Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-20

legss with Assoc ati02s connected. and
thousands - students had been led to
Christ. The College Commiisse re-
ported at length on tie reeds Of col
is-ss IN that tepsrtfn sat of The Assoeia-
ton, and that :aa msa8s az present are
esItigely inadequate. The Correspond
ing Secretary ard one from each state
were appointed rs A committee TO col
iect subscriptions in aid Of thu Racine
suasrsrs, and 4 resolution of sympathy
passed.
&nsf.ssr STERN.
k4CrSE. Wiz. MAY i-.-Ths lrss cv-
clone ia the history nf this section
struck Racine az : O'clock tonight, pass
ing through the northwestern portion OF
tie city. dernoiishing 10 houses and
barns and eapsing loss OF life TO about
twenty persons, and one hundred more
or isSs sersoasly injured The day was
ushsr9d in bright and cool. with fresh
%ind blowing from the sOushEe Up
TO noon the sky Was -vege4St. and about
O'Clock q sharp electric storm pre-
vailed, although bat little rain fell.
The sun again came ont for about an
hour during the afternoon. The tenn
Terature Was about - degrees. and
about 8 o'clock. when heavy masses of
clouds again gathered in the west. the
air was oppressively warTa. The cyclone
was announced by the breaking Of the
clouds which took q whirling motion
Brd struck the earth with noise which
might be compared with the roar and
Rubbing of thousand railroad trains
laundering over bridge. Tue path OF
the storm Is = little over half a mile
! ing and perhaps g quarter Of q mile
vide. IN this territory there is no.
building lefs standing: all, brick and
frame alike, collapsed, and their sites
are marked only by heaps of formless
debris. Many occupants of the houses
bY seeking cellars and other
places of comparative safety, but the
cyclone came with such lightning quick
ness that many were killed before they
reached the cellars. In only a few cases
we're houses moved from their founda
tons, Is0se in the center OF the STERN
simply exploded and fell in rains. 1t ia
reported that some light articles, such
As wagons, were Swept into the lake.
The cyclone, as il moved from the city
out upon the waters of Lake Michigan,
presented grand spectacle, such rs is
seen but once IN "A lifetime. HLiriing
columns of air seemed monster wreaths
OF smoke, az they whirlcd over the
watery expanse. bearing with them
columns Of water spouts. No ship en-
countering this monster of the air could
bT any possibility escape destruction.
All the physicians of the city responded
nobly ~ the call for assistauce and did
what they co1ld 10 alleviate the suffer
ings of tie wounded, who were n once
conveyed To St. Luke ) and St. Mary's
hospitals, where they wi! receive the
best of care. The dead were taken.
some to the houses of friends, and some
TO tho court house. Inquasts will be
held tomorrow By the coroner. The
list OF ualties, so far 90 they can be
learned tonight, is as follows: Fatally
Kurtz, Herman kuhi. Mrs.
Mccarthy, August hisner and wife.
Simon Yeis. son and daughter of Fred
faik, Alb~rs kuhl. 4 daughter OK Barney
Willing, the infant son of AUGUST k,st
ner. fpjured-Alatt Levy, two children
of Mrs. Bury, and Mrs. Mary Muller.
Dangerously wounded Mrs. Flanagan
and throe children.
RAcrEE, Wis, May ADMINISTRATION
this morning only serves TO swell the
list of casualties, aa5 make more
sweeping the destruction occasioned by
Il-0 tNEADAF IAst tFttiUE. IL Is HOW
known that fully twantT Eve persons
were killed and 100 injared. 100 houses
were demolished, and had the cyclone
struck the business center, the damage
would not easily have been calculated,
At Union Juuctloa, seven miles west,
many houses we're carried away, and
one young man killed. The sun rose
bright this morning on the scene desola-
4. fzfs L. {ua =
the list is not accurate: but it is safe to
say that sixteen lives were lost in and
about Racine. Men are at work clean
ing away the debris, and women clad ii
borrowed clothes are hurrying Gboat
with tear stained eyes, bemoaaing the
loss of their homes and relatives and
friends. Steps are already being taken
TO relieve the immediate need, and May
or Fish has issued manifesto calling
on citizAns for contributions to be left
at the Office of the city treasurer. A
special meeting OF the council! was held
at 10 am, and action taken toward car
ing for the dead and wounded, who are
penniiess- The suffering is confined to
the very northern outskirts of the city.
among laborers and mechanics who
owned their little property, which was
completely swept away. Tho financial
loss by the storm will not exceed $780,
go. The buildings demolished were
principally frame structures, and indi-
vidual losses range from three hundred
to seven thousand dollars.
A. i..Steye, arm and foot crushed; g.
Stippel, thigh fractured In two places:
Gus kisEer. confusion on hip and
chest; Mrs. Kortz, back of head injured.
probably fatal; j. Cushanshek, and
wife, internally injured and bruised:
Daniel Meyer. arm broken; @. kaulson.
arm crushed. These are To be cared
for at homes of friends. The following
had their injuries dressed last night:
Mira. Wentz, three ribs broken, and
child badly injured; MIR. Dishler and
Sous, bruised and cut on head and body;
Nj Iiohfelt. cut on nose and head. His
wife has cut four inches long on her
forehead, also left arm and cheek In
iured. 1hos. Long was struck on the
leg with brick, cutting il To the bone,
and producing q compound fracture OF
the thigh. Mr.. Milling was badly
bruised. His wife has one side of her
head completely scalped, cheek bones
broken, and eat four inches long on
her right limb to the bone. Five chill
drcn ware bruised, three OF them seri-
ously, two of whom could not be found
las. night. A little girl, FIVE months
old, was discovered this morning in a
yard near by with both legs broken.
| dead. 4 boy, eight years of age. was
also found alive. but badly bruised.
Jas. kupol, living IN house on the lake
shore, saw the cyclone coming, and
started for the house of Mr.. Hilker,
10 get into cellar. his wife and child
| being with him. When about half way
across the lots the storm caught them.
Mrs. Knpei fell and lost her hold on
the child, which vas carried rapidly to-
ward the lake. A large Newfoundland
! dog of Mr.. Hilker's ran and caught the
child aud held it until the danger was
| over. thus saving il from being carried
into the lake. Mr.. kupel grasped his
| wife and saved her. One hundred
buildings of various kinds were dss-
| sroyed, fences demolished, orchards up
rooted aud a number Of horses and cat
tie killed. Ary estimate of the total
loss mus; be taken with considerable
allowance, bat il IL probable that from
<s5o, 900 20 81 coo will not cover il,
and the insurance must be q very
neagra percentage of this amount. Ra-
cine has been thronged today partly
with people who were drawn here by
curiosity and partly by thu desire to
a.