St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-11
At Onekd.

A reporter for the Saltwater Gazette visited
the Brickett residence, or what was left of it,
at Oneka, Washington county, and thus de-
scribes the scene:
Upon an improvised bed on the floor at
one side of the room, lay Mrs. Charles
Brickett, on the floor at the opposite side was
the servant girl, Annie Peters. Mrs. Lord
occupied lounge and Mr.. Brickett was at
tending to his injured three-year-old boy. In
an adjoining room lay Mrs. Brickett's uncle,
Peter Emerson, delirious and suffering
greatly.
The latter was first attended to BY the doc
tor, and found to be the most seriously
hurt. A cash in the lip required the use of
the needle, while terrible cut below the
calf of the leg showed severed tendon and
told of lameness henceforth for life. The
face was terribly swollen and livid from
bruises, and the mans whole body seemed
quivering in agony. He had remained in
coherent ever since his injury but was more
quiet when the doctor left this morning
He will probably recover except for the per-
manent lameness referred to.
Mr.. Emerson, with Mr.. and Mrs. Brickett
had moved their goods at eleven O'Clock
Monday night into house across the road
from Mr.. Lords, the family having come
from Minneapolis. Last night they inteu ded
to occupy the new home fer the first time
When the hurricane came, all were staying
within doors, Mr.. Brickett standing at the
west window watching the clouds which he
says rolled over and over and advanced rap
idly, with a roaring sound. When
it struck the house the building
first moved steadily and slowly
from its foundations, halted, then
tipped on its lower northeast corner The
stove and all the furniture dashed down the
incline, the floor and walls parted mpany
and Mr.. Brickett, wife and baby slid through
the opening to the ground. The next thing
Mr.. B. remembers he was six or eight rods
from the late house, with his wife under his
arm, both wrlthing on the ground and strug-
Cling against the gale. The hail was rain
ing down like bullets on his wife's face,
bruising and bloodying it. Some distance
ahead he saw the baby boy, and reached him
only after severe struggle. The uncle, Mr..
Emerson, was found near by, resting on his
elbow,
BLEEDING PRoFUsELY AND UNCONSCIOUS
Of what had happened. In the meantime
the house and connecting granary were
crushed and scattered. The injured were
taken to Mr.. Lords, where less degree OF
! damage has been inflicted.
The house Is a story and half structure.
| 26x1S, with summer kitchen attached on
| the west, 12x14. Mrs. Lord and the girl,
Annie, were in the kitchen and had Just ar
ranged the table for supper. The wind
| crushed in the walls and roof of the kitchen
| upon the women and then hurled the frag.
ments into space. Annie fell beside the
! stove and so was protected in some measure
/ from the falling boards. Mrs. Lord was
borne down by the weight and sustained &
! shock and bruises that will be felt for a lonl
time.
The main body of the house was moved
east two feet and was saved from total col.
! lapse, so Mr.. Lord thinks, in curious way
The foot of the cellar stairs, which descend
from the west wall, was moved along witt
the building until meeting resistance from
the ground of the cellar, was driven some
distance into the earth, and being braced
against the sill at the upper end, acted as
prop and held the building. The barn anG
some other outbuildings were wrecked anC
the contents of the kitchen sent hither anC
yon.
SAD CASE.
In the Blackbird settlement scarcely
dwelling is left unscathed, the wind maxim!
pretty much clean sweep. The log houst
owned by Peter Bebeau was the personifca
ton of humiliation. 1t contained at the time
of the blow, Mrs. Bebeau and her eight chill
dren. The dwelling was crushed in just a!
Mrs. B. rushed to the door with her babe
The latter was snatched from her arms anC
carried two rods. The other chill
dren were extricated not dangerously
hurt. The whole family wert
taken to the residence of Joseph Lambert
where the reporter called. Mr.. LAMBERT
own house was badly damaged, and at thii
visit the interior presented a sad sight. Mrs
Lambert, sick and prostrated, lay on a sofa
Two of the Bebeau children were on bed
and the other six scattered about on tht
floor. A Bebeau girl, ten years old, VIII,
was first found with her head forced int
a small mouthed kettle in her mather's yard
had a leg broken; another girl had
badly bruised leg, and all tn,
children were more or less hurt Mrs
Bebeau was hurt in the back and legs. He
crops and household goods are lost. Mr.
Lambert was so badly hurt in the hip that ht
is scarcely able to move. In an upper room
of the Lambert house, lay hired boy, four
teen years old, who, up to within few min
utes of the reporters arrival, had been un
conscious from the effect of injuries. A
the time of the wind he was plowing ans
was hit in the back and neck by SOM
flying missile He is naturally very thin
faced lad, but his countenance is now swol
len to great proportions. He suffered from
conclusion of the brain. Lambert's loss fl
property viii be b ,avy; he viii not make al
estimate, but three barns, ouLhouses an,