Winona, Minnesota Tornado
August 6, 1907
DEADLY WORK BY TORNADOES
Several States Are Scourged by Destructive
Storm.
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST.
In Addition to the Wind, Lightning, Hail and
Rain Play Havoc – Train Wrecked by the Wind in
Minnesota.
Southern Minnesota Swept.
Winona, Minn., August 7. -- The most violent
wind and rain storm ever known in this section
passed over southern Minnesota last evening.
Scores of frame buildings in Winona were
wrecked. Scarcely a shade tree remains
undamaged. Railroad traffic east of here is
suspended owing to washouts. The Green Bay
passenger train which left Winona last evening
was wrecked by the wind east of Winona. Two
coaches being carried a distance of 8 feet.
H. EICHENHAUSEN,
of Sparta, Wis., a passenger;
H. FULLER,
of Marillan, Wis., mail clerk, and Brakeman
SCHULTZE, of
Marillan, were seriously injured. Several
hundred feet of track of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad north of Trempeleau were
washed out.
Rain, Hail, Lightning and Wind.
St. Paul, Minn., August 7. -- Rain, hail,
lightning and severe wind storms, the latter
approaching in severity a tornado, late
yesterday, did damage in Minnesota, Wis., and
northern Iowa which at present is incalculable
owing to the telegraph and telephone lines being
badly crippled.
The Atlanta Constitution Georgia
1907-08-08
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
DAMAGE BY STORM
Lives are Lost and Crops in Many Places
are Ruined
A tornado ... swept over the southern part of
Minnesota, northern Iowa, the southwestern end
of Wisconsin and a part of Illinois.
Many houses were destroyed in Winona and the
roofs were torn off twenty large factory
buildings. The lighting plant was wrecked,
leaving the town in darkness. The power
house of the local street car company was put
out of commission. The cars in the street
were overturned and one of them carried against
the side of a store. Fronts of the stores
were blown in and the wind carried all kinds of
stock from the shelves and counters.
The Nashua Reporter, Nashua, IA 8 Aug
1907
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