The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-26
THE STORM
The Elements Oh II Tear, Play
Havoc Over u Wide Stretch
Of Country

One or the SeVefeSt WlnQ
storms of many years passed
this way last Saturday night on
a visit to the twin cities. Omi-
nous clouds commenced to roll
up q little before 6 clock in the
evening and a storm of wind,
rain and hail darkened the earth
for ten or fifteen minutes. Dur
ing this time the wind came in
terrific gusts, and as it after
( wards developed, did consider
able damage in this immediate
vicinity, many fine shade trees
on the streets and in yards be-
ing torn up by the roots or
broken through the trunks. A
number of windmills were also
blown down, among these being
those of j G. Wood, G.. L. Wood
and Emil Johnson. A number
of fine shade trees on Third
street were broken down, and
also on Fourth street, large
tree in the yard of N. J. Bleser
and one al the r. T. Rodgers
home being uprooted, the former
falling against the Bleser house.
but luckily doing no damage to
to the building. The roof of the
West hotel barn was torn off and
considerable damage done to the
barn.
A barn newly built on the
property of Mr.. Bear, just north
of AL Smiths residence was
lifted from the foundation and
carried forty or fifty feet and
laid on it's side. The barn was
just completed by VIM. Magoon,
who has the cantract for the
erection of the barn and house,
and the loss of this falls heavily
upon him. Out houses and other
small buildings were over turned
in almost all parts of the town
and some of the larger barns
moved on their foundations and
fences blown down. Happily no
physical injury was received by
any one in this vicinity. In the
country to the west of town the
large barn of Herman Liebing
was wrecl ed and several horses
injured aad a numb Der of other
barns moved on their founda
tions, grain stacks blown down
and scattered and considerable
damage done.
To the east of town similar
destruction was wrought, a new
ly erected school house near
The Shook farm having been
wrecked, as was also the barn
on the Kuchen hacker farm, the
roof being torn off, and the
building 4Ox60 moved about eight
inches on the foundation. The
roof on the julius Strege farm
house was also taken off and his
barn moved, and John Buris
granary was overturned.
Miss Blanch Lee visited at
Webster a few days the first OF
the week.
Hal Wahup, of Webster, was
meeting his Milbank friends in
town yesterday.
Miss Alice Vandervoort ex
poets to accompany the Hawes
family to Santa Cruz next month,
where she hopes to regain her
health.
Miss Mary Marsh, of Mime
apolis, a former teacher in the
Big Stone City schools, has been
visiting Mrs. B. f. Vosburgh
and Miss Kate Thorndike during
the week.
Miss Koch will entertain the
Epworth League, this Friday
evening at the home of Henry
Schafer. All members and
friends of the league are cor
daily invited to be present.
The testing of the new we'll for
a flow of water has so far not
been of an encouraging charac'
ter, and the indications are that
the we'll will have to be aban
doned and other means adopted
to secure water.
Miss Lillian Lundberg, daugh-
ter of O. S. Lundberg, a former
resident Of Milbank, now living
in Minneapolis, was visiting Mil
bank friends the first of the week
while stopping with the family
of John Johnson.
John MADEIRA, who with his
family went to Santa Cruz a
short time ago, found that the
climate did not agree with his
wife and decided to return to
Dakota, when, upon reaching
Seattle, Mrs. MADEIRA was taken