The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
CYCLONES WRATH
Clear Lake, Somerset, Clayton and
Other Points IN Polk and ST.
Croix Counties Severely
Dealt With.

GUS and pretty place Of / 200 inhabitants into a
| scene of rum as absolute as that pre-
sented 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. The saddest Of all to
chronicle Ia. 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 homo. 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,
A. Symns & Co. (of Minneapolis, store and
stock destroyed; damage, $1,000 Stave mill
nnroofed and Stave sheds destroyed; loss,
$1,000
p Burdick, postmaster, residence and town
hall above destroyed; loss, $4,000; postoffce
building, loss 5000.
Mr.. Schultz, general store; building destroyed
but not stock; loss, 81 500.
Smith & Lewis (St 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. 81 500.
Drug , store s and stock small belonging to
Mrs. Clark, widow, residence blown away;
loss $500.
Mr. 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
down and lumber blown away; estimated loss,
SIC, 500.
AGGREGATE LOSSES
The total of the losses given above is $780,
100; and to this, at a moderate computation,
$20, 600 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
postoffice. Schultz's store. Luntz' furniture
warerooms Dr. Goodwin's Office, A. NJ. Briggs
drug store w. R. Ingalls, dry goods store.
P. Burdick's block and residence.
Charles g. L c. Nelson's drug store, blown
entirely from its foundation and badly
wrecked.
starkweather & Deans store, front demol-
ished.
ST. Charles hotel, owned by Charles Graves,
damaged very seriously. Graves loss can
not be short of 81, 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-
IN tvuo do Y,1a ooa
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 i'll of divers and sundry disas-
ters A house i'll the town of Star Prairie was
blown down, and Mrs Camp seriously injured,
jured it is feared fatally. In Jeweltown many
buildings were unroofed and ends taken
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. Corners had both house
and barn demolished. R. K. Fay's hired
man was standing near granary when it blew
and otherwise injured him so that it is feared he
cannot live 1t is stated that the wind did ever
greater destruction farther north. Owing tc
the cyclone the fair will hold over Friday. The
Clark family are recovering, except the baby
whose skull was crushed in McFetridge had
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 dozen in the
town completely destroyed Among the more
serious losses are:
House and barn of Mr.. A. R. N Quist, valued
at S., 500. The large barn Of r. K. Fay, il
which boy had both legs broken. Ira Kid
der's barn. e. Clarke, house and barn, anl
Filpah's store front blown in.
The course of the tornado and cyclone SEEM
to have been: From the center of Hennepi1
county twenty four miles north of east to WHIT
Bear, Mimi, thence northeast fifteen mile
to Marine, Mimi, thence fourteen miles slightly
south of east to New Richmond, north Of east
twenty-four miles from Marine, and on the
theory of triple separation,) to Clear Lake,
and thirty mics northeast (from Marinel to
CLAYTON, thence east until further trace is lost
in the forest.
At Marine Mills, north of Saltwater, Mimi,
fully two thirds Of the houses in the village
were more or less injured, some being utterly
tions, while others lost chimney or few
shingles from the roof In the south part OF
the town the handsome new frame house OF N.
P. Root was blown down and hurled into the
river. The family were buried under the fall
ing walls, but were taken out unhurt aside
next adjoining that of Mr. Root are
owned by G. A. Lndquist and MIR. Charles
Westergren, and are just across the street from
Walker, Judd & Veazie's lumber yard. When
the wind struck the lumber the air was full OF
boards, joists and scantling. Some OF these
pieces were carried into the street, others driv-
en- lengthwise through the two houses last men
toned, Kidding them completely, others thrown
into the river, and others still carried across to
| the Wisconsin side and spread around on the
| hills.
Samuel Judd thinks $4,000 will cover the
loss of the firm, and says that the entire loss
in the village will not exceed NE, 600. In the
| country the results are far more disastrous, as
many of the farmers, in addition to having
their homes wiped out of existence, have lost
| the whole of their crops.
! In the town of Oneka, near Marine, the de-
struction was worse than in any other locality.
| Among those injured, but one, Mr.. George
| Rutherford, will not survive. He lost one ear
| ard was nearly crushed in the chest by falling
| timbers The names of others more or less
| Brickett, Annie Peters, Mr.. Emerson, Mr.. I.
j. Withrow. The names of some of the prin-
| cipal losers are F. d. Briggs, John Lutz,
Michael Pelican, e. G. Judkins.
| For many miles east of the North Wisconsin
road, the country is heavily timbered and COM
| disaster comes from towns on the Chippewa
Falls 4 Northern, it is fair to suppose the
force of the cyclone was dissipated before
| it reached that line. The advices received go
| to show that wind first attained destructive
momentum In Hennepin county, and
though Minneapolis was not affected
| seriously, farm houses and barns to the east
| and slightly to the north of that city were
unroofed or otherwise injured, while. grain
stacks were whirled abroad, and the sheaves
widely scattered. Leaping over the Mississippi
| the next heard of the storm is at White Bear,
where, although powerful, it was not cyclonic
| in character White Bear is northeast OF
Minneapolis and Marine as exactly northeast
| from White Bear