The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-23
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
A Town Destroyed and Many Lives Lost,

county, and contained $500 inhabitants. !
despatch from Minneapolis, on Sunday, give
the following particulars
/ Shortly before O'Clock Friday afternoon ;
/ cyclone of most terrific violence struck TIN:
/ town, demolishing over one hundred buildIng
and killing or wounding upwards OF thirty
/ persons. Though other towns in the vicinity
were visited by the storm to greater or les;
degree of violence, the full force ofthe cyclone
vented itself here. According to the evidence
! of eye.witnesses, two tornadoes met right over
this place, and the work of destruction was
accomplished in less than fifteen minutes.
/ The course of the cyclone could be distinctly
/ discerned, and it seemed to be moving in
separate volumes from the north and south.
/ At 4:30 o'clock, black clouds gathered with
| great rapidly. The thunder and lightnings
were terrific, and the wind blew hurricane,
while the rain descended in binding sheets.
/ There was a moments lul, and then the cY
| lone struck the town, almost destroying IT.
and then disappeared as suddenly as it came.
/ Its effects are almost indescribable. 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 were entirely destroyed. Very
/ few escaped uninjured, but many had the
roofs blown off, or were so badly uujOnted by
the wind that they will have to be pulled
down and rebuilt The storm was most de
structiye in the north end of the city, and
whole blocks OF frame buildings we're swept
away. Hardly barn or q stable escaped,
and it is estimated that over one hundred
horses and cattle have been destroyed. The
root OF the Merchants Hotel was carried
blocks through the air and hurled against
Jacob MIllers's house, which il completely
I al. 8,
lily escaped before the crash came. J. &.
Randolph. mayor Of the city, estimates the
total loss at $500. 900, and the lowest estimate
is $3.50 coo. Aside from the loss of life, the
worst feature Of the calamity Is that none OF
the property destroyed Is insured The Cit
zens have. however, witbou. exception, met
the disaster brayely, and even cheer.ully, and
are taking prompt aud decisive steps 20 repzi
the damage, through all agree that, next to-
the Indian massacre, i was the most Gisas-
trous blow New I I'm has ever received. The
large twO-stoyy brick meat market Of VI. Ep-
pie was entirely demolished aud ID. Wcs-
cheke's two. story bnCk drug store and resi-
denCe was levelied 10 the ground. The Meth
odIst aud Lutheran churches. both subStan-
tlal brick ed,hces, have been swept away, and
the stceples Of three Roman Catholic churches
were blown OF and the buildings gu,ted.
man i Schram has been blown down, and
the stock is destroyed. The Dakota House,
the leading hotel, was partially destroyed.
The roof OF the court house was lifted bodily
into the air, aud has not been seen SINCE.
The residence Of Nm. R0teEier. ex state
treasurer, which staEds on a b.gE somewhat
IN the rear 81 the city, was completely Quilted,
though AT Tie inmates escaped Uglnrt. /.
Bevcngtr's igJaiilre store, ". Muller bard.
ware store, Foesgr's establishments and T.
Back machine shop were all destroyed, be
sldcs 9 Number at Others A sugar factory
and two p8b.tc school buildings are IN rains.
ami the remaining school house partly de-
m0.isacd. The ga,aiug struck the depot
three times. AI; made no Impression ON it.
Every livery stable la ioan has been destroy.
cd. he heaviest individual loss falls GA ].
H0aens;iea, Who had igsi completed brick
brewery a. a cosi Of so. 100. Tse building
Has entirely destroyed Li-htai1z s.rsaek
the boiler room OF the Empire a9aF;ag miH
and shattered TIE Building. igiIIsg 90; -, 60
bushels Of wheat which IS irrrpAFably dam.
aged. The Eagle hauriBE miA. Which bad
just been completed, vAs asso badly damas.
Ell. i number 81 buildings sgracs by Iiehl-
ming cAgsh; IRE and the t1Wu aasil have
been destroyed 10 lhiE way bas for the rasa.
shich dcsccgded 10 .a5rcaes. The ouiy Iam.
Der yard Ia toza was sisack simultaneously
by hshsDiag and tornado. and has 20, bes-
seen siuce- People Who Hcre cat on tas
streets az sac time wsse literally 5.osa assay,
ard numbers 'FeSc wounded BY ayss debris.
