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foundation by a wall of water coming down the creek. All of the contents in the bunkhouse were destroyed. A machine shop was washed away along with several pieces of equipment and many tools. Some tools and equipment were found more than a mile down the creek. A pump-house and grain bin was also destroyed. A pickup was washed down the creek and a propane tank near a house was rolled over. A colt was picked up by the water but managed to escape. The powerful flow of water took out several dead trees and washed them down stream. Finally, a road and a culvert were washed out by the flash flood.

1906: A large tornado outbreak struck Minnesota and Wisconsin. The worst twister was an F4 that crossed the Mississippi River and killed four people. A child was carried for half a mile.

1907: An F4 tornado, the only strong tornado of the day, hit Washington County, IL. Of the four fatalities, two people were killed as they were running form their home to their storm shelter.

1931: Near Pender, NE, an F2 tornado destroyed a barn that had been destroyed by a previous tornado less than three years earlier. Another Nebraska twister on this day killed 600 pigs west of Sioux City.

1981: 500-800 people were killed in Bihar, India when a train plunged from a bridge into a flooded river. The train may have been blown by strong winds or washed away by flash flooding.