Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-15
A rarenrFuL CYCLONE.
A High wind Destroys Life and
Property.

CHICAGO, April l4.--The Chicago
Inter Oceans special says; A..cyclone be-
gan about 8 o'clock in the basin of the
Masonic Cemetery, forming whirlwind
about 100 feet in diameter. 1t took
almost every tree in the circle from the
ground or twisted it off at the trunk.
Great stones were torn up and carried
along with the wind. Moving slowly
along in northeasterly direction
IL wrecked the Catholic chapel
and several houses in its course
across the prairie to the adjoining
town. 1t completely demolished John
schwartz's large brick house and scat
tered fifty or more snail frame houses
like so many feathers. In most cases
nothing was left to mark the site OF the
dwellings but the cellars. The prairies
were strewn with timbers, furniture and
clothing. The freight depot Of the
Manitoba road was total wreck.
Numerous cars loaded with freight
were blown a half mile, and the rails
wrenched from the track. 1t passed the
limits Of town Just west of Lieutenant
Governor Gilmen's residence, killing
several horses. IL crossed the Missis-
sippi at the Sank Rapids wagon bridge,
which it demolished. 1t here widened
TO 5000 feet and leveled Stanton's grist-
mill. From there it swept through the
center Of the town, taking the best Of
the business part OF it, including the
court house, hotel, public school and every
important business building in town.
except a wooden store. The village is
virtually wiped out, four-fifths OF the
buildings being leveled. The fatalities
it st. Cloud, though great, are not equal
ia number to those in Sank Rapids. In
every house most all OF the inmates were
more or less hurt. The dead at st.
Cloud, so far as known, are as follows;
Nick Junemann, Mrs. Weisman and
little girl; a sou four years old of b. o.
Werfki; son seven years old OF Frank
Meinskoff.ki; Mrs. Stein, widow; a
son four years old of P. Waldorf; Short
ridge Young. railroad man. His
brother William had both legs smashed
and since amputated. Van Holsen an
unknown railroad man, two young chill.
dren Of Mr.. Gems. baby Of August Knoll.
Dead at Sank Rapids. Berg. mer-
chant, and two children; John Kenard,
County Auditor; Geo. Lindley, County
Treasurer; two children of G. G.. Wood,
merchant; Abuer Meyr. Fatally hurt
Child Of II. Carpenter, Clerk OF Court;
P. Beaupre, Judge OF Probate Court;
badly hurt--Eigar Hill, President of the
German American Bank.
From Sank Rapids the storm struck
Rice's Station, Benton county, demolish-
ing the village and killing or injuring
nearly the entire population. The wires
are down and no definite information is
obtainable from there.
Governor Hubbard tonight received
the following message from State Sen
ator Buchanan :
sAuK RAPIDS, Mimi, April l4.--0ur
town Is in ruins. Send us aid.
(Signedl BUcKmAs.
Governor Hubbard at once sent mes
saees to the mayors Of all the cities and
large towns in tho State asking that
steps be taken at once to secure money
and things needed and forward
them as speedily as possible
to Senator Buckman for the destitute.
A brief dispatch has just been received
saying that between forty and fifty bod
les had been recovered from the ruins
at st. Cloud and the search is not com
plsted. The town presents a scene o
the utmost desolation, as seen by thu
light of Pickering lanterns, and the
groans of the wounded and lamentations
Of those who have lost relatives is heart
rending in the extreme. Not until day.
light will the full extent, however, b,