New Ulm review., 1921-04-06

room Monday after spending her
weeks vacation watching tornadoes
and things like that, says the ST. Peter
Free Press. Miss Rowe's home is in
Rushmore, Mimi, the scene of Satur-.
days fatal storm, and her story of the
'twister" and its visit to her home
town is the first first-hand account to
reach St. Peter.
Sister Saw Cloud.
Miss Rowe was warned Of the COM
ing OF the black, twisting cloud by
her sister, and the family fled to safe
ty in the cellar, she said. A noise
like the rumbling of locomotive is
the way she described it's coming. In
two or three minutes the sun came
out, and all was serene again. Fol-
lowing is Miss Rowe's own story of
the disaster, as told to the Free Press,
yesterday.
Neighbor's Barn Destroyed.
I'VE had rain all day Saturday and
a great deal of lightning and thunder
during the afternoon. Shortly before.
supper time sulphur colored clouds
appeared in the west and a windstorm.
came up. Then all appeared well
again and we sat down to supper. My
sister arose and looked out Of the front
window and then came running back
and told us to all go down to the cellar.
When we were in the cellar we heard
noise like a locomotive rumbling along
and in two minutes the sun came out.
We went outside and saw that our.
neighbor's barn was blown down and
scattered all over. My sister said that
the cloud was black and was twisting.
Woman Killed; Children Hurt.
"Our home is situated in the south
eastern portion Of Rushmore and was
two blocks north of the Dahlberg
home, where Mrs. Dahlberg was
killed and her two children seriously
injured when their home was blown
down and they were thrown out into
the field. When they were found by
neighbors they were so covered with
mud that they were hardly recog-
nizable. Mrs. Dahlberg died Sunday
morning, and, though her son Gerald
is still living, there is little hope for his
recovery. Her daughter Eva is getting
along nicely at the hospital in Worth
ington. ss
Freak Stunts of Storm.
"The Tornado started four miles
south of Rushmore and did not do
much damage until it struck farm
about one-half mile from town, where
it razed every building. 1t seemed
to dip every once in while and pick
out certain places and did not sweep
away everything in it's path. A few
freight cars were blown over near the
depot, but the depot was untouched.
The storm then veered northwest
ward, lifting small garage and piling
it upon a house about 100 feet away.
Then the tornado seemed to take a
wide swath and swept all the buildings
except half of the silo on the Henry
Rider farm. Mr.. Rider was milking
COW in the barn when the storm came
up and when he came to his senses he
was between two horses, one of which
was dead. His wife and son, Brayton,
were sitting by the stove and every
part of the house was blown away ex-.
cept the part where they were sitting.
They were scalded a little by boiling
water.
Another Woman Killed.
"The storm then turned northward.
At the Claus Webens farm the family
were in the cellar when the house was
blown away and a horse was blown into
the cellar. Mr.. Webens thought the
animal dead but it kicked him, break
ing his arm, otherwise the rest of the
family was not injured. Then the
tornado struck the Abe Anderson farm,
about two miles south Of Reading.
Mrs. Anderson had just called Mr..
Anderson for supper and he met her
at the kitchen door when the storm
came. Mrs. Anderson was killed in
stantly and her husband was blown
about a quarter of mile. He was
badly injured and consequently had to
crawl to a neighboring farmers home,=
where he arrived in an exhausted con-
dition. He will recover.
Came and Passed Quickly.
THE storm came so quickly and.
passed over so rapidly that many Of
the people in the other part Of Rush
more did not even know Of the disaster
until after supper. All the lights were
put out Of commissio and all telephone