The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-19
WRECKED BY WINDS.
MINNESOTA TOWN MANGLED.
A Fearful Cyclone visits New Ulm
Miau nnd LitteraIy Tears ft to
fieces-The Killed and woun.
d~d Houses Lifted HOdtly In
the Air-Grcat Damage TO
PrOperty-Sraphic Be-
script on of the HOr-
fible Affair.

CnlcsgO, July 10 -tne tOWu OF NOW
Ulm, Minnesota, situsted on the Minnesota
river, sixty,fVe miles from St. Paul
containing about thirty five hundred
persons, was wrecked by cyclone
yesterday afternoon. Telegraph wires
are down and only mesgre details can be
given. Stone and brick buildings were
raised from their foundation and the air was
full of debris. The town and its suburbs are
now uass of ruins. West Newton. in tho
neighboring county, was visited. A number
Of persons we're killed and wounded.
LATER DETAILS.
A dispatch from Minneapolis, Minn.,
says that the following telegrsphic
account of the disaster at New Ulm, Mlnn.
has been received there:
Shortly before O'Clock Friday afternoon,
a cyclone of most terrific violence struck the
town, dsmolishing over one hundred builds
ines and killing and wounding upward of
thirty persons Though other towns in the
vicinity we're visited by the storm to great
or less degree Of violence, the
FULL FORCE
of the cyclone vented itself
here. According to the evidence of
an eye witness, two tornsdoes met before
night over this place, and the work of de-
s,ruction was accomplished in lees than
fifteen minutes.
THE COURSE OF TnE CYCLONE
could be distinctly discerned, and it seemed
to be moving in separate ways from north
and south. AT 4:30 o'clock black clouds
gathered with great rapidly. Thunder and
lightning were terrific and the wind blew q
hurricane, wnile rain descended in binding
sheets, then there was few moments lull
and the cyclone struck the town, almost
destroying it, and then disappeared almost a.
suddenly as 1t came. Its effects are
ALMOST INDksCRIBABLE.
Some houses were struck by lightning,
others were lifted up bodily by the violence
of the wind, and others were demolished by
flying debris from other buildings. Scores
OF dwellings and stores We're entirely des-
,royed. Very few escaped uninjured, but
many had their roofs blown off or we're SO
badly upjointed by the wind that they will
have to be pulled down and rebuilt. The
storm was the most destructive in the north
end OF the city, and
WHOLE BLOCKS
of frame buildings we're swept away. Hard
" a barn or stable escaped, and i
is estimated that over one hundred horses
and cattle have been destroyed
The roof of the Merchants hotel was carried
blocks through tho air and hurled against
Jacob Miller's house, which it com pietely
"A ahnl h,,k & nj ba &.
lily escaped before the crash came. j. &.
Randolph, mayor of the city, estimates lose
of $500 900, and the lowest estimate ia
$3.50 600 Aside from the loss of life
THE WORST FEATURE OF THE CALAMITY
is that none of the property destroyed is in.
sured against accidents OF this
kind. Many have lost their all
The citizens have, however, without
exception, met the disaster brsvely and even
cheerfully, and are taking prompt and de.
cisive steps to repair the damage, though all
agree that next to the Indian massacre, II
was the most disastrous blow New Ulm has
ever received. The
STREETS ARE FILLED WITH DEBRIS
of shattered houses, and on every eide
evidences of wreck are visible. The large,
two,story brick meat market of Nj. EppIe
was entirely demolished, and ID Weschake's
two-s,ory brick drug store and residence
was leveled 10 the ground. The Methodist
and Lutheran churches, both substantial
brick ediaces, hsve been swept away, and
the steepIes of three Roman Catholic churches
blown oil, and the buildings gutted.
Oae side OF brick dry goods store of Redman
u Schram has been blown down and tue
stock Is destroyed. The Dakota house, the
leading hotel, was partially destroyed. The
roof of the courthouse was lifted bodily into
the air and has not been seen since.
The HANDSOME RESIDENCE
Of Roelfelder, ex-state treasurer, which
stands on bluff. somewhat In the rear of
the city, was completely gutted, though all
the inmates escaped unhurt, l.. Braenger's
furniture store, NJ. Millers hardware store,
Poezl's establishment and f. Browns ma.
chine shop were all destroy cd, besides num-
ber of others. The sugar factory
and two public school houses were partly
demolished. Lightning struck the railroad
depot and mado no impression or Il. Every
livery stable in town has been destroyed.
THE HEAVIEST ISDlvIDU Al Loss
falls on j. Honens,ein, who had lust com.
pleted brick brewery at a cost Of $4,000.
The building was entirely destroyed, no In,
sufance. Lightning struck the boiler room
Of the Empire a)uring mill and shattered the
building, letting out 20 900 bushels Of wheat,
which 10 irrecoverable. The Eagle Touring
mill, which had Just been completed, was
also badly damaged by tho tornado. Van Du>
sen b Cos elevator escaped injury. II stand
near the Empire mill. A number of build
ings. struck BY lightning caught FIRE and tho
town would have been destroyed 10 this way
but for the rain, which descended in
torrents. The only lumber yard In
town, owned by Miller g. Sherer
was struck BY lightning and has not been
seen since.
AN EYE WITNESS
states that the scene during and Immediately
after the storm was fearful 10 contem plate
and beyond tho descriptive powers Of tho
most graphic pen. Persons who were out
on the streets a. the timo wero literally blown
away. A number were wounded by flyinp
debris. Whole sections Of tin ROT fng were
cent sailing through the streets by tho fury
Of tho storm and twisted and crampled up
like paper.
THE KILLED AND woUNDED.
As tho vctimf Of the sHi catastrophe sre
scattered over u comparatively large sroa,
II 10 impossible to get the exact
list Of tho killed and wouudei
especially % tho c.clono also visited
WEST NEWTON
and caused several deaths, Fourteen ara