New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-07-20


. short time. His wife was horribly
mutilated, although conscious, and
she crawled nearly a half mile in search
Of help for her dying husband. She
first went to VIM. Sp@rhas house, but
finding no one there she ccawled up
the hill to Mrs. Hartneck's place,
where, however, she was overcome
from loss of blood and pain, and sank
to the earth unconscious. Mr.. John
Hauenstein was the first person to
reach Mr., Eggert, and the wounded
man pitifully implored for relief, but
he was beyond all human help and
soon after expired while being con-
veyed to the city. Que of the little
boys arms was driven into the earth
beyond the elbow. The stills OF the
house, pieces OF a wagon and house
hold effects were carried through the
cir nearly quarter of mile. Trees
were upro0ted and carried away, and
the garden vegetables, shrubs and
grass was pulled out of the earth.
Huge trunks Of trees were stripped
entirely Of their bark, and will stand
for years as monuments Of the terrible
18th OF July 1881. Mr.. Eggert's furni-
ture, beding and clothing went with
the general destruction and is a total
loss. Loss 81 900.
Itappears that the force Of the tor.
nado then veered around to the south
and when near Robert Gulden's resi-
dence on the bluff it made circle and
took northward course, taking up
and throwing Gulden' 8 residence down
the hill and against Hauenstein g
brewery. Mrs. Gulden and several
children were carried down the hill
with the building, but strange to say
only Elenora, aged fifteen years, was
injured badly. Mrs. Gulden crawled
into the brewery ice house with two
children, all being stripped nearly
nude. Three of the children found
themselves on the prairie below the
brewery, uninjured, but are unable to
tell how they got there. Mr.. Guild en- s
loss is 50, 900.
Hauenstein's brewery, which was a
large brick structure, is shapeless
mass of ruins, nothing remaining min.
jured except the cellar vaults. A num-
Der of wolkmen were in the brewery
at the time the tornado struck it. and
only for the presence Of mind of Mar
tin Hose, who forced number into
the cellar, the loss Of life would have
been terrible. g. Klein: the malster,
and two of Franz Grefe's children
took refuge in the ash kettle under the
fire place, and as there were still live
Goals in the pan, the place was most
uncomfortable. Mr., Crete crouched
beside a safe which saved his life, as
a huge sill lodged on it which bore up
the terri bic pile Of brick and lumber
which came tumbling down. Carl
Nagel endeayored to go to the stable
but was taken up and thrown several
yards up the hill. "a feet long iron
bars, weighing at least 80 pounds,
were carried over the hill and buried
into the ground. Two bbls. OF pitch
weighing over 400 pounds were car.
ried over the building aud deposited
nearly hundred yards beyond Mr..
Hauenstein has yet some 400 bbls. of
beer in his cellars, and if he can only
secure the assistance of some carpen-
ters he will at once erect small
frame building and commence brew.
ing. Mr.. Hauenstein's loss on brewery,
1000 bushels of malt, engine and other
fixtures is at least 800, 600.
After the tornado had completed it's
work of destruction on the brewery,
it again veered around to to the south
and partially demolished Hauenstein's
fine brick residence. The cupola on
the house was torn down and three of
the corner posts were driven four feet
into the solid ground in front OF the
building. A nutmeg crater was driv-
en- into an upper corner of the kitchen
wall as solid as it could have been
done with hammer. Max Hartneck
! was taken from near Hauenstein's res.
idence and carried over the brewery
at hight of nearly hundred feet
from the ground, and, strange to say,
was only slightly injured. Mr.. Hauen.
STEMS loss on his residence is $500.
Himself and family and some visiting
friends, IA in number, took refuge in
the cellar. The storm spent its force
on the timber between the brewery
and the Cottonwood and then appa.
rently went up into the air.
The losses are estimated by the
owner of each building and by com.
mittee who made q personal canvass,
there are losses valued at thousands of
dollars that money cannot replace and
are not included in the above estimate.
The beautiful trees in the storm track
are totally ruined, fences torn down
and broken. Many of our citizens
have lest amounts ranging from S to
90 dollars, which the committee did
not invoice. It is therefore safe to
say that the total loss to property in
New Ulm is fully $3.50, 700.
Besides the damage by last night rain
to store goods viii. foot up several
thousand dollars more. Mr.. II. Hen
schen, who had taken refuge in Bob.
letters new building when the storm
burst upon the doomed city, says that
for few moments the air seemed to
be alive with cattle, horses, dogs cats
and domestic fowls, One horse was
blown out of 4 stable and dashed into
Schramm's house, nearly block
away. Another was blown more than
a block and set down in Broadway un-
injured. A farmer from Nicollet
county, named Ole Carlson, had a
horse killed in FIR. Books stable.
Mr.. Struebing of CORTLAND had his
team tied in front of Books machine
shop when the storm commenced, but
after thestorm the horses were separ-
ated and one quite badly injured. Mr..
Henry P@hler, also Of Courtland, lost
one of his horses, wagon and a trunk.
The trunk has not yet been found.
Large numbers of cows were also killed
Nearly all the domestic fowls in the
storm track were eithe killed or blown
away. VIM. Pfaender, Jr., who had
sought refuge in W eschcke' S drugstore
was blown out of the building aud car.
riad through the air nearly whole,
block, but strange to say was uninjur-
ed. A book might be filed with inter-
esting incidents of the storm, but
space for bids.
On Saturday morning our people
went bravely to work to clean up the
debris and repair the shattered build
SinQS and ut tflia writinu MIAMI hu;ld