The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-23
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
a TRAM BLOWN FaoM A TRACK
By til. Power of C,eloas-oar Broken ln,o
splinters and the Passengers Crushed uadsr
the DsbrIs-Sesns Described by an
Eys.WItnsSs OF the Sad AnAir.

EJe.Witntsa OF the Sad AnAlr.
ST. PAUL, MINI, August 22.-The cyclone
which rsged at Rochester, Mimi, last night
is reported 10 have been very severe.
Twenty -four are reported killed and fifty
or more injured. Vague rumors OF train
disaster, by being blown from track are
also coming in, but no particulars.
Passengers from owotonna state that
twenty-five were killed in the railroad acci-
dent Th;,ty.t;ve injured were taken TO
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tne hosp'tai ~ owo'onna' !ne mayor "
Rochester has telegraphed Tor assistance.
He states that about twenty-five were killed
and abopt for,v were ;n;nred One.third
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oi tue to"h 10 al enttfe wtteA' II 10 uN-
lieyed from all reports that some other
towns in the country surrounding Roches-
Ter are In ruins. The killed NAV reach nm
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INV ''i' ..' y
THE WORST CONFIRMED.
WtsoyA. MIxy.. August o2.-At seven
o,.,.a,. In. a.a.;.,. .,,,,o,o ,,.,o,, t,o
oioeA 'aes e.en'os Sys'oAe 's'uva 9'e
north part oil the CITY oil hochesler, MIMI,
making clean sweep OF elevators, resi-
dancea the railroad engine honse and
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o'neis' tfope''y "ions 'ne '"'noau was
completely demollsheo. mayor Whltten
telegraphed that twenty-four were killed
and forty wounded. The CITY is in need OF
aIo.,,;.. ,ao5 ,,,a ...;..a,no Iuo,n .ha
elVa'ins' ioVu "t,a ''ss'os""s'' ,1', 'N'ns ','e
KILLED ls John M. Cole, proprietor OIL the
planning mill. Superintendent Sanborn, OF
the Wlnona < 81. Paul railroad, telegraphs
that the list OF killed and wounded Is
hourly increasing. The prostration OF the
telegraph lines makes ii difficulty to get
particulars. The storm swept three towns,
Utica, st. Charles and Winona. Job
Ihofntoh wan Aiieu IL "inona, auu
noSss conntc indicates mrch dsmaee With
loes Of life. No particulars are yet obtain.
able. Mayor Ludwig, OF Winons, with a
corps Oh surgeons lelt iof H0cneslef tniS
'nG HwaToxs, M,yx Auu,st e9-Meaore
telrrraphic adyices were received here
early this morning, Of terrible accident
that occurred between Rochester and
Isumbrota. Mimi, on the Rochester and
Northern Division OF the Chicago & North
western road, by which about one hun.
dred people were killed and wounded.
On account Of wire interruption no infor-
nation could be Obtained ill the arrival
of The train from the scene OF the disaster
with thirty. five people who had been
wounded Il, me accident Otthis number
many seemed Ia be seriously wounded and
ALI have been taken TO the hospital. The
train wrecked was that which leaves Ro.
chester sabont 4P.M, arriving at Zsum.
brota at 7p.n. 1t was caught in severe
wind and hail storm in that vicinity be-
tween and q o'clock in the evening, and
while running at a high speed was lifted
from the rails.
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the WORST "HIoN EVER NNom"
A Agentlenan who had been at the scene
Of the disaster described II as one Of the
nina. hn,riivinv railroad accidents he had
'os' l..o~ asn. 49, o"s =, 40 ,,a;n mac
ever seen' Every 'Ai VI 'ne IAN wac 70
completely wrecked and almost literally
shattered to pieces by the sudden stop
caused by the train leaving the rails, pury-
inS as.is .ne af and t;l;,s t,e maSu % enJ ininr. @
Ing nearly every person aboard. The
gentleman stated that nine dead
bodies have been taken a from the me-. runs % ana
y '"isH issinred r1e removed ed to Rochester and
0watonna. At the time he left the work
Of extrlcating the unfortunate victims was
sti PtossesSn anu hs ssnsa Ssn ths sOe
snmmary A,nsu nv wss mad made !" 'N
ST P.,u. MINI. August pa cyclone
s,rnck Rocbester at 7 p. NJ. Yesterday. and
Jsmol;sned about three hundred houses
and damaoeI about two hundred more.
The names Of the killed rs far as known 10
Roebeatef are John McCone, Mrs. Mcluel.
Ian Thomas slesIe. MIS-. Xlrrath, August
Zar,ratb' I'm, a ar. osborn and an infant,
Mrs. Fred Ciuugh, Mrs. Witheyell,
Mr. Hitzsi, Mr.. Higgins, Mrs. Qniek and
child, Miss Mccormick. These with four
unidennaea eaye pseh aaO oroasa. San ~ tae tae
nndeftasefs; o!k o'netS haye ueei, o,s,ea asea
care o. ny itsenus' n ,an ~ poas1Ia orssha smsssS
counties ae.s,h,s ;me,e % u ,S' es,,,Ust. s