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north as First avenue N., badly wrecking homes on First avenue and 

 Kemp avenue E." 



In the issue of the same paper for June 25th there is a brief account 

 of the storm at Goodwin, fourteen or fifteen miles a little south of east 

 of Watertown where houses and barns were damaged. Some damage was 

 also reported at Altamont, about ten miles south of east of Goodwin. 



Mr. Ray stated that a thunder storm was approaching against a 

 light east wind. At about 6 :30 p. m. some bail fell, after which the tem- 

 perature rose and a light east wind was blowing. About thirty minutes 

 after the hail ceased falling, he noticed a great turmoil in tbe clouds 

 and a funnel formed which struck the earth near the South Dakota Central 

 roundhouse. (From this point the course of the tornado is indicated 

 on the map shown in Fig. 1.) 



When the tornado passed through the city Mr. Ray was at the Elks* 

 Hall, four blocks north of the path of the storm. He stated that there was 

 no wind where he was standing. After the tornado passed the wind 

 changed to the northwest and blew hard. Fifteen minutes later a heavy 

 shower occurred. The tornado passed tbrough the city in ten or fifteen 

 minutes. Mr. Ray had previously witnessed storms of this kind in Iowa. 



Mr. Mitchell, agent for the Rock Island Railroad, stated that he first 

 observed the storm over Pelican Lake, about one mile southwest of 

 Watertown. It was traveling in a northeasterly direction and was drawing 

 up water from tbe lake. Rock Island train No. 417 was pulling into town 

 from the east at 7:05 p.m. Tbe engineer saw the funnel and backed 

 his train hoping to miss it. The train, however, was caught in tbe storm 

 and had twenty-five panes of glass broken and tbe coaches were unroofed. 

 One passenger who jumped from the train was injured by flying debris. 

 The storm struck the city at 6 :50 p. m. and was twenty minutes in passing 

 tbrough the city, a distance of one and one -fourth miles. 



A number of persons corroborated these statements as to the length 

 of time required for the tornado to pass through the city. Mr. H. Dietz 

 stated that the hail came while a gentle southeast breeze was blowing 

 and that there was little or no wind just before tbe tornado appeared. He 

 saw the twister coming like a black smoke and it appeared to be about 

 ten feet in diameter at the bottom. There was no rain or thunder or 

 lightning accompanying the storm according to his. testimony and this 

 statement was verified by other persons questioned concerning it. 



There were varying statements as to the presence of more than one 



