New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-06-24
Ruin FOLLOWS IN WAKE OF RAIN, WIND AND HAIL

Some sections of Sigel between the
Little and Big Cottonwood rivers were
hit badly by the outer edges of the
tornado, and in many portions of Cot
tonWood township the farmers COM
plain that their crops are a total loss,
but the region north of the Cotton
wood was the princip pal sufferer.
In Milford at least a score of
farms were devastated, the more inn
portant losers being Herman Albrecht,
Gottlieb Geisler, John Carols, Henry
Mueller, George Mauch, Fred Meyer,
Ed. Hensel, August Frank, Mrs.
Lueders, Albert Froemming, Herman
Pfaender, John Essig, Philip Knees
and Albert Knees.
The village of Essig also suffered
severely. The entire town is sur
rounded by a lake of water and traffic
to and from the place is entirely sus-
pended. Windows in all of the build
ings, including the new Evangelical
church, were blown n and the dedica-
ton OF the latter edlfce, which was
scheduled for Sunday, had to be post
poned for two weeks.
In Milford, too, picnic was being
held in the school house grove in the
old Henle district, and when the storm
broke the children were compelled to
seek refuge in the building, The
smashing of the windows caused some
of the little ones to be slightly in
jured.
In Nicollet county the storm swept
with terrific force from the Loeffel-
macher farm in Ridgely down the
river through ST. George to the
Fritsche and Kuehnel ravines Here
it left the river and moved due east
towards Swan Lake, The damage
done in this section is almost beyond
description. For two miles on either
side of the old Fort road from Loefel-
macher's to Klossner the devastation
was complete. Entire crops were
wiped out and it is feared that hardly
enough grass is left standing to afford
fodder for the stock.
Reports from reliable sources are
to the effect that at least forty farmers
in this section, including the Fritsches,
Dlepolder, Klossner, DurDahn, Lille,
Huelskamps, Klinglers, Gleissner,
Vetters, Biebls, Matschs, Wendingers,
Roesch, Swanson, O'Shea, Resort,
Goblirsches, Rieke, Quandt, Traurig,
Volz, Arhart, Albrecht, Franta, Green
and Bushard, will have little or moth
ing to show this fall for the spring
and summers toll.
East of Klossner the devastation
continued throughout strip two
miles wide until it reached the lake,
the Wellner, Roesch, Borchert, Dirks,
Martinka, Meidl, Bartl, Muehlbauer,
Schreiner, Globes, Gieseke. Bau-
mann, Unverworn, Simmet and Meyer
! farms being among those affected.
Farmers throughout all this section
are now blowing over their lands, hop
ing that by planting millet or some
thing else they may be able to save
something out of the summers awful
wreck. In this effort, however, they
are hampered by high water and re-
peated rains and the prospect for fall,
it must be admitted, looks far from
what they would like to have it.
After crossing Swan lake the storm
cut through Nicollet and Oshawa town
ships and continued on its way of dis
truction in the direction of St. Peter,
Mankato, Waseca and Austin, the
damage in the latter vicinity being
fully as great as in the neighborhood
Of New Ulm. One estimate places the
damage in Mower county alone at
$3.50, 1000.
Reaching Winona and La Crosse
the tornado seemed to take on fresh
power and swept down the Mississippi
valley towards Dubuque with a fury
unequalled by any storm Witnessed in
that section in years.
A second storm struck the south
half of the state Sunday night and
Monday morning and third followed
in this section late Monday evening.
The rainfall in the latter was severe,
exceeding that of Saturday afternoon,