Daily Republican., 1883-08-24
THE MINNESOTA CYCLONE.
A Farther Account IT . Storm Tnat
Carried Death ssa Dsstrscsisn

A Farther Account ~ . Storm Tna,
Carried Death ara DsstracsiSs
with II. Z.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Aug. 23.-Tht
main course Of the tornado which struck
Rochester on Tuesday night wa,
through the lower part Ofthe town, bul
its force was felt more or less in all
parts Of the city, and its freaks wert
simply wonderful. 1t demolished we'll
built structlres on broadway, but al
the same time did no harm to adjacent
buildings, beyond overtnrning chin
neys and stripping the tin coverings
from tie roofs. One great beauty Ot
the city was the many trees which
lined the streets.
Hundreds of these were either torn
down or broken, off, ard many of The
streets were rendered impossible by
being filled with their trunks and
limbs. Some of the trees were stripped
perfectly bare, even the bark being
torn of.
That portion Of the city north of the
Railroad, called the CLOVER town, -
suffered most damage. Indeed, there
,
and only about twenty are left stand.
ing. IL looks az II distance as though
there had never been building stand.
ing in that portion, while in other sec
tions the remains of the houses show
the terribly destructive force of the
wind.
As soon as the tornado had passed
and the people in the more favored por.
ti"ns OF the city began to learn of the
damage they went at once +, lender
what assistance they could, and many
worked all night
Commencing at j. Il. Co ks house,
on the ST. Paul road, which was entire
y demolished, the tornado next took in
l.tIanu's residence, barn and oufbuild-
ings, not leaving a stick standing
Then swept through the ,ower town
From the appearance of the ground il
seemed IN though IL terrific flood had
swept over this section. In many places
where there had been residences scarce
y a board is left On the pr misses. The
grass Is filled with dirt and sand ~ if
d muddy stream hal poured over il.
Early on Wednesday morning an or
ganlzed movement was made to care for
the wounded, and appeals were issued
10 the larger cities for aid, which have
been answered with liberalit,.
The tornado started near Owatonna
and followed u line nearly mile south
OF the railroad crossing AT Rochester,
and, gong north OF the road, passes,
east twenty-five miles. Thirty miles
nelth OF the read il varies IN widfh from
one I" three miles, and did lot ski, as
Is usual, but swept everything clear in
IT'S track houses, barns and crops are
all gone.
So tar AS heard from about six persons
were killed outside of Rochester.
The loss 70 The crops Is rstlmate, at
about $500. .OO
A special sdi>patch TO the Tribune
from Dodge Genre says "rhe crops
IN the path of the cyclone, twu miles
south ct here, are all destroyed an,.
heavy damage was done to bindings
a man named H. Elbr-ciu and his wifi
were working in flea wien they saw
the storm coming, and clung to each
other. When it struck them h- was
Knocked senscles, and she was blown
to a considerable distance. She was
found yesterday morning i'll horribly
mnt'ated condition, one arm being
twisted Oft and the other nearly So A
number of others were less seriously ill.,
jurrd.
OTTAWA, Ont, August ga hurli-
cane swept through the Ottawa district
last night, doing great damage to the
barns, fences ana crops In Ner.an
two baruS wer" set on fire by lightning,
and man named HenShaw was instant
ly killed.