The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-23
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CYCLONE.
ACyelone Of Tremendous Powerswseps
Through the Towns, Destroying
s.t All in Its Path.

4ukOu8Q tu0 1OWn6, Uo6CfOy1ng
All in Its Path.
Twenty-Five or Thirty Persons Killed
and Hundred Injured at Sank
Rapids.
ST. CLOUD DEVASTATED.
A DISASTROUS TORNADO.
ST. CLOUD, Special Telegram, April II
st Cloud cannot longer congratulate itself
upon being north Of the track of cyclones,
for it was this afternoon swept by one OF
tho most horrible tornadoes in tho history II
Minnesota sharp points were nrst seen to
dart down from the clouds, and 60 far as this
town Is concerned the cyclone had its COM
mencement about 3 O'Clock In the basin of
the Masonic cemetery, forming whirlwind
here about a thousand feet in diameter. It
took almost every tree in its circle from the
ground or twisted It of at the trunk.
Great stones were torn up from the
earth and dragged along Moving slowly
from hero and confning itself to
space OF 100 feet across, it passed north.
east over Calvary hill. wrecking the Catho-
lie chapel and shattering the cruciax. The
first house taken was Nick Jumemann's and
1t entered the city at John W. Tennford's
place, taking the roar part of the house, and,
crossing st German street, completely de-
lnolishcd John Schwartz's large brick house.
From here IT swept straight across the
prairie, scattering fifty or more smaller frame
houses like 80 many feathera In most cases
nothing was left to mark the site of dwell
ings but the cellara The prairIes were
strewn with timbers, furniture and cloth
ing.
DAMAGE 10 THE MANITOBA PROPERTY
The freight depot Of the Manitoba railway
was directly in its path, and portions of 1t
and the cars on the track were blown half
mile. Long lines of cars loaded with freight
were blown from the track and the rails
wrenched from place. It passed the limits
of the town just west Of Lieut. Gov Gilman's
residence, taking part Of his fence and kill
ing borses It crossed the Mississippi at the
sauk Rapids wagon bridge, taking the two
east spanR 1t here widened to COO feet
Stanton's grist mills took the full force, and
were leveled The cyclone swept from there
through the center Of tho town, taking the best
of the business part of it, including Bc-gs
hardware store. Beaupre Bros grocery, the
court house and hotel near by, the public
school building, part of the brewery, und
every important business house In the city
except G q. Woods store. The village is
virtually wiped out Of existence, four-fifths
of the buildings being lcveled The course
of the storm through St Cloud was wit
messed by hundreds OF citizenA There had
been short, sharp showers during the past
twenty-four hours. and "a warm south wind
blowing ut the time. The clouds were seen
TO form Just southwest of the city-dark,
Overhangtng masscA Then
SHARP TONGUES or LIGHTNING
darted down, and the terrible whirlwind be-
gan its fatal course, passing along slowly
and majestically. Whenever any warning
could be given all escaped safely, but In
most instances nothing was known Of tho
approaching destroyer until its awful roar
was heard too late Tor flight The part of
the town struck was that OF the poorer resi-
dents living in clumps of small frame houses,
often several families being in one house
The men were nearly all laborers or railroad
men and away ut their work, and only the
women and children left in the houses The
fatalities in St Cloud. though great. are not
equal in number to those in Sauk Rapids,
but q complete list there cannot now he OBJ
tanned In every house almost nil the in
mates were more or less hurt. and their es-
capes from death were marvelouA
THE ST. CLOUD FATAI1rIEA
Mrs. STEIN. widow.
Mrs. STRAUSS.
MINNIE STEIN. ten years old
Mrs. TREMP MEIIAN. wife of n railroad laborer
JACOB SHORTkIDGE
NICK JIMNEMANN, an old farmer.
Mrs. WEIsAIANN. an old lady.
Son Of Is. o. MERSKE, four years old.
JOE GINSKOFFSKI, seven years old.
JOSEPH C. and MARY ZINs. little girl
VAN HOESEN, railroad laborcr
AUGUST KROLLS. baby.
+. ANDREWS OF Owatonna, supposed to be
travelling teacher Of penmanshin
Fifteen dead are known so far.
TIE sAUK RAPIDS VICTIMS.
The following were Killed at Sauk Rapids:
Baby Of AUGUST KROLL.
J. BERG, merchant and two children
JOHN kENARD. county auditor
GEORGE LlNDLEY, county treasurer.
Two children of c. G. WOOD. merchant.
ABNER ST. CYR fatally hurt
Child Of p. CARPENTER, clerk Of court
L. BEAUPRE, judge Of probate, badly hurt
WRECKED HOUSES IN ST. CLOUD.
The houses wrecked in this city were:
Nick JnncInanns farm house and barn, total
W. Tenford. frame house, partial
John Schwartz. large brick. total.
John Plates brick house, partial
Nike Moos. Jacob Brown. Mike Welsmann,
Chris Putz each a small house. total
John Bluntenburg, frame. unroofed.
Joseph Dueber, frame, total.
Frank knuth, frame, total.
Anton kl0uskowski Boniface Omerski Frank
Dolder. Martin Yangelski, each frame house,
total
J. o. shindler, large frame, unroofed, and barn
wrecked.
Frank Guiskoffskl Mrs. Stein. George Kos
kowski. Mrs. streitz, William Bennewitz, Mat
Brantry, Ed Atkins. T. Waldorf, Bartel Tehr, E.
c. Getcheil each frame, total.
Manitoba freight depot, total loss: twenty or |
thirty freight cars. fats and boarding cars,
badly d?maged Manitoba carpenter shops and
roll mills, unroofed.
George Doerr, Fritz johnson, Bernard scharla,
Christian Fisher. William Meilke, Il. Budler, a
Siebold, E. Bentler, Mike Moort, John WINNER.
:. r. Martin. Andrew Press. Mrs. Gins. Thomas
knhkonski John Kempers. William Trattman.
Sebastian Klal. August Kroll, Anei Kraser. Peter
Benewitz. Mrs. Gerard, Joseph Wegcler. Messrs
Ksocher aud Kobel. each lost dwelling house,
all frame.
Kocchler & Kobels cooper shop, total wreck
The total loss of property In St Cloud can
not be far from 500, ,OOO
THE NUMBER OF WOUNDED
,nav be even higher than forty ..,
days work will be necessary to get anything
like correct list of the dead and wounded
It is an impossible task tonight Every
thing is excitement and confusion, and one
can hardly tell who was his next door neigh
Dor. The Grand Central hotel at midnight
is filed with people discussing the awful
event, and rumors from the surrounding
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