The Mineral argus., 1884-09-25
CYCLONES WRATH
clear Lake, Somerset, Clayton ana
Other Points in Polk and St.
Croix Counties Severely
Dealt With.
At Marine, Washington County, minn.s
and Vicinity, Much Ruin Is Also
wrought.

by a cyclone which, coming from almost due
west, and with a sharply defined width of half
a mile, swept everything before it, utterly de-
molishing every business building, the two
churches and a number of the residences, and
in less than five minutes converted a prosper
Gus and pretty place of 1000 inhabitants into 9
scene of rum as absolute as that pre-
scented in the afflicted portion Of Rochester,
Mimi, last summer. The storm originated in
Minnesota, as far as can be judged, and the
central cloud had what can best be described
as three terrible tails. TIL saddest of all to
chronicle is the loss Of three lives
Mrs. P. Burdick, wife of the postmaster.
Willie Kavanaugh, eighteen. year old son OF
J. J. Kavanaugh, a carpenter of the place.
ploy of w. r. Ingalls,, general storekeeper.
Mrs. Burdick was killed by the crushing in
of her home. Kavanaugh and Saunders were
in Mr.. Ingalls, store, and were crushed by fall
ing walls and timbers. All three bodies are
disfgured beyond recognition and were not re-
covered from the wreck until the next day.
Walter Lewis was badly cut on the head and
injured internally, but it is hoped he will re-
cover. The wounds and bruises are almost
countless.
LIST OF LOSSES.
The principal losses to property are as fol-
W. p. Ingalls,, store building, Graves street,
loss, $1,000; stock, $4,000; utterly gone.
A. Symns & Co. (of Minneapolis), store and
stock destroyed; damage, $1,000. Stave mill
unroofed and Staye sheds destroyed; loss,
$4,000.
p. Burdick, postmaster, residence and town
hall above destroyed; loss, $500; postofhce
building, loss 5000.
MI. schultz general store; building destroyed
but not stock; loss, 81, 800.
Smith & Lewis Isl. Paul., general store;
store destroyed, stock injured, three barns de-
molished; total loss, exclusive Of salvage, 3d.
500.
John Glover & Co., lumbermen; loss on
lumber blown away and broken, on two saw
mills unroofed and stacks blown down, esti-
mated at 100000.
Mr.. Briggs, drug store and stock ground to
atoms; no salvage; loss, 81 SOC.
Drug store and stock, small, belonging to a
Swe1e, loss, $500.
Mrs. Clark, widow, residence blown away;
loss, $500.
MIR. Lance, furniture dealer, one end of build
ing blown away; loss, $1,000. St Charles
hotel partially unroofed; damage about $500.
David Humbird & Co, smokestack of mill
Town and lumber blown away; estimated loss,
$10,5O0.
AGGREGATE LOSSES.
The total of the losses given above is $780,
100; and to this, at a moderate computation,
$4,000 may be added for losses not specified
The following are among the buildings de-
molished or seriously wrecked: Methodist,
Congregational and Swedish churches, all lev
eled, taking every church in the village. The
postofice. Schultzs store. Luntz's furniture
warerooms. DIR. Goodwin's Office, A. M. Briggs
drug store. w. II. Ingalls, dry goods store.
P. Burdick's block and residence.
Charles & l. c.. Nelson's drug store, blown
entirely from its foundation and badly
wrecked
Starkweather & Deans store, front demol-
ished
damaged very seriously. Graves loss can
not be short of $1,000.
Glover & Co.'S planning mill was also un-
rooted, and every smokestack in town leveled
and nearly every tree broken down.
The storm crossed from north of Minneapo-
lis to Marine, and thence struck a dozen places
along the Northern division of the Omaha road
north of Hudson. The most serious traces are
found in the towns of Star Prairie, Stanton and
Somerset.
The storm did most of its destructive work
north of New Richmond, and reports are con-
stantly coming in of divers and sundry disas-
tiers. A house in the town of Star Prairie was
blown down., and Mrs Camp seriously injured,
jured it is feared fatally. In Jeweitown many
buildings were unroofed and ends taken
out of them Andrew Arnquist had his
of them. Andrew Arnquist had his
house unroofed and his barn blown over.
The end of Fay's large livery stable was
blown out, and Ed. Conner had both house
and barn demolished. r. X. Fay's hired
man was standing near a granary when it blew
from its foundation, and broke both his legs
and OtnefWlSe injured MIN so tlaI IL Is feared he
cannot live. 1t is stated that the wind did even
greater destruction farther north. Owing to
the cyclone the fair will hold over Friday. The
Clark family are recovering, except the baby
whose skull was crushed in. Woodbridge had
a horse fatally injured by flying boards in jew
elltown.
Star Prairie appears to have Jared the worst,
as nearly every building in the village was
more or less shaken, and fully a dozen in the
town completely destroyed Among the more
serious losses are:
House and barn of MI. A. r. N. Quist. valued
at $500. The large barn of r. X Fay, il
which a boy had both legs broken Ira Kid
der's barn. E. Clarke, house and barn, anC
Filpah's store front blown in.
The course of the tornado and cyclone, SEEM
to have been: From the center of HennepiI
county twenty-four miles north of east to Whit
Bear, Mimi, thence northeast fifteen mile
to Marine, Mimi. thence fourteen miles slight,
south of east to New Richmond, north OF cas-
twenty-four miles (from Marine, and on thu
theory of a triple separation,) to Clear Lake
and thirty miles northeast from Marine) K
Clayton, thence east until further trace is los
in the forest.
At Marine Mills, north Of Saltwater, MINI.
fully two-thirds of the houses in the villag'
were more or less injured, some being utterl.
demolished, others moved from their founda
hons, while others lost a chimney or a few
shingles from the roof. In the south part o
the town the handsome new frame house OF n
p. Root was blown down and hurled into tn
river. The family were buried under the fall
ing walls, but were taken out unhurt asid
from a few bruises. The two house
next adjoining that of Mr.. Root are
owned by G. A. Lindquist and Mr.. Charlie
Westergren, and are Just across the street from
Walker, Judd d Veazie's lumber yard. Whel
the wind struck the lumber the air was full o
boards, joists and scantling. Some of thes
pieces were carried into the street, others driv
en- lengthwise through the two houses last men