The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
AtINsEsorA IN A1oUR1NG.

The State Visited by . Terrible Cyclone.
WINoNA, MINI Aug. % AT seven
O'Clock last evening cyclone struck he
north part of the city of Rochester, Min
nesota, making a clean sweep. Eleve-
tors, residences, railroad engine house
and other property along the railroad
were completely demolished. Mayor
Written telegraphs that twenty-fOur
were killed and forty wounded. The
city is Ia need of clothing, food and as
distance. Among the killed is John n.
Cole. proprietor of the planning mill.
Superintendent Sanborn. of the Winona
q st. Peters railroad, telegraphs that the
list of killed and wounded is hourly in
creasing. The prostraIi0n of the tele-
graph lines made it difficult TO get par
ticulars Tie storm swept three towns,
Utica and st Charles. In Winona cOun-
ty Job Thornton was killed and several
others injured.
The report from Dodge county indI-
Gates much damage, with loss of life.
No particulars are yet ObLainable.
Mayor Ludwig, of Winona, with a
corps of surgeons, left for Rochester this
morning.
OwAToNNA, Mimi, Aug. 22.-Meagre
Geographic advices were received here
early this morning of terrible acct
dent which occurred between Rochester
and ZumbTota, MIMI, on the Rochester
northern division of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, by which about
one hundred persons were killed and
wounded. The train wrecked was that
which leaves Rochester about 4 p. M,
arriving at Zumbrota about p. m. II
was caught in severe wind and hail
storm that prevailed in that vicinity be-
tween and q O'Clock an the evening,
and while running at high rate OF
speed it was lifted from the rails. A
gentleman who has been at the scene OF
the disaster describes it as one of the
most horrifying railroad accidents ever
seen. Every car in the tram was CON-
pletely wrecked and almost literally
shattered to pieces by the sudden stop,
caused by the train leaving the rails,
burying the unfortunate passengers be-
meath the debris, killing many and in
luring nearly every person aboard. The
gentleman stated that nine dead bodies
had been taken from the ruins, and q
large number of those who were seri-
ously injured had been removed TO
Rochester and OWatonna. at the time
he left the work of extricating the un-
fortunate victims was still progressing.
The number of killed and wounded will
reach score when the final summing
up is made.
ST.. PAUL, Aug ga cyclone struck
Rochester at 3 p. IN. yesterday, demOl-
ishing about 800 houses and damaging
200 more. The names of the killed as
far as known In Rochester are: John M.
Cole, Mrs. McQuellan, Thomas Ste Gle,
Zurath, August Zurath, Mr.. Osborn and
an infant, Mrs. Fred Clough, Mrs. With
cred, Mr.. Hetzel, VIM. Higgins, Mrs.
Quick and child, Miss Mccormick.
Those with four unidentified have been
brought to the undertakes. Six theirs
have been taken care ot by friends. In
Dodge and Olmstead counties much
damage was done. 1t is impossible to
give the damage TO the city and county.
Rochester, one third of which was de-
stroyed last night, is situated eighty five
miles south of st. Paul, on the G. q N.
railway. It is a beautiful little city of
eight OF nine thousand inhabitants.
Most of the houses are brick and many
were stately business blocks.
Indefinite dispatches reached here
early this morning of. the terrible eff
fects of the cyclone. The first authentic
report was received here this afternoon
by passengers on the incoming trains,
but even they knew no particulars At
10 O'Clock the governor received the fol-
loving:
ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Aug. 22.-To Gov.
Hubbard, st. Paul.-ROchester is in
ruins. Twenty -four people were killed,
and over forty seriously injured. One
third of the city is laid waste. We need
immediate help.
ISignedl s. W. HILTON, Mayor.
In less than three minutes $500 was
raised and sent to aid the sufferers. Tel
egrsms were sent TO all the cities in the
state, calling on them for aid.