Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-08-25

warehouse Is completely demolished and the
machinery scattered The railway depot is
unroofed and badly riddled The roof Of q
w. Van Dusen & CO.. elevator was carried
away, and the warehouse adjoining crushed.
II. T. Horizons
ELEVATOR LIES ACROSS THE RAILWAY TRACK,
and the warehouse and offices of Written 4
Judd are q mass of ruins The Rochester
harvester works arc completely pulverized, not
two feet of the wall remaining standing. All
of the machinery is total loss The railway
bridge is gone Superintendent Sanborn is hero
with force of mon, and railway communica-
ton will soon be secured. thousand people
are homeless and dependent upon the charity
of others for shelter and the necessaries of
life The resources and sympathies of the
citizens are taxed to the utmost and help is
badly needed from abroad. An lmpromptu hos
pital has been made i'll RommePs hall and about
forty sufferers are beng cared for by a yolun-
teer corps OF nurses, The damage in the CITY
cannot be less than half a million and in the
surrounding country an estimate is impos-
sible. Fences are all gone, cattle injured and
at large, stacks of grain and hay have totally
disappeared and crops of corn and potatoes
are beaten fiat.
IN DODGE COUNTY
In the townships of Westfield, Ashland aud
Canisee there were five deaths-Mrs Helm
brech, Mrs. Christian Olsen and infant an old
lady, mother of Mrs. Ole Muida, ana one man.
name not learned. Young Mrs. Mulda is ia
tally hurt, as is Andrus Frederckson Joseph
Thornyton, north of St Charles, Winona
county, was killed, and his wife and other in,
mates Of the house injured. In Pleasan
Grove, ten miles south of Rochester. at
4 o'clock, three hours earlier than the big
storm, cyclone struck several houses. killed
two persons and wounded ten. The storm. so
far as can be learned, started in Westdeld town
ship, near the west line of Dodge county. 1t
continued through Dodge and Olmsted ano
into Winona counties, distance OF about sixty
miles, and varied from two and half to three
quarters of mile in width, being the widest
where it started. In the path of the storm
nothing worth saving except the acreage is
left In Rochester the damage to the princi-
pal buildings is:
Court house unroofed; main tower and part Of
roof Off
High school and Methodist church, walls down,
roof and spire gone.
Insane asylum, part of roof on east wing gone !:
not badly damaged and the patients all right.
SDire of the Congregational church gone
George Stockings and A. D. Vedder's brick
blocks ruined.
Every elevator more or less hurt.
Horizons elevator lifted bodily and thrown across
the railroad track.
Coles mill destroyed
Rochester Harvester works, total wreck
Depot unroofed.
W. c. Rich, Judge Start, and c. H. Chad
bourne say conservative estimate of the loss
in the city alone is 100000 The city has
500 homeless people to care for, and traces of
the July cyclone are still plenty. Help is
needed, and at once
SOUTH OF THE RAILWAY
The following business buildings south of
the railway were simply unroofed and slightly
injured:
Cooks hotel. Stebbins & Co, Horizons Opera
House block, Ozmeer & Booth, w. H. Seward j.
A. Coles mill, Rommel's block, T. P. Hall & Co.,
Mrs. p Graf, Broadway home.
But few dwelling houses north of the track
were badly damaged, but great many barns
and fences have disappeared. All kinds of
stock are running at large through the coun-
try, more or less bruised and crippled, and
almost unrecogniZable on account of the coat
ing of mud and filth. The barn of r. B. Hall
blew across the railway track about two miles
west of here. The hired man, sent out to sig
mai train, not understandn & the railway code,
gave a false signal, and the train
was badly wrecked. The fireman
was instantly killed and horribly manglod and
three or more passengers and train men
severely injured. The resources Of charity in
this city were severely taxed by the cyclone
month since, and without outside aid it will be
to prevent an immense amount of
suffering and restitution. Rochester extend
an urgent appeal to her sister cities Of Mime
sofa for aid i'll this, her time of trouble.
The Ruined City.
Rochester, the county seat of Olmsted
county, is city of about 5000 inhabitants.
1t was one of the handsomest cities of the
many Of which Minnesota can boast 1t is
laid out regularly, with broad streets,
shaded by numerous trees, with the Zum-
brota river vending its way through the city
from north to south, with a fine public park
in the center of the city. Rochester contains
many handsome public buildings, among which
the Olmsted county court house, the High
school, the Cook House, and other hotels.
The city has been noted for its many beauti-
full residences, with large and well-kept
betokening the wealth and
taste of their owners The State fair was for
several years held at that point, the extensive
grounds being located in the suburbs of the
city The Southern Minnesota Fair associa-
ton had taken possession of the buildings
the State fair to Owatonna. aud elabo-
rate preparations were making for an
this fall, which promised to rival
the State exhibition. The grounds were large
sary buildings, with a fine race track.
Rochester was incorporated as city in
1858. The first religious organization was
the Methodist, which established a church IN
1856 An Episcopal society was
in 1860. and a Presbyterian
ranging in cost from $4,000 to $4,000. Be.
sides these there are fine Catholic, Lutheran
md Universalist churches which are an orna-
nent to the city. The high school building
was erected few years ago at a cost of 49,
300. The county buildings, which occupy
9ne Of the finest locations in the city, cost
newspapers, the Rochester Record and
he Rochester Post In 1867
he Winona & St Peter railway was completed
% Rochester, which has now become one OF
he great primary wheat markets of the North
vest There are IN the city five
arge Touring mills, an iron foundry,
Rochester has been visited by severe storms
n former years, lying within the now APP
oarently we'll defined track of atmospherical
which crosses the southern por-
ion of Minnesota from West to East, but the
present is the first occasion when serious
iamage was obtained
THE TRAIN ACCIDENT EXAGGERATED
The story about the train between Rochester
md Zumbrota was exaggerated. The wind
bout half mile west of town, turning over
he whole train and killing William Higgins,
fireman, of Dodge Center.
RELIEF MEASURES.
The promptness with which the call by
Iov. Hubbard for aid at Rochester was met
" contributions is a splendid indication for
Minnesota St. Paul starting off by
aising 1000 a minute for the first
i've minutes after learning of the news, Still
water giving 81, ZOO, Red Wing $500 and
ther cities according to their abilities and
'ublic spirit, shows that the prosperity of the
'tate has not spoiled her people
Civil Rights Decision
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-A decision was reu-
Tered by Judge Mills in the police court to-day
n the civil rights case of Rev. George Fl.
smith (coloreD Of Norwich, Conn, against