Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — CYCLONE DOES FATAL WORK. [ARTICLE]

CYCLONE DOES FATAL WORK.

Destroys House* In South Dakota and Leaves Several Victim*. The cyclone that passed through the southeast corner of the <»unty thirty miles destroyed the house of Mr. McCormack and resulted In serious injury to McCormack, his wife and children. The house was picked up and carried several rods, then twisted into kindling. The family was thrown against a barbed-wire fence. Mrs. McCormack and the seven-year-old son were most severely injured. The child cannot live and the mother is in a critical condition. Mr. McCormack’s collar bone is broken and he Is badly cut about the head, while two daughters sustained internal injuries. A schoolhouse a half a mile away from the McCormack home and the residence of Mr. Gardner, five miles* away, were completely destroyed. Mr. Gardner was slightly Injured. The third house to be struck was that of the Palmer farm, where one person was severely hurt and much property destroyed. The Gillespie home was partly destroyed and two persons more or less injured, one man having his leg broken. Other farmers suffered losses and many horses and cattle were killed by lightning. The rainfall is estimated at about three inches in two hourfl time.