Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-29
FURIOUS WINDS.
The City of Rochester, Minn.,
Almost Blown Out of
Existence.
One Hundred Persons Killed or Serious
ly Injured, and ESQ Houses
Destroyed.
A Railway Train Lifted from the Track
and Dashed TO Pieces.
Northern WiscOnsin-The Loss
I'm Dollars lncalculable.

nuOtA0A oAu P1OOaOAy VIC AuoSG SeNc1o
storm ever known in that section. The
first signs of it were observed at Souix
City, where a high wind continued until
late in the evening. The fury of the
storm eliminated at Rochester, where
the greatest loss of life is reported.
The details of the storm show it
to have been q cyclone of the worst
kind, and the whole country in that
vicinity was completely wrecked. A
dispatch states that the city of Roch-
ester was over one-third leveled to the
ground and business houses, dwellings,,
barns and shade-trees completely wreck
ed and converted into one mass of ruins,
burying the inhabitants under the
falling timbere. Help is asked
from the state to relieve the un-
fortunate people and in caring for
the homeless, injured and dying.
Gov. Hubbard, Immediately upon the
receipt Of the news, telegraphed to the
mayors of the neighboring cities to
extend aid to the devastated communi-
ty, and special trains we're sent to tie
scene. The whole country between
Rochester and Zumbrota Was struck by
the cyclone One of the most terrible
features of the storm was the blowing
of train from the track between Roches.
ter and Zumbrota, on the Rochester and
Northern Division of the Chicago and
Northwestern Road, by which about 100
persons were killed and wounded. The
train was caught in the severe wind and
hail storm, and while running ct great
speed was lifted from the rails, and pre-
cipitated into an unrecognizable mass
of ruins. The disaster is described as
one of the most horrifying railroad ac-
cidents ever witnessed. Every car in
the train was complete wreck, and
was almost literally shattered to pieces
by the sudden stop. The train was
taken up bodily by the force of the
storm and hurled in a mass from the
track, burying the unfortunate passen-
gers beneath the debris, killing many
and injuring nearly every person aboard
the train.
The Zumbro mill, in Rochester, was
demolished, and toe proprietor, John M.
Cole, was instantly killed. The course
of the storm appears to have been from
a point near Sioux City, Ia., its first vic.
lcnce, so far as reported, occurring at
Owatonns. Thence it passed easterly
along the Winona and ST. Peter Railroad
in a narrow path to the Mississippi
River. The force of the storm had
spent itself before reaching Winona.
The course of the storm is nearly iden.
tical with that of last month, in which,
the village OF Elgin was demolished,
and it is also in the same belt across the
state in which was thu severe tornado OF
two years ago, by which New Ulm was
destroyed. In Winona County Jot
Thorington was killed and many others
wounded. Seven persons we're killed
five miles south of Kasson in a Nor
wegian settlement.
The principal losses in Rochester, as
nearly as have been estimated, are az
follows: Courthouse, unroofed anc
dome demolished, $4,000; high schoo
building, tower and part of the 700
gone, $4,000; Methodist Church, roo
gone and building wrecked, $4,000
Congregational Church, steeple off,
81, 900; railroad depot unroofed, round
house gone, bridge ruined and othel
losses, $4,000; Vandusen & Co.'s ele
vator, $40, 900; q. T. Parton's elevator
$1,000; Harvester Works and machin
cry, Sl2, 900; J. NJ. Coles mill, eide ani
roof off, mill wrecked and engine blow1
into river, 5000; Crescent Creamery
1000; Cascade Mill, $1,000; George
Stockberg, store and stock, SO, 600; VIM
Beardsley, building, $1,000; A. D. We'd
der, machine depot, $4,000; ten bust
ness blocks unroofed, $4,000; two hun
dred and fifty houses, with contents
$l85, 900; twenty houses damaged, $50,
600; making total Of 1894, 900.
| So far as heard from, about six per
sons were killed outside of Rochester
by the storm. The loss to crops is es
timated at about 100000.
| At Kasson, MINI, two women were
killed. Houses and outbuildlogs were
unroofed and wrecked, and large mum
bers of cattle killed.
Wisconsin was not left out of the pro.
gramme. At Neilsville the roof was
blown off an engine-house and many
buildings damaged. No lives were lost
Four freight cars were blown from The
track at Mannville. Three miles nortl
of Marshfeld falling trees killed 81,
head of cattle belonging to John Gill
Timber was badly blown down. A
MulaOOre, WOUu COuuty, Ou tuo OeutIa
Railroad, tornado struck the town o
midnight. Twenty buildings were blown
down. Mrs. John Grier was killed, an(
German woman and child, names I'm
known, canuot live. Others were NOR
or less injured. houses and timbe
we're leveled in the path of the tornado
There was great damage done to crops
Many .attle we're killed.
In tho viciuity of Green Bay, tn
damage to propt rsy is serious. At tn
Town of Pittsield, new brick build
ing belonging to Mr.. K,mning and
house and barn owned by Fred S,hult
we're blown down. A large number Q
barns were nearly demolished and man,
others unroofed Fences were torn dow
and trees uprooted. Standing corn wa
laid fiat.
A Man Who Was Particular.
From the Chicago Times.]
For nearly two hours in the busies
part of the day horse car travel was dc
l r.