Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1886-04-21

A Day Long To BE Remembered by Thos'
Who Survived the Storm's wrath-Re
ports of the Dead and injured Still
Increasing Financial Aid.
ST.. CLOUD, Mimi, April LEACH day
shows more plainly the dreadful effects o
the tornado. Farmers from the outlying
parts of the county bring in reports of th.
storm In their particular locality, and tel
of timbers, books, clothing, and othel
articles found ON their promises that once
were part Of happy homes In St Cloud
At Sank Rapids the report of the dead and
injured Is constantly increasing, and it viii
be some days before an accurate list can b.
complied Physicians from all prominent
points in the state are In attendance and art
doing all in their power to alleviate the suf
erings OF the injured. Each train arriving Ii
freighted with provisions, clothing, bedding,
-bandages, and every thing that is needfuL
Money has been freely subscribed, and in q
few days the greater part Of the wreck viii
have been cleared away and the homeless
and houseless cared for, but years must
elapse before the city can recover from the
blow.
A general estimate of the dead at all
places would probably put the number at
ssysnty>one. Annie Ziebold, years of age,
died In the hospital Friday morning from
the offsets of fracture of the
skull News was brought in Friday
that Wilbur Dahlmaer, farmer at
Buchmantown, twenty-f five miles from here,
and a workingman named Clark, at the
same place, had been killed AS for the
wounded, only rough guess at their num-
Der can be made Fifty -four are known to
be in the hospital, and thirty at least are
being cared for by the nuns at the convent
Besides this, almost every house in st.
Cloud and Sauk Rapids contains at least
one sufferer from the storm. Possibly not
more than 1*5 are badly hurt William
Shortage, who hal both legs amputated.
lies in critical condition.
To ons who has not looked with his own
eyes at Sank Rapids the scene there will be
well nigh impossible to convey an adequate
dea of the suffering entailed upon the peo-
Pile OF the town by the terrible catastrophe.
some nifty or more farmers are absolutely
homeless, without a roof to shelter them
Women sit disconsolately amid the ruins of
heir homes, looking with dazad eyes at the
destruction that has fallen upon them Chill
lren wander about amid the wreck awe
truck and careless Of their sports, while
nen labor, sick at heart, at the work of
clearing up the debris. Everywhere one
eads an expression of the despair The loss
It Sauk Rapids will probably exceed $500, 900.
Solemn requiem mass was said in the
athedral Friday morning over the remains
If thirteen OF the victims, Father Stemper
fticiating, and In the church of the Immac-
late Conception similar services were held
~ Fathers Gross and Casper for the reposs
the dead. Both churches were heavily
raped In mourning, and as the funeral
ortege passed froma them on the way TO
he cemetery through the devasted streets
undreds of persons, many of them friends |
nd relatives Of the dead, who had gathered
sre from afar, steo1 with bowed heads,
eep IN grief, As the procession moved on |
q old man with q high falsetto voice began |
hanting o German prayer for the dead, and |
90 voices repeated the responses Thus, |
nth measured tread and solemn chant the |
i'd cortege wound on to the cemetery, |
lere two huge graves had been dug, and |
ITO these the bodies were lowered In one |
ere placed the remains Of nine adults; In /
he other those of nine little children Rude
Inc crosses with tha names ct the victims
ere then epected, and the mourners si-
ntly departed. Other funerals were con-
ucted by the Protestant churches. Mrs
abr and the three dead children. Of Mrs.
ungler being inferred during the day,
ourteen Of the dead at Sauk Rapids we're
uried at the Masonic cemetery there, the
ev. Mr.. Campbell, of st Cloud, conduct
lg the services
Further news fram Rics's Station, near
hich occurred the fearful tragedy ct a
edding, adds to the horrible aspect of the
flair. Miss Shultz, who would have been
ade Mrs Friday, was not killed outright
ut is fearfully MANNED, and the list of
He'd now numbers ten, Mary Trobont, a
ri Of Il, having died of her injuries
telegram was received FEidaY after
BON BON to the effect that the city council of
minneapolis had voted $25, 900 for the suf-
rers here. DR., Kilvington left Mime
,olis with twelve female nurses
I'd q dozen carpenters with material
lough to build hospital "a by 100 feet
Dispatches from Grinnell, Iowa, say that
handsome sum of money will be sent from
ere also, and $500 has beenoffered
+ the indianapolis council
ST. PAUL, MINI, April IA st. Cloud
spatch says: "An unknown woman and
/ infant were found in the gums Friday
sht These make the total number killed
I the cyclone in this state sixty nine, ac-
riding to the lowest estimate. One paper
AXE the total number Of dead seventy
rec"