New Britain herald., 1929-04-06
nine KILLED BY
STORMS IN west
Over 100 in Hospitals After
Series Of Spring TornadOes


storms OF tornado violence whipped
through parts of Minnesota. Wiscon
sin and Iowa late yesterday. killing
nine persons. Three others were
missing early today and were be-
lieved dead. More than 100 men
women and children were in hos
pitfalls. Some of them were so Sc
verely hurt that they may not live
The property damage can hardly
be accurately estimated, so wild lie
was the storms path and so incom-
plete were reports from the several
storm centers. but ii was certain TO
run into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
In north Minneapolis alone the
damage was fixed at 500, 900. Will :
the storms wake in country sec
lions was streWn with wrecked farm
buildings.
The most destructive of the
storms formed over Lake Minneton-
ka. summer resort near Mnneapo-
lis. IT struck with increasing yelo-
city on the north side of the city,
wrecking many homes damaging
mmunication lines and uprootine
trees. 1t tore lis way through two
Minnesota counties and three in
Wisconsin before if blew itself out
In this city where the population is
heaviest only one man. Andrew
10
gren was killed at Forest Lake and
East C. L. Bryan. farmer. was
crushed 10 death, Then the storm
lifted TO strike against Rice Lake
and Reeves. Wis, whore four Were
killed.
Sisters Crushed to Death
Mrs. Louis Reed and Miss Martha
Raawe, sisters. were crushed to
death near Rice lake and near
Reeves the two children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Pittman died when
their home was demolished. A farm
err. John Soloman vas killed at
Clayton, Wis,
George Tun. Little Rock. Iowa
farmer. was the sole fatality report
ed in Iowa, being killed when his
chicken house collar sed during
heavy windstorm.
Three persons were reported miss
ing in the Rice Lake district They
were Mr.. and Mrs, Basil Traischoms
and Marie BuchroW.
Tho stnrp, hroln win 1;tt1o
ing over Minneapolis. and in half
hour the northern section of the city
was strewn with wreckage. From
that point the tornado worked north
east dipping and rising.
Perhaps the most severe blow was
struck at Rice Lake and vicinity.
where more than 20 firm houses
were wrecked. There the wind
was accompanied by heavy rain and
huge hail stones, which smashed
windows.
I Mrs Reed. living on farm some
distance Fl IN Rice Lake, called her
| family of small children in the Gel
/ lar. Then the wind struck the
mouse, it was ripped from the foun-
dation and the woman was killed by
rocks which fell from the basement
wall.
At Fridlcy. MINI. short distance
from here. radio station WRHM
vas badly damaged.
scores Are Injured
The number Of persons injured
here can only he estimated. More
than seventy were treated at hospi-
tails. and scores of others at their
homes. At Rice Lake. Wis. twenty
We're so seriously hurt they We're
placed in the hospital there and six.
teen were being cared for at hos
ptal at Barron. Wis.
Hastings and Beatrice were among
the Nebraska cities reporting dam
age from high winds. At Omaha
there was 81 degree drop in tenn
perature in eight hours from the
record breaking 90's into which the
mercury had risen. Snowfall was
predicted for parts of that state to-
day.