The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-26
minnesota IS
STORM SWEPT
TERRIFIC HAIL AND WIND STORM
DOES GREAT DAMAGE IN
SOUTHERN PART.
City of Austin Alone Has 100000
Loss. Several Deaths Reported.
Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Blue
Earth and Freedom Counties Hit.

Earth and Freedom Counties Hit.
Austin, Mimi, June 22.-Hundreds
OF acres of growing crops have been
leveled to the ground and totally
ruined, buildings unroofed and dam
aged, and a great amount of stock has
been destroyed as result of ter
rifle hail and electric storm which
passed through Mower county Satur-
day afternoon.
1t is estimated that the damage in
this section as a result of the storm
will reach million dollars, while in
Austin alone loss of 5000, 600 has
been sustained by business houses and
residences.
Only one death was reported, Carl
Gramenza, a farmer in Burns town
ship, Brown county, having been kill
ed by stroke of lightning, which set
fire to his barn. The barn was burn
ed, together with several head of
horses and cattle. The farmers
daughter saved her fathers body from
being incinerated.
Scores of persons were injured, a
majority suffering broken arms and
legs.
A passenger train from the West on
the Milwaukee road arrived here with
every window broken by hail. At
Ramsey the wind blew freight cars
off the track and INSTRUCTED the line.
Between Hayfield and Austin fields
were laid bare over a stretch fifteen
miles wide.
Buildings were blown down or
partly wrecked at Lansing and Wal
than.
At Clark's Grove the railway sta
ton and other buildings were I'M
rooted and cars were blown from the
track.
Mankato was badly rumpled, build
ings struck by lightning, trees up
rooted and windows blown in.
At Grand Meadow hail stones an
inch in diameter shattered exposed
glass.
In a near New Richland small
grain was beaten down and trees
were stripped by hail.
Albert Lea, Mimi, June Pas the
reports from the big storm of Satur-
day come in the damage is much
greater than was at first supposed.
Stock was killed, but thus far no per-
son is reported injured. 1t is believed
that as many as twenty barns were
destroyed, many of them blown into
kindling wood, while windmills
proved an easy prey to the maddened
elements. All residents seemed to
have escaped, although several are
reported as removed from founda-
tions.
Hayward, Oakland and Glendale
were hit. New Richmond was hail
and wind stricken, and the surround
ing country lost heavily. In this city
the damage was confined to the
breaking down of trees.
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
its greatest fury at Austin and vicin-
ity in Mower county. For forty min
utes the wind and hail battered in
windows, ripped off roofs, demolished
shade trees, and tore down telegraph
and telephone and electric wires.
Window, Mimi, June 23.-An I'M
confirmed report from Mountain Lake
says that child was killed and a
large amount of damage done to
buildings and growing crops in that
vicinity by tornado last night The
wires are down and it is impossible
as yet to verify the story with par
ticulars.
A windstorm having the character
istics of tornado struck the country
about two or three miles northwest
of Window at 5:45 p. m. yesterday.
A barn of Frank Shottle, farmer,
was destroyed and his horses killed.
A large grove on the place was up
rooted.
Spring Valley, Mimi, June 23.-At
Cherry Grove the fruit farm of D. K.
Kitchener was destroyed by hail and
all the crops. At Ostrander windows
were broken out from many build
ings and the roof torn off from res
taurant. All crops suffered more or
less.
Adrian, Mimi, June 22.-On the
Sioux Falls line last night mile of
track was washed out. A big wagon
road bridge fioated several rods
down stream.
Crookston, June %. = Lightning
struck in SIMPSONS addition and Sc
verely injured a little girl. A cloud
burst is reported at Stephen north of
here but no confirmation or particu-
lars have been received.