pam
ly visible, from the western limit OF cur
tivated land, so miles west of DeV1Is lake
an almost straight line, extending wv
miles through the cream of the grain oelt
into Minnesota, where its destructive
swath is lost sight of in the wilderness OF
the Red Lake country. The path of the
storm is from three to ten miles in width,
and in this vast area large proportion
of the crop is totally destroyed. At least
900 acres of wheat was moved down
by the hail, and it is too late for any ma
terial portion to recover. Many small
buildings were blown down, and ONE
broken into kindling wood. A church in
Benson county was struck by lightning
| during service, when Hans Andersen and
John Ploium were killed, and other people
| injured. Frank Butler was killed near
Inkster and William Lowell, a farmer,
near Cando. Thousands OF window lights
were broken.
Illinois.
Algonquin Ill-The severest storm in this
vicinity for 16 years swept over Algonquin
| last night. The railroad on both sides
| was washed out, and the village will be
cut off from the outside world for sew
eral days. There were number of mar
row escapes from drowning. The Dodd
boys rescued two men locked in q death
embrace as they were going down for the
| last time. Several railroad and other
bridges were washed away. The loss on
| village property will be about $1,000.
Wisconsin.
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from towns in
southern Wisconsin report the worst cleo
trio storms in years. At Platteville the
tracks OF the Northwestern and st Paul
roads were washed out. The house ct Bar
! ney Van Eta at Cornelia, near Plat.eville,
| was struck by lightning and his 1S-year-old
| son killed. At Delavan four inches CT rain
! fell. flooding low lands and causing the
! lake to rise a foot. Crops were fla:tened
| to the ground. Plainfield and Grafton also
| report terrific storm. At La Crosse there
! was cloudburst, causing Washouts along
| the Chicago & Northwestern road. Traf-
| fic was suspended eight hours. At Lam
caster sheds and outbuildings were RACED
| and all kinds of crops DESTROYED. Mon
| roe was drenched with rain for four hours
| Iowa.
| Marshalltown. Ia.-A storm which as
| sumed the proportions Of tornado struck
\ this city and vicinity. Several barns and
| other buildings were wrecked trees were
! broken, electric wires were DAMAGED and
| the oat and wheat crop in some places
! was completely ruined. No one was in
| jured. but the property loss in this county
| will amount to thousands Of dollars
Belle Plaine. lathe storm worked great
| damage throughout this part of Iowa
The Wind blew with great velocity.
amounting to almost tornado Many
trees were uprooted and outhouses suffered
severely. At Montour heavy damage was
| done. Several freight cars were blown
out upon the main line. but fortunately no
| number of buildings were demolished Com
siderable damage was done at Colo, Chel-
| sea and Tama. The principal damage
from Belle Plaine down the Iowa river val
! ley was to growing crops. Corn suffered
severely and many oat fields are complete
| ly ruined. 49,
Marietta, GA cyclone struck the city
| of Marietta shortly after two o'clock. in
the afternoon resulting in the loss of sew
eral lives and doing great damage to proD-
| erty. The principal loss of life occurred
! on the river. where party of excursion
| lists aboard the steamer William Dufie
| were being conveyed to Buckeye park. a
| mile above the city. where the local order
! of the United Commercial Travellers was
| holding picnic. Four hundred persons
were on the boat when the wind ca:eened
her over. Thirty were thrown into the
| water. John Gerkin L. A. Bevan and NAL
| colin Nye are missing and it is believed
| they are drowned. In Marietta several
business houses were blown down and
many private dwellings were wrecked.