The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

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. tremendous downpour Of rain .
. In and about the city Of Man .
7 kato. The heavy rainfall last .
. ed about half an hour. There .
. was also high wind, max .
. ing u absolutely impossible .
/, . for anyone who was outside .
q al the time 10 avoid being .
q drenehed, even with the or. .
. binary protection Of an UNI .
. breiia. Warren creek swelled .
. TO a stream Of quite notice .
. able proportions. .
Minnesota Lake, a village about
thirty miles southeast OF Mankato
on the Milwaukee road, was struck
by cyclone yesterday afternoon and
considerable damage done TO build
ings in the village and the adjoining
country. rf
y The correspondent Of the Free
Press at Minnesota Lake gives
the following account of the tor.
nado:
At about gao o'clock yesterday
afternoon clouds began 10 gather
southwest of here. They soon began
a whirling motion and seemed 10
move in a direct line for the village.
The wind being from the southeast
, ut the time was carrying the storm
directly over the business section of
the town: but as suddenly as IL
aat,a rna haa ,,,rpaa - -...s4.L Al
wind turned TO the northwest and
the storm struck a short distance
out OF town and went through the
outskirts of the village on the south.
east No one was injured, but much
damage was done to buildings and
property g." :. s
First In its march OF destruction
the storm took the outbuildings be-
longing to a widow lady by the name
of Mrs. Julia Troska. Il completely
destroyed the barn, and killed one
COW and injured another. Some
poultry was also killed. From there
II moved on and completely Destroy
ed a barn belonging to Mr.. Yokiel.
II left Mr.. Yokiei's automobile stand
ing with hardly any damage done to
Ii. From there the storm crossed
the railroad track, stripping the
wires from the fences and breaking
down telegraph and telephone poles
and thus jeutting accommodation
from thepsouth. as -
Damaged stoekyards.
On the east side OF the track the
stockyards were badly damaged and
a windmill located there belonging
to Albert Cent? was completely
wrecked. Directly across the road
from the stockyards on the north.
the house and buildings belonging
to Albert Fieol we're broken into
kindling wood. Not even a stone
was left In the foundation. Every
thing belonging to Mr.. Fieol is a to.
tai loss. The place known as the
Craychee place was next in line.
This place b owned by Ernest Brandt
and was occupied by August Peal.
There was "a fine ofrhard located
south of the house and all the
trees in the orchard were practically
destroyed. being bent to the ground
and the bark peeled from them.
The house on this place was not
torn to pieces but all the windows
were blown in and the doors wrench
ed from their hinges and broken.
The household goods Of Mr.. Peal are
nearly a total loss from the rain
and mud carried into them by the
force of the wind. The house was
literally plastered with mud on the
south and west sides. 20 depth of
from one fourth 70 one-half an inch.
Buildings Were Destroyed.
The barn. and all other outbuild-
ings were entirely destroyed, and
much of them carried away. MFR.
Peafs machinery was entirely de.
stroyed. The hind wheels OF the
wagon were blown away and spokes
In one of the front wheels were
broken of as even as n they
had been sawed. Out of a flock of
about one hundred chickens Mr.. Peal
has about six or seven left. When
the storm struck Mr.. Peal was al
home alone, his wife. son and daugh-
ter having taken the team earlier
In the day and gone to Easton to
visit. Mr.. Peal saw the storm com
Ing and Just had time to 20 down
cellar but not time enough to close
the cellar door. II was a narrow es.
cape for him as the wind blew with
such force In the house that Il took
the carpet from the floor where he
had been. The storm passed on
northeast and~took a couple OF small
buildings from Mr.. Mander's place
and from there II went to the home
OF William Fischer. Sr, where
much damage was done. Shingles
were torn from the house and
the small outbuildings were de-
stroyed, but the main part of
the house and the two large barns
and silo were unframed. This was
a very fortunate escape as the
storm passed between the house
and barns.
The course OF the storm from
here on was in more northerly
direction. II did considerable dam
age to other places. tipping over
q windmill for John Neubauer and
blowing over trees for Mr.. Phillips.
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