The sun., 1886-04-15
CYCLON e.
THE WICKED DEMON OF THE CLOUDS
DESCENDS UPON. THE CITIES OF
ST. CLOUD AND SAUk RAPIDS.
Oemolishing the Cities. Three Scores At
Human Lives Crushed Out. Including
BRIDE and Groom at the Altar.

The following as CLEANED from the
dailies of to-day tells II tale Of sorrow
and destruction to life and property
not equaled by any thing of its nature
in the history Of the state.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
the skies became overcast with dark
clouds, and Il great black mass rose
over the hills south west of the city
and came with terrib le velocity to-
wards the western outskirts in di-
rect line for the Manitoba freight
yards. The clouds hung low and
rolled over and over like smoke over
the battle field land ereaccompanied
by loud roaring and cracking that
resembled a holocaust in its fury.
The cloud was funnel-shaped and the
point dragged along the groun d like
the tail of huge aereal beast, lash
ing everything that came in its path
into atoms. Citizens hardly had
time to fee to their cellars and seek
other points of refuge before the
whirlwind was on them and the air
was filed with dying boards, shingles
bricks. and other debris that was
strewn over the country and piled
in promiscuOpS heaps.
The portiom6f the town struck blythe
cyclone was occupied by the laboring
class whose dwellings were light
frame structures that became easy
prey to the monster that had SO vi
ciously pounced upon them. They
we're like cookie shells in the grip Of
the whirl wind, and were picked up.
tossed in the air, rent into ten thou
sand pieces, and scattered to the four
winds OF heaven. The work of de-
truction lasted but u few minutes,
leaving behind scores Of killed and
wounded as a result.
TO record the many heartrendering
instances related is impossible at this
late hour. at Rice's farm, twelve
miles north from St.Cloud, a house in
which was wedding party, was struck
by the cyclone and twenty people
killed, including the bride and groom.
The loss to the city is Estimated at
from $l25 900 to $780, 900.
At Sauk Rapids the deathly work
was still more terrible than in st.
Cloud. The town was laid in ruins.
Amid the sorrow, mourning and con-
fusion a detailed statement of the
dead and wounded could not be OBJ
tanned, but the killed Is estimated
to be at least thirty. Several of the
county officers are among this mum.
Der. A list of the
KILLED OF BOTH CITIES.
50 far learned, IS as follows:
Mrs. Stein, widow, 80 years. Mrs. Strauss,
IS years; Minnie Stein, Is years; Mrs. Tramp
Mehan, wife of railroad laborer, 36 years;
farmer; Mrs. Weisman, an old lady; son OF
B. o Merske, years old; Joe Ginskovski, Z
years old; Joseph G.. and Mary Zins, a little
girl; Van Hoesen, railroad laborer; August
Krolls, baby; +. Andrews, Of Owatonns, .
travelling teacher Of pen msnship; John Rem
of deeds; Edward Hall, banker of st. Cloud;
Gertrude G.. Fletcher; S. P. Carpenter, and
two children; Carrie Swart, domestic at Mrs.
Woods: Herman Beagh's two children; Mrs.
Fink and four childrel; Mrs. Devie Albright;
A. w. Schuier; Mrs Seversen; Mr.. Pappen-
fuss, wife and two children; Abner st. Ayr.
Large numb bers of physicians went
from st. Paul, Brainerd and other
places to attend the wounded and
dying.
The track of the storm was about
600 yards in width and, as far as Ob-
served four miles in length. 1t last.
ed about thirteen minutes in all and
cut clean swath of destruction
through out its enti re path. In the
neighborhood of 900 buildings, in
Guiding the Manitoba shops came
within its evil scope in st. Cloud and
Sauk Rapiks alone, and it is feared
that reports from the country will
add largely to this list as we'll as to
the fatalities. Fer the present the
people Of the two towns are lamenting
over their dead.