The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-21

NARRATIVES OF EYE WITH EssEs
NAL JOSEPH BoBiEFEE:
one of the committee from New Ulm 70 wsit
upon Gov Pillsbury, was met by = PIONEER
Press reporter in st. Paul, to whom he gave
the follow,ns details of the disaster:
The STORM came on at 4:43 p. m, first
striking the town from 4 nortlieasterly di-
rectidn: It fained aud blowed for about ten
thin ntt6s; &hen It appeared that smother storm,
cofhinE fr6h the Southwest; met the first
storm, and theu Tie Work Of destruction be-
the ground: there was such fearful pressure,
oil the fronts Of the buildings being pressed in.
It vas terrible sight. The storms were
sceS@p;nied sf*xta;ptn BY so6d. deal of Of
there WAS an almost continue q sheet of flame.
observed the operation Of the cyclone from
distance, say that there seemed to be four
great stotits pointing toward the earth. Some
titiies they touched the earth, and at other
tiii1es thgS g Would be drawn up to tho sky
Jse *.4 i" ths form of ss imit!ense % inveFtsd
cone: Another Was cyhudfiical n shape. A
third Was like IN iuitflense tourd. Another
WAS oblong with convoluted edges They
moved along In swiftly revolving course;
and their path WAS about mile and half
wide. The storm laetsd about twenty-five
minutes, and it's destructive force was simply
terrific Solid brick buildings were leveled to
the gfOtnd ~ though they wero made of pa
tef. small frame buildings and heavy tim
kers ~er6 carried ttDlily through the air.
There Was Of cotirse intense excitement among
the eitizens atri9E the tcfrible visitation, and
storm was over: As soon az tho fury OF tho
e]efhants had siibsided the first thing they did
wis to look otter thoaS who we're
THE VICTIMS or THE DISASTER
Drs. Berry and Miller, assisted by DIR. Old
berg, formerly OF St P*ni, now Of Washing.
visit, conducted the work of relief Of the
wounded There were between 500 and 600
buildings damaged by the storm, = large Lum-
ber of them being totally demolished and
many Of them SWEPT away .a the aSnr, " being
estimated 1t about $500, 900. II is din
cult to fnd words to adequate
ly express the frightful havoc done
by the cyclone Every store front in the town
WAS blown in aud the glass shattered. The
streets were filled with the debris Of the de-
molished buildings Trees were twisted and
uprootetl as though they we're but tw,gs, and iu
many cases they were entirely stripped of the
bark. Tho governors guards are patrolling
the streets to prevent the possible depreda-
tons Of thieves. The town was wrapped in
ness men have been ruined by tho work
laboring men mourn the loss of their houses
aud eli that they contained In the country,
Is far as heard from, the storm was the mosi
severe in tho towns of West Newton Nicollsl
county, and Wellington, Renville county. In
| the former town, Joseph Halubo aud wife and
three children were killed, the only survivor OF
the family being little child who Was badly
wounded. At another place. the body of ali
old man WAS fsund embracing tree. He had
s,enx sgS Killed been 3, 'GSe ss .sec :s:es the otSss
places cattle were lifted into the air aud after
wards dashed to the ground and killed. The
course OF tha storm WAS pheDOmenally eccen-
| trio. In some localities it ieveled solid brick
buildings and left adjacent light frame houses
almost nnhsrmed. Az = rule the frame build
ferod the least, the storm seeming to have
concentrated its force upon the solid brick
blocks. Ny house, veneered structure,
which is about being completed
is The only one iu the ne'sbborbood
ALTHOUGH IT Is moHER
| than any of the rest The root, however, waa
| taken OF Of it and it was Otherwise damaged.
Tho brick Methodist church close by was RACED
to the ground Mr.. Eckert. one Of the killed,
known - tho Pauly house on Bridge square,
Minneapolis. His son WAS also killed aud bic
| wife is missing. The decapitated body of Miss
Laura Rejtz was found on the prairie in {
| suburbs. Her head has not yet been
found. The remains OF the killed were
buried tc-day by their immediate relatives and
friends. George Vogel's saloon. large QUE
aud half story frame building, just built, VA
lifted into the air and dashed to fragments, the
latter being 60 scattered that nothing OF the
structure but the ground floor can ha foun'l
The occupants were all injured, H. Fedele,
others received serious cuts and bruises
Joseph Kunz, lsborer. employed on my
building, had one leg and collar bone
fractured, and also received internal