St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-13
The News i'm minneapolis.

Seldom has Minneapolis witnessed such
scenes as followed the confirmation of the
earlier rumors. The unfortunate victims
to the fury of the elements were known by
the entire populace, and being swept away
SO suddenly, there was the deepest interest
for every particular concerning the
affair." 1t was but a short time
before the whole city seemed
to know of it, and there was a general
outpouring to those places where news
would be most likely to be known. Thou
sands crowded about the West hotel and
the general inquiry and passing of rumors
from mouth to mouth made a general con-
fusion. Crowds also were at the telephone
and telegraph offices and the wires were in
constant use. There was at first an almost
countless number of rumOrs. 1t was re-
ported that Mayor Rand was not in the
party and that he was in the West hotel
when the announcement of the startling
news was broken. This soon proved un-
true and little later it was settled that he
was one of the illfated passengers of the
sunken craft. AT times the great crowd
spoke
ONLY IN WHISPERS,
and when the name of the stricken daughter
was mentioned the populace was melted TO
silence. 1t was reported that Leavitt Rand
had been one of the party and had escaped
the death which had swept off his family
by swimming TO the shore, and when it was
known that he was not one of the party
there were subdued congratulations. Every
train that came in was eagerly
beseiged and those who had been
at the lakes for the day were at once sur
rounded and asked for every fact they
knew. There were many scenes that those
who participated in will not forget. Thou
sands of people had friends and relatives al
the lake during the day, and the rumors of
the general extent of the storm and the
consequent destruction led to anxiety
that would give no rest until re-
ports of the safety of the absent
ones was assured. When the train bearing
the remains of Mrs. Rand reached the city,
it was said by some that
THREE MORE BODIES
had been found, those of Mr.. Rand, his
son and the Mr.. Mcdonald, but this was
denied as TO the two former. Up to the
time of the arrival of the last train from
the lakes, the crowd remained, and even
longer, when il was not expected
that more arrivals would come in. many
still fingered and discussed the accident,
circumstances of their death, the posi-
bilities they might have had of escaping
or being rescued, the probability of finding
the bodies, and when there was nothing
to be said or conjectured, each spoke in
softened tones of the remnant of the family,
with father, mother, brothers and sister
gone, without sign of warning or a last
goodbye, save the happy one waved in the
morning, when the merry party started on
its journey that was to end In death.
Until late hour the streets were still
alive with large crowds of friends of the de-
ceased each anXiously waiting for further
information from the lake, and it was moi
until midnight that the populace gave VI
all hope. Conflicting reports were
received every now and then. One was tC
the effect that Mr.. Rand and his son swan
ashore and were saved. Another was
that II. w. Browns little boy
and Mrs. A. B. Jackson were among
the drowned. When the midnight train
came in, however, with positive intelli-
gence corroborative of the facts recorded
above. everybody seemed impressed with
its authenticity, and as if by common con-
sent sought their homes.