The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-21

Chicago, July IS The town of New
Ulm, Minnesota, situated on the Minnesota
river, sixty.GVe miles from st. Paul
containing about thirty five hundred
persons, was wrecked by cyclone
Yesterday afternoon. Telegraph wires
are down and only meagro details can be
given. Stone and brick buildings were
raised from their foundation and The air wa s
full of debris. The iowa and its suburbs ar @
now a mass Of ruins. West Newton, in the
neighboring countdEwas visited. A number
of persons were killed and wounded.
LATER DETAILS.
A dispatch from Minneapolis. Mimi.
saws that tho following telegraph,
account of the disaster at New Ulm, MINI.
has been received there:
Shortly before O'clock Friday afternoon,
a cyclone of most terrific violence struck the
town, demoishing over one hundred builds
,nps and killing and wounding upward of
thirty persons. Though other towns in the
vicinity were visited by the storm to great
or less degree of violence, the
of the cyclone vented itself
here. According to the evidence of
an eye witness, Two tornadoes met before
night over this place, and the work Of de-
structipn was accomplished in less than
fifteen minutes.
THE COURSE OF THE CYCLONE
could be distinctly discerned, and it seemed
to be- moving in separate ways from north
and south. Az 4:3O o'clock black clouds
gathered with great rapidly. Thunder and
lightniog were terrific and the wind blew u
hurricane, while rain descended in binding
sheets, then there was few moments lull
and the cyclone struck the town, almost
destroying it, and then disappeared almost as
sud 4enIy as it came. Its effects are
ALMOST INDEsCRIBABLE.
Some houses were struck by lightning,
others we're 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-
troyed. Very few escaped uninjured, but
MANY had their roofs blown off or we're so
badly uuiointed 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
" barn or stable escaped and l.
is estimated that over one hundred horses
and cattle have been dest1 ye'
The roof of the Nj IRnts' hotel was c, ris
block. through tie air and hurled sga,nst
Jacob Miller's hou!e, which it completely
demolished, but iytunsteiy the Miller fam
ily escaped before the crash came. j. G.
Randolph, mayor of the city, estimates D loss
of $500 600, and the lowest estimate is
$3.50 600 Aside from the loss of life
THE WORST FEATURE OF THE CALAMITY
is that none of the property destroyed is in
kind. Many have lost their all
The citizens have, however, without
exception, met the di-aster bravely and even
cheerfully, and are taking prompt and dc.
cisive steps to repair the damage, though sl
agree that next to the IndIan massacre, il
was the most disastrous blow New Ulm has
ever received. The
STREETS ARE FILLED WITH DEBRIS
of shattered houses, and on every side
evidences of wreck are visible. The large,
two,slory brick meat market of Nj. Epple
was entirely demolished, aud ID Weschake's
two.story brick drug store and resiieDce
was leveled to the ground. The Methodist
duu Ausbcinb ShNiNh"et SN'1
brick edifces, h.ve been swept away. and
the steeples of three i.oman Catholic churches
blown of, and the buildings Quilted.
0ne side of brick dry goods store OF RedmaD
& Senram has been blown down and the
stock is destroyed. The Dakota house, the
leading hotel, was partially destroyed. The
roof OF the courthouse was lifted bodily into
the cir and has no! been seen since.
THE HANDS NE RESIDENCE
os poo,e.laor oxs,s,o ,roas,ro, which
~ hIr.r sa,,a,,ha, 10 ,ha roar &C
tbe eitv' was completely Quilted, though all
the inms,ess escaped u6hurt L. Braenper's
furniture store. Nj. Miilers bardws store,
PoezTs establishmsnt and f. Browns ma.
chine sbop were ali destroy ed. besides nur-
her of others. Tho sugar factory
ana Two public school houses were psrtly |
demolisbed. Lightning struck the railroad
demo, and male no im9ression or Il. Every
livery stable In town has been destroyed.
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HE ma iN'i iNOi' II ho''
falls on j.. h1nensieln, who had lust com
pleted brick brewery Al COSY oil SoOVOO.
The building was entirely destroyed, no lbs
surance: Lightning struck the boiler room
OF tue Empire 1uring null and shattered me
building, letting out ZUUUO Dutnels OF wheat, |