Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-04-17

say the woman was conscious and talked
freely, saying her hip hurt her sonic,
but otherwise she felt no pain. The
other probable fatality Is a young man
20 years old, both legs SO badly crushed
that they had to be amputated midway
between the knee and thigh. One man
lying IN the hospital badly injured, said
that three OF his children we're dead,
while another man in the same seat
who had recently suffered the amputa.
ton of an arm, responded by saying that
his wife and three children had been
killed by the storm. Three little bows
about six years old we're brought in
about midnight, whose injuries were
peculiar; one had a communicated frac-
ture of the thigh bone; another had
communicated fracture of both legs, and
the third a communicated fracture ofthe
upper arm. A woman was found with
q piece of scalp as large as a hand torn
from her head and hanging by q shred.
Drs. Denslow and Ritohic shortly after
midnight went across to Sauk Rapids to
render what assistance they could.
Twenty three dead bodies had then
been found, and tho doctors from Min
neapolis were busy caring for the injured.
The first n they saw was E. E.Halbert.
formerly state senator in the New York
legislature, but now northwestern agent
Of the New York Life Insurance COM
pany for Minnesota and Dakota. He
was receiving eyery attention possible.
1t is thought his skull is fractured at tho
base. and both arms and one leg bro
ken. He is desperately injured and the
chances are against recovery. Every
house left standing in the wlace was
used as q temporary hospital for the in.
jured. The center of the town'is wiped
out, leaving only a fringe of houses in
the outskirts. Many people are missing
and it is believed their bodies will be
found far distant from their former
homes.
ST.. PAUL, April l5.-The cyclone be-
gan about 3 o'clock in the basin of the
Masonic cemetery, forming q whlrlwind
about n thousand feet i'm diameter. II
took almost eve treo in a circle from
the ground or twisted it off the trunk.
Great shoots were torn up and carried
along with the wind, moving along slowly
IN a northeasterly direction. 1t wrecked
the Catholic chapel and several houses
in its course across the prairie adjoining
the town. 1t completely demolished
John Schwartz large brick house and
scattered fifty or more frame houses
like SO many feathers. In most cases
nothing was left to mark the site of the
dwellings but the cellars. The prairie
was strewn with timber, furniture and
clothing. The freight depot of the Man.
itoba is a total wreck. Numerous cars
loaded with freight were blown half q
mile and rails wrcnched from the track.
1t passed tho limits Of the town just west
Of Gov. Gillman's residence, killing sew.
eral horses. 1t crossed the Mississippi
at Sank Rapids wagon bridge which it
demolished. 1t here widencd TO 6OOO
feet and leveled Stanton's grist mill.
From there it swept through the center
Of the town, taking the best of the bust.
ness part of it, including the court
house, hotel, public school and all inn
portant places in town, except wooden
store. The village is virtually wiped out,
four-ffths Of the buildings being leveled.