Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-15

MINNEAPOLIS, April 14th.-Reports have
Just been received of terrible cyclone at
ST. Cloud this afternoon, in which 40 per-
sons were killed and IS injured. Half the
town was laid waste. There are rumors
that Sauk Rapids, near st. Cloud. also suf-
fered. DR.. Ames, Mayor of the city, and
staff of dozen physicians are lust leaving
on special train for st. Cloud, in answer
to messages for assistance.
APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE.
ST. PAUL, April 14th.-St. Cloud and
Sauk Rapids were swept by terribly de-
structive cyclone about $50 o'clock this
afternoon. The first knowledge of the dis
aster was contained in the following tele
gram, sent to Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis.
from st. Cloud, asking for help:
To Mayor Ames, Minneapolis: A terribly
destructive cyclone passed over st. Cloud
and Sank Rapids late this afternoon. There
is terrible destruction here Please send
up all the assistance you can Immediately
by special train. Send physicians and sur
geons.
Telegrams to the following effect were
IeCelfeu from Sduk RAPIDS
To Mayor Ames, Minneapolis. Can Won
send special train with physicians to this
cltyY A cyclone passed over the CITY this
afternoon, and great many are believed
to have been killed, but the number is not
yet KNOWN SAUK RAPIDS.
Immediately upon the receipt of this
news, preparations were made to respond
to the call for help, and train for St.
Cloud left at 6 o'clock. The information is
very meager, and sensational reports are
current. 1t is reported that 100 persons
were killed at st. Cloud 1t is believed that
at least 40 persons have been killed. and
about 10 wounded. 1t is impossible to get
much information at this hour. All is ex.
citement, and the streets are filed with ex.
cited men and frightened, weeping women
and children. The disaster certainly is
very appalling. Scores of houses have been
entirely wrecked, and the extent of the loss
of life cannot now be stated.
FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
ST. PAUL. April 14th.-The city is full OF
rumors, and it is very difficult to obtain
reliable news. The storm struck st. Cloud
between the round-house and freight depot,
and swept path GOO yards wide through
the city, leveling between $50 and zoe
houses. n. II. Clark, well known lum-
herman, who lives in st. Cloud, saws 90
persons were killed in that city, and more
than 100 injured, many very seriously.
superintendent Wakeman, of Manitoba.
says that between so and 40 persons were
killed at Sauk Rapids, small town on the
Manitoba and Northern Pacific Roads, q
few miles southeast of st. Cloud, and
nearly double that number injured. The
telegraph wires northwest of this city are
all down, and no news direct from either
st. Cloud or Sauk Rapids has been received
since Z o'clock. A terrific thunderstorm
set in over St Paul and Minneapolis about
6 o'clock, and heavy hail-storm followed,
though of but short duration. In fact, one
storm cloud after another has swept across
the State ever since last evening, and the
rainfall has been heavy. The storm is the
worst known in the State since 1888. when
Rochester and Elgin were devastated by a
tornado.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
ST. PAUL, April 14th-The latest reports
give the number Of killed in St. Cloud as
10, and the injured about %, and at Sauk
Rapids, 15 killed and 20 injured. Another
terrific thunderstorm is now prevailing
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