Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-17
loss on the building and contents will

loss on the building and contents will
reach 5000.
| The Dakota house escaped with COM
paratively little damage The back part
was unroofed, involving loss of 5000.
The store occupied by DR.. Marden and
Mr.. Popp as bookstore was unroofed,
and their goods considerably damaged.
Siebold's two and half story brick
was unroofed and the back wall thrown
down. Loss $500 to $500
The store occupied by Cheap Charley
was most fortunate The roof refused to
| give way, but the wind blew the win
| dows in, both front and rear, and his
goods made most fantastic expeditions in
all directions He estimates his loss at
| 81 900. but it is possible that it will fall
below that amount.
Mr. Schmidt's two story brick building
was unroofed, and Mr. Palmquist injured,
but not seriously The building adjoin-
ing, occupied by Mrs Rhodes, was con-
siderably damaged.
Rudolphe's building was of frame, and
was twisted completely out of shape.
The west wind raised it from its founda-
ton and gave it whirl, when the east
wind took it i'll hand and twisted it out
of all semblance The stock of boots and
shoes it contained was considerably dam
aged.
The agricultural store of Peterson &
Hornberg was unroofed, and some of the
sullkv plows and other agricultural i'm
plements it contained were carried sew
eral hundred feet and hopelessly wrecked.
The Union house fortunately escaped
with comparatively little damage. The
rear of the hotel was unroofed and the
barn totally wrecked. The loss will foot
up to $1,000.
The store Of Michael Mullen, the most
extensive in the city, suffered badly. 1t
was of brick, two stories in height, and
was almost completely demolished, while
the contents were scattered far and wide.
The loss will not fall short of $1,000.
The three story brick store of Theodore
Crone was struck by lightning, the fluid
tearing hole ten feet in circumference
through the upper story front. The
wind subsequently demolished the great
er portion of the walls. The contents, a
stock of general merchandise, were badly
damaged. Loss $1,000.
The drug store Of Maj. Bobletter, two
story brick. was unroofed and otherwise
badly damaged The postoffice, located
in the same building, suffered somewhat
The two story brick of Fl. H. Beussman
was also unroofed and one of the rear
walls blown down.
The harness store of A. Quense, two
story brick, lost its roof.
The millinery store of A. Gliding was
pretty effectually demolished.
The dry goods store of A. Bauke was
denuded of its roof, and much of the
goods damaged by the rain.
The Brown County bank was unroofed,
suffering a loss of about $500.
Keisling, Keller s. Co., dealers in mer-
chandise, found themselves without a
roof to protect them from the fury Of the
elements, and sustained loss of nearly
$1,000.
The stock in DR.. Kuhlman's drug store
was considerably damaged.
The store of G. W. A. Crooks was bad
ly used up, and will be Of little service
hereafter.
The saloon of F. Meiles, a two story
brick, is badly demoralized, and it will
require $500 to repair it.
The planning mill of Jacob Muller is a
complete wreck, scarcely two timbers be-
ing left together.
The three story stone building owned
by Charles Somers was unroofed, but the
walls were substantial and withstood the
blasts.
The engine house of the Empire mill
was completely wrecked, but the mill
was but little injured.
Hawenstein's brewery and residence
suffered greatly, the residence being
wholly and the brewery partially destroy
ed. The loss will be $4,000. 1t is ru-
mored that there are two men buried be-
meath the ruins of the brewery, and men
are now engaged in searching for them.
The sugar factory is total wreck, in
volving loss of $4,000, which falls upon
a stock company.
Schumaker's brewery was pretty badly
shaken up by the cyclone, and it will re-
quire $4,000 to place it in order again.
The livery stable used by Chas. Roskoff
was complete wreck. There were nine
horses in 1t wien the tornado struck it,
all but one of which were rescued.
Great damage was done to the buildings
east of Minnesota street, while those ON
the slough were almost completely swept
from existence.
THE TOTAL LOSS
will not fall far short of $4,000 The
loss. falls mainly upon poor people,
through the destruction of their homes
THE Loss OF LIFE
cannot at present be estimated Among
those known to have been killed are:
Annie Leash, aged 10 years.
Miss Reitz, aged 16 years, had her head
cut off hv f1yinp nlank Her head ha