Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-04-22
sAUK RAPIDS.
rnrGHrruL DEVASTATION.

FRIGHTPUL DEVASTATION
ST CLOUD, Special Telegram, April H.
The one once prosperous village of Sank
Rapids, due north of st Cloud, is now the
scene of utter ruin and demolition. 1t is
reasonable to say that no town of its size
was ever devasted to the same terrible ex-
tent The pfctute presented last evening
when the detachment from the Miuneapo-
lis physicians, accompanied by several
police officers and representative
of the PIONEER PREEs, reached
the scene, was one which certainly
beyond description The earlier dispatches
from the unfortunate city were by no means
exaggerations. Terrible as seems the tale
which the telegraph told. it was not half re-
lated. The loss of life, the number of in
jured and the loss of property was much
greater than the meagre dispatches late in
the afternoon would lead the sympathiz-
ing people of St Paul, Minneapolis and Of
Minnesota TO believe. The death-dealing
elements struck the town at the northern
commencement of its business section, and
cally nothing of the business portion of the
city remains TO tell the story of its former
pride. The cyclone crossed the Mississippi
river at point about one mile
the city, and its terrible ravages
covers u territory extending the whole
of the city, and leaving width of about
fifty rods The dead number between
twenty-five and thirty, while the injured
will probably reach at least sixty. About
one hundred structures, some Of them quite
noble buildings for town of the pretensions
of Sank Rapids, were completely demolished
A majority of them have not one board
upon another, but were scattered TO the
four winds The detachment Of physicians
from Minneapolis was a boon to survivors of
the ruined city. The corps was organized
under Dr. Kilvington, and consisted of Drs
Higbee, Freeman. c. d. Allen, Lee, Bunker,
Schuley and Miller. The doctors were met
liz a gladened committee near where the
depot formerly stood They were escorted
over the ruins of Broadway to the Beatty
hotel, which was one Of the very few large
buildings which escaped the wrecking ele-
!, ont Tho hoto, was rsed os !, rs,,o,tacI.
sor ~, ,,orn,,ad and i+s i,r,tos ,,oro -,
,,,;,,,, 4, ,t,,, .,y,,ts ., otia,oto ere s,,,y.r
i,,os - ,toso .,os ,,,o h,o,,,,,.
to the house for treatment
tonr of the stricken village revealed the
fact that no less than twenty-five persons
h.,, boo,, t,s,o,,tI,, t,uod and yhoso ho5ios
80 ro,o,,oroa 49,, ,ha ,,ass 80 r,,i,,s
They were as follows.
JOHN RRNARD, county auditor.
GREGG LlNDLEY. register of deeds,
i,n.r,s, nAi1li' y Dannsr 2, S'' oioua
tives
s p CARPENTER and two children.
Mrs. fItlNk and four children.
CARRIE SMART, domestic at Mrs. Woods.
nIsi,,Is % ~ pn sno
AW LAKE
Mr.. SCHUYLER
Mrs SEvERsoN.
Mr.. PAPENFUS, wife aud two children.
mic, mic OF AbNEh 81. AYR
viii donhtioss die Tharo 'ns nc. mo ",l, mno
too who arc missing aud ,,bo .ra s,,,,,osaa
to be beneatb the deadly ruins am a. a,c,,d
not be surprising If the list ~ dead would
reaeh thirty or thirty fva Tno .hi,a
.. 9 C,rnor,ar,s os,,a.or .. ..ns,
wounded The cbild a. 49,, ,.oar, - -. -.
and had a large sn,.nter dr,va, tnro,,nh a.
body Mr. upr,burt tr.vol,no, 60, 80
the MptpnI I3fa- Insur.noo cornna :.
:, u
in an tnsenslble condition in tbe pe,,,,,
bonse ua ,yas r;,,,no ,,,.,. NJ mn u,
$3.50 49,, 'ue
tu,ad NJ. u.,,,
INJURIES are
ABOUT the heod and face, his arms badly in
iured and his physicians expect that ba c,r
nat ,,,ssib,,, s,,v,.,.- -, ~
nra,a,enoa 80 ,,-.,,,,.
woyh ~ GaoIi,,e. ~. e. .p nIa9e tne
hs hOA Une ueao ana
"ouhueu al the more trying,
and the storm finally became so severe that
the grief stricken sad seo,chors had -
abandon their task and tbe nhys;
e,ana ~ 81 fYo,,a at.,..
uu' ai1hougn nav
ins more tnan they could possibly
attend TO in their own afflicted city, nobly
divided themselves and several If tbo,n
h,,,,,,.,,,..
nuii1ouiJ ulofe 10 the scenes OF stli greater