Oakes Republican., 1902-05-23
DU,.slTu HAS BAD STORM.
Chousan.ls Terrified and Many Are
Injured.

Injured.
Duluth, Mimi, May 21.-Duluth was
visited yesterday by a windstcrm that
injured several people and terrlileo
thousands, and lid considerable dam
age to property.
About O'clock the Sky in the south
west suddenly grew dark and threaten
ing The wind began to blow in gusts.
harder and harder With each succeeding
one. Meantime the Sl1v continued 10
darken. until it seemed like twilight anu
lights began to appear i'll all of the stores
and offices. PEOPLE in the street hurr1ed
to l.aces of shelter. Children cried and
men and women ran up and down the
side walks. each with some particular
place they wished to reach before the
fury of the storm should burst. Horses
attached to rigs OH the street reallzed
that storm of more than ordinary
severity was at hand and were restive.
1t was an exciting few minutes before
the storm was fairly upon the city. The
sllv and the action of the air currents
seemed to Indicate the
Approach of Hurricane.
There We're no cyclonic conditions as far
as the ordinary observer could see. 1t
simply looked li:.e a windstorm of the
kind that levels buildings but without any
of the rotary action of the cyclone. In
few moments tue streets were emptled OF
people. Rain soon fell in torrents. The
wind played havoc in the lumber districts.
Thousands OF feet of lumber was blown
great distances. One serious personal in
jury case was reported from that quar-
ter, John Swanson, a man in the employe
of the Clark Jackson Lumber company
as a tram horse driver, was blown from
the tram to the ground One arm and
one leg We're broken.
A woman namd Mary McFarlane, re-
siding on Seventh avenue west, was in
a small shed at the time of the blow.
The building keeled over and she was
caught by the boards and severely
bruised. She was extricated from her
position by neighbors and carried into
the house.
On the harbor front vesselmasters
looked with apprehension on the threat
ening sky. The most serious thing that
happened there was the breaking from
her moorings in the Omaha slip of the
Anchor liner Codorus, taking with her
the steamer India of the same line. The
India was lying outside of the Codorus,
the boats being side by side. The boats
drifted across the slip, and the India
came in collision with the government
launch Vidette. The bowsprit of the vi
dette pierced the bulwarks of the India,
entering the ships kitchen.
On Minnesota Point there was terror
among the dwellers. Scores of trees were
blown down and several of the cottages
were demolished. The Rawlson cottage
was struck by tree. The wind blew in
a window at the Lincoln school and four
children were hurt by the broken glass.
Thousands of dollars worth of records
in the office of the United States engi-
neer in Duluth We're destroyed by water.
The loss is one that cannot be computed
in dollars and cents. for it was invaluable
to the Lake Superior department and
the loss is irreparable. The Offices of the
United States engineers are situated on
the top floor of the Providence building.
The theory of the accident at the office
Is that the workmen employed on the
new addition of the st. Louis hotel piled
some rubbish on the roof of the Provi-
dence building. which adjoins it, and
that blocked the gutter and allowed the
water 70 back up and soak through.
Fatality in Iowa.
Harlan, Iowa, May 20. - A storm
which passed through the country ten
miles southeast of here early Sunday
morning carried destruction and death
with it, The cloud first came to the
ground near the home Of Andrew Sor-
renson, one mile north of Kimbleton,
Audubon county. Mr.. Sorrenson was
so seriously injured that he died yes
terday His barn and all the outbuild-
1ngs were destroyed, the residence
alone being left. James Rasmussen's
place was the last one struck. Here
the storm attained it's greatest fury.
All of his fine farm buildings were de-
stroyed and trees eighteen inches in di-
ameter were torn out by the roots or
twisted off.