Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
DE||::!sTRUCTlIVI STORM
Parts Of Kandiyohi County Suf'
Tered in Last Sunday Even.
IF .s..s 5=s Y. s..:.. ing. Storm. ]

extent In the severe storm which swept
over the state last Sunday evening,
but luckily the heavy wind which pre-
vailed did rot assume such. proper
lions - were experienced at points
further south, where one human life
Was los: and where more or leas live
stock was killed as the result of badly
wrecked barns. ~
# The storm was quite severe south of
Willmar, especially in the country
bordering on the Renville county line.
Our Roseland correspondent reports
that grain stacks we're more or less
damaged in that vicinity and that corn
and uncut fax suffered TO some extent.
The rain was not heavy. In East
Lake Lillian it 10 reported that the
farm Of A. E. Anderson suffered to q
considerable extent. Oae of the gran
anies was upset and large barn bad
ly twisted. A number of trees were
blown down and all the apple trees were
stripped. Similar reports come from
other sections OF the county where the
storm proved quite severe. Hay and
grain stacks were scattered oil over
the fields and large windmills were al
so blown over. Grain in shock suffer-
ed to q considerable extent. Fields of
corn we're leveled 70 the ground and
it 10 feared that when all reports are
in that the damage will amount to
quite = little. Lake Elizabeth and
Fshlun farmers we're among the suffer-
ers, but, We understand that the dam
age here was quite light a. compared
with that in the country further south.
:: In Reoville county the storm WAS
most destructive and reports from dif-
fereut sections of the state tell of week.
ed buildings and badly damaged
grain. North of Buffalo Lake several
farmers lost their barns and all the
contents. Torrents of rain and hail
fell and about one-third of tho grain
was threshed out by the hailstones.
Large trees we're uprooted In this To-
cality a. we'll % in other parts of the
county. From Sacred heart comes
the report that 81. o. Agre, IN uncle
| of. the Otos brothers OF Willmar, who
has & farm q short diatAnoe from that
town, had q. large. bars blown. .edoHn
and the horses and caetle were pinned
in the debris. Three cows and one
horse were killed. Many fruit and
shade trees in Sacred Heart were up.
trooted and q number of outbuildlnEa
blown over. In the southern part OF
Mcleod county the buildings and
groves on thirteen Rne farms are re-
ported % being almost completely OBJ
liberated. Many hne trees were in.
jured or destroyed In Hutchinson.
A. dispatch from Lanesboro states
that farmer by the name OF T. Dan
ielson, near Pilot Mound, died from
Injuries sustained In the wrecking ot
his farm house, being completely bur.
led in the debris. Several others were
badly injured in that locality, where
the storm was regular twister. Every
building on the Danielson. place wa
razed. On other farms near there
great barns and other buildings were
lifted into the air and hurled to the
ground with destructive force, killing
live stock in several instances.
Another storm passed north. of us
in the afternoon, doing considerable
damage at st. Cloud and Sauk Rapids,
where the wind blew q gale and hail.
stones Weighing from three to four
ounces fell, the rain descending In
torrents. Two men were seriously
injured.