Daily globe., 1883-07-23
DESTRUCTION.
The Havoc Created at Elgin by Satur.
day Evenings Storm.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
And Large Amount Of Valuable Prop.
erty Destroyed.
INCIDENTS OF THE CYCLONE.
PERSONS
KILLED.
INCIDENTS OF THE CYCLONE.
The Entire Town Demolished in the
Space Of Half an Hour.

"0IO "OAuSI1u1Iy cOm pI6C6 considering Jne
interruptions of telegraphic connection
caused by the storm itself. These Sunday
morning kilograms are reprinted upon the
sixth page for the benefit Of those in the
country who may not have seen the Sun
day issue ED. GLOBE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. II
ROCHESTER, MINI, July 22.-The town of
Elgin, Wabashaw county, was visited by
very destructive cyclone yesterday at 1910
p. m. The town was almost completely
wiped out OF existence, but TWO houses re-
naming unframed out of fifty in the vii
Iage. The storm came from the west, and
went southeast after leaving Elgin, al,
though its fury was mostly spent in that
village. The damage to property is esti-
mated at $4,000 to $4,000.
But o1e person, Mrs, Thayer, was killed.
The injured are as follows.
Wn. Bowen, hip and thigh fractured.
Miss Edith Dillon, skull fractured, and
her recovery is doubtful
Mrs. Frank Ressler, skull fractured.
Five-year-old child of John Townsend,
injured IN the spine.
Abou. ten other persons were slightly
injured, but nothing serious.
The Office of the Eureka house
was torn from the main building
and thrown back six feet and badly
wrecked. There were six stores in the
place, and all were more or less injured
and the goods scattered.
The empty store of Bryant Bros. was
torn to pieces. A saloon adjoining was
badly wrenched and nearly ruined
Ozdway's hardware store had both back
and front ends blown completely out and
the walls left standing.
Richardson Bros general store was in
iuEed almost beyond repair.
An agricultural warehouse on the oppo-
site side of the street was a complete
wreck.
The depot building and freight house
suffered greatly from the storm, but can
be repaired at small cost
Bryant Bros elevator was nearly de-
stroyed, and the elevator of Richardson
Bros. injured slightly.
The oaIy church and school house were
entirely demolished.
The village blacksmith was at work in
his shop when the cyclone struck the town,
and his shop was taken up bodily and
nothing has been seen OR heard of it since.
He was not injured.
Mrs. Townsend and children were in the
second story of their house, on the Main
street, when the building went to pieces,
but both escaped with few bruises.
Mrs. Thayer was killed in the same
house. To illustrate the force of the
wind, a horse was struck n the side by a
flying stick, about two inches of which pas
sed entirely through him.
heavy rain storm preceded the wind
and the rain was beaten into a foam by the
force of the wind. The sight was terrible
one, and the destruction was ACCOMPLISHED
within very few minutes.
Nothing is now left in the once pleasant
village but the hotel and two residences.
The buildings were all frame, which will
account for the light damage
Mrs.Saford, of the Eureka house. opened
her house to the unfortunates and made
them as comfortable as possible. She
provided dinner for about two hundred of
them The windows of the hotel were all
broken out and the sides of the upright
injured. The barn of Mrs. Feller. half =
mile east of Elgin, was wrecked. There
were two horses iu the barn, but thew
were not injured. The residence part of
the town is entirely swept of buildings.
The homeless are being cared for by citi.
zens of Plainview and farmers in the
neighborhood.
THE STORM AT MANKATO
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