Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-23
WILD WESTERN WINDS.
Three Minnesota TJwns Scattered
In Ruins.
WITH APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
A Railroad Train Lifted From the Track
and Scores Of Passengers Killed
and Wounded-A Fearful
Calamity.

ST. PAUL, MINI, August 22.-The cyclone
which ragged at Rochester, Mimi, last night
is reported to have been very severe.
Twenty.four people are reported killed and
fifty or more injured. Vague rumors of .
train disaster by being blown from the
track are also coming in, but no particu-
lars have yet been received.
The Town of Rochester.
Rochester, one third Of which was de'-
troyed by the cyclone, is situated eighty
five miles south of st. Paul on the Chicago
4 Northwestern Railroad. 1t is beautiful
little city of eight or nine thousand inhab-
itants. Most Of the houses are brick and
there are many stately business blocks
The Loss or Life FrightfuI.
ST. PAUL, August 22.-Passengers from
Owetonna state that twenty-five people
were killed in the railroad accident caused
by the cyclone and thirty-fye injured. The
wounded were taken to hospital at Owo-
tonna.
The Mayor of Rochester telegraphed for
assistance. He states that twenty-five per-
sons were killed and forty injured.
One-third of the town is an entire wreck.
It is believed from all reports that the
whole country surrounding Rochester is in
runs. The killed may reach up into the
hundreds.
Particulars Coming In.
WISoNA, MIMI, August pat o'clock
last evening u cyclone struck the north
part of the city Of Rochester, Mimi, max
ing q clean sweep OF elevators, residences
etc. The railroad engine house and other
property along the railroad was complete
~ demolished, Mayor Whitten telegraph.
ed hat tHenty.four were killed and forty
wounded. The city is in need OF clothing,
food and assistance. Among the killed
are John NJ. Cole, proprietor ola planning
mill. Supt San born, OF the Winona & st.
Peter Railway telegraphs that the list OF
x illed and wounded
Is Hourly Increasing.
The prostration of the telegraph lines has
made it difficult to get particulars. The
storm swept away three towns, Rochester,
Utica and st. Charles. In Winona, Job
Thornton was killed and several others iu-
juIed. A report from Dodge county indi-
cstes much damage with loss OF life. No
particulars are yet obtainable. Mayor
Ludwig, of Winons, with a corps Of
surgeons, left for Rochester this morning.
A Frightful Catastrophe.
OwAroNNA, MINI, August 22.-Meagre
telegraph advices received here early this
morning told of a terrible accident which
occurred between Rochester and Zeum-
brota, Mimi, on the Rochester and North
ern division of the Chicago and North
western road, by which about one hundred
people were killed and wounded. On &C.
count Of wire interruption no information
could be obtained till the arrival OF train
from the scene of the disaster with thirty
tive people who had been wounded in the
accident. OF this Eumber many seemed to
he seriously wounded and all lave been
taken TO the hospital.
The Train Wrecked
was that which leaves Rochester about 4
,. NJ, arriving at Zeumbota about Z. NJ
Ii was caught in the severe wind and hall
storm that prevailed in that city between
4 and o'clock in the evening, and while
running at a height Of speed was lifted
from the rails. gentleman who has been
to the scene Of the disaster described it as
one Of the
Most HorrtfyIDg Railroad Accidents
ever seen. Every car on the train was
completely wrecked and almost literally
shattered to pieces by the sudden stop
caused by the train leaving the rails, bury
ing the unfortunate passengers beneath the
debris, killing many and injuring nearly
every person aboard. The gentleman
stated that nine dead bodies had been taken
from the ruins and large number OF those
who were seriously injured were removed
to Rochester and Owatanna. At the time
he left the work of extriCating the uufort-
innate victims was still progressing. He
said tine number killed would reach score
when the final summing up was made.
Aid Tor the Sufferers.
ST. PAUL, August 22.-In Indefinite dis
patches reached here this morning OF the
terrible effects Of the cyclone, but all wires
are down so no additional news could be
had directly with the ruined district. The
first authentic report was received here
from passengers on the incoming trains,
but even they knew no particulars. At lU
O'Clock the Governor received the follow
ing; ,o,
To Cor LktbbGrd, 81. Pant, MINI:
Rochester is in ruins. Twenty-four peo-
pie killed and over forty seriously inJuret.
ore third of the city laid TO waste. We
tSignedJ s. WHrrrEN. Mayor.
In less than three minutes nVe thOusanu
dollars had been raised and sent to aid the
sufferers. kilograms were sent to all the
cities in the State calling on them for aid.
In Other Parts of the state,
MILwArKEE, Wis, August 2.-Dispatches
from the northern and central part OF the
State report great damage from the wind
storm last night. At Steven Point and
in Wood county the crops, fences, build
ings and mill dams were torn to pieces.
An old man in Wood county
was seriously but not fatally
injured by fyiHg. debris. The
towns OF Stockton and New Hope were Wis
tied by a terrible hail storm, and the CON
oats and hops badly damaged. Live stoSk
were killed at several poins by hving rails.
In Brown county and around Green Bay
the wind and hail did much damage. One
cow was killed. No loss Of life is reported
in that vicinity.
Five Hundred Houses Wrecked
ST. Paul, MINS., August pa cyclone
which struck Rochester at P, NJ, yester.
day demolished about three hundred
houses AMI damaged two hundred more.