Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-21
Which Swept Over Wisconsin and Hi
nOiS on Friday.
SAD HAVOC DONE IN RACINE.
over Hundr ed Houses Destroyed and
Many Persons Killed.
SEVERAL HUNDREDS INJURED.
Great Damage Done at Clinton, Graf
ton and Litchfield, Ill.
MICH INLURY DONE TO PROPERTY
MUCH INJURY DONE TO PROPERTY
A Record Of the Devastation as Far a.
Heard From.

Iation left in the tornado's track. AS yet
the list of dead is not accurate, but it is
safe TO estimate that sixteen lives were 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 their homes and relatives and friends.
Steps are already being taken to relieve
those in immediate want, and Mayor Flesh
has issued a manifesto calling on citizens
for contributions to be LETT at the Office of
the city treasurer. A special meeting of
the council was held at 10 a. N. 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
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 un-
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 }hio npJ1
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
100 injured. A hundred and fifty houses
are demolished: and had the cyclone struck
the business center the damage would not
easily have been calculated. At Western
Union junction, seven miles vest of Racine,
many houses were wrecked and one young
man named Weber killed. The killed and
wounded at Racine as far as known known
are
KILLED:
Willie and John Kastowick, eleven and
thirteen years of age.
little girl Of Peter Dressed, six years.
Infant child Of August Kissler.
Young daughter of Barney Willing and
young son.
Paul Kuhl, Albert Kuhi.
FATALLY IEJURED
Mrs. Kastorick, Simon Geese, Matt La
win, two children of Fred Fak, Mrs. Nc
earthly, Mrs. Kartz, infant child of
Michael Jochiem, Mrs. James Decker, Mrs.
Mendt.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
w. A. Speadel, leg and two ribs broken:
Mrs. Speadel, hurt internally; Kate Lutcz,
seventy-six years old, arm broken and
head crushed; Mrs. Frederick Falk, Her
man Kuel, bruised about the head; Mrs.
Rheuse, hurt about the breast and eyes:
Fred Falk, hurt about head and eyes; two
children of Mrs. Barse; Mrs. Kissner
chest bone broken and skull
fractured; Mrs. Flanagan and
three children iniured Mrs.
Miller, daughter and son, all badly injured;
Fred Essmuss, leg and face badly bruised:
Michael Dorney, skull broken and eye
knocked out; child of Mrs. Wendt, serious
ly injured; Michael Jochiem, wife and
four children hurt; Mr.. Knudson, arm
broken; family of William Gammal,
bruised and cut, VIM, Deerstring, head
cut on side; Mr.. Lichtfeldt, wife and boy
badly hurt; A. KraHskie, Mrs Rowland,
blown off of buggy and badly injured !;
William Sprague, both legs broken and
thought to be fatally injured internally;
John StrIple, thigh broken; Mr.. Miller, arm
twisted off; John Riegelman's five children,
all seriously injured; Barney Willing and
family, all seriously injured; John Lukes,
seriously cut on side.
The financial loss by the storm will not
exceed $4,000 The buildings demolished
were principally frame structures, and in
dlvldual losses range from $500 to scarce
a 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 a 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 young man, Krengel, was
killed and four others badly injured.
FURTHER DETAILS.
RACINE, Wis, May 19--Racine has been
thronged to-day with people from abroad
drawn here by curiosity, and 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, sc
widely scattered. Both official and popu
lar action has been taken with a view tc
render aid to whom aid can be given. The
mayor has called a special meeting of the
council this evening and relief committees
were appointed. A citizens meeting il
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 cy
clone is pitiful and heart-rending in The
extreme. News of the disaster was moi
generally known until this morning
Threatening weather which foreboded an
other storm, keeping most of the people