A timber was impaled through a fourteen inch oak tree by the force of the 1883 tornado. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Several people are viewing the damage from the 1883 tornado. A man is standing next to a piece of furniture and a boy is sitting with a large toy horse. Among the debris on the ground is a stove, windows and an umbrella. The inscription on the photo is: ""Cascade Park, 20 houses destroyed, 8 persons killed near here."" The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Two children are sitting on piles of bricks at the rear of the destroyed Rochester Harvester Works building. Piles of lumber and bricks surround the children. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
The destroyed C. Smith's residence is shown with the roof on the ground. In front of the collapsed building in a pile of rubble is a boot and a stove. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Part of the destroyed residential section is shown in this photo taken after the 1883 tornado. Several homes are badly damaged and many are completely destroyed. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Cole's Mill , located in North Rochester, lost part of the roof and sections of the walls in the 1883 tornado. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of April 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of August 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of December 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of February 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of January 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of July 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of May 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of March 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of May 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of November 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of October 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of September 1889. Continuing to use the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 with daily entries, Carleton students, faculty, and staff recorded temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's Goodsell Observatory in 1889.
Two women are walking among the debris, another woman is sitting down. The trees have lost their leaves in the storm. Very little is recognizable among the piles of rubble except a chair and a wagon wheel. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
The destroyed Proud's residence is shown in this photo with the wagon wheels among the debris in the front. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
The destructive force of the tornado is evident in this scene of destroyed homes in the residential section of North Rochester. In the early evening on Tuesday, August 21, 1883, a cyclone devastated the city of Rochester. About one third of the city was completely destroyed and the remainder was heavily damaged. North Rochester, or Lower Town was the hardest hit. This section of the city was largely inhabited by working people.
This photo was taken in North Rochester near the Cook and Proud residences. People are looking through piles of rubble. A dead horse is in the foreground, possibly impaled with a tree or branch. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.