The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-05-28

rupils were at the school Saturday
morning assisting the teacher to
clear away the debris of "last day.
picnic. They were excused less than
half an hour before the storm broke
and reached shelter.
Other buildings in the vicinity and
in the village of Castle Rock which
were destroyed were the farm houses
of Harley Nelson and John McWhir-
ter, and a farm house belonging to
Mrs. Mary Laboris, the barn Of Hen
ry Doubs, Jens Beggerson's home and
a barn belonging to Mrs. Katherine
Brady.
It was at the Godfrey Swanson farm
house near Redwing that the storm
took the only death toll of the day.
An eleven weeks old baby of Mr..
and Mrs. Swanson was killed by fly
ing timbers before the family could
home. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Swanson
were injured, as was Miss Hildegarde
Munson, sister of Mrs. Swanson, who
lived with them.
Owatonna, May 24.-More than q
dozen farm properties were wholly or
partly destroyed by a cyclone that
swept through Steele county early
Saturday afternoon and cut mar
row clean path end twisted and
crushed its way like huge battle
tank. No deaths have been reported
although several persons are said to
The storm did not strike Ovation
ma but swept around the outskirts of
the city in an erratic course leaving
long trail of destruction in its wake.
The e. T. Winship farm at the edge
of the city was in its path. Two
silos and a half of the second story
of the large Holstein barn were
crushed like egg shells. The silos
were swept from their concrete foun-
dation and the half Of the frame
its concrete base. The concrete walls
stood and protected the entire herd
of Holstein that was in the barn when
the cyclone passed through. A large
machine shed was swept away. A
large tree was uprooted and crashed
against the front of the dwelling
house, doing considerable damage
The storm spared the smaller dwell
ing where Mrs. Winship was enter
tanning group of friends, but wreck
ed the garage directly in the rear Of
falling tree. Practically all of the
stock was in the large barn when
the storm hit. Aaggie Burke Cornu-
copia De Kol, No. 160479, herd sire,
was in lot near the barn when
the storm broke. He was left un-
injured although trees had crashed
down about him and surrounded him
with debris. ~
The storm swept over a large sec
ton of country, destroying buildings
and killing cattle.
Farm Area Hard Hit.
Eyota, Mimi, May 24-Reports from
light today and show that the coun-
try northwest Of this village was hard
hit. On the farm of Walter Burdick
large barn, recently erected, was
entirely swept away. only small por-
tons of the foundation being intact.
A garage and machine shed on the
north end of the barn were untouched.
The barn on the farm Of Enos
DAILY was blown from its foundation.
west, the storm struck with great
fury and a large barn on the Bach
property was blown entirely away.
Another barn was partially wrecked,
and the home badly damaged. A
barn on the Hysl0p place was torn
from its foundation while the house
was seriously wrecked and several
outbuiidings scattered over the prem
ises On the Frank Titerington farm
all buildings were damaged Besides
damage to property hundreds of shade
of them being torn up by the roots.
Only one person, small child by
the name of Anderson, living In Ches-
ter was injured. The damage cannot
be estimated today but will run into
the thousands of dollars.