The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-06-10

Sank Centre was on the very out
skirts of storm of cyclonic proper
lions Tuesday evening about seven
thirty. It was the worst storm
which has struck this immediate vi
entity for many years.
Several trees were blown down a
garage was rasied at the Home
School, and a number of small out
buildings were toppled over.
When the storm broke there were
two boats on Sank Lake. One Of
boats contained Mrs. John Johnson
and daughter Hilma; Mrs. Lofsgaar-
den and two children of Montana,
and Miss Nellie Larson. They
managed to keep the craft right
side up and drifted to shore land
ing at the rear of the Frank Pang-
burns residence. r
Messrs Madsen andInkhouse of the
Minnesota Creamery Company land
ed with much difficulty near the
Home School for Girls.
Grey Eagle was the hardest hit
of any of the near by towns. Ten
cottages, including the large one
owned by the Wilkes, on Big Birch
Lake, were demolished. Mrs. R. F.
Wilke received injuries from which
she died about IL o'clock A little
boy, years old, named Wolson, liv-
ing near Grey Eagle was also killed.
A large feed mill in the village was
demolished and several large barns in
the nearby vicinity were destroyed.
Mrs. Wilke was about 60 years OF
age, and was the mother Of Will and
Clyde Wilke, well known in Sank
Centre. At the present time Mr..
and Mrs. Will Wilke are travelling
through Canada with the National
Editorial Association and funeral ar
engagements will not be complete un-
til Will has been heard from. She
may be buried at Grey Eagle or at
the old family home at Marble Rock,
Iowa., ~.
A bit Of daily newspaper enter
prise was shown by the st. Paul Dis
patch in gathering accurate news
about the storm. Telephone and tele-
graph wires were down in the strick-
en- districts, so two aeroplanes were
dispatched early Wednesday morning
to gather in the facts; one man to
gather the story and photographer
to take the pictures. The first plane
arrived in Sank Centre shortly after
10 O'clock and landed near the Home
School, coming down for gas and to
gather some facts, as the first re-
ports indicated Sank Centre had been
hard hit. r. Glenn Harrison, auto
motive editor of the Dispatch called
at the Herald office or the purpose
of getting in touch with his paper.
The trip was made IN Curtis plane
with Ray Miller as pilot. Mr.. Har-
rison said they flew at a height of
about 5000 feet most of the way,
bucling strong head wind. When
flying over st. Cloud the plane
struck an air vacuum and the machine
shot down about 200 hundred feet
giving the occupants a severe bump
when it righted itself.
Wednesday afternoon the Herald
editor accompanied Dr.. ]. A. and
Ben Dubois on a drive about Sank
and Fairy Lakes where most of the
damage was done in this immediate
section. Practically all of the Farm
ers' telephone lines are. out of COM
mission, and number of the large
Northwestern poles are down.
There were no injuries to persons
on the route travelled, but a number
of cattle were killed and injured.
Large trees were blown down and up
rooted, and many fine large barns
and silo was either twisted out of
shape or completely demolished.
The storm did not take clean
swath in its travels. It would ap-
parently lower and remove a set of
barns and outbuildings on one farm
and ne-haps travel a uile or two be-
fore stirling s1othsE.
In talking with tie farmers along
the route it was apparent the wind
did not strike the buildings from
the same angle. The Herald pub
fishes herewith survey Of the dam
age done in the Sank and FAIRY Lake
vicinity.
]. w. Brunslill, six miles, north
west, on Sank Lake, large barn des-
troyed.
There was no damage to buildings
on the Joseph Hartung farm. The
cattle were in the pasture where