Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-24
CYCLONE FREAKS.
Further Particulars Of the Disaster at
Rochester, MiBn.-Oyer a Million
Dollars Worth OF
Property Swept Away in Ten Minutes
Scene Of Widespread Ruin and
DesOlatiOn.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI August 23.-The fol-
lowing additional particulars have been
learned in regard to The cyclone which de-
stroyed Rochester: Tuesday evening at IL
o'clock Rochester was ore OF the most beau
tiful cit:es in the West, fen minutes later lie
beauty had disappeared, and in parts OF the
city ruin and desolstion reigned, a tribute to
the cyclone which had visited lhe city, leav-
ing death and destruction in it's track. Just
a month ago a fearful c~yclone passed through
il. The day had been beautiful and warm
until evening, when clouds began to gather.
The atmosphere was heavy and hot. About
4 o'clock il looked SO though it would clear
~, but soon q heavy black cloud came from
the northwest, and rain fell heavily. D.
rectly sfer 6 O'Clock the clouds assumed q
green appearance, accompanied by a run
bling noise, and in a short time The wind in
creased in violence, until it's full force
WIS felt, and what was once a wsll-popR-
lated portion OF the city was a scene of ruin.
Ire same peculiarities followed which
marked the cyclone Of July Dist. The main
course was through the lower town, but its
force was felt more or le,s in all parts of the
city.
THE FREAKS WERE SIMPLY WONDERFUL.
1t demolished well-built Str uctures on Broad
gay, doing no harm 10 adj AGENT buildings
beyond overturning chimneys aud stripping
the coverings from the roof. Oae great beauty
OF this city was its many trse-lined street,.
OF these hundreds were torn down or broken
off. Many streets were rendered impossible
by being filled with trunks or limbs. Some
were stripped perfectly bar, even the bark
being torn of. That porlon Of the city
north Of the railroad, called Liver Town,
received The most damage. Ihere is not a
house there that is not ipj1red in some way.
II locks at a distance As though there had
never been a building standing in that por-
lion, while in other sections the remains of
houses show the terrible destructive force
of the wind. AS soon as the cyclone had
passed and the people In the moe favored
portions of the city began 10 learn Of The
damage they went to Lower Town TO render
what assistance they could, working porn-
ing and night extricatipg the dead from the
debris and conveying them TO Bucks Hotel,
the Winona House and other places. While
all kcew that the
A BEEN r
no idea could be obtained until next morn
ing, when S horrors were sppalli1g 10 be-
hold. Commencing at the Cook House, on
the s.. Paul road, which it entirely demol-
ished, the cyclone next took Lelsnd's resi-
| dence, barn and outbuildines, not leaving q
stick standing. Thence it swept through the
lower town, and from the appearance of the
| ground it seemed ss though a food had been
over this section. In many PLACES there has
been scarcely a residence, board or anything
left on the premises. the grass is filed with
dirt and sand, as if a muddy stresm had
passed over it. Early Wednesday a move
ment Was made 10 care for the wounded, and
appeals we're issued TO the large cities for
aid, which were liberal y r, s?onded 10.
PRINCIPAL LOSSES.
The principal loss in the city have bsen
estimated as follows:
Courthouse, unroofed and Tome d mol
ished, $1,000.
High school, overs and part Of the roof,
$1,000.
Methodist church, roof and inside wrecked,
$4,000.
Congregational church, steeple blown of,
$1,000.
Railroad depot nnroofed, roundhouse gone,
and other Losses, $4,000.
Vsnduseo d Co., elevator, $4,000.
Portei's elevator, $1,000.
Harvester work and machinery, SI2,0 900.
Coles mill, side and roof gone and mill
wrecked, engine blown into the river, $4,000.
Crescent Creamery, $1,000.
Cascade Mill, $1,000.
Ten business blocks unroofed, with CON-
tents damaged, SlS5, 600.
Two hundred houses damaged 10 the extent
of $50, 1000.
Total, about 100000.
THE DEAD.
John McCole, business man, owning four
mills, picked up By the wind and hurled to
the ground, every bone in his body being
broken.
Mr.. M.Quilans.
Mrs. Steele.
Mrs Seinerth and August, htr ton.
Mr.. Osborn and aunt.
Mrs. Fred Cbaugb.
Mrs. Weatherly.
Mr.. Hi,zell.
William Higgin'.
Mrs. Qlick aud child.
Mics Mccormick.
Eight bodies were taken into the country
by friends before their names were learned.
-Four bodies are still unclaimed.
Total killed, 26.
TIL
Fifty-one were wounded sufficiently 10 be
under care, as follows:
Mrs. Cane Quick and FIVE children, cut
about the head and otherwise injured.
Mr.. Rhud, wife and child.
Mrs. Frank SCHULZ, badly hurt, shoulder
out of pint and cut about the head.
AunIe Z,erath, head and face badly cut.
0 ia R1ud, bruised internally.
John Hsuer.
John shamrock.
Milo Wiener.
Dan O'Brien.
George Hansen.
MIR. Wetherly Oscar Chase, Hawkins and
WIN. Lee, injured about the head, face and
arms.
s. A. Welsch, not serious.
Mrs. Irwin and two children.
Mr.. Ellis Hanse, vile and child, cut In
head and body.
Mrs. Osborn and daughter, badly bruised.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geordia, badly bruised.
Three children, whose names were not
learned, are so badly bruised it is thought
their parents cannot recognize them. Whan
found, their clothes were ali gone.
The above are in the hospital.
The following Louis Pissse, leg broken /;
Mrs. Coon, leg broken; Frank Clements
arm broken-are with friends.
THE CYCLONE
started near Owa,orna and followed a line
nearly a mile south OF the raiirosd, or DOSING
it al Rochester and following the north OF
the road passed east twenty five milts. Three
miles north of the road it varied in width
from one to three miles, and did not skip as
usual, but made a clean sweep in it's track of
houses, barns and crops. Far az heard from,
six persons were killed outside of Rochester.
Less TO crops estimated at nbout 100000.
STATEMENT OF AN EYE
CHICAGO, August ga gentleman Just
in from Rochester, Mimi, says the entire
north part Of the place from the Chicago
and Northwestern track is a confused
mass OF debris. Scarcely a house is
left Standing, and the few that are are moved
from their foundations az if shaken by an
earthquake. The sffrighted survivors were
at work all night r~escuing the injured and
recovering the bodies of the dead. Before
midnight twenty-three corpses had been re-
covered. Most of them were horribly mu-
tilatsd. 1t wss thought tbat at least twenty
bodies remsined in the ruinP. The portion
of the city swept By the cyclone composed
about . third If its extent, The storm ap-
peared to have formed about eighteen miles
| northwest of Rochester, aud gathering vio-
lence as it progressed, destroyed several farm
houses 10 its course. A lowering, dun-color-
ed, Handicapped cloud IVES seen approach
ing toward town, and 10 a few minutes the
slaughter had been accomplished. No time
was given for any preparation, had 1t been
possible. The scene in the devastated
district and The place where the dead lay
was indescribable. Mothers wildly searched
for their children, while little homeless
waits were foundw whom the tempest had or
phaned. One child was the only survivor Of
. family OF seven. Passengers on this train
we're not aware that a frightful c~yclona had
passed near them until their attention was
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