People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1894 — FATAL STORMS. [ARTICLE]

FATAL STORMS.

Many Places in Minnesota and South Dakota Suffer from Cyclones. Minneapolis, Minn., June 35. Southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota have suffered severely from a series of windstorms of cyclonic tendencies. They traveled from southwest to northeast and there were three of unusual severity. The fatalities are as follows: THE KILLED. Mr. Guldan, Milaca. Minn.; Mrs. G. T, Hicks, Pipestone. Minn.; Miss Johnson, Larimore, N. D., killed by lightning; Miss Jennie Lindstrom, of St. Paul, killed at Darwin, Minn.; Charles Mietke, Sleepy Eye, Minn.: Henry Rhody, Larimore.N. D..killed by lightning: Mrs. Samuel Koach.Wessington. S.D.; Mrs. Sanders, Litchfield, Minn. ; MisS. Nina Swift, near Aberdeen, S. D.; Walchesky, a baby, at Glencoe. FATALLY INJURED Mrs. Mohannah, Pipestone. Minn.; Schmidt, child of John, Sleepy Eye, Minn.. Mrs. Joan Weiss, Cold Springs Minn.: John Winkle, Prairie, Minn.; Jacob Winkle, son of John, Prairie, Minn. The westernmost storm arose in South Dakota and traversed the east end of the state, striking Alpena. Mellette, St. Lawrence and Aberdeen. The central storm was first heard of at Pipestone, in the southwest corner of this state. It passed over Tracy and Echo and Benville. Litchfield was struck by a later cyclone. The northernmost point in the central part of the storm's path was Collegeville, in Stearns county. The eastern end ol the storm started in Windom. Minn. It struck Sleepy Eye with great fury. Minneapolis caught the tail end of the blow. It swept across the city, dipping low near Lake Harriet.