Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-30
A CYCLONE HORROR.
Great Destruction Of Life and Prop
ertY in Minnesota.
A Train Lifted From the Rails and
Many PASSENGERS Killed.

~oA ~ uotetuo OA bllS befTlDie cyclO1e WHICH
devastated Rochester Mimi, and vicinity,
were given as follows in dispatch from
Winona: A cyclone struck Rochester about
z O'Clock last evening, and one-third of the
city is in ruins All north of the track is de
yastated, including the Methodist church,
aorton's elevator and many other buildings.
Inc railroad bridge was swept completely
away freight train ran into a building
which was blown on the track at Zumbrota
junction, and the fireman is missing. Mayor
w Nhltten, OF Rochester, telegraphs that there
are twenty-four killed and forty wounded
In his town. John NJ Cole, a well-knpwn
miller was struck by timber and killed St.
Charles reports one man killed in the county
Lewiston reports house blown down In
Rochester itself twenty-five dead bodies have
been taken from the debris and 100 are miss
ing. Mr. Cook, proprietor Of the Cook house,
John Cole, and other prominent people were
killed Charles NJ Zieratt's mother and
sister were killed The roofs were
blown from the asylum and the
Cook house. The storm came from
the west, and was cycIonic The list Uf
wounded and killed Is hourly increasing. The
prostration Of the telegraph wires has cut of
all communication. The storm swept through
Utica and St Charles In Winona county,
job Ihornington was killed Reports from
Dodge county indicate great damage there
The course of the storm is almost identical
with that of last month, in which the village
OF Elgin was destroyed, and is also in the
same belt across the State in which the severe
tornado OF two years ago passed by which
New-Ulm was destroyed Owatonna seems
to be the most westerly point to suffer
An Owatonna Mimi dispatch says: Tele-
graphic advices received here early this morn
ing give meager details of railroad acci-
dent between Rochester and Zumbrota. Minn-
by which about 100 persons were killed or
f1tn1
telegraphic service at Rochester no inforna-
ton could pe obtained until the arrival of
train from the scene of the disaster, on which
were thirty-five persons who had been in
jured by the accident. Of this number
many appeared to be seriously hurt,
and all were taken to the hospital
The train that was wrecked was
that which leaves Rochester tabout 4ocIock
P NJ, arriving at Zumbrota at O'Clock. 1t
was caught In a severe wind and hailstorm
that prevailed In that vicinity between and
5 O'Clock, and while running at high rate Of
speed was lifted from the rails and converted
into mass of ruins. Gentlemen who have
been to the scene of the disaster describe it as
one OF the most horrifying railroad accidents
they ever witnessed Every car IN the train
was complete wreck, and was almost liter
ally shattered to pieces by the sudden stop
caused by the trains leaving the rails, burying
the unfortunate passengers beneath the de-
brls, killing many and inJuring nearly every
person on the train. A gentleman stated that
nine dead bodies had been taken from the
ruins, and that large number Of those
previously injured had been removed to Ro-
chester and Owatonna At the time he left
the scene the work of extricating the unf0rt1-
nate victims was still going on, and it was be-
heyed that the number killed would reach a
score when the final summing up was made
A st. Paul (Minn.) dispatch says so far as
can be learned in the almost total rupture of
telegraphic communications, the storm of
last night followed the usual cyclone
path from the be of the Minnesota river
eastward to the Mississippi The most serious
the city is laid IN ruins and from sixty to 100
persons killed or injured. Houses were
also blown down and lives destroyed in Steele
and Dodge counties Seven persons are re-
ported killed in one Norwegian settlement
south of Kasson- The money loss at
Rochester is estimated at $4,000. Ap-
peals for aid were received at St
Paul about noon, and 5000 was at once
raised by subscriptions and placed in the
hands of Governor Hubbard, who notified the
mayor of Rochester to draw. The governor
has been receiving dispatches all day from
mayors of cities placing funds at his disposal
for relief. A maSs-meeting has been held in
Winona to take measures for the relief of
Winona county, which also suffers by the
on farms destroyed
Mayor Ludwig, of Winonn, with corps Of
surgeons and a large delegation of citizeas
went out this morning. st. Charles reporss
one man killed in the county. Lewiston re-
ports Stillwagin's house blown down and
Stillwagin injured. Seven persons were killed
five miles south OF KaSson in a Norwegian
settlement Physicians will be sent from
neighboring.towns Superintendent Sanborn
of the Winona and st. Peter road tele-
graphs that the list of wounded and
killed is hourly increasing. The prostration
of the telegraph wires had rendered it diff
cult to obtain information The storm swept
through Utica and st. Charles and Winona
counties. Reports from Dodge county indi-
cate great damage there, the long railroad
bridge was demolished, as well as the engine
house, residences elevators, etc.
Rochester is the county seat of Olmstead
county, and has 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
outrageous trees, with the Zumbrota river
vending its way through the city from north
to s1uth, with a fine public park in the
center of the city. 1t contains many hand
some buildings, among which were the
State hospital for the insane, the Ohm
stead county courthouse, the High school,
the Clark house, and other hotels The city
has been noted for its many beautiful resi-
dences with large and well-kept grounds, be-
tokening the wealth and taste Of the owners.
Rochester has been visited by severe storms
in former years, lying within the now ap-
parentlv well-defined track of atmoSDherical
disturbance which crosses the southern por-
tion Of Minnesota from west to east, but the
present is the first occasion when serious
damage was done
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