The following appeared in the Rock County Weekly on July 25, 1884:Monday’s MisfortuneThe Terrors of a Fierce Tornado Visited Upon Portions of Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota — One Man Killed in Rock County and Others Seriously Injured — One Death Near Adrian — The Most Violent Tempest and the First Destructive Storm Ever Known In This Section — Houses and Outbuildings Demolished Throughout the County and Crops Considerably Injured — A Large Amount of Property Destroyed in Luverne but Fortunately no one Seriously Injured — The Loss Occasioned in Luverne Variously Estimated at From $8.000 to $12,000.A Serious CalamityThe Facts in General:Later reports concerning the havoc wrought by Monday’s tornado indicate that portions of Rock County most seriously damaged were in the townships of Springwater, Beaver Creek, Luverne and Magnolia. Considerable damage was done in Martin township and, in fact, in all other parts of the county, but the storm seems to have been less severe throughout the north and the south tier of townships. As thus far reported, the number of lives lost in Minnehaha county, Dak., is six. One man in Rock County, and one lady in Nobles County were killed, and several others were seriously injured. The damage at Dell Rapids is estimated at $100,000 and at Valley Springs at $50,000. No reliable estimate of the damage in Rock County can be made at present. The loss from building destroyed will be considerable, but it is believed that the damage to crops will not be so great as was feared at first.Fatal Results: Eight Lives LostThe deaths in Minnehaha County, Dak., occasioned by the storm, were as follows: Mrs. A. Scott, of Lyon township, killed by lightning; Mrs. John Hale of Highland township also killed by lightning; a child of Peter Digre was killed in the ruins of its father’s house near Highland. Mrs. Digre was seriously injured; two children were killed near Dell Rapids in a schoolhouse which was blown to pieces. A child of S. Dacken was also killed by the wind in the same neighborhood.L. Lassessen, a Sioux Falls carpenter employed on the new church in Martin township, which was torn to pieces, was buried under the debris and instantly killed.Mrs. Graff, daughter of one of the Nobles County commissioners, was killed five miles north of Adrian.[This article is longer and will be continued next week.]Donations to the Rock County Historical Endowment Fund can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156.