The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-23
re TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
toms Concerning the Calamity At sauk
Rapids and st. Cloud. Mimi.

ftsms Concerning the Calamity At sauk
Rapids and ST. Cloud, sIinn.
The Sauk Rapids tornado il traced TO q
point . little south OF Little Falls, where it
Has dissipated.
On Tuesday, Aug. 21, 1883, the people OF
Rochester, felt the cyclones awful breath
and twenty-six victims fell.
ol.Morton OF Fargo telegra phed to Lieut..
iov. Gilman to draw on him for $50.
The saltwater council voted 81, 600 for
the sufferers.
! An unknown woman with an infant in
! ner arms was found in the ruins at st.
Cloud.
The subscription papers circulated in
Rochester have realized over So, 500 in adj
aition to the 81 900 appropriated by the
:ity council.
T.. A. Halburt of st. Paul. who was sc
oadly injured at Sauk Rapids, may rccov-
sr.
James Spencer, living eighteen miles from
st. Cloud, back Of Ricc's station found ON
bis farm u twelvc.ioo square frame house,
'ilts and All complete. loft there by the
storm.
Tho indianapolis. Intl., board of trade
nave authorized the may yors of Suuk Rapids
and st. Cloud to draw on the board for
800 each for relief.
The remains Of c. +. Andrews. who was
killed ut st. Cloud, hns arrived ut Ovation
nu.
j. A. Stanton, owner Of the big -four mill
at Sauk Rapids. has 80 for recovered aa to
he out again. 1t was thought at first he
was fatally injured. lie will probably re-.
build the mill. which wills Of IL capacity oi
%" barrels per day, and gave employ mcnt
to many hands.
The obstruction nf Sauk Rapids was &c
complete that there were no provisions
and supplies left in the place.
Lulu carpenter, IL small daughter Of $. T..
Carpenter of Snuk Rapids, saw the cyclone
| approaching and ran into the hu,,s,. and
got her baby sister in her arms aud sought
place Of shelter. The cllild's efforts t.,
save the bnby was successful, but sh. lost
her own life in the attempt.
IL the south end, or beginning of the
cyclone truck, is correctly located at two
Or three miles south and IL little west OF st.
Cloud, as Gov. Gilman holds. then itp
total length was twcnty-fonr miles.
Anoka has appropriated $500 and sever.
al hundred will also be raised by private
subscription. About SlOO worth Of pro-
visions, canned fruit, etc., WIS sent to
oauk I,tllus.
A careful estimate Of the losses in st.
cloud. made by the comittce representing
The Citizens Relief ;tssociutium places tl.e
| ng.reslt e loss at Si,i, 900. IL is Thought
that 10 per cent, of this property can be
utilized.
Sixteen funerals took place ut st. Cloud
on the 10th. Sixteen coliinr.l bodies eight
adults and eight chii.lrcn-which had be. IA
lying nll night in the basement were carried
into the church and placed on hicrs in front
nf the altar. The corteec wound slowly
toward the Catholic cemetery, IL mile dis
tant, every man and boy walking with hat
,loffed and bowed head. An old German
began III IL loud voice. II docfnl chant, in
his native tongue, and those about him
gradually took up the responses untilthe
whole vast roncoilrs. WAS walking meas
RELY to the tim. of its own chanting, Two
huge pits had hrom dug ut the cemetery.
each large enough Tor eight or ten corpscs.
AT Sauk Rapids on Friday the lG inst.
fourteen victims ot the cyclone were bur-
led. The following il the list buried: A.
W. Lake, Clara and Ella Berg, Mrs. Meta,
Carl II. Finck. John II. Finck, Otella Finck,
August Finck. -Schalsren. Ernest AL.
bright, S. Sorenscn, Henry Behrend, Ameta
Woclm, Antonia Woelm. The child Ollie
Carpenter was buried in HE yard OF the
residence OF her parents until they could
select IL place in the cemetery.
