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Show WIRES ARE DOWN IN FIVE STATES 4Z Tornado That Devastated Watertown South Dakota, Does Minor Damages Chicago, Juno 24. Last night's wind storms caused no loss of life and only minor damage to crops, flimsy flim-sy structures and to telegraph and telephone wires. Tho -storm was most severe at Watertown, South Dakota, where It reached tbo proportions propor-tions of a tornado, destroyed buildings build-ings over thirty blocks and Injured 2 persons. Wires are down In Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Minnesota, parts of Iowa, South Dakbta and tbo upper peninsula of Michigan. Information that no great damage was done outsldo Watertown t whs gained from railroads In tho storm area. The s'torm was electrical In Its na-tura na-tura and In many places was accompanied accom-panied by heavy rains, according to reports received ht the local weather bureau today. The storm area covered cov-ered South" Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota,-Wisconsin Minnesota,-Wisconsin had tho upiier peninsula of Michigan, Major Hers'ey, the for? caster said. " "Tho storm whs first noticed at Prlnco Albert, Canada, yesterday," safd Major Hersey. "At 7 o'clock last night It turned south and becamo cen tral at Huron, S. D, It traveled cast over night and this, morning was central cen-tral at Escanaba, Mich., where over an inch of rain fell and the wind blew thirty miles an hour. Tho blghost wind velocity was at Sioux City, la., CS miles an hour. At St. Phul, Minn., Its velocity was G miles. Tho usual weather reports from Orecn Day, Lacrosse, Wis., Huron, S. D., nild Dnllnntyne, Neb'., wero noi received this morning owing to prostrated pros-trated wires. Many Cattle Killed In Iho vicinity of Appleton, Wis., In Outugamlo county, It was estimated estimat-ed loss of ? 100,000 was caused by tho stcYm which broko early today. A number of houses Were. wrecked and many cattlo kllleM. Considerable dnmago was wrought in Milwaukee by tho tornado but no fatalities wero reported. Chimneys wero razed and several houses damaged. dam-aged. A number of houses at Wnter-town, Wnter-town, Wis., are reported to havo been blown down by tho storm. Ono woman wom-an is said to have been taken to the hospital suffering from Injuries sustained sus-tained (luring the tornhdo. |