A tornado swept over Steele county, Minn., doing immense damage. It centered at Belle Plain. Hail stones from 4 to 6 inches in diameter fell, breaking all glass fronts in the business places, all the windows in dwellings and churches. Smaller buildings were unroofed and overturned. Horses standing on the streets were knocked senseless. The corn crop in that region is totally destroyed.
[tags]Ann Arbor Register, August, 1895[/tags]