The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-04-21

the call for help, A train for st. CLOUD
left at six o'clock Information is very
meagre and sensational reports are cur
rent 1t is reported that no people were
killed at st. Cloud 1t is believed al
least forty persons were killed and about
seventy-tive wounded. 1t is impossible
to get much information at this hour
All is excitement and the streets are
filled with excited men and Fighter ed,
weeping women and children. The dis
aster is certainly very appalling, Scores
of houses have been entirely wrecked
and the loss Of life cannot now be stated.
The storm struck ST. Cloud between
/ the round house and the freight depot,
and swept a path 600 yards wide through
the city, leYeling between $50 and 200
! houses. n. P. Clark, well-known lum-
! herman who lives in St. Cloud, says
ninety persons were killed in that city
and more than 100 were injured, many
very seriously. Superintendent Wake
man, of the Manitoba railway, says that
! between thirty and forty persons
were killed at Sank Rapids, a small
| town on the Manitoba and Northern Pa
cifc roads, a few miles southeast from st.
/ Cloud, and that nearly double that num-
Der were injured. The telegraph wires
northeast Of this city are all down and
,k "a ON
Sauk Rapids has been received since 7
O'clock.
a terrible thunder storm passed over
! st. Paul and Minneapolis about O'Clock
and heavy hail storm followed, though
of 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 demol-
ished by tornado.
St. Paul, April l4.-Latest reports give
the number of killed in Sc. Cloud as Is,
and injured at about %; ut Sank Rapids,
Is killed and 20 injured. Another terri
fic thunder storm is prevailing here,
which Interieres greatly with the wires.
The Chicago Inter Oceans St. Paul
special says: The cyclone began about
3 O'Clock il the basin Of the Masonic
cemetery, forming a whirlwind about
LOCO feet in diameter. 1t took almost
every tree from the ground or twisted it off
at the trunk. Great stones were torn up
and carried along with the wind, moving
in a northeast direction. 1t wrecked a
church and several houses in its course
across the prairie adjoining the town. 1t
completely demolished John Schwartz's
large brick house and scattered fifty or
more smaller frame houses like so many
feathers. In most cases nothing was left
to mark the sites of the dwellings but
the cellars. The prairie was strewn with
timbers, furniture and clothing. The
freight depot is a total wreck. Numer-
GUS cars loaded with freight were blown
half mile and rails wrenched from the
track. 1t passed the limits of tee town
just west of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gill
mans residence, killing several horses.
1t crossed the Mississippi river at the
Sank Rapids wagon bridge, which it de-
molished. Here it 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 wood
en- store. The village is entirely wiped
out, four-ffths of the buildings being
leveled. The fatalities in ST. Cloud,
though great, are not equal to those in
Sank Rapids. In every house most all
of the inmates were more or less hurt.
Chicago, April 14th.-The Inter Oceans
Council Bluffs special says A cyclone
struck the town of Coon Rapids this
afternoon and land the town in ruins,
the telegraph wires are all down and no
particulars are ODtalnaDle.
st. Paul, April l5.-Reporls from the
cyclone at st. Cloud, Sank Rapids, Rice
Station and other points in the vicinity
received last night were not exaggerated.
At three O'Clock this morning at these
places there were forty-nine killed and
nearly two hundred wounded, with many
still missing whose bodies will probably
be recovered by tonight, There are just
enough houses left in Sank Rapids to
form a ring around the sillage limits. |
The debris is not piled in heaps, but |
far and wide The sign, "Sauk
Rapids" on the Manitoba depot, ana a
basket full of books were found at Rice
Station, several miles distant. This
shows the terrible power Of the storm.
No reports have been received from out
lying districts, where it is believed great
destruction Of property and loss of life
has been wrought The storm extended |
from jamestown, Dakota, through Min
nesota and into Wisconsin, though its
most disastrous effects are to be found in
he places first named.
The city council this morning voted
B5. 600 in cash to assist the cyclone suffer-
srs, ana Gov. Hubbard dispatched car
Dad Of provisions to Sank Rapids. The
.ar was accompanied BY committee of
he Jobbers' Union, who will offer all
he assistance in their power. Dr.. Der
sloa, who, with others, went last evening
Dv special train to st. Cloud, returned
his morning. Upon reaching St. Cloud,
he said, the physicians from St. Paul and
divided, part going to Sauk
Rapids. Dir. Dersloa was on the force
,ent to the Benedictine Sisters hospital
md they were kept busy until 8 o'clock
his morning. Twenty five injured are
n the hospital alone, and he does not
Snow how many more are cared for in
private houses.
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We learn from the Helena papers that
Hon. saml. Word has received $4,000 I
'or his Dram I.umrnon stock now quoted
a $40 NOR ahara-r,ar value SO. We