The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

total wreck. A. d. veddsr's farm machinery
warehouse IL completely demolished and the
machinery ecattered. Tho railway depot j,
unroofed and badly riddlsd. The roof Of q.
". Van Dusen b Co.. elevator was carried
away, aud tho warehouse adjoining crushed
H. 7. Horizons 81
ELsvAyol Lis ACROSS THE RAILWAY TRACK
and thswarehouss and Offices Iof Written 1
Judd - mass Of ruins The 1ochests,
harvester works are completely pulvsrised. mol
two feet Of the wall remaining standing. al,
of the machinery is = total loss. Tho railway
bridge 10 gone. Superintendent Sanborn u her,
with 9 force 3of men, and railway communica-
ton will soon be secured: A thousand people
are ,homelq pc and dependent upon the charity
OF others for shelter aud the .nsoessariss Of
lite. The resources and sympathies Of the
cinzens are taxed to the utmost, aud help is
BADLY needsd from abroad. Antmpromptu hos.
piealha been made in Rommol's hail, aud ahou,
forty snfferers are beng cared for by yolnn.
ter corps OF nurses. The damage in the CITY
cannot be less than half million and In The
surrounding county al estimate 10 impos.
sille. Fences are 81 gone, cattle injured and
Ct large, stacks Of grain and hay have totally
aud crops Of corn and potatosa
IN DODGE COUNTY
In the townships Of Westfeld, Ashland aud
Canis:ee there were five deaths-Nrs Helm.
brech, Mrs. Christian Olsen and infant, an old
lady, mother OF Mrs. Ole Muida, ana one man
name not learned. Young Mrs. Mnlda IL f.
tally hurt - y Andrus FredeFickson Joseph
Ihornyton, north OF st. Charles, Winona
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mates Of the house injured. In Plessan
Grove, ten miles e0utii of Rochester. Al
O'Clock. three hours earlier than the biz
storm. . cyclone struck several houses, killsf
two persons and wounded ten. Tho storm. q
mr. % can be learned, started in West6sld towa
ship. near the west line Of Dodge couuy. /
continued through Dodge and Olmsted aud
into Winons counties, . distance Of about sixty
miles. and varied from two and : half to three.
quarters Of \ mile in width. being the wiaes
where it started. In the path Of tho storm
nothlng worth saving except the acreage i,
left In Rochester the damage To- the prinoi.
pal buildings is:
&c Court house unroofed: main tower and part o.
High school and Methodist church. walls down
root aud spire gone. --
Insane asylum, part Of roof on east wing gone
not badly damaged, aud the patients all right.
Spire OF the Congregational church gone
George Stockings and A. D. Vedder's bricl
blocks ruined
Horizons elevator lifted bodily and thrown acros,
tho railroad track.
Coles mill destroyed.
Rochester Harvester works, total wreck.
". c. Rich, Judge Start, and c. H. Chad.
bourne say a conservative estimate of tho loss
in the city alone is 100000 The city has
800 homeless people to care for, and traces Of
ttNn Hr11 ~A(S1 IL :.
needed, and at once.
SOUTH OF THE RAILWAY
The following business buildings south OF
the railway we're simply unroofed and slightly
Cooks hotel: stebbins & Co.. Horizons Opera
4: Coles mill. Rommers block. T: p Hall 4 Co.
Mrs. F. Graf, broadway home.
But few dwelling houses north of the track
were badly damaged, but a great many barns
and fences have disappeared. All kinds OF
stock are running at large through tho coun-
almost unacceptable on account Of the coat
ing of mud aud filth. Tho barn OF R B. Hall
blew across tho railway track about two miles
west of here. The hired man. cent out to Gig
nal train, not understanding the railway code
s Cav h.a false sgnsl and d., the trai.
was instantly killed aud horribly mangled and
three or more passengers and train men
severely injured The resources of charity IL
this city were severely taxed by the cyclone q
month since, and without outside aid it will he
Impossible to prevent an immense amount Of
suffering and restitution. Rochester extend
IN urgent appeal to her sister cities of Mime
sota for aid in this, her time OF trouble.
The Ruined City.
Rochester, the county seat Of Olmsted
IA q oifx IF g L,k
It was one of the handsomest cities of the
many of which Minnesota can bo.st. 1t ii
laid out regularly, with broad streeta
shaded by numerous trees, with the Zum
brota river vending it's way through the cit,
from north 10 south, with fine public parl
in the center of the city. Rochester contains
many handsome public buildings, among which
are the State hospital for the insane
school, the Cook House, and other hotels
The city has been noted for its many teanti
fnI residences, with large and well. KEEP
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 tie
city. The Southern Minnesota Fair associa.
ton had taken possession of the buildings
tine state so'9s to 't sn e.bo
exhibition this fall, which promised to riva
the State exhibition. The grounds we're large
and we'll provided with all the neces
cary buildings, with a 6ue race track
Rochester was incorporated as city in
the Methodist, which esta blished church IN
Organized in 1856! and a '0i Ppesbyseri. .l
society in 1861. Each have fine churches
ranging in cost from $4,000 to $4,000 Be
sides these there are fine Catholic, Lutheran
ment to the city. The high echool building
was erected few years ago at cost of $75,
600. The county buildings, which occupy
one of the finest locations in the city, cos
$4,000: There are two week.,
the Rochester Post In 1867
the Winona 4 St. Peter railway was completed
the great primary wheat markets Of the North.
west There are III the city fv'
large Touring mile, an iron foundry
WOODEN mill and carriage factory
Rochester has been visited by severe stor m.
in former years, lying within the now up
disturbances, which crosses the sonthern por-
ton Of Minnesota from West to East, bnt thu
present is the first occasion when seriou,
damage Was obtained
THE TRAIN ACCIDENT EXAGGERATED.
The story abont the train between Rochestel
and Zumbrots was exaggerated. The wine
blew the switch open a.. 80 Jrain ran OF
about half q mile west - aaUA turning owe
the whole train and killing William Higgins
fireman, of Dodge Center.
RELIEF MEAeUREa
The promptness with which tho call b,
Gov. Hubbard for aid ct Rochester was me
by contributions 10 . splendid indication TO
Minnesota St. Paul starting of By
raising $1,000 . minute for the Ars
five minutes after learning OF the news, Still
water giving 81 900, Rcd Wing $500 and
other cities according to their abilities ant
public spirit shows that the prosperity of tn,
State has not spoiled her people
THE F1oURRA
The principal losses in Rochester, ae nearly
as have been estimated, are % follows:
Court house, unroofed. .......,,..s 81 on
high school building. tower and part Of roof
.HUuo 500. ..................... ZOO
Methodist church roof gone, sides buaed,
wrecked: ;..:....:.. .........:......... 600
congregational church, steeple of. l.OW
Rrallroad depot nnroofe0, round house
gone, bridge ruined and other losses 1s.O0(
1a1uuneh q TO- elevator. ................ lO,N(
a r. - aortons elevator. ,.::........... 7.O0l