The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31
,,arried /. distance 0, eight or ten rod. and

,arried distance Of eight or ten rods and
dashed to the earth mangled corpse. The
residences south Of the railroad 20 Zumbro
street ell suffered, losing roofs, -windows.
and chimneys. The shaded residence streets
are almost impossible from broken trees,
pieces of roofs and debris Of all Sorts
On Broadway the tin roofs are OF from Zum-
bro street north, and much Of the plate glass
is shattersd The First ward suffered the
least many dwellings escaping without any
injury whatever.
OTHER TOWNS WIPED OUT.
Reports from outlying towns are coming in
slowly, and show that the damage is not con-
fined to this city. Pleasant Grove is reported
annihilated, two persons being killed AMI ten
wounded. The town Of Salem lay in the track
of the cyclone southwest OF here, and is said
7, be wiped out The top story of the court
house is badly wrecked. The cupo.a was
carried several rods, and the building
left exposed to the weather The tower OF the
school house lies on the ground, and the roof
is damaged. The roof of the Metho.
dist church was blown away, and the
walls are half crumbled down. The
steeple Of the Congregational church
knocked several holes in the roof in it's fall
children's picnic just retured from the
country had taken refuge in the school, but all
escaped badly Scar ed. Had some of the chill
dren been at home they must almost certainly
been killed A fine new building
belonging to George Stocking and
occupied by him as gncery lice
a total'wreck. A. d. Vedder's farm machinery
warehouse is completely demolished and the
machinery scattered. Tho railway depot is
unroofed and badly riddled. The roof of G..
W. Van Dusen & Co.'s elevator was carried
away, and the warehouse adjoining crushed.
H. T. Horizons
ELEVATOR LIES ACROSS THE RAILWAY TRACK,
and the warehouse aud offices of Written &
Judd are mass of ruins The Rocneste,
harvester works are completely pulverized, moi
two feet of the wall remaining standing All
of the machinery is a total loss The railway
bridge is gone. Superintendent s.nborn Is here
with force of men, and railway communica-
ton will soon be secured. A thousand people
are homeless and dependent upon the charity
of others for shelter and the necessaries Of
life. The resources and sYmpathies of the
citizens are taxed to the utmost and help is
badly needed from abroad An impromptu hos
forty sufferers are being cared for by voiun-
teer corps of nurses. The damage in the CITY
cannot be less than half million and in the
surrounding country an estimate is impos-
slble. Fences are all gone, cattle injured and
at large, stacks of grain and hay have totally
disappeared and crops of corn and potatoes
are beaten flat.
IN DODGE. COUNTY.
In the townships of Westte!d Ashland aud
Canlstee there were five deaths-Mrs. Helm.
brech, Mrs Christian Olsen and infant, OH old
lady, mother of Mrs. Ole Muda, ana one man,
name not learned. Young Mrs. Mu)da is ia.
tally hurt, as is Andrus Frederickson. Joseph
Thornyton, north Of st Charles, Winons
county, was killed, and his wife and other in,
mates Of the house injured. In Pleasan
Grove, ten miles south of Rochester. at
4 o'clock, three hours earlier than the biz
storm, cyclone struck several houses, killed
TWO persons and wounded ten The storm, &C
ship, near the west line Of Dodge county. I,
continued through Dodge and Olmsted and
into Winona countias, . distance of about eixty
miles, and varied from two and half to three
quarters Of mile in width. being the widest
where it started. In the path of the storm
nothing worth saving except the acreage is
left In Rochester the damage to the princi-
pal buildings is:
Court house unroofed: main tower and part Of
roof of.
High school and Methodist church, walls down,
roof and spire gone.
Insane nsvlNnn nf
not badly damaged, and the patients all right
Spire OF the Congregational church gone.
George Stockings and A. D. Vedder's brick
blocks ruired.
Every elevator more or less hurt.
the railroad track.
Coles mill destroyed.
Rochester Harvester works, total wreck.
Depot unroofed.
W. c; Rich, Judge Start and c. H. Chad
bourne say conservative estimate Of the loss
in the city alone is 100000. The city has
800 homeless people to care for, and traces OF
the July cyclone are still plenty Help is
needed, and at once.
SOUTH OF THE RAILWAY.
The following business buildings south of
the railway were simply unroofed and slightly
Cooks hotel. stebbins & Co., Horizons Opera
A. Coles mill. Rommel's block, T. p Hall & Co.,
Mrs 2. Graf. Broadway home.
But few dwelling houses north of the track
were badly damaged, but great many barns
stock are running at large through the coun-
try, more or less bruised and crippled, aud
almost unacceptable on account of the coat
ing Of mud and filth The barn of r B. Hall
blew across tho railway track about two miles
west of here. The hired man, sent out to sig
gave gay ,, false sigma! and the train
was instantly killed and horribly mangled and
three or more passengers and train men
severely injured The resources of charity in
this city were severely taxed by the cyclone q
mouth since, and without outside aid 1t will DO
impossible to prevent an immense amount of
suffering AMI destitutlor Rochester extend
an urgent appeal to her sister cities Of Mime
sofa for aid in this, her timo o: trouble.
The Ruined City.
Rochester, the county seat of Ohm stcd
county, is a city of about 5000 inhabitants.
1t was one Of the handsomest cities Of the
many Of which Minnesota can boast It is
laid out regularly, with broad streets,
shaded by numerous trees, with the Zum-
brota river vending its way through the city
from north to south, with fine public park
in the center OF he city Rochester contains
many handsome public buildings, among which
are the State hospital for the insane,
the Olmsted county court house, the High
school, the Cook House, and other hotels
The city has been noted for its many beauti-
full residences, with large and well-kept
grounds, betokening the wealth and
taste Of their owners. The State fair was for
several years held at that point the extensive
grounds being located In the suburbs of the
city The Southern Minnesota Fair associa-
ton had taken possession of the buildings
The State fair to owatonna, aud elabo-
rate preparations were making for an
exhibition this fall, which promised to rival
The State exhibition. The grounds were large
and well provided with all the neces-
sary .buildings, with fine race track.
tochester was incorporated as city in