, 1883-09-08
RoCnEsTeR's CYCLONE.
FIVE nrNnRED PEOPLE LlIT noISELEs
To VIEW rnE aElixcnelI Rim.
crop. Utterly Sbaltei afcd, aad All pescrsp-
aisa, OF property saacr Lass.

ltsns OF property saacr Loss.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press under dat,
OF August 23d, has the fclloNiug graphi'
account OF the fearful cyclone that visited
Rochester, MINI, on August ga:
The weather throughout the day had
been unsettled but rot unusually threat
ening. Clouds would form and disappear
forming again heavier than before. The
wind was mostly from the southeast,
blowing scui clouds with it, while awaJ
above the rsin-bearing stratum drove from
the northwest all day. About 3 o'clock 4
black cloud rose in the west, very threat
ening, bat it passed harinlessiy by with a
furious wind and some dropsof ram. At
3 low black bank lay IN the southwest.
1t rose rapidly, bat presented ouly the sp-
pesrance of sn ordinary thunder shower
As it neared the city it began TO assume
horrible appearance The whole sky
MAS tinged CHASTITY green, and the clouds
swept around here I'D there IN gigantic
! circles. Wherever II was possible people
| took to their cellars, and in 10 case where
that was done WAS life lost Ia the upper
part Of the city the darkness WIS at no
time great; but al the lower part Of town
it grew dark as night,
FILLING EVERY ONE WITH TERROR.
Then came the awful roar so well known
as the precursor OF cyclone, and the
storm burst upon the doomed city.
Houses We're as s,raws IN the grasp Of
this terrible power, and no tree, of What
ever size, In the track nf the storm With
stood Its fury. The whirling, sWaying
funnel left the broken country vest Of the
city and struck the farm Of Mrs. Fatroute,
lying two miles south, where the timber,
buildings and gram, both standing,
shocked and stacked, were wholly destroy
ed. Thence it moved down the valley Of
the Cascade toward the northeast, with a
track about a mile wide. The dwelling
of Mathew Engel, large tao story frame
building, WAS raised Ia the air aud dashed
back u shapeless mass Of runs. HIS
barn, a new, large substantial one, shared
the same fate. The house and outbuild.
ings on the farm of John Il. Cook were
CRUSHED PERFECTLY FLAT
The family Of the tenant, Mr. Ecker, MAS
in the cellar and escaped. On Mr. Aims
lies place, just north Of here, all was laid
fiat but the house, which was partly un-
rooted. On DIR. Eaton's farm, the fam
lily took refuge in the stone basement Of
the barn and barely escaped with their
lives. The condition of things III the
northern part Of the city deties descrp-
ton. A few spEntsred stumps and scat
tered boards remain 70 show where the
Third ward was The buildings in this
part Of the city were mostly One-stOry
frame houses Many of them without
cellars, aud there Was the greatest de-
struction Of life. The mill and dwelling
Of L. Tondre are total rum, while the
immense Zumbro planning mill, John NJ
Cole, proprietor, is badly wrecked, huge
pieces of the building being torn out and
carried of
NR. COLE : FATE.
Mr.. Cole, gho was IN the n.ill when
the cyclone reached it, thinking his house
a safer place, started tgr It, hu. had rat
gone twenty feet before he WAS caught NJ
by the sind, carried distance Of eight or
ten rods and dashed 10 the earth maB-
g,ed corpse The residences south Of tho
railroad io Zumbro street all suffered,
losing roofs, windows and chmneys. The
shaded residence streets are almost ian
passable fror. broken trees, pieces of roofs
and debris OF all sorts On Broadway the
tin roofs are off from Zumbro street north,
and much OF the plate glass is shattered.
The Fi,st ward suffered the least, many
dwellings escaping withou, any injury
whatever
oTHEE TOWNS WirEE OUT-
Reports from outlying towns are coming
in slowly, and show that the damage is not
confined to thus city. Pleasant Grove Is
reported annihilated, two persona being
killed and tep wounded. The town Of
Salem lay in the track. IF the cyclone
southwest of mere, and is said to be wiped
out The top story Of the c0urt house is
badly wrecked The eupalo was carried
several rods, and tbe building left expnsed
to the weather. The tower II the school
house lies on the sround, and the roof is
damaged The roof Of the Methodist
church was blown away, and the walls
are half crumbl-d down. The steeple Of
the Congregational church knocked sever
al holes In the roof in its fall A childrens
picnic Just returned from the country had
taken refuge in the school, but all escaped
badly scared. Had some OF the children
been a, home they must almost certainly
been killed A fine new building belong
ing to George Stocking and occupied by
him as grocery lies total wreck. A. D.
Fedder's farm machinery warehouse is
completely demolished and the machinery
scattered. The 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. II. T. Horizons
ELEVATOR LIES ACROSS THE RAILWAY TRACK
and the warehouse and Offices Of Whitten
& Judd are mass Of ruins. The Roch-
ester harvester works are completely pull
ver!zed, not tso feet Of the wall remain
Ing standing. All of the machinery is
total loss The railway bridge is gone
SUPERINTENDENT Sanborn is here with
force of men, aud railway communicative
will son be secured A thousand people
are hoinle.s and dependent upon the char.
\ Ity of oAhrrr for shelter and the necessa-