Tornado in Sauk Rapids 1886
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| date | April 14, 1886 at 4:00 p.m. CST |
| Strength ( Fujita Scale ) | F4 |
| Total damage | an estimated 400,000 US dollars (1886) |
| Total sacrifice | 72 dead, over 200 injured |
The tornado in Sauk Rapids from 1886 swept on 14. April 1886 by Sauk Rapids , St. Cloud and Rice in the US state of Minnesota and destroyed a large part of Sauk Rapids. With 72 people killed, it was the most fatal tornado in Minnesota since records began. On that day, tornadoes also raged in Iowa , Kansas , Missouri, and Texas .
tornado
At around 4:00 p.m., a tornado roughly equivalent to level 4 on the Fujita scale swept through the center of Sauk Rapids. It was one of at least four tornadoes that occurred in the area between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. that day. The maximum diameter was about 800 meters and the tornado had contact with the ground over a length of 22.4 kilometers. When the eddy crossed the Mississippi River , it briefly drained it in the section. The tornado destroyed a suspension bridge over the Mississippi, the post office, the courthouse, a flour mill, a school and two churches. Fifteen railroad cars were damaged and the tracks were lifted and bent. After the tornado passed Sauk Rapids, killing 44 residents, it set course for Rice, where eleven people attending a wedding were killed when the house they were staying in was destroyed. The tornado killed 20 people in St. Cloud. Over 200 others were injured in total.
Effects
Before the tornado destroyed Sauk Rapids, the place on the banks of the Mississippi River was one of the most important cities in Minnesota and a commercial center for the center of this state. The tornado fundamentally changed the economic structure as it destroyed at least 109 commercial or public buildings in Sauk Rapids, including all buildings on the main street. The damage amounted to more than 400,000 US dollars (with the purchasing power of 1886). Sauk Rapids could not hold its position and so St. Cloud became the dominant economic center in the region.
swell
- ↑ Seely, Mark (2006). Minnesota Weather Almanac . Minnesota Historical Society press. ISBN 0-87351-554-4 (English)
- ↑ Monthly Weather Review (PDF; 497 kB). National Weather Service (April, 1886). Retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ Sauk Rapids History. City of Sauk Rapids. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ A b Communities in Crisis. ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Stearns County History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
Web links
- The Cyclone of 1886 ( Memento from January 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)