The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-19

visited Inns section late Saturday
afternoon. tearing down houses aud
barns and laying everything low
In It's destructive pathway.
IL Vas along about 5 30 O'Clock that
the first indications OF a bad storm
were seen, when a small white cloud
appeared In the western sky. 1t
rapidly grew Ia size as 1T appeared
on the horizon and 1T was evident
that a fearful storm was coming
down upon the city. Looking west
on Third Avenue, as the cloud came
closer,i it assumed massive proportions
and it was watched by everybody
living on that street. The cloud
could be seen come dipping along
touching the ground and then raising
up.
Parties coming in the Milwaukee
freight from the west, stated that
when the train left Mt. Vernon there
we're four vicious looking clouds that
reached down to the ground, two
being south of the track and two
north. They Travelled along with the
speed of the train, and the pass
engers declared that 1T was making
30 miles an hour. There was consid-
cradle apprehension on the part Of
the passengers that the cloud might
switch and swoop down on the train.
| Tho clon6c ,ouoyor foi1od 70 ),oo,
up with the train and it passed on
to safety.
When the clouds we're approaching
from the west, about three or four
II lies out, they were headed directly
for the center part of the city, and
but for the fact that they veered
from their course the damage to the
city and the business district could
not have been estimated. There
was a long valley out that way into
which the cyclone turned and it
followed a northeasterly course,
which took the storm away from the
residence and business district and
carving it into the sparsely% populated
portion Of the city, known as the
Cassem addition, on which but a few
houses have been erected and this on
the extreme edge Of where the most
people lived on the addition. Before
reaching the addition the storm
cloud separated and took two courses.
One part Of the cloud struck the
residence of Ben Regan, which is
located at the extreme west end of
the school section, about a mile from
the business section. 1t made sad
havoc of the Regan home. The house
was wrecked completely and the barn
served the same fate, the boards and
portions of the house being carried
some distance away. The household
furniture was shattered and broken
and many artlcles..will perhaps never
be found. A rug was found to the
north Of the house in a corn field
about tbree-auarters of a mile away
while a mattress was found a little
distance farther on. While the storm
was Apr oachine Mr.. Regan took his
family over to the home of a near
neiRhoor and took refuge in a cyclone
cellar with them, and thus were safe
from harm. MI. Dutton's house, it
is reported, was moved partially
from the foundation and the house
moved to within a few feet of the
door OF the cyclone cellar. Mr..
Regain practically loses everything
that he had. The household goods
we're strewn around in every conceiv.
able shape.
e. Bruyn, living on the Duttor
place, near the Regain home, had
quite an exciting experience. His
barn was completely wrecked, a
buggy was practically torn to pieces,
and the house was moved from its
foundation. and considerably racked.
"a horse was injured bv having a
piece of board driven through the
tltsly pant Of its fore Leg. Mr..
Bruyn and family and several Others
took refuge in a cave that he hac
built just the week before, and they
we're imprisoned there for some time
after the storm went over Th,
house had been moved to q corner O
the cave and rested on the doc
leading into it, so that he had t.
break a portion Of the door to releas;
the people in there. Out there th,
wind seemed to circle around in {
radius Of eighty rods, as shown BY
the lumber scattered in a circle.
Pat Flemmer was a loser by the
storm. The great cloud struck his
barn and made a complete wreck OF
it, carrying his gasoline engine about
Is rods and setting it down on the
ground. His cattle sheds, 80 fee,
long, we're destroyed. He bac
several horses in the barn and one Of
them was badly injured by having
several pieces OF boards driven into
its side. In the evening Mr.. Elem.
-. L-1..-A ~ -