Storm of 1884(Continued from last week)The following appeared in the Rock County Weekly on July 25, 1884: ON MAIN STREETThe damage along the business portions of Main street may be briefly summarized as follows:Union block, cornice all torn off, roof almost entirely removed, and the front windows badly broken. Loss $300.A.E. Patterson’s machine shed blown down. Loss $100.The north side of Peteler’s front, and one of the windows of Nelson’s front, were broken, and the roof of the entire block excepting portions of that over the new part, was blown off. One of the show cases in Peteler’s store was broken and the goods in both stores more or less damaged. (This is now the Luverne Style Shop.)Several panes of glass from Gerber & Ross’s store front, the greater part of the front of Mead & Millhouse’s drug store, seventeen panes of glass in front of A. Erickson & Son’s building, and two windows in Schuyler’s store front were broken,The one-story addition to the north end of F.S. Gibson’s building was blown down, and the new two story addition to the store building, used for the purposes of a machinery warehouse, was moved from its foundation and badly racked. Damage about $500.The plate glass on the west side of Glass’ store front was broken, the roof of the building torn off, and the interior of the building considerably damaged. Loss about $250. The roof of the Bank of Luverne building was torn up and the cornice of the south front damaged. Loss about $200.One of the chimneys from the east front of the Rock County Bank building was blown off and fell through the sidewalk below. The doors of the store building formerly occupied by Warner & Parriott were blown off the hinges, and the windows of Mrs. Phinny’s store front were broken. Stoughton’s store front was badly broken and his goods were somewhat damaged by the rain. (Next week will tell about the damage outside of Luverne.)Donations to the Rock County Historical Endowment Fund can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156.Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.