Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-26
DEATH ON THETRAL
OF the Cyclone that Destroyed Rochester.
Minn.-GOy. Hubbard, Upon Per-
sonal Inspection, Finds
That the Stories Of the Dreadful Storm
Have Not in the Least Been
Exaggerated.

MINSEAPOLIs, August 25.-The TriJyos' :
special from Rochester. Mimi, states that
Gov. Hubbard arrived in that city this
morning, and accompanied bv members of
the Relief Committee made excursions
about the ruins and fully satisfied himself
that the reports OF the destruction were not
exaggerated. In returning he attended Il
meeting of the Relief Committee and com
mended the work done and the plans taken
for further operations by the committee.
He suggested that the committee prepare
5000 circulars, Of which he wanted 1000.
Agreeably to his recommendation the fol-
lowing circular has been written, and will
be sent out tomorrow:
''On the evening of August 2lst terrific
cyclone struck our city, completely demol-
ishing 13J dwellings and totally DESTROYING
their contents. y large number OF Others
were unroOfed and otherwise badly dam
aged. Thirty-One persons were killed and
about 100 wounded, several fatally. The
ruined houses were nearly all owned and
occupied by mechanics and laborers who
had lost everything they had in the world
except the clothing they had ON their per-
sons. The cyclone entered the county at
the western border and in its course de-
stroyed the crops and buildings ON about
forty farms; others living contiguous were
damaged. The Relief Committee has a
detailed list of nineteen families entirely
destitute. We appeal to the public for
aid. The leading business men of the city
are all heavy losers and cannot therefore
do as much as they would for the suffer-
ers. They have, however, contributed lib
orally. None of the public buildings escaped
damage one school building is DESTROYED.
the courthouse unroofed, churches seri-
ousl impaired, one OF them-the Methodist
was completely demolished; elevators
and warehouses are in ruins. Provisions
are plentiful. Clothing and carpenters are
needed. One hundred thousand dollars
expended i'll lumber, etc, for the penni-
less would scarcely set them on their feet
sufficiently to enable them to house them
selves. All contributions are placed in
the hands of IA thoroughly organized COM
mittee OF citizens. The work OF the Relief
Committee is now organized and being
operated on the most thorough scale. It's
rooms are crowded with applicants for
provisions and shelter all day. gcner-
Gus table has been provided and cook
stoves have been set up in the committee
rooms, and the hungry are fed on tine
spot. Provisions are sent to families cared
for in other places. The general plan of
the committee, as alluded to in this
mornings session, is ia give each family
orders on stores for cash not amounting TO
iipiN liisiAi IN -llNt Will WHICH
to supply themselves with the necessaries
OF life. Each applicant is catalogued, his
peculiar necessities and the amount
charged againt it, for which pur7
pose the committee has hired
ii book-keeper. 1t is now esti-
mated that l50 families in the city and
fifty in the country are destitute, or 800
persons who require to be almost sup
ported by charity for some lays or weeks
About 200 were fed to-day at committee
lodges, besides meals sent out. The COM
mittee has determined to replace the
houses inhabited by owners now desti-
tute, which were demolished by the
storm. j. :. Carpenter, of Carpenter &
Fultz, architects, came to Rochester and
generously offered their professional ser
vices to the committee, and the offer was
thankfully received. The plan, which
only needs the unanimous approval-of the
committee, which it will probably receive,
is to rebuild the rough houses owned and
occupied by the sufferers, which were de-
molished by the storm. They will num-
Der at least eighty, and will cost from $50
to $1,000 each, making an aggregate of
about Sl50,0O0. They will be l6N20 feet
and ten feet high, making Il story and
three-fourths. They will have two floors
and be rooted with shingles or prepared
paper. The ioists will be sheathed in
side and covered with flooring outside,
other finishing and furnishing, except a
portion on each floor, to be done hy IL e
occupant, so that each man will have
roof over head free, and can make what
improvements he can afford Mr. Car
penter will be put in charge of this work
The railroads will transport lumber free
Tor the purpose; sixteen carloads are al
ready oHiered. The present necessity Is
workman nd l. Z
fering employment to 100 carpenters and
masons. Gov. Hubbard, at u meeting of
the committee to-day, gave unqualified
approval To the plan. In the meanwhile
the homeless families will be provided for
in warehouses, although some sleep in the
open air. The immediate needs of the
committee are bedding and clothes, espe-
cially garments for children from ten
months to ten years. The cash receipts
of the committee up to this evening are
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars,
which can last but q few davs i'll
providing for actual present neccssi-
ties. subcommittee have been sent
into the country and went to-day to hunt
up cases of destitution and distress. The
number of deaths thus lar reported in
Rochester and vicinity is twenty-nine, out
OF which are two in Ryan, two in Haver-
hill and two in Merriam. The mangled
form of a tramp was found south OF town
this morning. He is being cared for but
will die: Mrs. Chapman is lingering be-
tween life and death. She is the mother
of the proprietor of the Harvester Works
and is eighty-three years old. Other
deaths reported in the vicinity are: At
Salem, John LilleFi, John Anderson and
Mrs. Muldie; at st. Charles, job Shering-
ton and Mr., Wills, At the improvised
hospital the twenty-nine patients are all
doing rs well as can be expected, although
death. is expected in two cases. 1t has not
been decided to replace the dome on the
courthouse but the roof will be repaired
Immediately. The public schoolhouse
will In. rnlnI1ilt