Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-06-19
NO ONE KILLED OR INJURED
HOUSES UNROOFED. oUTBUILDINGs
WRECKED AND TREES
DESTROYED.
CROPS RUINED IN SOME PLACES
WORST STORM THAT VISITED
THAT SECION IN MANY
YEARS.

st. Paul, June 1.-THE storm in Cen
trail Southern Minnesota Saturday af-
ernoon lid considerable damage to
light buildings, shade trees and crops
! ut as far as known nc lives were lost.
Communication by Western Union with
all the towns reported yesterday as
having been cut off as a result of the
storm was restored during the day.
Reports received from correspondents
in the locality visited by the storm show
tina while the storm was severe there
were no cyclonic features, and as far
as known no lives were lost and no one
was injured.
AT several points a few houses were
Gnroofed, outbuildings were wrecked
and shade trees were destroyed. Crops
i'll some sections We're badly damaged.
The storm center vas between JORDAN
and Shakopee, a distance of twelve
miles, and leveled gigantic trees that
carried down the telegraph tele-
phone wires in their descent, n IN
many places fell across the railroad
tracks. The
VIM bttN
and sheds and other structures were
swept away in many of the villages
along the railroad.
Jordan and Sbakopee were badly
shaken, and the residents of those
places did not sleep during the night on
account of the severity of the storm.
The railroad companies, however, re-
port that no casualties resulted from
the windstorm, although much damage
was done by the destruction of property
for one hundred miles along the line.
The report that New Prague was in
the path of a cyclone proved untrue.
Several buildings were wrecked, but the
damage was not serious.
Wide i'm Its Scope.
A special telegram from Henderson
says:
According to all reports received
here the storm vas destructive n
wide in scope. 1t was seen from here
and resembled a cyclone. but as 1t APP
preached 1t was seen to separate o
seven of eight miles northwest of this
city along the Minnesota valley, divid-
ing east and west. At Blakely the
storm demolished a number of buildings
and tore down the brickyard sheds m
other buildings. In Scott county the
farmers suffered severe losses in the
destruction of barns, outbuildings and
livestock. No lives were lost, but it is
reported that thousands OF dollars
worth Of damage was done. At Airing
ton, twelve miles from here, the storm
destroyed many buildings, n reports
show that the farming community ad-
jacent suffered heavy losses"
Worst storm i'm Years.
The following telegram was received
from Mortified:
Zone of the worst storms which has
visited this section IN years broke here
about 6 o'clock in the evening. While
there was no loss Of life, considerable
damage was done to crops, trees
broken and uprooted and Geographic
and telephone communication cut off.
The winds work was especially de-
structive in the business portion Of the
city. plate glass windows being shat
tered and signs destroyed. The Central
bridge, spanning the Cannon river, was
also partially wrecked. a smokestack
from the mill adjoining striking 1t. The
storm lasted but thirty minutes"
Feared a Cyclone.
The Faribault correspondent says:
"a heavy rainstorm, accompanied By
high wind. passed over this. city about
6:30 o'clock. The damage was confined
to a drenching rain and the breaking OF
trees and ov~erturning of a few ut
buildings. Cyclonic disturbance was
feared at the beginning of the storm
and many timid ones took to the cellars.
The only accident reported occurred
east of here, when a farmers team was
frightened by the breaking Of a tree and
ran away. The farmer and his wife
were thrown from the buggy. The
former was injured internally and the
latter had her arm broken and was
badly bruised"