Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-08-21
BARNS WRECKED
CROPS BLOWN AWAY
M. P. DURKEE KILLED IN
STORM.
Tornado Storm again Strikes
Southern Part of RendsviIIe,
and also Does heavy Damage
in Moore Township. Much
Stock Killed in Falling Barns.

Saturday evening, a tornado storm
struck the southern part of Rendsville
township, wrecking barns and carry
ing away crops, then jumped to Moore
township where also much damage
was done, and Nj. P. Durkee was
killed.
Mr.. Durkee was returning to his
home in hayrack when the storm
struck him. The wind picked up man
and rack hurling one in one direction
and one in the other. Mr. Durkee
was found several rods out in a slough
with both arms and legs broken and
his skull fractured. He was one of
the pioneer settlers of the township of
Moore, man of quiet manner and
sterling worth, who enjoyed the esteem
and respect of all who knew him.
The southern part of Rendsvlile
township has been visited by three
disastrous storms this year; but this
one was the most severe, and its ac-
tion was distinctly tornado.
At the farm of Frank Berkhofer,
six miles north of Morris, large
new barn costing $1100 and some
smaller buildings we're destroyed, and
valuable horse killed. Seventeen
stacks were blown away. Mr.. Berk-
hofer had $500 insurance. At this
place the rouse was untouched and the
four small children were at home
alone. Mr.. and Mrs. Berkhofer were
away during the storm, but on their
return found their four children safely
asleep in the cellar.
At Frank Moore's farm the barn
was destroyed and the windmill blown
down.
At the ]. G. Schafer farm the barn
was ruined and the roof blown off the
house.
At Alfred Swanson s, the big barn
was broken in two.
The Longfellow church was moved
several feet off the foundation and
dropped. The walls are intact, but
the building is badly damaged by
resting on only one side of the found
alton.
At Herman Neitzel's the barn is
damaged.
At Herman Woodke's the barn was
destroyed.
At Herman ZAhl's big new barn
was destroyed as we'll as other smaller
buildings. Here the windows of the
house were blown in and many things
in the house blown away. Mr.. Penny
baker, the tenant, reports that some
family pictures were blown from the
frames and carried off by the storm.
At Brad. Sax's, the barn and gran.
ary was destroyed and horse killed,
and the farm swept clean of the crops
which were in shock.
At Bert Hollenbach's the roof was
blown off the barn.
At j. M. Harvey's the farm build.
ings were destroyed and the house
damaged Mr.. Harvey had insur.
.ance.
At Henry Wille's a small building
was blown over.
At T. Jongewaard's the silo wal
blown into the end of the barn.
1t is quite impossible to enumerat'
all the damage done to crops, running
all the way from the minor damag,
caused by the tops being blown from
stacks to cases like that of Henr,
Dittman, where a whole half section
of grain in shock was swept clean
So much small grain was carrieo
into the air that straw was notice,
failing on the streets in Morris dur
ing the evening.
The wind storm was accompanies
With hail and rain, and the hail
reported to have been from three tt
six inches in diameter. After leaving
RendsvilIe, the tornado appears t
have gone into the air, while tn
rain and hail storm swept in dou
BILE curve around Morris and Hancoc
In Moore township, the tornado agai
came to the ground.
At E. C. Winger's, on section Ia
of Moore, big barn was destroyed
At John loops, the barn was de
.stroyed and ten cattle killed. Th
threshing crew was at work here whe
the storm struck and took refuge j
the barn. When the barn fell on
man WAS injured but all the rel
escaped.
At " Suhrbier's. trees were blow
down, barn and outbuildings destroys
and six hOEses killed.