Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-23
4 A CYCLONES FURY.
A TRAIN LIFTED FROM THE RAILS
AND WRECKED.
Tho Town OF Rochester In ltuins--A rassen-
ger Train Blown from tho Track
-Mnny Lives Lost.

81. Paul, Aug. 90 - A cyclone ragged
nt Rochester, Mimi, last night. III 4
reported as.very severe, and TO have
Killed fifty or more persons, and In.
jured others, There are vague rumor.
ola traiu disaster by being blown from
the track, but no particulars.
LATER Passengers from Owattonnn
shy twenty-five persons were killed M
the railroad accident and thirty-iiye
injured, who were taken TO the hua.
pita ut Ownttunna. The mayor OF
Rochester tclegraphs for assistance
He states that twenty-five were Killed
and about forty injured. One.third Of
the town is al entire wreck. IL IL be.
lieytd the whole country surrounding
Rochester II IN ruins. rac killed mnv
reach up into hundreds
Nj, Cole, proprietor of the mills ~
Tumbrala, was instantly killed. Cav
Hubbard has sent $1,000 10 mid the suc.
ierers.
a passenger train on the Rochester
& Northern road was blown from the
track last night during the cyclone
and d number killed and wounded
The governor has Just received word
from Rochester, Mimi, stating TINT
the town is ia ruins, and forty PERSONS
killed II Is impossible 10 learn tho
details, as the wires are all down. Tho
storm ia other localities was only n So.
we're hail storm, and no great damage
was done, Particulars are coming ~
on special trains.
Wiuona, MINI, August %. AT !
o clock lnst evening n cyclone struck
tic North part of the city OF Rochester,
Minnesota, making II clean sweep of
elevators, residences, thu railroad en-
CINE house and oth,r property along
The road, all being completely demol-
ishod. Manager Written telegraphs
t'Mt twenty We're killed and forty
wc unded. The city Is in need o. cloth.
ing, food and assistance. Among the
killed are John M. Cole, proprietor OF
the planning mill. Superintendent
Tanberg, of the Winona and
s.. Peter railways telegraph
that The list Of killed and wounded Il
hourly Increasing. 'I'he storm swept
the towns OF Utica aud st. Charles, in
Wlnonu county. job Thornton was
killed and several others injured. A
report from Dodge county indicates
much damage there, with loss OF lie.
Mayor Ludwig of Winona, with a
corps Of surgeons, left for Rochester
this morning.
Owattonna, Mln.h, August 80.
Meagre tclegraphic advicts were re-
ceived here early this morning Of
terrible accident which occurred be.
tween Rochester and Xumbretta,
Mimi, on the Rochester and northern
division OF the Chicago Il North
4lt al sutl IL ia, 4,
about one hundred people were killed
aud wounded. No information could
be obtained till the arrival of II train
with thirty-iive people who had been
IA the accident. OF this
many seemed to be seriously
aud all have been taken To
the hospital. The train wrecked wax
that which leaves Rochester about j
p. IN. 1t WIS caught in the severe
wind and hail storm that prevailed
in that vicinity between and u o'clock
IN The evenings white running at high
speed was lifted from the rails. The
railroad accidents ever seen. Every
ear in the train was completely
aud literal Y almost shattered
to pieces 10y the stdden stop caused by
the train leaving the rails, buryiug the
passengers beneath the de-
hrie, killing many aud injuring nearly
every person aboard. Nine bodies
have been taken from the ruins, and n
large number OF those who We're seti-
ousiy injured were removed to Roch-
ester ana Owattonna. AT the time
the train lett the work OF eNtricating
the unfortunate victims was still pro.
crossing. The number of killed will
reach twenty.