Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-15

night last night fire was discovered There
were about twenty railroad laborers and
other guests about the house at the time
the fire occurred. The flames spread so
rapidly that three railroad men were
burned to death and fourth one had leg
broken by jumping from window. Three
fourths of the town was burned and the
loss is estimated at 100000. The citizens
intend rebuilding Immediately, and will
use brick largely instead of frame.
Telegraphic communication with Coka-
to waa Interrupted all daylyesterday, and
the above comprises all details re-
ceived. A passenger from Moorhead into
st. Paul yesterday morning. reports that
at the time the train passed that point,
4:O5 a. M, the fire was still burning =,
though virtually under control. In the
half hour the train remained at the station.
he was informed that all but one of the
business buildings of the village, twenty
or twenty one in number, had been burned.
The fire started at 1:30 a. m, in the
southwest section of the village, and
famed by a strong wind from
that direction, the flames communicated
almost Immediately to adjoining build
ings, and were only subdued when there
was nothing else to destroy. At the time
the train passed through the origin of the
fire was a mystery, some claiming it was
incendiary, and others that it was from a
bolt of lightning. Anyway, one of
the first buildings attacked was
railroad boarding house, in which some
thirty-tive surface or division men were
| sleeping. So rapid was the spread of the
| flames that the three of the occupants, as
reported, lost their lives, the others escap-
ing in nothing but their night clothes
| The names of those lost in the fire.
as our informant understood them, were
John E. Lynch, Thomas Lafferty and -
Shepard. Others in the building were
very badly burned, but names were not Sc
cured.
FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
MANKATo, Mimi, July 14.-As Michael
Mcnamara, of Eagle lake, was coming
into this city to-day, accompanied by Mrs.
E. Buckley, of the same place, the team
| started to run and threw them both out.
dislocating the shoulder of the former and
almost instantly killing the latter.
THE MISSOURI TORNADO.
ST. LOUIS, July IA The restoration of
| Geographic communication, which was
badly broken last night, reveals the fact
that the storm, part of which swept over
this city, was general in character, and
traversed not only large part of Missou-
RI, but covered various sections of Kansas,
| Iowa and Illinois. The velocity of the
wind at this city was fifty miles an hour,
and came apparently from nearly all d.
rections, but mainly from the north and
northwest. No serious individual losses
were sustained, but great number of
minor ones are disclosed in the way of
| damage to roofs, gable ends of houses,
chimneys, shutters, signs, fences, trees,
shrubery, ETC., the whole of which will
aggregate many thousand dollars. Some
slight njuries to persons are reported, but
nobody was. seriously hurt. East ST.
Louis also suffered in a similar manner
and train of twenty-five cars moving on
The Belt roadIon the river front was blown
from the track and most of them badly
wrecked. Bellville, ILL.,, was badly shaken
injured, none seriously. At Alton, ILL.,, three
churches lost part of their roofs and walls,
and the Laclede hotel is dismantled.
Several other buildings were slightly in
iured, and the streets Uttered with fallen
trees, At Summer, ILL.,, large Touring
mill was unroofed and heavy damage
caused to the machinery and stock from
the deluge of rain which rushed through
10 hni fn
other buildings were more or less injured.
| At Carmi, ILL.,, several houses were slightly
shattered, but no serious damage was
done. At Olney, Ill, two churches we're
| badly injured and large number of trees
uprooted, and other damage done.
A dispatch from Keokuk, Ia, says the
storm ragged fearfully throughout the
country southwest of there. The train
which left Burlington on the Chicago, Bur-
lington g. Kansas City road at 9:15
a. m. was blown from the track mile and
half south of Browning, Mo-, and the bag
gage car and one coach turned completely
over. Conductor Watson was badly hurt
the baggageman slightly wounded and six
passengers injured. They were later taken
to Linneus, Mo-, and cared for. Mrs. Per-
ry, of Linneus, had her ribs and collar
bone fractured, and will probably die. Mrs.
Lolley, of Sullivan county, Mo-, was badly
hurt in the head and side. Alex. Craig, of
st. Joseph, Mo, had rib broken. Theo.
J. Shea, of Cincinnati, o., had his wrist
dislocated and fingers broken. ]. G. Ross,
| of Linneus, had his shoulders fractured.
| S. S. Smith, of Ottumwa, Ia, was damned
between the cars aud badly hurt. A. Ross,
of Linneus, had a scalp wound.
In the vicinity of Linneus the storm did
great damage to crops, buildings, and
farm property generally. At Wellsville,
Mo-, school house was nearly destroyed
At Jefferson city, Mo-, the main cell build
ing of the penitentiary was Iunroofed and
one or two other houses damaged. Dis
patches from Maryvill0, Mo-, say twenty
business houses were unroofed and num-
Der of small houses and shops wrecked.
The city hall was unroofed and partly
blown down. The postofice and two
newspaper Offices were badly damaged.
The large elevator of Brinton & WEIGH
suffered severely. The Kansas City rail-
road depot and Wabash freight house were
badly injured. Twenty thousand dollars
will not cover the damage to the town.
Burlington Junction is reported to be al
| most com Dletelv wrecked not a dozen