Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-07-27

(. Hall, Mayor Randolph presiding.
relief committee Of ten was appointet
. TO devise ways and means for success
fully meeting the effects of the disaster
THE TRACK OF THE CYCLONE.
A correspondent who visited th
scene of the disaster at New Ulm give
the following description OF the terri
! bic ruin wrought The first plac,
whore any of the effects of the storm
were seen was about three miles wes
: of New Ulm. Here il tore down {
! house and killed number of cattle
and horses. The members of one
family saved themselves by going tC
: the cellar before the storm reached
them. Where the storm struck the
? railroad track the ground is lined with
bedding, furniture, wagon wheels, farm
machinery, etc. West of New Ulm
the wind tore down the telegraph poles
and completely ruined the crops. The
heads OF wheat were cut of as clean
and smooth as though done by head.
ing machine. From the place where
the storm first struck into New Ulm
everything was swept away for the
width Of about one mile, The sight is
sickening. Trees were torn up by
the roots and neither house nor barn
is left standing IN the line of the storm.
A gentleman who stood on a bluff two
miles north OF New Ulm and witnessed
the cyclone says that it was the grand
est and most terrible sight of which
he was ever q witness, One cloud
eamo from the northwest and one from
the northeast When they met it APP
peared to be contest as 10 which
should have the right OF way. The
storm struck New Ulm at 1:4S and
lasted just twelve minutes, and in that
brief time not less than 100000 worth
OF property was destroyed and mum.
Der Of persons killed and many wound.
cd. During the storm there was
perfect blaze Of fire balls. 1t would
have been almost as dark as midnight
had itnot been for the continued flashes
Of lightning. 1t would take col.
umns to give a full list Of the lost
property, but an estimate of twenty
men places the damage at $500, 900.
The three churches were completely
destroyed and Turner Hall was par.
TALLY demolished, Glass fronts were
completely wrecked. Not less than
one hundred horses were killed, many
being lifted bodily and carried a long
distance. The farm machinery depot
of Pierson & Homberg was totally
wrecked and the machinery, including
fifty selfbinding reapers, shivered into
splinters.
AID FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Senator Peterson, Colonel Keynger
and Mr., Bubleks arrived this morning
to secure coffins and other necessaries
and TO visit the Governor to take steps
for rendering what aid may be neces.
sary. A large force Of mechanics and
quantity Of lumber will be sent to
the place to repair damages as best
may be. The storm extended through |
Nicollet county, through the towns of |
West Newton and Severance, but ow.
ing to the absence photographic facili- |
ties the extent Of the loss of life and |
property cannot yet be ascertained |
Everything in the range of the storm
was levelcd with the ground and the
growing crops were shorn off as though |
with scytho in the track of the storm. |
1t is reported that in Cambria several |
houses and barns were demolished by |
the same storm, but this cannot be
verified. There is no doubt that search |
will develop further loss of life, as
some of those now missing will proba-
bly, be in the ruins. AT Shirley, near
Crookston, on the st. Paul and Mani.
toba Railroad, a cyclone on Thursday |
night demolished two elevators, with |
a capacity of 40O, 900 bushels.
EXTENT OF THE STORM.
A special from Hector says: The
cyclone which struck New Ulm devss.
tated q stretch of country mile wide
and forty miles long. 1t travelled in
southeasterly direction, passing
through the townships of Wilmington,
Palmyra and Cairo. The extent of
the damage cannot yet be ascertained,
but gentleman from Cairo says that
the storm was one Of the most disas.
trous ever known in Renville county
and that large number of people have
been killed and many injured. The
large two story house Of Mr.. Findley
was carried from its foundation and
dashed to pieces. The family were all
injured and the Oldest son was killed,
together with twenty-five head OF
cattle which he was herding, all being
found dead on the prairie. Mr.. and
Mrs, Joseph Hollover and their four
children were all killed-the entire
family with the exception Of q two
months old child which was carried
distance of several rods from tho house
where it was found, with an arm and
leg broken. In the town of Whining
ton, n few miles further west, tho
storm did not do so much damage. In
Cairo the farm houses of Michael
Murphy, James Sorkns, Martin Welch,
John and William Fahey and a mum.
Der Of others were carried away, but
as yet only one person is known to
have been killed--the youngest child
of John Fabey-though many were
seriously injured.