Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1886-04-16
The Ruined Cities.

ST. CLOUD, MIMI, April 15.-[Special. j.
The work of devastation in the district vis-
tied by the cyclone is complete, as the lit
tered and shivered remains of what were
once frame buildings will testify. The
scene after daybreak was one to appal the
strongest hearted. For a width of about
800 feet, running from southwest to north
east, the tornado had levelled almost every
thing before it, an occasional building
partially wrecked being left to tell the tale
of devastation as if by contrast with the
ruin to be seen on every side. Scarcely a
vestige of any structure remaieed so
as to be recognized, the ground being liter
ally covered with all kinds of timbers pro-
miscously tangled together. 1t is estimat-
ed that 400 structures were blown down,
all of them frames and by no means costly.
The Manitoba depot was unroofed and
wrecked, thus almost entirely cutting off
all telegraphic communication. The only
building of any Consequence, aside from
the depot that was injured, was the
brewery, and this was badly warped and
twisted. The small residences were most
ly occupied by foreigners, whose names
it has been impossible to secure with any
degree of accuracy. The Catholic hospi-
tai is filled with wounded, but only five or
six of them are considered dangerous. The
others are little hurt. There were fifty
four wounded in the hospital last night
besides number that were taken to pri-
vate residences. Today there are about
forty there, two having died and
the others having been removed.
AT sAUK RAPIDS.
The extent of the devastation and ruin at
Sauk Rapids was still more apparent today.
The severe wind and rain storm which add
ed to the horrors of the situation during
the night of eager searching gave way to
sunshine, and this tended, to small extent
in tightening the gloom which had spread
over that unfortunate community. The
sun rose to find the survivors Of the fearful
disaster industriously overturning the for
midable pile of debris in the search for hui
man flesh. The loss of life proves to be
greater than any had supposed last mid
night. At that hour twenty-three dead
bodies were arranged in the temporary
house near the railroad tracks, and to-day's
search brought to the surface eighteen
additional victims, and the fatal list now
includes s
FORTY SOULS.
There We're hundreds of volunteers, many
of them from st. Cloud. 1t was not 6
o'clock ,before sympathizing citizens Of
the latter city, although itself badly af1ict-
ed, had taken carriages and set out for the
scene of still further disaster at Sauk
Rapids. nr
Later adyices from the farm house, near
Rice Station, wheretwenty people were re-
ported killed, are that twelve were killed
and ten wounded. 4 wedding was being
celebrated at the house, the parties being
German. The scene was one of awful
horrors. &
THE DEAD AT BUcKMAN.
FRED CLARK, a farm hand, and sew
eral others. ar..g ..,..
KILLED AT SAUK RAPIDS.
The following is the revised list Of killed
at Sauk Rapids to date:
JOHN RENARD, county auditor.
GREGG LINDLEY, register of deeds.
EDGAR HULL, st. Cloud, president OF
the German-Ameriean bank.
SAM SWENSON, foreman on Governor
Gilman's farm.