Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-21

messed The phenomenon comprehenoed It's
| terrible significance, supposing it merely
| wind storm like those which are of COM
mon occurrence in summer. AS conse
quence it was not generally known until
morning that Racine had suffered n calam-
! ity without parallel in
its history. Nearly the entire
population of the north and
west side of the river visited during last
evening and right where the ruins were.
The scene among the dead, wounded and
dying was painful beyond description. In
many instances the surviving relatives had
lost all semblance of reason. Physicians
were not numerous enough to give prompt
assistance, and numerous bleeding victims
were rolled up in blankets while anxious
relatives ran in every direction to secure
medical aid. And here seems to be disa-
greement as to the number of killed.
which has been variously given from ten
to thirty. Mayor Fish says thirteen. The
following known to be dead are reported;
Willie and James Kastanak, infant child
of James Keisner, Paul Kuhl, Barney
Welling's daughter, Mrs. N. j. Jackson.
Fatally injured, two girls unknown.
Three or four persons are missing, and it
is asserted some were blown into the lake,
where the cyclone ended, and of course
any such will not be found till they rise to
the surface of the water.
Those fatally or seriously wounded are:
Andrew Fox, wife and two children, Mrs,
Keisner, Bernard Reisner, Mrs. Joseph
Kastanak, Katie Scotia, Gustav Keisner and
wife, Mrs. Miller and three children, Mrs.
Mary Long, daughter and grandson, Mrs.
man and Albert Kuhl, Mrs. Kuertz, John
Relgelman, Albert Bartz, w. A. Spaods,
William Riegelman and wife,
Simon Giese, Matt LAWN and wife, Mrs.
James Decker, Mrs. H. w. Lutz and
mother, and servant girl, son of Anton
Gorska, two of Mrs. Schavenlaben's family,
Bernard Reiser, wife and child, family of
John Dorsey, Frank Juza, wife and little
girl, Joseph Kastanak, Kate Mccarthy,
Thos. Long, Jr., Mrs. John Biegelman,
Schunk, wife and son, Mrs. w. Lichfeld
and child, Charles Vortz, wife and son,
VIM. Dursdry, Mrs. W. A. Spaoda, five sons
of Vim. Riegelman, B. Falk and brother,
Stephen Lerke, Fred Krop and wife, Chas.
Hopka and family of five injured, VIM.
Garina and family of six, Mrs. Mueller and
two children, boy and girl-the girl has
a fractured thigh, the boy bruised.
Mrs. Long, bones fractured;
grandchild bruised, Albert Kiegel,
fracture of clavicle and lungs per
forated; R. Kruger, skull fractured, fatally
injured; VIM. Sprague, leg fractured; A.
Slore, arm and foot crushed; G. II. Step
pei, thigh fractured in two places; Gus.
Kisner, confusion on hip and chest; Mrs
Kootz, back of head injured, probably IA
tai; j. Cushanshek and wife, internal in
juries and bruises; Daniel Meyer, arm
broken and G. Knudson arm crushed.
The wounded are being cared for at the
homes of friends. The following had their
injuries dressed last night. Mrs. Wentz,
three ribs broken; her son, badly injured;
Mr.. Deshler and two sons, bruised and cut
on the head and body; Nj. Lechfelt, cut on
nose and head. His wife has cut
four inches long on forehead, left arm and
cheek injured. Thos. Long was struck
by brick, cutting to the bone and FRO
ducing compound fracture of the thigh.
M. yelling is badly bruised, his wife has
one side of her head completely scalped,
cheek bones broken and cut four inches
ong on the right limb, to the bone. There
were five children, three of whom were
seriously bruised, and two could not be
found last night. A little girl five months
old, was discovered this morning in a yard
near by, with both legs broken, dead. A
boy of 8 years was found alive, but badly
bruised.
Jos. Kupel, living in house on the lake
shore, saw the cyclone coming and started
for the house of Mr.. Hilker, to get into
tho cellar, his wife and child being with
him. When about half way across the lot
the storm caught them. Mrs. Kupel fell
and lost her hold on the child which was
carried rapidly towards the lake. A large
Newfoundland dog, of Mr.. Hilker's ran
and caught the child and held it until the
danger was over, thus saving it from be-
ing carried into the lake. Mr.. Kupel
grasped his wife, and saved her. One
hundred buildings of various kinds were
destroyed, fences demolished, orchards up
rooted and number of horses and cattle
killed. Any estimate of the total loss
must be taken with considerable allowance,
but it will probably reach 100000. The
insurance must be a very meagre per
centage of this amount.
List of known to be dead is nine, and
the fatally injured number twelve to ff-
teen. Paul Kugel and three brothers were
gathered at the formers house, Paul was
killed and his brothers all seriously injured,
suffering broken ribs and torn flesh in
many parts of the body. Willie and John
ny Kastanak, aged twelve and fourteen are
dead. The father and mother are not ex-
pected to Rsurvive till morning. Annie
Vikings, seven years, was killed. Gus
Kissner's youngest child was killed in its
mothers arms, an elder child of the same
amily, who was missing has been found in
a creek dead. The Chal-
lapka children, girls, were
found dead at 3 o'clock in the ruins of a
brick saloon. There were fourteen men in
the saloon at the time and not one of them
received scratch. The Challapka chill
dren, whose name, however, is Hallabka,
they residing with the Challapkas, but be-
ing of a different family, were passing in
the street and the building fell on them.
The ninth discovered death is that of w.
Riegelman. Mrs. NJ. Jackson is among
the list of fatally injured. The number of
people who received flesh wounds and more
severe hurts now reaches nearly 100. When
the storm struck the lake water was thrown
in the air to the height of seventy five feet
all along the shore. Farmers say the cy-
clone exploded the popular belief hereto
fore that such storms never visit the lake
regions.
reliable report comes that two men
we're killed at Western Union junction