The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-22

The tornado of Saturday evening
scourged the north shore of Lake
Minnetonka savagely. but passed by
the south shore, or merely whipped
1t with spent ends of it's lashings.
The wind blew seemingly from
every point of the compass. 1t began
from the east and blew Hereby
enough to take down the weaker trees,
then it shifted toward the south, and
as it swung into the southwest it's
derceness was appalling. The final
blow from the northwest was the
worst Of all and finished the work of
desolation. The general trend of the
storm was northeasterly. Apparent
ly, the twister formed near Waconia,
and the first place it struck on Min
netonka was the surprisingly beauti-
full home Of A. G. Loring, at the west
ern end Of the upper lake. This is
now sad wreck, every building on
the place-house, stables, green
houses, Notwithstanding more or
less injured by wind and water. Mr..
Lorings fine flfty-foot cabin launch,
the Canohaukee, sank at her moor
ings, but has since been raised, much
damaged. Counting in the magnif-
cent trees that lie broken and suptne,
Mr.. Loring estimates his loss at $780,
000-and 1t is largely irreparable.
Course Of the Storm.
The general course Of the storm is
very plainly marked from Loring's to
New Wayzata, at the other end Of
the lake. Mound was on the northern
edge Of its path at the start and
Phelps island was in the very center
Of It's activity. Passing down thru
that unmatchable tract of timber and
laying low nearly every monarch Of
the forest In the whole 500-acre
tract. the storm swept along, wreck
ing houses on the lower end and many
buildings at Spring Park, touching
Casco on the right and Fagerness,
West Arm, on the left. Crystal bay
lay in its course, the Minnetonka
Beach residences being on its outer
In its center. Orono Point and Mark
Vile lay south Of the path and es-
capped, but beautiful Ferndale suf-
fered bitterly, Highcroft, the palatial
country home of the Peaveys, suffer-
ing the most notable loss. Old Way
zata escaped serious damage, but New
Wayzata was laid waste, the Wise
boatworks and the Wise pavilion, as
we'll as the Great Northern station,
being wrecked.
County Commissioner William
Smith, Mr.. Loring's neighbor, suffered
$1,000 damage to his buildings. He
says the storm swept upon him from
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did great damage to numerous farm
ers near Victoria and wrecked the ia
nous George Sanger timber tract,
comprising 800 acres of what is said
to have been the finest bit of hard
wood timber in the state. Sanger's
tenant. William Krutzian, had two
ribs broken in the wreck Of his house.
Mr.. Smith says it will take him a
week to cut a path to the road.
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The Bartlett house at Mound is
partly destroyed and the adjoining
three cottages used by Mr.. Bartlett
for his guests are hopeless ruins. His
pavilion is a wreck. Chapman's
house demolished by the falling of the
tall windmill Of Bartlett's. Tents
and cottages in the neighberhood were
picked up like slips Of paper and
the Baptist assembly grounds were
CART, who was at the Bartlett place
was severely cut and bruised by {
heavy door in one of the cottages ant
D. Bartlett, who slept in the boat
house, lost all his personal belongings
as the boathouse was completely de
stroyed. The Brown cottage a
Mound was taken up by the sweep o
the storm and little Is left Of thu
house.
Captain Wise Of the Mayhower hat
an exciting experience with his boa
at Mound, He had a party from
Excelsior on board, mostly women
lower lake before the storm broke
but the captain refused to face tn
lake with passengers. Not long afte
the hail and rain set in the boat brok
towards the lake. The women be
came hysterical and a panic prevailed
The hail broke the glass windows an
Captain Wise received painful 1njurie
on his hands, while William Sowle
who was on board, had his clothe
and hands cut and Ernie Haymake
received deep gashes on both hands
The storm swept the port and star
board lights, the headlight an
acety1ene gas tank. The fruit farr
of DR.. Hall, near Mound, was Stripe
of some Of the finest fruit tree:
Francis Hall was nearly drowned
He had been on the Mayf1ower an
jumped on the dock, trying to reac
home, but sailboat which had cap
sized in the blow, with mast reachin
far over the dock, tripped him and h
fell into the lake.
Phelps Island, Spring Park Bay an
Casco.
One vortex of the tornados wrat
centered on the eastern end Of Phelr
island. The house of George v
( Beach, behind Pelican Point, was bat
ly wrecked and the family were force
to stand the brunt Of the storm out i
the open. The next house, that Of T
B. Gates Of st. Paul, was hurt by fal
X ing trees, but escaped serious daniag
But the magnificent trees on the plac
+ are all down. The log house belons
ing to Emerson Hough, author
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Chamberlain, next in line, escape
serious hurt, but Maple Heights, Il
J. H. Woodnough place, suffered bi
Maple Heights inn was deposited
the marsh near Black lake. TT
guests were all hudd1ed in the ma
room when this happened and as IL
electric lights went out at that instar
there was a fearful panic. But
the darkness there was nothing to
but stand still and thus no harm can
to any one. Most of the other Woo
nough buildings are more or less dar
aged and the loss here must be $500
On the opposite shore Gilbert Byron
house lost it's roof, F. G. Boyntor
new cottage, just ready for tt
shingles, is likewise and the Betting'
house has a tree lying athwart
Stephen Burton's cottage is bad
a twisted.
The worst wreck on Casco is II
\ Christensen house, which was sp
in twain. In the standing half we
the family, including five childre
who were left exposed to the elemer