Daily Republican., 1883-08-23
THE STORM KING.
Terrible DestFueli0n and Loss o.
Life In . MinnesOea TOwu.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, August 22.-.
heavy storm ragged west and south {
here yesterday. Tue wires are down Il
both directions, and news Is hard b
obtain.
The report comes from Kasson, on til
WinOna and St. Peter ks.iroad, tina
the tornado passed over that place
blowing down many buildings, killinI
two persons and injuring several others
The hail-stones that fell measured tel
inches In circumference.
ST. PAUL. MINI, August 22.-Th'
tornado which ragged at Rochester
Mimi, last night Is reported to hav,
been very. severe. Twenty-four per
sons are reported to have been killed
and fifty or more injured. 1t is alst
rumOred that q train was blown from
the track. Passengers from Owatonna
state that twenty-five persons were
killed in the Railroad accident. Thirty
five Of the injured were taken to the
hospital a. OwatOnna.
The Mayor of Rochester telegraphs
for assistance, stating that 25 persons
were killed and about 40 injured. One
third of that town is a complete wreck.
1t is believed from all reports that have
come in that the whole country sur.
rounding Rochester is in ruins. The
killed may reach up into the hundreds.
NJ. Cole, proprietor OF the Zumbrota
Mills at Iumbrota, was instantly kill.
ed. He was in one of the mills when
the storm struck the town aud wrecked
the building.
Governor Hubbard has sent $1,000 to
aid the sufferers. He has received
word from Rochester that the town is
in ruins, and that forty persons have
been killed. 1t is impossible to get full
details of the ravages Of the storm, as
the telegraphic wires were all blown
down.
The storm in other directions was 80.
we're.
The cyclone which struck Rochester
demolished about 800 houses and dam
aged 200 more.
The killed, so far as known in Ro-
hester, are John M. Cole, Mrs. Nc
luillan, Thomas Steele, Mrs. Zurrath,
August Z'lrrath, Mr.. Osborne and child,
Mrs. Fred Clough, Mrs. Witherbeck,
Mr.. Hitzel, Farmer William Higgins,
Mrs. Quick and child, and Miss McCor-
nick.
Four unidentified bodies were also
to the undertakers. Six others
lre known to have been taken care Of
~ friends. The destruc ion through
Dodge and Olmst,ad Counties was ter
ible. 1t is impossible to estimate the
lamage in the city and country.
Rochester was pretty and substan-
ial city ofbetween 5000 and 5000 inhabi-
ants. Most of the dwellings were of
rick, and there were many stately and
ubstantial business blocks.
WINoNA, Mimi, August 29,-At q
clock last evening tornado struck
he northern part of the city Of ROches-
er, lying north of the railroad track
nd made clean sweep of elevators, re-
licences, railroad engine-house and
ther property.
The long railroad bridge was COM
letely demolished. Major Whittier
elegraphs that twenty-four persons
we're killed and forty wounded. The
ity Is in need of clothing, food and 9th
r assistance.
Among the killed is John NJ. Cole,
roprietor of the Zumbrota Planning
fills.
Superintendent Sanborn, of the Wins
ma and st. Peter Railroad, telegraph
hat the list of killed and wounded II |
curly increasing. The prostration o.
ne telegraph lines has made it diiiicul
} get par iculars.
The storm swept through the towns
Utica and st. Charles, in Winona
'ounty. job Thornton was killed and
everal others were injured.
Reports from Dodge County indicate
nat the storm caused much damage
nd some loss Of life in that county. No
articulars are yet obtainable.
Mayor Ludwig, of Winona, with a
orps of surgeons lett for Rochester this
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