As The Tsc-lms of iAf sad catastrophe are
scattered oycF comparatively large area. j.
b Impossible % get az exac. i.ss 0i gaa Aials1
aud voandcd, especially as tie eys5aao also
VISITED " est Neslsa aai raa.el several
deaths
In addi,ioa 20 The damage d,aa la lhIs
place. large quantity Of gram has le-g d.
slroyea .a lag rrssAtovhoUd. As alaa az
the hrs; SHOCK uas over The citizens rallied
grar4iy sa3 wed with each ulheF Fen atss1i5ag
20 iae soanleil she Sisters OF Charity. espe.
eiA.iig, aslng uors which sal iaas &c Fr1acua.
hege1 IS al wl,a sraissslc. Sa1sc5- plio4s
have already commenced e. pqlg ID iroM va
nuus eltses aud towns
A correspondent of the 81 Paal P-ess.
vAu visited iEa sccue Of tae disaster. zlsrs
the tollQWins description 81 The terrible raia
srOagat The tras phase ahc-c ans % the
effects "a The s,oru uesc 'scra sas aa1ag
iarce miles Wes, % Ncu Clm Here &c tore
GoEn q hVlsc aud killed naa,heg of cattle
and horses flu members @; 0ae candy
saved themselves D. eoius % toe cellar be-
iGTe the storm reached thesa Where The
storm s.rEek The railroad IracG. ale sraaad
is lined a4ih usth br,}dsng furniture. wagon
wheels, iarm ma1kiaery. dc West oil New
tim, ;he a.ai sagr daau The telegraph poles
aHd completely ruined yhs cgaps; the heads
% wheat seyc SUI a4 a. clean aud suoolA as
though dcue By bsz4in- machine Prom
the Placc wheFr the storm drs. struck saso
New Dim. everything was ssrpl 4way Tor a
sidth Of sboai one ailc- The s'sag Is sizk.
eulag lsers were torn up by ibe roots, and
HaslH E. ia AZ.
line Of he ssoTa. 4 gentleman who s.ooI
on = blsff, two miles NORTH of New Tim and
witnessed tle cyclone, says tia, il was she
gfandest and most terrible sht Of which be
vas ever a witness; one cloud came from the
thu northwest aud one fyom she northeast.
Nheu they met N appeared 10 BE- 8 coolest
as % which saoaid have the right Of way.
The Storm struck Mes im al 4:iS, and
lasted j4st r minutes, and IN iha, hgici tine
not less than SSeu .0uV worth Of property vas
destroyed and number Of persons silled and
many wounded. Daring the storm there
was a perfect blaze OF fge balls. ii would
have been almost as eayk IS midnight had 10
NOS been Tor the continued flashes ofI5ghia.ng.
Il would take columns 90 give foil LisJ ul lhe
lost property. bat an estimate Of twenty u,en
places the damage 80 $4,000 The three
churches we're completely DESTROYED, aud
Turner Hall vas partly demolished Glass
fronts we're completely wrecked. Not less
than one haadred horses we're killed, many
being hltcd bodily and carried long distance.
The farm machinery depot Of Piersoa& HON.
berg was totally wrecked. aud the machinery,
iucla8ug hfiy self5iHdiag respers, shiyered
into spAnters-
A large force Of mechanics aud a quantity
OF lumber will be seat to the place to repair
damages as best may be. The storm extend.
ed through NicOiley couGiy, through the towns
Of West Newton and Severance, but owing
20 the absence OF ielegraphc facilities, the
extent Of the loss Of life and property cannot
yet be ascertained. Everything IN the range
OF the storm was leyelicd with the ground,
and the growing crops we're sh0ra off as
though wigh a soy the IN the track Of the storm.
1t is reported that in Cambria several houses
and barns we're demolished by the same
storm, but this cannot be verified. There is
no doubt that search will develop q further
loss Of life, as some Of those now missing
will probably be in the ruins. At Shirley,
near Crookston on the st. Paul and Mantle
ba Railroad, cyclone on Thursday night de-
molished two elevators, with capacity OF
500, 900 bushels.
4 special to the Pioneer Press from Hector
saws The cyclone which struck New Ulm
devastated n stretch Of country a mile wide
and forty miles long. Ii travelled in a south
easterly direction, passing through the town
ships Of Palmyra, Wellington and Cairo.
The extent Of the damage cannot yet be as
certained, but gentleman from Cairo says
the storm was one Of the most disastrous ever