Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-30
THE CYCLONES WORK.
Great Loss of Life and Wholesale De-
struotion of Property.

Great Loss of Life and Wholesale De-
struction Of Property.
At Z o'clock on the evening of Au-
gust 22d n cyclone struck the north
part of the city of Rochester, Mimi,
making q clean sweep of elevators, res
| licences, the railroad engine house and
other property along the railroad. kill
! ing "a persons and seriously injuring
many others.
The d&y had been beautiful, and
warm until evening, when clouds began
to gather. The atmosphere was heavy
and hot. About o'clock it seemed as
though it had commenced to clear up,
but soon heavy, black clouds came from
the northwest, and rain fell heavily.
Directly after the clouds assumed q
greenish appearance. accompanied by q
rumbling noise, and in short time the
wind increased in violence until the full
force of the cyclone was felt, and what
was once well populated portion of
the city was scene OF ruin.
The same peculiarties marked the cy-
clone of July u. The main course was
through lower town, but its force was
felt more or less in all parts of the city
and the freaks were simply wonderful.
1t demolished well-built structures on
Broadway, doing no harm to adjacent
buildings, beyond overturning CHM
nsys and stripping tin coverings from
roofs. One great beauty of this city
was its many tree-lined streets. OF
these, hundreds were torn down or brok-
en- OFF, and many streets were rendered
impossible by being filled with trun2
or limbs. Some were stripped perfect
ly bare, even the bark being torn off.
That portion of the city north of the
railroad, called lower town, received
the most damage. There is not house
there that is not injured in some way.
1t looks at distance as though there
never had been a building standing in
that portion, while in other sections the
remains of houses show the terrible
destructive force of the wind.
The Governor of the state at once
raised subscription amounting to So
600, which was sent TO the sufferers, and
more is needed.
RAILROAD WRECKS
On the Rochester and Northern divis-
ion of the Chicago and Northwestern
road, between the towns of Rochester
and Zumbrota in Minnesota, train
was wrecked, 20 passengers were killed
outright, and about so others were in
jured. The train was caught in the Sc
we're wind and hail storm that prevailed
in that vicinity between and & O'Clock
in the evening and while running at
high speed was lifted from the rails. A
gentleman who had been at the scene of
the disaster describes it as one of the
most hOrrifying railroad accidents ever
seen. Every car in the train was COM
pletely wrecked and almost literally
shattered ia pieces by the sudden stop
caused by the train leaving the rails.
burying the unfortunate passengers be-
meath the debris, killing many and in
juring nearly every person aboard.
A train on the Memphis and Little
Rock road broke through trestle west
of Forrest City. Ark, killing four per-
sons and injuring 10.
LATER FROM THE CYCLONE.
Congressman Mark II. Dennel of
Rochester; Mimi, sends the Rochester
Daily News the following graphic ac-
count of the cyclone:
The cyclone struck Rochester about
$50 in the afternoon of Tuesday, lasted
minute and half and largely spent
its force on the north half of the city.
All the dwelling houses but two on the
north side of the track, embracing the
entire ward, were wholly destroyed, and
most of them blown TO atoms. On the
same side one flour mill was demolish-
ed, another unroofed, and large foun-
dry wholly demolished Il. A large cleva-
tor was unroofed, the depot and adj
joining buildings wholly demolished.
The destruction from the depot north is
complete. The bridge over Zumbrota
river near the depot was destroyed.
The destruction on the south side of the
track was very great. but not sweeping.
The court house and all the churches
were badly damaged, the Methodist
church suffering most. Not less than
100 buildings on the south side CT the
track were more or less damaged. The
most beautiful portion of the city streets
is filled with water. The destruction is
mainly north of the Cook house. that
part suffering q complete wreck. North
of the depot is inhabited by laboring
people. Darkness set in soon arter
and the scene was terrible. Twenty
five dead bodies were taken from the
ruins, many of them parents with child
rep. Not less than $50 buildings were
wholly or partially destroyed. Tho loss
cannot be less than 100000. The loss
of life is very great, 25 killed and 4 or
died since. Some 40 are now being
cared for who were injured. OF those
now In tho hospital so were terribly cut
and mangled by flying timbers and
pieces of wood. The destruction to
life and property along the track of the
cyclone will be very great. st Paul
sent $4,000, Owatonna will send 81 900,
and other cities and towns will send re-
lief. The poor people of the city are
the greatest sufferers. Two persons
were killed near Kasson. Cattle in large
numbers were killed. Grain in stock
and shock was taken somewhere, not
leaving a straw Behind. IL Is not posi-
BILE to give more detailed account at
present, but this is the most terrible cy.
clone that ever visited the state.
Mrs. Anna Greene, daughter-in-law
of Major General Nathaniel Greene,
second in command of the Continental
Army, and mother of DR.. Nathaniel X
Greene, of Newport, II. L., will complete
! her one hundredth year on the 9Th OF