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

OflCk Ouu0l04 ~ COmpIot0Iv ruined he
.l.c !o.t etest de.l ot . fstm machinery: e He
brick -veneertd 9tore wss totally reinsd The
stock VII saved. but il dauss9ed condition.
Redman 4 6chrsmm's vencersd general store
is also total wreck; but part Of the stock
s;.;a ~: :aved H!e u.9t.,,. in damaged con, %
stock stock v4s blown apparently to t6s four four ssr. '
ners Of tue earth, ae only few bricks remain
to mark tie site: u. EPple's two story brick
meat market and fesi3ence, one Of the most
substantial buildings in tho slty; was totally
demolished. The loss is estimated at ~, OOO
badly iojlfed BY the falling OF this building
George Jacobs brick store was ruined; some
Of the stock saved in damaged condition.
EVERY TIN ROOF IN 9HE C11v.
with two exceptions, WAS taken Oh. The post
Office Was unroofed and the front blown in. 1t
is @ cthsrvt:s s injured Tho plate gl.:. front q
of6ce Ii als0 l6tebed, was blown in and tho cor
nice blown otert The second story Of II. H.
Beussmans store Wis ba0wn i'll, The bricks
crushing through the floor into fhe norq below,
, space about ton feet square in CrduFs three
story hvie& front was blown inward, and Carl
Baltrusch's ttc-ssery veneered general store
was partially blown doAn end the stock badly
damaged 1t may be we'll to stkss right here
that the rain poured down in torrents xt,a all
the goods exposed by the demolition of the
bulld!nes were saturated All tho hotels es-
Of the dry goods eteres t6e wind took . singu-
one @ s;ds is& oi 0iss the doof '' md ad' m.Se On
circuit of the store and came out the front on
the side Of the door, taking with it bolts IT
ito swing around the interior. Unless some
thing eau be done to relieve the poorer classes,
who afo this &restest losers, there will be great
suffering. Provisions are not needed, but
there is need of hberal donations of money.
Carpenters, br1cklayers snd other artisans will
city haaeo lost 80 hesvily that they will have all
they can do to tAke care Of themselves. One
thing I forgot to mention, that Mrs. Brunner,
whose husband committed suicide few weeks
ago, lost her house, which is total wfeck, aud
il left in very destitute circumstances
COL PFENDER
Of New TIN while in st. Paul last night gave
PIONEER PRESS rcre,tsr the following &C
count of the storm:
The tornado struck the town abuut 4:45
friday afternoon. and came in two directlona
One part Of the storm came from the north
was s6tsrs storm Of wind and rain, and COM
menced blowing down trees and fences, and in
creased in fury, especially % soon 40 both
storms united, when it became very destruc-
tive. Timbers, boards aud all description Of
n'asetal began to fiy around in the air--lumber,
siees "'a eVofy yMau$-'earAuS .no houses III
up bodily and s.rryins them a
considerable distance, snd then
dropping them and crushing them all in
pieces. Big pieces of lumber were wh}rled
through the air aud carried far away.
The only reason more people were not killed
is because they took to their cellars ~ soon as
they saw the terrible storm was npon them
In this WHY they escaped. Some OF the people
living in small h0itses without cellars were
crushed, aud afterwards their bodies were
dragged out One poor woman who nss living
had one arm broken twice. = leg broken, aud
hef heSd badly bruised. Her husband was
hurt very seriously in one shoulder. The
names of these Two IRE Mr.. and Mrs. Weener.
They were citizens, but had not been in New
Ulm long. A family consisting Of . man, bis
wife and son, lived OH tile outskirts. Mr..
Eckert aud the boy were killed instantly. The
woman was wounded, and some one saw her
afterwards, but she had disappeared Ill some
way: A little girl named ReitZ had her head
literally TORN of, probably by piece OF flying
timber.
DURING rtsB STORM
could b6 se9n: It Was impossible to nee aero .
the street, as ths dir %as filed with. great
sheets of rain, and trees and tlmbors were
whirling around. 1t is impossible to rive .
description of the terrible scene. Twas in my
Eu.
we *satslin9 its progress when could see the
trees bGnd1ns down and being broken OF:
Then when the STORM got to he moro serious
was kept busy going from one
place III the house to smother
trying to keep things in place and the Windows
IN, sometimes by the storm and sometimes ly
the trees and timber striking against them,
when they would fly In and be spiintered all in
pieces. Ny hottse is bnilt Of brick. While at
work down stairs trying to take care Of the
doors and windows; heard = crash up stairs,
followed immediately by atotter: ( ran up
and found that The upper part Of tho hones
was open. The south half of the
wall of tic upper story was
pressed ont Then the hcnse was completely
flooded from one end to the other, aud itseemetl
seas of water swept in, and the wind howled
through the wreck of the building A man
that works for me, who was in the stable when
the storm commenced, thought he would go
into the house. He started for the house from
the stable, which WAS about thirty yards away,
the porch, and grabbed hold Of the door knob,
and could keep himself from being
swept OF the porch only by holding onto
the knob. Finally the door was burst in and
he was thrown headlong into the room. Ali
this time the storm was howlng with unabat-
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buildings, timbers and trees. l was fully con-
vinced the house would come down as tshook
and rocked fearfully.
There is probably 700 or 800 buildings in
the town aud not less than four-fifths of them
are injured. The stables and barns being
lighter are nearly all gone, having been swept
away. Even the brick stables Of the Union
house are blown down.
The livery stable OF Charles Rosskopf
VAS WHOLLY DESTROYED.
There were seven or eight horses in the sta
blee, but only one Of them was killed. The
storm had spent it's fury.
Jacob Miller was in = lumber yard when the
storm commenced, hut thinking it WAS not 4
safe place, went across the street to . saloon.
While he and the saloon keeper were trying to
hold the door it was smashed in and = timber
that %as flying through the air struck him on
the left Lex below the knee AID broke the leg.
Within half block of my house five frame
buildings have wholly disappeared.
The Methodist church, solid brick build
ing with tower, Was leveled to the ground.
The tower to the Catholic church is blown
OF, and part Of tho roof has been torn of
| large wing Of the same building lately
| erected is totally destroyed.
! The brewery Of John Hauenstein, large
brick building. is totally destroyed. and most
of the business houses in the city are more o.
less damaged, and some of them, it is believed
cannot be repaired It is impossible to tel
about the Injuries to the buildings. scarcel,
one il uninjured.
When VIC left New Ulm at 1870 to-
day Saturday there were five dead persons
| aud twenty three wounded. Some of them
| severely and others mortslly. From Wes
Newton it WAS reported that there were eigh
killed. The destruction is so general that it il
impossible to give anything like correct lis'
at present
TIE STRICKEN CITY.
DESCRIPTION OF NEW ULA-
The thriving city of New Ulm which has
besn thus terribly stricken is about sixty miles
southwest Of st. Paul, on the Wipona 4 st.
Peter railway, and is Handsomely situated on
| the right bank Of the Minnesota river. 1ts
| beautiful location and large number of hand
| some public and private buildings made 1t one
Of the moet beautiful little cities In Minnesota
| It was frat settled by . colony Of German.
! from Chicago In 1855, who laid ont
, town plat, which was after.
wards purchased by German colony from
Cincinnati In 1862 1t gained national
reputation - the scene Of tho terrible Indian
massacre. and the three days battle in which
the redskins we're defeated by handful oi
plucky whites. At the time of the terrible
tornado of Friday the city contained three
! churches, the German Methodist, costing $50.
900; the Lutheran church, costing 50, 200