Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-08-30
WRRCK AM RIM.


The sun never saw sadder sight than
when it rose on Rochester this morning. A
cyclone stuckthe city about six o'clock last
evening. Its track presents a scene of des-
olation never equaled in this vicinity.
North of the railway not house stands unin-
jured, and of the most of them not a vestige
remains. Twenty three persons are re-
| ported killed. most of them outright, and a
large number are not expected to live.
About eighty persons have been thus far
found injured, and are being cared for in
vacant halls and buildings, and at the ho-
tells, as well as the limited resources of the
citizens will permit. The weather through
out the day had been unsettled, but not I'M
| usually threatening. Clouds would form
and disappear, forming again heavier than
| before. The wind was mostly from the
southeast, blowing scud clouds with it,
| while away above the rain-bearing stratum
| 1t drove from the northwest all day. About
| three O'Clock black cloud arose in the
| west. very threatening, but it passed harm
| 1essly by with a furious wind and some
| drops of rain.
At five O'Clock a low black bank lay in
| the southwest. 1t rose rapidly, but pre-
scented only the appearance of an ordinary
| thunderstorm. As it neared the city
| 1T began to assume a horrible appear
| ance. The whole sky was tinged with
| CHASTITY green, and the masses of clouds
! swept around here and there in immense
circles. w herever it was possible people took
! to their cellars, and in no case where this
| was done was life lost. In the upper part
/ Of the city the darkness was at no time
| great, but at the lower part of town it grew
dark as night. The condition of things in
| the northern part of the city defies de-
| Scriptit A few Splintered Stumps and
| scattered boards alone remain to show
| where the Third Ward was. The mill and
| dwelling of l.. ToFdre are a total ruin,
] while the immense Zumbrota Planning Mill
! is badly wrecked, Mr. Cole, the proprietor,
! being caught up by the wind, carried dis
/ lance of eight or nine rods and dashed to
the earth mangled corpse.
| The residences south of the railroad to
| Zumbrota street all suffered, losing roofs,
! windows and chimneys. The shaded resi-
dence streets are almost impossible from
| broken trees, pieces of roofs and debris of
| all kinds. On Broadway the tin roofs are
| of from Zumbrota street north, and much
| OF the plate glass is shattered. The First
| Ward suffered the least. Many dwellings
escaped without any injury.
Following is a list Of the killed as far as
can be learned at present: John NJ. Cole,
| - VanscOOter, Maha1a Mccormick, Mrs.
Steele, daughter of L. Manly, Mrs. Wealth
| erbee, Mrs. Schultz, Mrs. Fred Clough,
| Mrs. Merath, August Zierath and Miss
| Zierath, Mrs. McQuillan, daughter of Lewis
| Irving, missing-probably dead. Mrs.
| Charley Quick and many others not iden-
! titled. Mr.. Osborn and infant child
THE INJURED.
| The following is a list of the injured as
! far as known, but is necessarily very in
complete: John Rederson, H. Ruah, wife
and child, George Hanson, Daniel Ryan, =
Enos Matteson, Fred Clough, Charley
! Clough, Dan Roth, Mrs. Roth, Mrs. Jane
| Bradley, Mrs. Humphrey, Marshall Hum
phrey, - Herson, Dan O'Brien, Mr..
| Gerdy, Mrs. Gerdy, Mr.. Mccormick, Frank
| Schultz, Mrs. Smith, infant child of F.
| Rick, VIM. Hance, R. K. William, Frank
! Shutz, Anna Jerath, Otto Rue, John Hove,
John Shentek, Milo Sweny, Oscar Haw-
kins, William Leach, q. and A. WEIGH,
| n. Hanson, wife and child, Mrs. Osborne
and little girl, w. Welch, shoulder sprained,
! Charles Quick and four children, Mrs. Err
| win and three children, Mrs. Carter, widow
OF John NJ. Quinlan,, DR., R. Eaton,
badly cut and bruised, nephew of John
Posi-, leg, arm and nose broken, Mrs. Chap
man, Edward Chapman, her son, and Mrs.
Chapman, his wife. Three children whose
names can not be learned are so badly
bruised that their mothers can not identify
them
Reports from outlying towns are coming
in slowly, and show the damage is not
confined alone to this city. Pleasant Grove
is reported annihilated, two persons being
killed and ten wounded.
The town of Salem lay in the track of the
| cyclone southwest of here, and is said TO
be wiped out.
KAssON, MINI, Aug. p.
A. Anderson's wife was fatally injured,
and her mother instantly killed by the cy-
clone last night Christian Olson's wife
was killed and his child's leg broken. The
house and barns were entirely destroyed.
At Cunestio, south of here, the house and
barn OF b. AlfalkS were ruined, also the
house and barn of Mr., Helmbrechts is gone
and his wife can not be found. Horses and
cattle were found dead in all directions
News of ruin and death is coming in from
all directions.
ST. PAUL. MINI, Aug. q.
During a session of the committee on the
Willard reception at the City Hall, Gov
ernor Hubbard received the following dis.
patch from the Mayor of Rochester:
ROCHESTER,, Aug. g.
Governor Hubbard: Rochester is in
ruins. Twenty-fou dead bodies and forty
injured thus far. One-half the city is laid
waste We need immediate help.
(Signed) s. WRITTEN,
Mayor of Rochester.
Five thousand dollars was Immediately
pledged by those present, and the amount
was telegraphed to the Mayor of Rochester.
Help is asked from the State to relieve
the unfortunate people, and aid is coming
for the homeless, injured and dying. Gov
ernor Hubbard telegTaphed to the Mayors
| of all the neighboring cities to extend aid
to the devastated community, and special
trains will be sent to the scene Immediate
| ly. The telegraph wires were blown to the
ground, and it is impossible to get any
| further details of the storm at present, but
| it is believed the whole country between
| Rochester and Zumbrota was struck by the
! cyclone, and the number killed may reach
the hundreds when all are heard from.
A Train Demolished with Terrible Results.
OwAToEEA, MINI, Aug. e.
Meagre telegraphic advices were received
here early this morning that a terrible
accident had occurred between Rochester
and T1mbrota, Mimi, on the Rochester
and Northern Division Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Road. The train was that
which leaves Rochester about four p m, ar
irving at Zumbrota about six p. m. It was
caught in the severe wind and haiI-storm
that prevailed in that vicinity between four
and six O'Clock in the evening, and while
running at a great speed was lifted from
the rails and precipitated into an inconceiv-
able mass Of ruins, burying the unfortunate
passengers beneath the debris, killing
many and injuring nearly every person on
board the train. 1t was believed that the
number of killed would reach score when
the final summing up was made The in
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