The twister touched down after 3:00 pm in Jackson County in southwestern Minnesota, and after moving east destroyed a schoolhouse near Sherburn in Martin County. The teacher and 16 students were injured, but nobody was killed. As the tornado moved into Faribault County, it swept away several farmsteads near Easton, throwing timbers from homes up to away and spearing them into the ground. The tornado then crossed into Freeborn County before finally lifting back into the clouds in Steele County, just northwest of Bath.