Friduy afternoon, the 10th inst. at Suuk
Rapids, the body Of a. T.. Schul,er was
found near the place where he was last seen
bcfDr" the storm. Search had been going
on Tor him continuously since he was miss.
cd, but Jailed to bring fnrtl, the body IL.
was found between Capt. Van F.tten's house
and the Central hotel. Lulu Carpenter,
aged thirteen, died. She had fingered for
t,un H., I,
dition. her chest was pierced through by i.
tw0-inch stick Of wood, aud she could not
live.
The work OF clearing away the debris of
tlle terrible cyclone is already in progress
ut Sank Rapids. Large forces of men are
ut work and already the demolished st reefs
are becoming l';.ssnble.
Senator Buchanan started for his home
at Buckman, Morrison county, when the
report OF the storm came in. His out
buildings there were destroyed, and his
hired man. Fred Clark, killed. The homes
OF Farmers kienow, Dillmeier, Rownelcn-
filch, Funts, j. +. Sand and John lIodolph
were destroyed. Dill Meyer was killed and
his wife badly hurt.
The young men OF st. Cloud have raised
$1,000 and the older citizens over 81 600.
Vice President I. +. Oakcs, Of the North
erD Pacific railroad, sent to IL. Caldwell,
iinanccr Of Noble Franklin lodge, A. o. L.
w., "a check for 500, to aid the workmen
Of the order and their families who suffered
from the cyclone The lodge added an
equal sum and passed IL series Of resolutions
thankin. Mr.. Oakcs.
1t is impossible to give full details of all
that has been done for the relief Of the
wounded. IL is sufficient to say that ST.
Paul, Minneapolis and other places have
helped to organize hospitals, have fur.
nished nurses and physicians and that
everything is being done systematlraI
The following are among the cont ribu-
tions: st. Paul. S5,O1o; Rochester, 81
900 st. Peter. $500, Red Wing, 5000. Far.
ibanlt, 5000; Duluth, 81. 900; Minneapolis,
s.,.a, cash and ,y SUPPLIES, $1,000; owato"ma,
W:lshburn, Minneapolis $500; 4. Kelly,
Minneapolis, 5000; Tarbox a Co., st.
Paul, SlOo; N"yrs Bros. II Co.. st. Paul,
500; Allen, Moon Il Co.. st. Paul, SlUU;
ID. G. Shepard, $1,000; Newport X rrct, 100;
Anok.l. $500; II. II. Sihley, St. Paul. SIOU;
Princeton, $:i24; Elk River, 500; Aid sly,
Minneapolis, $50; Little Falls. $3.50; In.
dianapolis. Ind, board of trade, $loo;
Moorhead. Sl50: Minneapolis, sl5.Ono;
Morris, 5000; New Tim, 5000; Lake city,
500; Ma:.katn, $500; Montgomery. $ 100;
Alexandria, $500; Duluth, $1,000; Viii,
mar, 5000; Austin, $500; Princeton s3.4;
etc, etc.
Most Of the wounded ut St. Cloud and
Sauk Rapids are recovering.
The loss ut st. Cloud and Sauk Rapids
il estimated at $3.50, 900, and relief con.
tributions ut $15O,OOO. The total loss ut
Sank Rapids is appraised atS29O, 900.
Henry R"senbergcr Of st. Cloud saved
the valuablea and papers Of the late T.. q.
Hubert, and turned them over to the lat.
ter friends upon their arrival. Mr.. Hus-
enbcrser had detected II man making an
effort to rob the unconscious victim nf the
deadly cyclone, but could not catch Him
before he effected his escape
Congressman Nelson during the discus-
sion Of the hill for the relief Of Alabama
Hood sufferers, referred to the losses sus-
tanned and the suffering endured by the
peopleo Minnesota in coi,sr,,,i ,,irmr. ni the
recent cyclone, and asked Mr.. F"rmry to
permit an amendment appropri,tinsS SlOn.-
900 to the sufferers hy tn. cyclone; but