Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1902 — TORNADO IN SOUTH DAKOTA [ARTICLE]

TORNADO IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Great Damage Done to Farmhouses and Stock, One Home Being Wrecked. Omaha, Neb., dispatch: A special from Beresford, S. D., says a tornado swept over the country to the north of that town, doing a great deal of damage to farmhouses and stock. Victor Anderson lived directly in the path of the storm. His house and barn were totally wrecked. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and three children were badly injured. Much hail accompanied the storm. At Centerville, ten miles west, a terrific wind and hail storm raged for three hours. The public school building was completely wrecked and almost every house there suffered from broken glass and detached roofs and shingles. After damaging the country to the north of Beresford r the storm swept off in the direction of Lennox, ten miles to the north. All telegraph and telephone wires are down at the latter place, and rumors among the railroad offices say the town was badly damaged by the winds.