Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-08-31
RUINED ny WIND.
A cyclane IN Mipnssoia Destroys 0ne-
Third of tho Ciiy Of Rochester Many
People Killed aud Wounded-c De-
structlon of Crops-'A TtAin liiown from
the Track, with Fatal Resuita - The
storm Elsewhere.


the Track, with Fatal Results - Th'
storm Elsewhere.
81. PAN. AuE, "a
A Rochester (Mlml special 10 lhc Plo
neer Press on Tuesday night, about eleven
O'Clock, says terrible cyclone visited thai
city, leaving death and destruction In II,
hack A thousand people ln the city ara
homeless and dependent upon the charity Of
oihen for shelter and The ncce'siles Of life.
The resources and sympathles Of tho
citizens are taxed 10 the very utmost,
ard help Is badly needed irom abroad.
Al lmpmmplu hospital has been made In
Romne.S Hall. Abou' forty persons ara
being cared for by volunteer corps Of
nurses. The damage In the city can not be
less than $500, 900, and In the surrounding
country an estimate Is impossible Fences
am all gone, cattle Injured and at large,
stacks Of hay and grain have totally dlsap-
peared, and crops Of corn and potatoes are
beaten fat The terrible list Of
CASUALTIES IN the city comprises
tweniy-iour persons killed and at least
eighty wounded, Of whom the names
have not yet all been received. The
dead are not all identified. Tho storm
swept through Dodge and 'OlTlsied Coun-
Ties, causing greater destruction than the
cyclone Of one month ago. The courthouse,
high-school building, Academy Of Iourdes.
elevators, depot flourmg.mlls, ten busi.
ness blocks, besides a great many dwellings,
are unro0fed. The Methodist Church Is
ruined, and the Congregational Church in
jured More than two hundred dwellings
are utterly destroyed. Losses IN the
county are very great. The condition Of
! things IN the northern part OF the city dehes
descriptions \ few splntered shlnps and
scattered boards remain 10 show where the
Third ward was. The buildings in this pant
OF the city were mostly One-siory frame
| HOUSES many Of them without cellars, and
| there was the greatest destruction Of life.
The mill and dwelling OF l.. Foxdre are a
total loss, while the immense ZumbrOta
plming-mIll, John NJ Cole, proprietor,
is badly wrecked, huge pie'les Of
the building being torn out aud
carried on. Mr., Cole, who was In the mill
when the cyclone reached II, thinking his
house safer place, started for it, but had
not gone twenty feet before he was caught
up by the wind, carried distance Of eight
or ten rods, and dashed 10 the earth a
mangled corpse The residences south
of the railroad to Zumbrota street all suf-
fered, losing roofs, windows and chmneys.
The shaded residence-streeis are almost im-
passable from broken trees, pieces
OF roofs. and debris OF all slrts.
Reports from outlying towns are coming
In slowly, and show that the damage is not
confined to the city, Pleasant Grove Is re-
ported annihilatel, two persons being killed
and ten wounded. The town Of Salem lay
IN the track Of the cyclone southeastof here,
and Is said to be wiped out The Op story
OF the courthouse Is badly wrecked Tho
tupOla was carried several rods and the
building left exposed to the weather. The
tower Of the school-house lies on the ground
and the roof Is damaged The roof
Of the Methodist Church was
blown away and the walls are half
cnmbled down. The steeple of lhe Con- !
eregatonal Church was knocked off, A |
chlidren's nicnlc inst returned fron, ina
country ha,l taken refuge m the church INF /
all escaped badly scared. Had some of,the /
children been al home they must almost
certainly have been killed. The railway /
depot Is ungoofel and badly riddled. The |
roof Of &. w. Vandusen Il Co.'S elevator
was carried away. and the warehouse
adjoining crushed. H. l. Horizons
the warehouse ana office of Whitten n
Judge are A mass of ruins. The Rochester
harvester works are comDletelv nnlycrlzed
moi two feet of the wall remaining standing
An Of the machinery Il total lnss. rhe
railway bridge i zone. SUPERINTENDENT
San5orn Is here with n force Of men and
railway communicative will snon ha sacurad
Whenever if was possibe neonle took n
their cellars. ana IN nd case vhere tbat vas
done was ME lost In thelmn mart ~ tha
ehv the darlness vas at no time ,aaa, h,,t
al tbe lower mari M toyn h yre,1 aorL 30
niyht anproaebed filing every one Min
terror.
The dead so far ne renorted npmhe,
hyelva. missin,, and sun,ose,l N have No.,
killed th,pe. wounded tiftv-nine
p,a,,,. ,,,,o,, M.
''O"' ' : ''V'' ai'N mis-
""NioNNA' "'nu'' aug -
Meager Geographic ad'lces were received
mere carry wednesday morning that terri
pie acc'neht hAu occurred between hocn-
eSser ana aulnorou', MliliI' ON tle i'Och-
eslef ana Northern division OF the chicago
q northwestern load, py when about one
hHhareu people were Killed and wounded.
Oh account oil the Interruption OF
the ieiegraphlc services at Rochester
no information could be obtained 4
uh the arrival OF tram nom the
scene Of the disaster with thlrty-iiye people
who had been wounded In the accident Ot
ms number many seemed TO be seriously
hnrt and all were taken TO the hospital.
Inc tfalh tllat was wrecked was that winch
leaves Rochester about four p. M, arriving
q lumbrola at SIX p, N. II was caught IN ,
lhe severe wind and hallsiorm that pre- ,
vailed iii that vicinity between Tour and SIX
O'Clock m the evening, and while runnngat I
4 great speed was lifted from the rails and
iashed % 2ieces. a gentleman who ohas been .
10 the setge OF The disaster describes Il
ls one OF .he most loufying character
Every cara ule Train was almost literally /
shattered % pieces by the sudden stop
'gusfe ~ ll.e tialn leeililg Tue ialls' iogelh-
4 Nluilhe i9Fces OF me Storm bu1lng uhe {
passengers eenealh the heoris,
suing many ana lnlnring nearly every per- g
GA aboard the naln. ihe gentleman stated
lat nlne dead bodies had been taken from
'iously injured removed to Rochester md 6
& extrieatinr the unfortunate victims was :
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