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TORN AiDQ.-0—Laabnights'Wind-storm was the hardest of the season. Corn fields arevflut this morning. Oats.fields are as if the mowers had been driven thru the ^fields. There are trees down by the doaen-in almost every farm grove. There were trees that were thot to stand up against most anything, but in this storm were taken out by the roots. There are many of them here in .town that are down or all twisted bp. Windmills and silos throu-out the country are down by the score. However^' the town of Kake was out to the east edge of .the main storm. The .principal damage 4s between here and Elmore, and.up toward Frost.Out. at the«Harold Jobnson’s a good orchard is prHcticallv ruined. Their henhouse went to kindling wood. Another little build, ing used ds a brooder for little chicks was turned over and the chicks were scattered all over the place, and darkness was coming on. No one could attempt to-do anything in the drenching rain The shack iu which the beet workers lived was mured about ten feet, and turned over their stove and .caused general havoc with them. The building stopped a-gainst a tree that the wind was not able -to take out The large hay door of the barn was taken off by the wind and thrown many rods awav from the building.The garage was taken, and part of the ioof was hanging up in the •.trees, as luck was Oliver was in Bricelyn with the car, or else that would have been smashed.The storm was a geuuine torna-. do covering a strip of country bdut Jt or 5 miles wide. Little twisters would dip down and do their worst to use up their energy and then raise up again. Then a little further on thev would dip down again. It seems the worst one of the little dips- southwest of here did its worst at .1. K, Mastic, Tor whom it left only the house standing up on the place. A very large new barn and other new bu-, ildings are scattered out like kindling,wood. It is tiguted that the game little twister that tore up Mastin’s buildings took a down-war-d dip at the .Johnson place.The real center of the stoiia, it vseeuis must have passed over the country from Lakota and over midway between bete and Elmore, The worst of the path that dip. ped down there is strongiy in evidence on the state line. The Martin Halvofson barn- is torn down The Heggen farm a little further w^ist lost a barn. Southwest of the Halvorson and Heggen places, at Emil Boettcher’s it tore up everything, and didp’t hardly leavea-piece of machinery in useable -condition. Every building is scattered all over the place except the house, but it also is Very badly battered up, caused by flying pieces from the other buildings The storm went with its center across a point about midwuf be tween here and Frost taken down windmills, silos and trees. At Clemet (jronfr’s it threw the corn-crib against-the house. At Satres it .'tore around quite badly. It, tore out a big tree dropped it on the front end of a tractor and crushed one front wheel i*s tho it had been a boy ’s play wagon The Register cannot follow any further in detail except to say that it is reported that the storm' pas sed on up toward St. Paul causing havoc on its way until it used up its energy.Tho so many barns went down in this vicinity there are no dead horses reported. Manv chickens and some hogs are reported killed If it bad been in day time many siiiall chicks would have been saved after the storm, but because of the darkness it was imposible, and such as could not stand it untii morning had to die.Over tv. the E-peland place in the nortlSeast part of town a wagon with hay rack on it was standing between the ham and a haystack. The wind took the rack off from the wagon, carried it over the stack and set down in the road without making a murk on the rack.A number of automobiles were on the road during the storm and fared badly. One of the .Erdahl's started from town and thot to beat it home but got only out beyond the P. .1. Christenson grove. The wind turned the car over into the ditch. Himself, nnd wife and baby took what shelter they coul.d from the car until the storm subsided, somewhat then they went to the Christenson home where they remained until morning. Then the car. was turned up right and driven home. '.lobn lioveland was out whh his auto and took shelter behind the Sjolden.•grove at the South Blue Earth pburcb. He remained there until the storm was over. -Oliver .Johnson was at Bricely n, remained there until the storm was over and came home to Harold’s place, expecting to run into the garage hurriedly, but only’ found it lying in a heap of debris. Martin Taylor-and bis hired men were caught east of their place, it turned his car upside down, broke .the top and windshield, tbev were pinned under, but they got put and walked home. There were others who were out from whom we have no detailed accounts.Wllplycontobyspientioi•asserathenotlie70cy■prialnnotlyngtFein00(00(snifrcduduthise;ricfi«Wfshlia■ tr;
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Rake Register
Rake, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 09, 1925
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