The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
The situation at Rochester.

ROCHESTER, Special Telegram, Aug ~ 1900
The wrecked city is begun 10 recover from
sbewilderment, aud 10 move in earnest 10 save
what renaius few houses in the track OF
| the cyclone that We're wrecked aud not carried
sway, have been Strengthened, and viii afford
shelter against coming storms. A heavy
shower passed this morning, soaking hay aud
gialu that had not been protected More rain
il threatened 10 dav, and the work of replacing
tin roofs aud shingles is beng crowded to the
utmost The rain this morning penetrated the
hoe pitai and made the position of the watchers
and injured very dlsasreesble The roof
will be- pnt 20 rights before any
more rain falls Tho condition Of
tie sufferers is much better than hetore, cY-
crpl IN tie desperat" cares Mrr McMsster,
died Saturday night and was buried sabbath
afternoon M. ID Weatheibee died Monday
DuOu iiis children, who are made orphans bN
tie storm, wer" with him 20 tho !ust The
children that were bruised and mauglcd beyond
recognition are III fan way 10 IcCGNei. The
reh,t committee IL busy distributing th@ gifts
Of clothing and fOoi sehj IA their htadanarfers
bnt thu- far The supply IL far from sufficient
Volunteer sewing ciIcie- are busy thrJue ehDni
the rjty, making up clothing 70 amply tenn
porarIy tho-e VINO have nothing left The
building committee met this atterno n,and wii
decide on some lian fol providing homes tor
the thousand al present honseless aId depend
eut on others for shelter Nj g. W. Van
II a
10 day Ia SOLICIT Bld from ,he board of trade
They Viii also visit Milwaukee Firms III New
York cIly aud elsewhere are beng heard from
with generous contributions The sympathy
of the cuuntly ls thoroughly appreciated by
oar citizens The cry war crowded un SUNDAY
with SIgltsc,I- Eut one opinion war uuver-
sally expressed a. 10 The effects Of The storm,
that the iesolauuu was much greater than Que
could possibly imagine without seeing il Sery
tees were held ~ tho Baptist. Episcopal AMI
PRESBYTERIAN churches The only ones lctt 1T 60
orcnpv, ana We're of Il most impressive nature,
Al the Baptist church the pew uf John NJ Cole
war heavily draped IN black
MAYOR WHJTIEN's APPEAL.
Mayor VIA itcn of Rochester las irsucd the
following circular letter.
ROCHESTER,. MINI. Aug. -, 1888 On the
evening of Aug. n terrific cyclone struck our
city, completely destroying l35 dwellings and
totally demosliug iheir contents A large number
ot others were uuTOofrd aud otherwise damaged.
In the Clty, nineteen persons were killed this Is
strictly accnratrl and ubont loo wounded, several
Of them fatally The ruined houses were nearly
all owned aud orcuDird by mechanics aud iabGrtTs,
who have Ius' everything they bad IN the world
except tie clothing uroE their p-rsous and The
naked lot. In many cases The heads II families
are injured The rycloue rutersd the county al its
western burer, and IN its course destroyed the
crops ard huildiugs gu about forty farms. Others
lying contiguous were damaged aud i've persons
were Killed ontsde tie ct,y The relief
committee has detailed list Of ia families IN the
city alone, entirely destitute We appeal 10 the pub
c for aid. The leadug business men II th. city
are al heavy losers, and ,aunor therefore, do As
mach Tor the sufferers rs HEY would wish. They
have. however, contributed literally. None Il the
puhlc buldugs have escaped dfmage. Que school
bnldlug is DESTROYED, the court house is unroced,
the churches are seriously Injured. II them
the Method st deDplished the elevators and
warehouses art all wholly Ur partially IA ruins.
Provisions are plentiful Money, clothing and car
penters needed One hundred thousand dol
lars expended IN tools, number. etc, for the peuni-
less would scarcely pat them on their feet sum
Cieutly to enable them to help themselves All
cont ritutions are placed Ia the hands II IA thor
ougbly organized committee OF twenty -Oue citizens.
and NAV hc forwarded to the Undersigned.
= NHITTKN Mayor