Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-18
LOSS UF LIFE BY A TORNADO.
New Cim, Minn., Observation-Disclosures r,
sons Killed and Many lDjured.

New Uim, Minn., Observation-Disclosures Per
sons Killed and Many lpjured.
A tornado devastated the city of New
Ulm, Minn., Friday night, killing many of
it's Inhabitants. The city is situated on
the right bank Of the Minnesota river, and
on the Winona s. St. Peter railroad. 1t
is the county seat of Brown county, and
contained $500 inhabitants. 1t contained
a large number of fine buildings, among
them two mills, five public schools, two
academies, three churches costing from
81, 600 to $25, 900, and the finest public
hall in the northwest. The storm made
its appearance at p. H., and it could be
distinctly seen approaching in two separate
columns. One moved upward and the other
seemed to descend from the clouds and to
spend it's whole force in the neighborhOod
of New Ulm. Six hundred buildings are
more or less damaged, some of them being
totally wrecked. including the finest bust
ness blocks in the city. The new Nletho-
dist church, costing 5000, was lcvelled to
the ground. Up to the present time thir
teen dead bodies have been found, most of
them in the ruins of the wrecked buid-
ings.
The names Of the killed in New Ulm
arc Mr.. Eckert and his 12-year-Old sou &;
u SUI VI lscItL stScu
13, who was found Oh the prairie decapi-
tated, and her head has not yet becn found ;
and a son of Werner, aged IA. 1t is thought
that there are several other bodies yet in
the ruins, us many persons are missing.
Iu the town of Severance the killed arc
Martin Franks, Joseph Williams, his wife
badly wounded, being the only survivor Of
= nd o1,;I Of NJ, Tnnp,ic In
West Newton an old man was found dead
his arms firmly clasped around a tree.
The wounded arc John Palmquist ;
J. suesch, his wife and child, probably
fatally; II. Fiddler, probably fatally; J.
Keen, arm and leg crushed; George Fosle
and wife, probably fatally; G. Kraunbel
and Mr.. Reiiz Jacob Miller, les fractur-
ed Mr.. Werner and wife, badly injured
Mr.. Nelson, slightly injured; VIM. S. Dar-
haus, internally injured; J. Schuenser,
seriously cut-aIl of New Ulm; J. Pfeiifer
of Milford aud three others, whose names
have not yet been ascertained, We're also
injured.
Not less than one hundred horses were
killed, many being lifted bodily and car
ried long distances.
Tho Eagle mill aud elevator with 10000
bushels of wheat, was completely demol-
ishcd.
A buggy was carried completely over
| the twO-story stone Jail. A large brick
brewery was leveled with the ground, aud
nearly every building in the city was un-
rsofed.
The storm extended through Nicollet
county. through West Newton and Sever
ance, but the loss of life and property
cannot yet be ascertained. Everything in
| the range of the storm was leveled with
the ground and the growing crops were
shOrn off as though with a scythe in the
| track of the storm. In Cambria several
houses and barns wcro demolished by the
same storm. There is no doubt that search
will develop 4 further loss of life. as some
of those now missing will probably be in
the ruins, At Shirley, near Crookston,
on the st. Paul and Manitoba railroad, a
cyclone on Thursday night demolished two
| elevators, with Il capacity Of 100, 600
/ bushels.
The cyclone devastated 4 stretch of coun-
try mile wide and forty miles long
around Hector. II travelled in 4 sOutherly
direction, passing through the townships
of Palmyra, Wilmington and Cairo. The
extent of the damage cannot yet be ascer-
tained, but the storm was one of the most
disastrous ever known in Renville county.
and a large number of people have been
killed and many injured. Tic large two
story house of Matthew Findley
was carried from its foundation and dash
ed to pieces. The family were all
injured and the oldest son was killed, to-
gether with twenty-five head of cattle
which he was herding, all being found
dead on the prairie. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph HcllOvcr and their four children
were all killed-the entire family with the
exception of a two-months-Old child,
which was carried distance of several
rods from the house, where it was found
with an arm and leg broken. In Willing
ton, a few miles further west, the storm
did not do SO much damage. In Cairo
the farm houses of Michael Murphy.
James Sorkins, Martin Wclcll, John aud
William Fahcy and number of others
| were carried away, but rs yet only one
person is known to have been killed-thc
youngest child of John Fahcy-thougll
many were seriously injured.