Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-24
THE TORNADOS TRACK:
DEVASTATION WROUGHT IN MINNIE
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DEVASTATION WROUGHT IN MINNIE
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fifty.ono lDjurod-Loss In
Property, 100000.
The main course of the tornado which
struck Rochester ON Tuesday night was
through the lower part of the town. but
its force was felt more or less in all parts
of the city, and its freaks were simply
wonderful. It demolished we'll built
structures on Broadway, but at the same
time did no harm to adjacent buildings,
beyond overturning chimneys and strip.
ping the tin covering from the roofs. One
great beauty of the city was the many
trees which lined the streets. Hundreds
of these were either torn down or broken
of, and many of the streets were rendered
impossible by being filed with their
trunks and limbs. Some of the trees
were stripped perfectly bare, even the
bark being torn off.
That portion of the city north of the
railroad, called the slower town." suffered
most damage. Indeed, there is not
house there that is not Injured and only
about 20 are left standing. 1t looks at
distance as though there had never been
building standing in that portion, while
in other sections the remains of the houses
show the terribly destructive force.
AS soon as the tornado had passed and
the people in the more favored portions
of the city began to learn of the damage
they went at once to render what assist
ance they could, and many worked all
night.
I,.r,r,o,o;,r,+ T ID rooL,, bo,.o ~,
the St. Paul road, which was entirely de-
| land slresidence, barn and Cutbuildings,
swept through the lower town. From the
| though a terrific flood had swept over this
| section. In many places where there had
been residences scarcely board is left on
the promises. The grass is filed with
dirt and sand as if \ muddy stream had
poured over it.
Early On "Wednesday morning an organ
| lied movement was made to care for the
wounded, and appeals were issued to the
larger cities for aid which have been an.
swered with liberality.
The principal losses in Rochester are
about as follows: court house, 81, 600 ;
high school building, $4,000; Methodist
church, $4,000; Congregational church,
$1,000; railroad depot, etc., SIG, ,00Or Van
Dusen & Co.'s elevator, $4,000, II. ].
| Porter's elevator. 81, GOO; Harvester works,
s12, 200; J. NJ. Coles mill, $1,000; Cres.
cent creamery, $1,000; Cascade mill,
$1,000; ten business blocks unroofed,
IS, 600; 26O houses, with contents, wrecked,
| $185, 900; ESQ houses damaged, $95, 900 ;
making total of about $400,000
The following is list of the killed A.:
John NJ. Cole, a prominent business man,
owning four mills, was picked up by tho
| wind and hurled to the ground, breaking
every bone in his body Mrs. McQuillan,
Mrs. Steel, Mrs. Zilerath and August
Zirerath, her son !; Mr. Osbourn and his
aunt, Mrs. Frederick ClOugh, Wr. Hetzell,
| Mrs. Wotherby, VIM. Higgins, Mrs. Quick,
with child, and Miss Mccormick. Eight
bodies were taken into the country by
| their friends before their names were as.
| certained, and four others are still un-
claimed, making in all 26 killed.
OF the wounded fifty are sufficiently
| SO to be under tho care of the doctors. Mr..
Mr.. Carl Quick and five children are cut
about the head and otherwise injured.
| Mr.. Rhud, wife and children and Mr..
Frank Schultz arc badly hurt. tho should
or of the latter being out of joint and his
head cut. Annie Zirerath is seriously cut
| about the face and head. Otto Rhud is
bruised internally. John Haney, John
ShreDock, Milo Weeney, Daniel O'Brien,
Feorge Hansen Mr.. Wetherby, Oscar C.
Hall, Mr.. Hawkins and William Lee are
injured about the head, face and arms. s.
A. Welch was wounded, but not seriously.
Mrs. Quin and two children and Nels
Hansen, wife and child are all badly cut on
head and body. Mrs. Osborne and daugh
ter are badly bruised. and three children,
\ whose names cannot be learned, are SO
badly bruised that their parents, when
found, it is thought, cannot recognize
them. Their clothes are all gono The
above named are in the hospital. The
following are with friends Louis Pessie,
leg broken Mrs. COoEs, leg broken, and
Frank Clements, arm broken.
| Tho tornado started near Owantonna,
aud followed a line nearly mile south OF
the railroad crossing at Rochester, and,
twenty-five miles. Thirty miles north of
the road it varied in width from one to
three miles, and did not skip, as is usual,
but swept everything clear in its track
houses, barr aud crops are all gone.
| The fatal black cloud swept toward St.
Charles, five miles southeast of Rochester,
cutting a wide swath through tho timber
and farms, wrecking buildings in tho little
hamlet and leaving two corpses and three
persons fatally manned. The body of one
of the men killed was found in tree top.
He had been torn limb from limb by the
mere force of tho wind while being drawn
up and carried along by the terrible fun
mel. A family named Stevens, consisting
Of four persons, saw the approaching storm
cloud and hastily crept into large tank
cistern, buried in tho ground and which
fortunately contained no water. Their
house was torn to pieces and wholly car
ried over their heads. Not u vestage of
| their home remained but their lives were
| spared.
A hurricane swept through the Ottawa
| district, doing great damage to the barns,
fences and crops In Nopan two barns
were set on fire by lightning. and man
| named Hcnshaw was instantly killed.
,ECxEr SOCiETIES.
The knights Of fythias and knights Tenn
plar In Session.
In tho grand lodge of knights of
Pythias at Scranton yesterday, E. B..
Morey was elected grand guard. The
report of tie committee on laws was
adopted, 1Sl to G7. The question whether
members three months in arrears could be
denied tho constitutional privilege of on.
tering tho lodges was decided by the COM
mittee in favor of the members. It says
the right OF q member to enter his