The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-06-24
influence must be felt more and
more in the future of this great
reform.
MRS. LEILA CHADDERDoN,
Supt. on Medal Contest.
SATURDAYS STORM BELT.
Hail and Wind Now Swath 300 Miles
Over Minnesota Into Wisconsin.

The state wide storm which swept
over southern Minnesota from Candy
on the west to the Mississippi river
and beyond on the east, last Satur-
day, cut a considerable swath
through Redwood county, entailing
losses which a number of farmers
affected will find very discouraging.
As stated in the general account of
the storm which we print below, the
storm entered the state on its west
ern border near Candy, dealing de-
struction there, taking Cottonwood
in the path of the hailstorm, enter
ing Redwood county above Seaforth
and destroying crops enumerated by
our Seaforth correspondent, and
going over a strip of varying width
(which took in most of the southern
range of sections in this township,
and the northern row of sections in
New Avon, with many severe losses
outside of this tWo-mile strip.
Michael Morley's southern border
was taken, with great damage to the
Chapman, VIM, Beucler, Mcdaniel
w. P. Tenney, 7. H. Inglis and many
other we'll known farmsteads in that
locality. So far as we have learned
there was little hail insurance pro =
lection on these losses. 1t would be
hardly possible or worth while to
single out the losersssin Three Lakes,
Shutdown, Morgan and Brookville
townships. Farmers who have stock
will probably fare best in the hail
belt, and with the busy seasons of
harvest and threshing coming on
there should be a sufficient demand
| for men and teams to keep every
body busy and above restitution at
least.
| Thestorm struck Candy in the west
ern part of Yellow Medicine county
and not far from the South Dakota
boundary, before noon on Saturday.
coming from the northwest. Ac-
companied by pelting hail it swept
on in a southwestern direction over
an area score of miles in width.
Cottonwood in the northeastern
corner of Lyon county, felt it's fury,
and south of that village, over prac-
tically the whole county. crop dam
age was widespread.
Redwood and Brown counties next
! were visited and reports show that
the damage will reach far into the
thousands. Sweeping across Blue
Earth county, the storm struck parts
of Waseca, Steele, Faribault and
Freeborn counties, and gave vent to
4 its greatest fury at Austin and vi
cinity in Mower county. For forty
minutes the wind and hail battered
I in windows ripped off roofs, demol-
4 ished shade trees, and tore down
| telegraph and telephone wires.
i From here the storm moved into
: the southern part of fillmore county
+ and across the Iowa line into ALA
y makee county, where it did much
! damage in Lansing, the county seat.
Prairie du Chen felt the storm at
= $50 p. m. and was heavy sufferer
! Hail eight inches deep piled up on
e the walks; buildings were unroofed
e and trees three feet in diameter
5 uprooted. Here the storm seems to
y have broken and to have been dissi-
pated.
n At New Richland the hail was &C,
IS companied by a high wind that blew
r down dozen barns on the farms in
t the vicinity Of the village. The hail
s stripped many Of the trees of every
e leaf and twig, and the crops were
/. literally pounded into the ground
e being completely destroyed. The
It storm struck the village about 3:3(
4 o'clock in the afternoon, coming
s from the northwest, and from later
r reports apparently was about TWEEN
d ty-fve miles wide and sixteen mile;
r long. A number of plate glass win
l. dows in stores were blown in and
|. many windows in houses were brok.
& en- by the hail.
!, Mantoryille reports show that the
!, storm struck heavily there, and
d while there was some crop damage