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Show , WIRES DOWN IN f FIVEJSTATES j Tornado That Devastated Watertown, South Dako-! Dako-! ta, Does Minor Damage ' Along Path. MANY CATTLE KILLED Storm Visits Milwaukee No J Fatalities in City Report ed Houses Badly Damaged. Chicago. Juno 24 Last night's j "wind storms caused no loss of life j and onh minor damage to crops I flims structures and to telegraph and telephone wires The storm was most severe at Watertown, South Da I I kota, where it reached the propor tions of a tornado, destroyer! buildings U -fiver thirt hlocks and injured 22 perscns Wires are down jn W isconsin. iscon-sin. Minnesota, parts of Iowa, South Dakota and the upper peninsula of jj Michigan Information that no erat demage was done outside Watertown I' was gained from railroads In the storm area The storm was electrical in its na 0 ture and in many places was accom- panied b heavv rains, according to reports received at the local weather y bureau today The storm area cov- Q ered South Dakota. Iowa. Minnesota. Wisconsin and the upper peninsula it of Michigan Major Hersry, thp forp caster said. "The storm was first noticed a; Prince Albeit, Canada, ypstprdav " . said Major Hersey ' At 7 o'clock last fl night It turned south and became cen- j tral at Huron, S. D. It traveled east over night and this mornlnc was ccn- 1 tral at Escanaba. Mich., where over Y an inch of rain f el 1 and the wind 1 I ble r.fi miles an hour The hlgh- est wind velocity was at Sioux City. . Ta , 68 miles an hour At St Paul. Minn., its velocity was 56 miles The usual weather reports from j Green Bay Lacrosse. Wis., Huron. S. j I P., and Ballantyne, Neb., were not' received this morning owing to prostrated pros-trated wires Many Cattle Killed, j In the vicinity of Appleton. Wis.. 1 j in Outagamie county, it was estimat f I ed loss of ?10i,n0n was caused bj thp , I storm which broke early today. A !J number of houses were wrecked and ' f many cattle klllpd I Considerable damage was wrought In Milwaukee by the tornado but no j j fatalities werp reported Chimneys 1 "were razed and sevpral house, dam- I aged. A numher of houses at Watpr- j town. Wis., are reported to have been I blown down bv the storm Dnn worn-j I an is Raid to have been taken to the . I hospital suffering from Injuries sib L I talned during thp tornado |