Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-20
Over Hundred Houses Destroyed and
Many Persons Killed.
SEVERAL HUNDREDS INJURED.
Great Damage Dene at Clinton, Graf
ton and Litchlleld, Ill.
MUCH INJURY DONE TO PROPERTY
A Record Of the Devastation rs Far as
Heard From.

| oIlSHG IIllS morning on the scene OF ueSO-
latlon left in the tornado's track. AS yet
the list of dead is not accurate, but it is
safe to estimate that sixteen lives we're lost
IN and about Racine Men are at work
clearing away the debris, and women clad
IN borrowed clothing are hurrying about
with tear stained eyes bemoaning the loss
OF thelr homes and relatives and friends.
Steps are already being taken to relieve
those IN immediate want, and Mayor Flesh
has issued manifesto calling en- citizens
for contributions to be left at the Office of
the city treasurer. A special meeting of
the council was held at 10 a. m and action
taken toward caring for the dead and
MANNED and penniless. The suffering is
confined to the very northern outskirts of
the city, among laborers AMI mechanics,
who owned their little property, which was
J completely swept away.
Up to noon but five bodies have been res
covered. Two girls six and eight years Of
age respectively, and said to be daughters
of one Collupka, were passing the brick
building corner of High street and Doug
lass avenue, when it fell, and they have not
been seen since. Two boys named Cert
mix, four and nine years of age, were kill
ed and their bodies recovered. An I'M
known young man recently from Germany
was killed. Barney yelling, eight months
old, was killed in his mothers arms Re-
ports are rife that five persons were killed
at Mt. Pleasant. The Harlick Food COM
pany's building was first struck and the
loss is $1,000.
Investigation this forenoon only serves
to swell the list of casualties and make
more sweeping the destruction occasioned
by the cyclone last night. 1t is now esti-
mated that fully twenty-five are killed and
J 100 injured. hundred and fifty houses
} are demolished. and had the cyclone struck
the business center the damage would net
easily have been calculated. At Western
Union junction, seven miles west of Racine.
many houses were wrecked and one young
man named Webber killed. The killed and
. wounded at Racine as far as known known
are
Willie and John Kastowick, eleven and
thirteen years of age.
little girl of Peter Dressed, six wears.
Infant child of August Kissier.
Young daughter of Barney Willing and
young son.
Paul Kuhl, Albert Kuhl.
FATALLY INJURED
Mrs. Kastorick, Simon Geese, Matt La
via, two children of Fred Falk, Mrs. Nc
Carthy, Mrs. Kartz, infant child of
Michael Jochiem, Mrs. James Decker, Mrs,
Mendt.
l SERIOUSLY INJURED.
, w. n. Speadel, leg and two ribs broken:
Mrs. Speadel, hurt internally; Kate Lutoz,
ssVenty-six years old, arm broken and
head crushed; Mrs. Frederick Falk, Her
Aan Kuel, bruised about the head; Mrs.
Khedse, hurt about the breast and eyes:
Fred Falk, hurt about head and eyes; tive
children of Mrs. Barse; Mrs. Kissner
chest bone broken and skull
) fractured Mrs. Flanagan and
three children injured; Mrs.
Miller, daughter and son, all badly injured;
Fred Essmuss, leg and face badly bruised:
Michael Dorney, skull broken and eve.
knocked out; child of Mrs. Wendt, serious.
ly injured; Michael Jochiem, wife and
foHr children hart; Mr. Knudson, arm
broken; family of William GammaI.
bruised and cat, WA, Deerstring, head
eat Oh side; Mr.. Lichtfeldt, wife and bow
badly hurt; 4, KraEskie, Mrs Rowland
/ blown OF of buggy and badly iniared;
William SpragUe, both legs broken and
thought to be fatally injured internally;
John Stripe, thigh broken; Mr. Miller, arm
e twisted off; John Riegelman's five children,
all seriously injured; Barney Willing and
family, all seriously Injured; John Luhes,
seriously cut on side.
The financial loss by the storm will not
: exceed $4,000 The buildings demolished
were principally frame structures, and in
. dividual losses range from $500 10 scarce
: q thousand.
In addition to the casualties already re-
ported the following may be added An
drew Fox was buried in the ruins of his
house together with small child. j. Luck
felt and two children were carried with
their house fifty feet. The children es-
capped but Luckfelt and wife were badly
injured by the wrecking of the house. F.
Court and a young man, Krengel, was
: killed and four others badly injured.
+ FUaTEHER DETAILS,
RACINE, Wis, May is-Racine has been
l thronged to-day with people from abroad.
drawn here by curiosity, aud partly by the
desire to render assistance. Work at the
scene of the demolished HOUSES has been
going on by such of the sufferers as were
able to be about, in the hopes of recovering
some of their property from the debris, so
widely scattered. Both official and popu.
lar action has been taken with view to
render aid to whom aid can be given. The
mayor has called special meeting of the
: council this evening and relief committees
were appointed. A citizens meeting is
called to be held at the Opera house to-
night, and bids fair to be very largely at
tended.
The scene along the course of the sv-
clone is pitiful and heart-rending in the
extreme. News of the disaster was not
generally known until this morning
Threatening weather which foreboded an,
other storm, keeping most of the peonIa
dwelling on the soath side in the vlcinitv
OF their homes Few of those who wit
messed the phenomenon comprehended its
terrible significance, suppssing it nerelv
a wind storm like those which are of co,.