New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-16
THE STORM IN MINNESOTA.
A wIURLwIND's TRACK MARKED BY RUINS.
APPEARANCE OF THE CLOuD-A LIST OF MANY
KILLrD AND WOUNDED.

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pete. the Uttered and shivered remains OF houses
VIII testify. In a about 900 feet strechirg
from southwest to northwest the tornado has ieVeiea
almost everything An occasional building partially
wrecked loft mark the contrast with the ruin to
be every side. Scarcely vestge or any or tho
wrecked houses remained to be recognized. the
ground oeing literally covered with all kinds OF tmbers
promiscuousy tangled together. 1t is estimated that
400 houses blown down. The Manitoba depot was
| unroofed and wrecked. The only building OF conse-
quence aside from the depot injured was the brewery
| and this badly warped and twisted.
The small houses were mostly occupied by foreigners.
II Is thought that will be much delay In replac
ing tho structures. tenanthouses for the laborng
classes are demand The loss will not IL is thought
| go above 100000.
The Cltholc Hospital is filled with wounded persons
but only five six OF them thought to be In daa-
gerous condition. Tho others little hurt There
fty.four wounded in the hospital last night be-
side large number that taken to private houses
To-day are about forty there two having died aud
the others having been removed The bodies at the Gu
gine house neatly dressed to-day and placed
collins The funeral will probably occur tomorrow
The force Of the storm such rs to wrench OH the
door OF the safe the post Office and carry 1t some dis
tance from tho building. Tie church bell. Weighing
1000 pounds found four hundred feet away from
the building. The bodies Of the dead are almost un
recognizable being completely crushed and blackened
Many Of the survivors will be disabled for life
The delegation of doctors from ST. Paul and Minne-
apos worked all night un Ter the disadvantage OF hav-
ing spnts or drugs, the drug stores were coh'
petely demolished. spnts were made from shingles
with which the ground srcwn In the track OF the
storm miles, It fortunate that school had Deen
dsmis cd on Friday the fatality among the children
would have been frghtfu the school house being razed
20 its foundation.
| Those who witnessed the storm say that few min
after p skies became overcast with DARK
cloud aud a black rose over tho hills SOUTH
west Of the city, and with great velocity toward
the outskirts. in direct ue for tho MANITOBA
freight yards The clouds hung low aud rolled over anu
over ike smoke over a battlefield, aud were accom-
panied by loud roaring aud cracking sound Inc coua
was funneshaped and the pout dragged along the
ground. People had hardly time to flee to their cellars
other places Of refuge before the wnriwiho
was on them and the air was flied with flying boards
shingles, bricks aud other debris that was streWh
over the country and piled In heaps lno
cloud came from the southwest and moved In
a nortneastcrly direction until 1t reached Tue riVer'
where It's diverted, and followed the r'ee
bank until il reached Sauk Rapids where II turned 10
the left passing directly through tho centre OF tue own
The utmost excitement prevailed Women anu chiiureh
fed from their houses rushed anlessy about In the
midst OF the cloud OF dust aud an aVaahche vi
boards and brick
Tho portion of ST. Cloud struck by cyclone was the
sonthwestern, the portion occupied by the laoortnS
class of people majority OF them being foreigners en-
p,oyed on the railroads. Their dwellings were ght-
built houses. They IKE cockesheis In the wnr
wind. The earth ploughed up In tho track OF the
nearly quarter OF mile looks as tuougn ~ Id" oo0"
upheayed by n volcanic eruption
The following il list OF the killed and Injured IN TINS
town SO far as discovered up to the present tine:
KILLED.
Joseph Giskavski, forty years.
. Mrs. strals. thirty -hye years
Charles Eureski. sixteen ars.
}. Mrs. stein. th rty nine years.
, Minnie stein. fifteen years
Johunv Waldron. wv, I've years
Airs TRAMP, thiry.nne tho oerman- mericau
. Carria sIabod seventeen years.
Nicholas Tunemann, twenty tour years.
Fonr imhi rants. names nnEno%n.. ,,,.r,o voors
An unknown man ap arertly about 'uirty-'"o So"''
8 CT Andrews age thirty.
q | Miss StreltZ twenty.
! An unknown n, man age .a%,raYe' aDon. ivetS'
9 Mrs. aud two children
Il Anna Ziep odd four.
!. Jacob h""S sSortridcc
e Jennie jungle n. age sixteen.
Mary Jungleiu age fourteen.
= August Junglcn. age nlue
r INJURED.
= John Younger, both lres broken.
q | frank Giskarkit, skull fractured.
II Mrs Giskarkie, cg broken her three ch'ureh ouoy
l. MT,' WaIaron. arm broken and scalp wound.
sa so, da! Lia gtass gaisl hs"d sSnI oTSSsn wosnd
Louis Ost'r leg nroyen
:, Kat scnocr, leg broken and Internal INJURIES
u Gas erd Trasen, Internal inJIFles.
l. Willie Casper, head badly cut
Three kell, children. internal inJ ures.
. wi lS eabod. scalv wounds.
Mary Sen-e scalp wOun l.
=, Mar1ul-t Far, bo h arms broken
% Mrs. weger, head rae:aiel
Lizzie IeHler. scap wound
Il, Frank Hanks. log broken ., .o, .ho,r :, 90
- Ms. Frederick johnson ana Oo,, ooth Hau 'nei e'
IL oxen.
"a Mrs. Junemann, leg broken
Ten bodies have laid out in the school house at
Rice station thirteen miles north Of sadk Rapids Ihey
It roro ,,emh.rs of a bridal party The bridegroom died
Is whc being taken to the house The bride has since
died and the ocating minister was seriously hurt anu
3 not xpected to OF thirty persons az the weu-
% ding all were killed hurt within radius OF thirteen
. miles fully seventy persons were killed ana tno nuoe
. of wounded will probably reach lou.
,r THE Rim WROUGHT IN sAUK RAPIDS
Carr p,p,ns Mimi AprIl Is A cyclon- struck this
tv anon after o'clock yesterday afternoon, and just
ak minute the part OF he town was IN runs N'
= a single business house Is lett stahoi eno una .
u ST. eet an many esle demois ed Inc "ihu
~ came from tho southwest and swrp verythh' peIoe IL
- for n width OF foar blocks The storm cond was as
m m'a black as night with bright, clear sky N eith se
The Court is heap OF ruins ana severai Vi '"o
BIT county officers were killed. The Union schooho
~ IN Iresbyteran and Congregational hurches the oS'
$. flee -four mill and a large mac him shop were al con
= verted into kindlng wood IN less time thh u "' ~
40 toll n What was the OF the town Is now co'ereu
with all OF debris. timber, doors' icco' Vi m M
niture etc Only the City Hotel remains intact in0
Northern Pacific Depot was literally blown ava" anu
er number of reigt overturned upon tho ach
I'd to dead bodies have recovered from the
rnins and large number OF people are injured. luc
+ bos, rs M out In he nearest noass Ioll S'"u'e q
ID nd ,v,ru half.iemolishedi buildings are-made to
r. answer the purpose morsuca The town Is we oen
ruined The living caring for: the wounded "s wei
Is, "a possible and physicia-> from ST. Paul. MnneaPoh'
n. | and BraineId are In attendance.
IS The following is a list of killed and injured hefs
* KILLED.
Johu Renard, County Auditor.
,o | Gregg Iimdey. County Recorder.
10 A. IL. Lake, carpenter =,
no NJ urce st Cyr, nine years cio
al | r mast Albright, clerk.