The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-22
NOTES.

Inc NUMBER OF buildings destroyed in Sank
! Rapids is Is, and their value 100000,
A branch Of the cyclone did consider
able damage about eight miles from
Alexandria in Douglas county.
A special train was run on the Northern
Pacific on Sunday, the 18th, from st. Paul
to Sank Rapids, the proceeds going to the
| relief OF the cylone sufferers.
! w. l.. Nieman has been appointed bv
the county commissioners of Benton
| county auditor vice John Renard, killed,
and >. p. Carpenter register of deeds vice
Gregg Lindley, killed.
The killed outright number 81. Nineteen at
st. Cloud, thirty-two at Sank Rapids and ten at
Rice's. The wounded, many OF whom will die,
NUMBER 81. Twenty-three At St. Cloud twenty
one at Sank Rapids and nineteen at Rice's.
E. g. Halbert, agent of the N. Y. Life
Insurance company, who was SO severely
injured at Sank Rapids, died at his resi-
dence in st. Paul on the morning of the
18th, without having regained conscious
ness. he leaves a wife and four children.
Contributions are being made all over the
state to aid the sufferers. The St. Paul city
council appropriated s. 900 and placed at the
disposal OF the Governor and the Jobbers Union
sent car OF provision. Minneapolis cent ST.
900 by private subscription. Rochester, which
suffered similar experience three years ago
sent $4,000. Duluth sent $1,000 and so on.
Brainerd rendered the Northern Pacific SAM
tarium for use OF the wounded. .
Additional deaths of those injured
occurred on the 18th and 18th, bringing the
death roll up to q and the prospects are
that at least ten more will be added. The
list OF injured now reaches 2l3 and the
property loss is over 100000, Of which
$225, 600 was in Sank Rapids.
The funeral scenes at oil Of the anaicted points
were narrowing. Three public funerals were
held at st. Cloud, Sank Rapids and Rice Station.
At which forty-four bodies were buried. Other
funerals were held separately, and some bodies
were sent East, that Of banker Hull going to
Kalamazoo, Mich, and Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
tavus Smith, killed At Rice'e Station, going to
rainesv1lle. Tho scenes At the funerals were
touching and hears-rendesing. the grief OF sur
wing friends in many cases being beyond con-
troll.
During Friday, April Is, six Of the injured
lied AZ follows: Lulu Carpenter. Sank Rapids:
Andrus W alstrom, Sank Rapids; B ,by of N.
She'green, Sank Rapids; William shortbridye.
aged 20; Joseph Junglen, Annie Siebold, aged 3.
This makes the dead Number eixty-eisht. A
number more are almcst certain to die
At Minneapolis public meeting was held ia
conjunction with the city council, and a res,lr-
ton paseed asking the council to appropriate
$4,000 for relief.
Edgar Hall, president Of the German Amsri-
can National bank was one Of the wealthiest men
in st. Cloud. BE came to St. Cloud three years ago
from Nobraska. His father lives At Kalamazoo,
Mich, and his wife was visiting at that place
when her husband was killed. He took out 4
5000 on bis life in the New York Life In.
suaancs company about IN hour before hs left
St. Cloud for Sank Rapids. The rick was
written by r. q. Halbert Of ct. Paul. man.
ager for that company In Minnesota
and Dakota. Hull and Habsrt both