Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-14
STORM SPREADS
DEATH AND ruin
CYCLONES CAUSE ENORMOUS
DAMAGE IN SEVERAL NEAR.
BY STATES.
fIGH! KNOWN TO BE DEAD
LIST OF VICTIMS INCREASES AND
STORIES OF DEVASTATION
MULTIPLY.
fIGH! KNOWN TO Be DEAD
LIST OF VICTIMS INCREASES AND

st. Paul, June 9.-Eight dead, many
dollars worth of property blown away,
briefly summarizes the effects of the
storm which on Wednesday devasta-
ted sections of Minnesota. Iowa and
Wisconsin, and last night wrought
havoc in Michigan and Kansas. There
were two separate storms Wednesday,
one in Southern Minnesota and West
ern Wisconsin and another in the
northern part of Minnesota, which
also swept over into Wisconsin.
The Dead:
Near Ste 'dard, Wis. Halvor ].
Halvorson.
Near Caledonia, Minn-Mrs. Peter
Meyers and two children,
Near North Branch, Minn.-Mr.
Engdahl, ST., and Andrew H. Olson,
the latter killed by lightning
Near Plainwell, Mich.-Alexander
Ferguson, killed by lightning and w.
West, killed by wreckage of barn.
Terrible Ruin Wrought.
y,
any large towns, but the devastation
wrought in the rich farming country
through which they passed, is said to
be terrible Crops are ruined and sub
stantial brick and frame dwelling
houses and barns were literally blown
into fragments and scattered for hun
dreds of yards about the country.
Sunrise Escapes Disaster.
Sunrise, Mimi, little town of 500
inhabitants, about whose safety much
anxiety was felt last night, escaped
uninjured. The storm devastated the
country three miles from town. but
did not hit the village. The large new
frame house of William Stevens was
blown to kindling wood and Stevens
and his wife seriously hurt, but not
fatally injured.
Scores Of Buildings Wrecked.
North Branch, Mimi, June 9.-The
reports from the scene of destruction
wrought by the cyclone passing east
of here Wednesday afternoon are COM
ing in very slowly on account of dam
age to the telephone wires.
More than a score of farmers have
lost their homes and outbuildings.
1t is hard to give an estimate of the
loss caused by the cyclone at present,
but it will have been ruined, even to
the grass, so complete was the work
of destruction.
Three Dead Near La Crosse.
La Crosse, Wis, June 9.-The loss
of three lives and terrible damage re-
sulting from Wednesday nights cy-
clone in the farming country between
Caledonia and Freeburg, Mimi, where
a wide strip several miles long were
laid to waste, became known yester-
day. The farm Of Peter Meyer was de-
vastated and his wife and two chill
dren were killed. Meyer escaped seri-
Gus injury. The residence of G. T..
Inglett was also destroyed and all the
members of his large family are in the
hospital except the father. The prop
erty of L. T. Kruger was blown away
with the exception of his house At
least a score of persons were injured
IN that vicinity.
List of Injured Grows.
The known injured list near Stod-
dard has been increased to eleven.
Damage at Chaseburg, Coon Valley
and Viroqua was small, bat at Leon
many buildings were blown down.
The farming country where the
storm spent it's fury is almost entire
1y ruined and the property and crop
loss will be extremely heavy. Tele-
phone and telegraph communication is
still hampered.
Iowa Suffers Heavily.
DEBORAH, Iowa, June 9-Between 4
and o'clock Wednesday afternoon a
cyclone passed over a section of Win
nesheik county, doing much damage
and injuring a number of people. Re-
ports of the storm did not reach here
until yesterday, when it was learned
that within radius of few miles of
Locust, postoffice twelve miles north,
not less than $4,000 damages had re-
| suited.
Kansas Town Wiped Out.
l IAdu, ullS lG tOWu
of Goessel, near here, was practically
| destroyed by tornado early yester-
| day. About eighty persons were in
| jured. The tornado laid wastd strip
200 wides wide. Several stores and
twelve residences were demolished
and every residence in town was dam
aged.
Man Killed In Michigan.
Plainwell, Mich, June 9.--Sweeping
path one mile and a quarter wide for
distance of three miles early last
night a tornado that struck the vii
lagos of Martin and Monteith, re-
spectively six and four miles north of
here, killed William West, farm la
borer, aged fifty-four. seriously injured
several others and did much damage
to stack and farm buildings and up
| rooted number Of large orchards.