New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-18
A UESTERN CYCLONES WORK.

UPWARD OF THIRTY PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED
AT NE"-ULM, MiNN-MoRE THAN ONE HUNDRED
BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED CHURCHES AND
sCHooLuoUsEs DEsTRoYED-rHE LOSS EsTI-
MATED AT $500,OOO.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE following account
OF the disaster at New Ulm Mimi has beon reoavod at
Minneapolis, Mimi:
shortly before o'clock Friday afternoon cycJonc Of
0NV 'erilhc violence struck the town of Newt I'm de-
"'o"ShR over one hundred buildings and killing or
"o"""ihg upward OF thirty persons. Though other
towns IN the noighborood visited y the storm tho
full force of the cyclone vented itself bere -
the testimony of eyewitncsses two tornadoes net ri
over this place and the work of destruction as accom-
phshed IN less than fifteen minutes. The course Of t,o
c clone could be distinctly dscerned and it seemed 10
be moving in separate volumes from the north and sontb
AT 1870 D. m black clouds gathered with great rapditv
lhe thunder and lightning terrific and the wind
pio" hurricane, while the rain descended in binding
Se's. 1hcFe was moments ln and then the cyclone
struck The town, almost destroying it, II dsappearcJ
" Su"'oliN az II had come. It's effects almost indie
s'rbahe. Some houses struck by lightning ohers
were hitcd up by the violence the wind and ohc,s
were demolished by flying debris Scores Of dwellincs
ana STORES were entirely destroyed Very few escaped
uhii1ured Many had The roofs blown OFF or were so
pady damaged that they viii have TO be pulled down
and rebuilt The storm was most destructive in t,o
or'h emu OF the city, and whole blocks of frame build
lh%s were swept away. Hardly barn or a stable
escaped anc 1t is estimated that one hundred horses
The roof of the Merchants Hotel vas corrio, ,,o,
through the air and hurled against Jacob Mlers housc
which II completely demolished. The Miller family os
capped d. c. Randolph, Mayor of the city, estimates the
toialo" az SoOoo0oand the lowest estimate is $3.50 coo
None OF the property destroyed il insured against
accidents OF tlt~ kind Many have lost their all The
p'olr nave, however, without exception, the If as
ter hraVey and even chccrully and taking prompt
and decisive steps repair the DAMAGE tbougI III r
% @ 'N 10 ,nG indian massacre it was the
DoW Ne" I'M mas ever received The are filed
Win thc debris OF the shattered buildings.
The Methodist and Lutheran churches both suhstan
tal brick buildings, have been swept awav and fbe
of aud the buildings Quilted side of the brick dr
goods store OF Hedman * Schr;,m has been blown down
italy DESTROYED The roof OF the Court House was lifted
INTO the air. sugar factory and two public school
puinng7 are IN rllne, and the remaining
partly demolished The lightning struck the depot three
times Every livery stable in town has been DESTROYED
iagtnng struck the boiler OF the Empire Fourin
MIL and shattered the building, letting 20 900 bns
eLSot wheat which is irrcparaby DANA gcd A numi,cr
OF buildings struck 10y lightning caught and the TOWN
would have been destroyed in this way but for the rain
W'ch de''cndrd IN torrents Eye-w tncsscs that
FEARFUL. People who on the streets were ,r
hiy DloWh away ana numbers were wounded by flying
As the victims OF the catasroplr are scattered over
comparatively large urea. it is impossible TO get an cx
act st of the killed and wounded especially as Inc
cyclone also struck West Newton and caused several
do ltls. 0'Ni"i
dispatch to The Pioneer Press from Hector says:
The cyclone which struck New r-lm devastated n
tt' 81 country nhe ":ie and forty miles long II
travelled IN souhcastcrlN direction aeeng tro,ab
IA" townships OF Palmyra, Wellington and cairo. Tic
ua me e. ''.iaEc cannot yet be asoerained, but
most disastrous ever known in RenVille Comfy ard
that large number OF people have been klllcd' and
many injured The large twostory house Of Motthew nn
flndey Was carried from its foundation and dashed 10
prccs. The members Of the family were an Injured
the oisst hed together with tWeniy-nVe heai
81 cat which he was herdng. all being fouiG dead on
foGr children were a kilcd-he entire family-wth fbe
eNSc,nion ot iwononthso old child which was carried
round Wlth an arm ana leg broken.