Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-24
Thu TERRIDLE CYCLONE,
The Most Appalling Storm Disaster
That ever BefcIi City OH the
American Continent.
The Beautiful City Of Rochester, Min.
sofa, Laid Desoiate by the
Storm God.
A Minnesota Cyclone.

| lasC evening cyclone sIfuck Clc HOfIl
part of the CITY OF Rochester, lying nortl
of the railroad track, making cleal
sweep of the elevator, residences, rail
road engine houses, and other property
The railroad bridge was completely de
molished. Mayor Wilton telegraphed 2
killed and 40 injured. The city Is in neec
The killed is Jonn NJ. Cole, proprieto
tcndent San born of the Winona 81 ST
Peter railroad tclegraphs the list of killed
and wounded is hourly increasing. Pros
tration of telegraph lines had made i
difficult to get particulars. Storm swep
through the towns Of Utica and St
Charles. In Winona county Job Thorn
ton was killed and several others lnjur
ed. Reports from Dodge county ind
Gates it did much damage WITH loss o1
life, no particulars yet obtanable. Mayor
| Ludwig, of Winona and corps OF sur
geons left for Rochester this mornlng.
OwAToNNA, MINI, Aug. 22-Meagre
telegraph advice received here early this
morning of terrible accident which oc-
Cured between Rochester and Zumbrota
vision of the G. &c n w. railway, by
| wounded On account Of the Interrupt
ton Of telegraphic service at Rochester
no information could be obtained till the
arrival of the train from the scene of dis
aster with thirty-fvc people who had
been wounded in the accident. Of this
number many seem to be wounded and
all have been taken the hospital. The
train wrecked was that which leavee
Rochester about p. m. arriving at Zunl-
brota about 6 p. M, which was caught in
4 severe wind and hail storm which pre-
vailed i'll that vicinity between 4 and G
o'clock in the evening and while running
| at a high rate Of speed was lifted from
the rails. A gentleman who had been at
the scene described it as one of the most
horrifying railway accidents ever wit
pessed. Every car IN the train was q
complete wreck, almost literally shattered
to pieces by the sudden stop caused by
the train leaving the rails, burying un-
fortunate passengers beneath the debris,
killing many and lnjuring nearly every
person aboard. The gentleman stated
that nine dead bodies had been taken
from the ruins and large number of
those seriously injured removed to
| Rochester and OWatonna. At the time
he left the work of exlricating the un-
! fortunate victims was progressing and il
was believed the number of killed and
wounded would reach a score when the
final summing up was made.
MINNEAPoL1s, Aug. 22-Tribune Ro-
chester special says: Tuesday evening at
O'Clock. Rochester was one Of the most
beautiful cities IN the west, ten minutes
later It's beauty was gone aud in parts of
the city ruin and desolation rclgned. A
terrible cyclone visited this city leaving
death and desolation in its track Just a
moment ago fearful cyclone passed six
miles north of the city, now it passes
| through ii. Fle day had been beautiful,
although warm, until this afternoon when
clouds began to gather aud the atmos-
phere was oppressive and heavy; about
o'clock Ii seemed as though it had COM
| menced to clear up, hut soon heavy black
clouds began to gather in the northwest
and rain fell heavily. Directly after
The clouds assumed the greenlsh tint that
| is the forerunner of these terrible visitors
accompanied by a rumbling noise and in
short time the wind rose increasing IN
violence until the full force of the cylone
| was upon US. What was once well
populated portion Of the city was soon a
scene Of ruins.
ROCHESTER,, Mnn., Aug. Ply ester
| day Rochester was one OF the NEST beau-
tiful cities IN Southern Minnesota, with
fine streets shaded with magnificent trees,
containing many substantial business
structures and dwellings and large
number Of of cozy houses and populated
by we'll to do and intelligent class of
citizens numbering over 5000. To-day
it presents picture of lndescrlbsble de-
vastatlon. Buildings in all parts are un-
rooted and otherwise injured and nearly
800 of them utterly demolished. Mills,
elevators, school houses and factories
were blown down or injured almost be-
yond repair, while beautiful trees which
shaded the streets were uprooted and
falling across the highways almost effect
ually bockaded them to progress on foot
or by vehicle. Not alone this destruction
of property, approSlmatlng half a mil
lion dollars, hut also q fearful loss of life
! paints the horrible picture deeper black.
| Twenty-si are known to have died UP to
this morning and the city is filled with
shriekS and gTeans Of over sixty wounded
not few Of whom must expire in few
| hours. All this destruction is the result
of double tornado which passed over
Southern Minnesota yesterday afternoon
and evening, which seo ed to gather
fury from two sources and came whirlins
and screaming through the sky like twin
demons until they combined forces Just
| east o. here and spent their force here
! with results above indicated. On ap-
preaching Rochester from the west two
| distinct tracks of storms can be observed
| one north and the other south The
track between Dodge Center and Roches
| ter, a distance Of twenty miles, one O
these tracks seems to have come from ths
north and the other from the southwest
each Of them marked by grain lodged ant
frame houses demoralized Houses O.
working men stands south of the tracl
where the number of buildings DESTROYED
and injured IS much less but the amour
of property loss is much greater, Will
hardly building in the whole place no
partially unreofed.
OwAToNNA, Aug. 22-Gco. Mcdonald
who occupied an upper room in the Cool
house thus describes the approach of III,
.cyclone: ''I was standing at tile windoy
watching the approaching storm with n
thought OF the fearful consequence
which would follow 1t. The sky was
mass of ominous inky clouds which mad
the earth as dark as twilight and whic
was lllumined every few seconds by vivi
flashes of lightning shooting from on
cloud 10 another. A stiffness prevaile
; over the town and ali was hushed as
, there was a sense OF impending calamity
Then there was a low rushing sound Z
, if high wind was blowing through tn,
! trees, was heard, which grew graduali
) louder until it amounted to roar. Me-
, and women ran hithcr and thither seekins
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