New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-26
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STORM WRECKED
MINNESOTA TOW N
CHILD KILLED AND EIGHT PER-
SONS SIEVE RELY INJURED
AT CASTLE ROCK.
RED WING HAS CLOSE CALL.
CROPS IN 4 COUNTIES
DAMAGED.

More than half the village of Castle
Rock, 27 miles south of St. Paul, is in
ruins, dozens of farm buildings in Dakota,
Steele, Rice and Goodhue counties were
leveled to the grounds and severe damage
was done to crops in Southern Minnesota
by tornado Saturday afternoon which
caused the death Of one child and severely
injured eight other persons.
More than, 100 persons in the district
visited by thestorm were made homeless,
the storm railing their dwellings to
the ground. Red Cross aid was sent
into the stricken area the same evening
from st. Paul and Northfeld.
The Dead and the snj ured.
Esther Swanson, II monthold-
daughter of Godfrey Swanson whose
farm home five miles from Red Wing was.
destroyed by the twister- DEAD.
The injured were: Thomas, P. Steele,
IS years old. Castle Rock, severely cut
and bruised.
Mrs. Thomas P. Steele, so years old,
Castle Rock, severely cut and bruised.
Lester Steele, 20 years old, Castle
Rock, left thigh fractured, cut and
bruised.
Mrs. Sarah King, IS years old, Castle
Rock, bruised
Dorothy Simpson, IL years old, Castle
Rock, bruised.
Godfrey Swanson, 43 years old, Red
Wing, cut and bruised.
Mrs. Godfrey Swanson, Red Wing, cut
and bruised.
Hildegarde Munson, II years old, Red
Wing, cut and bruised.
M ost of the injured were taken to
hospitals at Red Wing and Farmington
directly after tie storm. 1t was said
that all would recover.
Two Districts Struck.
The area Of destruction includes two
widely separated districts Whereits effects
were most destructive, connected by
isolated instances Of the storms fury.
/ On the basis of early reports the total
amount of damage to buildings alone will
be in excess of $4,000 with more than
half Of the loss centered at Castle Rock
where the twister did it's most destruct We
and astonishing work.
The other center of destruction was in
the vicinity of Rcd Wing. Whether
i one or two separate storms caused the
1 damage at these two points could not be
i determined by persons who were close
to the scenes OF destruction.
4 A roar which some of Cattle Rock
j 100 inhabitants took to be the sound OIL
an airplane while others thought that it
! was the coming of a fast passenger train
! portended the approach of the storm
!. when it was yet several miles distant
Almost Buried Alive.
Sweeping across the village from south
!, west to northeast the storm demolished
:, in the space of few seconds six resi-
/, dences, the Methodist church, the schoo
horse, Simpson and Bolin's general store
the town hall and leveled more than I
!. score Of outbuildings.
E It uprooted dozens of trees, tore dow1
telephone and telegraph wires and tangled
them together in inextricable confusion
lifted On automobile into the air arr
4 buried i three feet deep in a neighborin,
: lot and lifted garage and whirlad it !:
quarter OF q. mile, leaving the car within
/. untouched.
/ + Lester Steele'was the only village who
: remained to face the storm, all other
/, seeking refuge in the cellars. He VIZ
3 swept by the wind from the front porcl
! of his house and buried almost out o
sight in the mud Of a field three rod