The daily gazette., 1883-08-24
THE DEADLY TORNADO.
MINNEsOTA's FeARFULLY DE-
STRUCTIVE STORM.
ROoHEsTER's AWFUL VISITATION
Twenty-six People Killed and Fifty .one
Injured-Noarly a Million Dollars Worth
of Property DestrOyed-Late Details.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, August 23.-The
main course of the tornado which struck
Rochester on Tuesday night was through
the lower part of the town, but its force was
felt more or less in all parts of the city, and
/ It's freaks were simply wonderful. 1t de-
| molished we'll built structures on Broadway,
but at the same time did no harm to adja-
| cent buildings, beyond overturning chin
neys and stripping the tin coverings from
1 the roofs. One great beauty of the city was
| the many trees which lined the streets Hun
| dreds Of these were either torn down or
broken off, and many of the streets were
rendered impossible by being filed with
their trunks and limbs. Some of the trees
were stripped perfectly bare, even the bark
being torn off.
That portion of the city north of the rail-
road, called the slower town." suffered
most damage. Indeed, there is not house
there that is not injured and only about
| twenty are left standing. 1t looks at dis
| tance as though there had never been o
building in that portion, while in other sec
tions the remains of the houses show the
terribly destructive force of the wind.
AS soon as the tornado had passed and
the people in the more favored portions Of
the city began to learn Of the damage they
went at once to render what assistance they
| could, and many worked all night.
commencing at j. r. Cooks house, on
| the st. Paul road, which was entirely de-
molished, the tornado next took In Leland's
residence, barn and outbuildings, not leav-
| ing stick standing. Then it swept through
the lower town. From the appearance Of
| the ground it seemed as though terrific
| flood had swept over this section. In many
places where there had been residences
scarcely a board is left on the premises.
The grass is filed with dirt and sand as If
| muddy stream had poured over it.
Early on on Wednesday morning an organ
lZed movement was made to care for the
wounded, and appeals were issued to the
larger cities for aid, which have been an
swered with liberality.
The principal losses in Rochester are about
as follows; Court House, 50, 900; high
school building, $4,000; Methodist Church,
$4,000; Congregational Church, $1,000;
railroad depot, etc, $4,000; Van Dusen g
Co.'s elevator, $40, 900: Fl. J. Porter's ele-
vator, $1,000; Harvester Works, 1000; J.
NJ. Coles mill, $1,000, Crescent Creamery,
$4,000; Cascade Mill, 5000; ten business
blocks unroofed, $1,000; $50 houses, with
contents, wrecked, $lS5,000; 200 houses
damaged, 10000; making total of about
S4O0, 900.
The following is list of the killed: John
M. Cole, prominent business man, owning
four mills, was picked up by the wind and
hurled to the ground, breaking every bone
in his body; Mrs. McQuillan, Mrs. Steel,
Mrs. Zirerath and August Zirerath, her son;
Mr. Osborn and his aunt, Mrs. Frederick
Cloud; Mrs. w therby, Mr. Hetzell, VIII
liam Higgins, Mrs. Quick, with child, and
Miss Mccormick. Eight bodies were taken
into the country by their friends before
their names were ascertained, and four
others are still unclaimed, making in all 20
killed.
Of the wounded fitty-one are sufficiently
| so to be under the care of the doctors. Mr..
Carl Quick and five children are cut about
the head and otherwise injured. Mr.. Rhud,
wife and children and MIR Frank Schultz
are badly hurt, the shoulder OF the latter
being out OF joint aud his head cut. Annie
Z!rerath is seriously cut anout the face and
| head. Otto Rbud is bruised in1rrually.
John Hanry John SNrcnOck, Milo Weeney,
| Daniel O'Brien, George Hansen. Mr..
| Wetherby, Oscar g, Hail, Mr.. Hawkins and
| William Lee ar" injured noont ,he cad,
lace and arms. s. A. Welch was wounded,
hut not seriously. ''rs. Qninn aud two
children and Ncls Hansen, vile and child
| all badly cut on the head and body. Mrs.
| Osborne and daughter are badly bruised,
and three children, whose names cannot be
learned, are so badly brui ed that their
parents, when found, it is thought, cannot
| recognize them. Their clothes are all gone.
The above-named are In the hospital.
| The following are with friends: Louis Pes
sic, leg broken; Mrs. Coons, leg broken, and
| Frank Clements, arm broken.
The tornado started near Owatonna, and
/ following line nearly a mile south OF the
| railroad crossing at Rochester, and, going
north of the road, passed east twenty-five
miles. Thirty miles north of the road it
/ varied in width from one to three miles, and
| did not skip as is usual, but swept every
thing clear in its track houses, barns and
crops are all gone.
So far as heard from about six persons
were killed outside of Rochester.
The loss to the crops is estimated at about
$500, 900.
special dispatch to the Tribune from
Dodge Centre says: ''The crops in the path
of the cyclone, two miles south of here, are
all destroyed and heavy damage was done
to buildings. A man named FL. Elbrecht
and his wife were working in a field when
they saw the storm coming, and clung to
| each other. When it struck them he was
knocked senseless and she was blown a con-
siderable distance. She was found yester-
day morning in horribly mutilated con-
dition, one arm being twisted off and the
other nearly so. number of others were
less seriously injured"
OTTAWA, ONT, August ga hurricane
swept through the Ottawa district last night,
doing great damage to the barns, fences
and crops. In Nepean two barns were
set on fire by lightning, and man named
Henshaw was instantly killed.
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