The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16
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all more or less mutilated, and most of them
nearly stripped of their clothing, were
stretched on the engine-hoese floor. They
were covered with tarpaulins and blankets
as brought in, and crowds Of anxious and
sorrowing seafchers were moving about
among them all night long, look
ing anxiousIy for missing friends Al
though the storm occurred shortly after
O'Clock, the darkness that followed was SO
intense that this search, as well as the search
among the ruins for the wounded, had to be
prosecuted with lanterns, making the S enc
weird and ghostly one, never to he forgot
ten by those who saw it
The aid telegraphed for in all directions
began to arrive within four honrs after the
storm had passed. ST. Paul and Mime
apolis sent twenty five physicians and sur
geons by special train, which made the run
of sixty-five miles in two hours, although
the night was inky black Farmers came in
from the surrounding country, many of
them accompanied by their wives aad Joined
in the search.for the missing or rendered such
aid as they could give to the mangled but
still living sufferers who were brought to
the hospital.
AT SAUK RAPIDS,
about fourteen miles from st Cloud, the
damage is even greater and the loss of life
more terrible, although it is difficult to get
particulars The storm struck the very
center of the town, and demolished every
thing in its path. Twenty three persons are
reported dead, and many believe that more
than twice that number have persisted
Among the buildings destroyed is the Cen
fruI hnfal ~, vubi oh e.
have been killed. Owing TO the intense
darkness and to the demands of sufferers
who could be more readily reached, no
effort was made to rescue the bodies
from this building until morning
Not single business house is left standing
in the main part of town. The court house
is among the buildings destroyed, and the
Union school house and two of the principal
churches are ruined beyond repair The
Northern Pacific depot was swept away,
not even a splinter of it remaining. Fhysi-
clans from st Paul, Minneapolis and Brain
erd are caring for the wounded
sTxTY-SEvEN PEOPLE KILLER
Revised estimates of the killed and
wounded by Wednesdays cyclone are: St
Cloud, Is killei, 40 in ureI; Sank Rapids,
20 killed, 100 hurt; Rice's station, ~ killed,
unknown number injured
Following is list of killed and severely
wounded at Sank Rapids: John Renard,
county auditor, Killed; Gregg Lindley,
county recorder, killed; Edgar Hull, presi-
dent of the German American bank of st.
Cloud, killed. Edwin G. Hurlburt, of st.
Paul, seriously injured; A. H Lake, earpen-
ter, killed; Abner st Cyr, fatally hurt His
| son, Maurice, 8 years old, had
his ribs broken, and has died since
Mrs DR. jerks, badly injured; Thomas
| Vanetten, carried 400 feet, badly bruised
he weighed $50; Joseph Laundre, both legs
| crushed; had to be amputated; Ernest
Albright, killed; John Swanson, killed; Mrs.
Herman Berg, dangerously hurt; Clara, her
| daughter, killed; Ella, a daughter killed
| Lille Berg, another daughter, severely
| injured; Mr. Schuler, druggist, missing
Mrs Fletcher, of Dakota, killed; Mrs. Da-
wee, killed; Mrs Wright, seriously in.
| jured; Ollie Carpenter, 6 years old
killed, and Lulu, 10 years, fatally
| injured; Mrs Shober, dangerously hurt
little baby, found in the street dead; Mrs
Peter Fink and three boys and one girl
killed; Mrs Poppenfusss and two grand
children, instantly killed; Henry bernhard,
a German, 81 years old, killed
The killed at st Cloud, so far as known
are as follows: Joseph Giskavsl,ie, Mrs.
Straus, Charles Eureski, Mrs Stein, Minnie
Stein, Johnny Wal iron, Mrs Tramp Car
rie Stabold, Nicholas Junemann, four immi-
grants, names unknown; man, apparently a
fancy card writer about 81 years old, name
unknown; three Younger children, two girls
and one boy.