Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-16
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
FOLLOW THE WAKE OF A SWEEP
ING CYCLONE.
Nearly $50 People Killed and AS Many
More Severely Injured-Houses Razed
and General Havoc-Telegraphic
Communication Interrupted

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 14-St. Cloud
and SauK Rapids were swept by "a terribly
destructive cyclone about $50 this morn
ing. The first knowledge of the disaster
was contained in the following telegram
sent to Mayor Ames from st. Cloud "A
destructive cyclone passed over st. Cloud
and Sauk Rapids late this afternoon.
There has been terrible destruction here.
Please send up all the assistance you can
by special train. Send physicians and sur
geons." kilograms to the following effect
were received from Sauk Rapids to Mayor
Ames: "Can you send a special train with
physicians to this city? A cyclone passed
over us this afternoon. a great many are
believed to have been killed, but the num-
the receipt of these messages preparations
were made to respond to the call for help.
Private advices say the storm struck
the railroad between the roundhouse and
the freight depot and swept path 600
! yards wide through the city leveling be
tween $50 and 300 houses. NJ II. Clark,
IL well known st. Cloud lumber man. says
80 persons were killed in that city and
100 injured. Superintendent Wakeman
of the Manitoba road, says that between
80 and 40 We're killed at Sauk Rapids, and
nearly double that number injured. The
telegraph wires are all down and no news
.,.l
Sauk Rapids.
Burial Services of the Late Sir Thaddeus
Fairbanks.
ST. JoHNsBURY, Vt, April 1.-THE fu-
neral of Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks took
place at his late residence this afternoon.
The remains were in a cloth covered cas-
ket. at the head of which was sheaf of
ripe wheat and a pillow of rare white
flowers. The services were opened with
singing The Lord is my Shepherd by a
male Quartette, followed by Scripture
reading and prayer by Rev. +. T. Fair
banks, a nephew and pastor of his church.
Rev. DR.. Hurbutt of Lyndonville then gave
most fitting eulOgy, the service closing
with the singing of Rock of Ages. "
The spacious house was filled and many
} could not gain admlttanCe. y bout 400
workmen were present and viewed the re-
mains in procession, also doing escort
duty to the grave. The occasion was one
) of deep sorrow and respect There were
present Mr. Brown of Bost IN, of the firm
, of Fairbanks & Brown, c. H. Morse from
the Chicago House, and Mr.. Patten from
: the Montreal House. The bearers at the
, house were eX-Gov. Horace Fairbanks,
Coils. Franklin and William p. Fairbanks,
Rev. f.. Z. Fairbanks, and Albert Hager of
Ottawa, all nephews, and his son, Prof. H.
Fairbanks. At the grave the Guartette
sang "Our days are a shadow" scripture
was read by Rev. f.. 7. Fairbanks and
the burial service was pronounced by DR..
Hurlhutt when the remains We're lowered
into the grave by Chauncy Walker. Frank
Walker. l.. G. Fairbanks, Asa Livingston,
Slas Martin and Haroln Paddock, six of
the Oldest employees of the scale company.
= The grave was covered with evergreen
: and three beautiful lilies placed at the
head All business places here were
, closed. The academy students attended
in a body and all of the warehouses of the
I company throughout the United States
and Canada were closed during the day.