People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1895 — HAVOC BY A HAILSTORM. [ARTICLE]

HAVOC BY A HAILSTORM.

Ruin Wrought In and About Belle Plaine. Minn. Belle Plaine, Minn., Aug. 14.—A tornado, rain and hail storm, struck this place at 5 o’clock last evening. Hail of great size fell to the depth or four inches, breaking all glass fronts in business places, all the windows in dwellings, churches and the City Hall. Many small buildings were unroofed and overturned. Horses standing on the streets were knocked senseless. The corn crop is totally destroyed. Culverts were washed out. Trains cannot pass this place.