The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-22
AT SAUK RAPIDS.

more severe than in St. Cloud and the casualties
greater. A telegram from that point on the
evening of the 18th says:
A cyclone struck this city at4 o'clock this
afternoon, and in just six minutes the town was
standing on the main street, and many residen-
ces are demolished. The wind came from the
southwest and swept everything before it for q
width Of about four blocks. The storm cloud
was as black as night, with bright clear sky on
either side. The court house is now heap OF
uins, and several Of the county officers were
killed. The Union school house, the Congrega-
tional and Episcopalian churches, the postoftlce,
flour mill and large machine shops were all con-
verted into kindling wood in less time than it
takes to tell. What was the center Of the town
is now covered with all sorts Of debris, timbere,
doors, pieces Of furniture, etc., but only the
City hotel remains intact. The Northern Pa
cidc depot was literally blown away, and large
number Of freight cars overturned upon the
tracks.
At the present time twenty-five dead bodies
have been recovered from the ruins and large
number Of people are injured. The bodies are
laid out in the nearest houses left standing, and
several half demolished buildings are made to
answer the purpose Of morgue. The spectacle
is a sad one, the living being not only deprived
of their friends, but Of all their earthly
ions at the same time. The total loss Of proper
ty is not lees than $500 600, without a dollar of
cyclone insurance. The town is ruined. The
living are caring for the wounded as we'll az pos
sible, and physicians from St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Brainerd are in attendance. Out Of six sal
oons but one was left, and this furnished liquors
for the wounded.
Below will be found a complete list Of the
killed and wounded ut Sank Rapids.
LIST OF KILLED.
S1LAS WARNER, 20 years.
MRS. MATTE FINCK, 80 years.
CARL F. FINCK, yeare.
JOHN H. FINCK, years.
AUGUST L. FINCK, years.
OTILLA FINCK, II years.
A. H. LAKE, SO years.
A. Il. sHCEBER, 20 years.
JOHN RENARD, - years.
GREGG LINDLEY, IS years,
MAURICE ST. CYR, years.
OLLIE CARPENTER, years.
BARsENT, 20 years.
SAMUEL SORENSON, 80 years.
MRS. DAREE, 20 years.
ERNEST O. ALBRIGHT, r. years.
LOUIS LANDRE, 10 years.
J. J. LANDRE, IL years.
MRS. PAPENFCSE and two children aged .
and years.
CLARA and LILLE BERG, aged II and 10
years.
CAPT. ABNER ST. CYR, ~ years.
WILLIE BARTNICK, IL years.
Two WELM children, aged and years.
MRS. SAMUEL FLETCHER, 20 Yeas.
LIST OF WOUNDED.
Three RUSSELL children, internal injuries.
E. A. HALBERT, st. Paul, fracture of skull
and arne.
MRS. JOHN ARN1TH and three children bad.
ly hurt.
FRANK NOTION, injured about head.
JUDGE BEAUPRE, injured about the head.
FRED BAL1NsK1, scalp wound.
MR.. and MRS. s. N. WRIGHT, scalp wounds.
MRS. DR.. JENCKs, internal injuries.
THEODORE BERG, jaw broken.
MRS. B. X. NOTION, foot badly injured.
MRS. TRUSKENsK1, leg broken.
LULU CARPENTER, stick thrust through the
lung.
HORACE CARPENTER, scalp wounds.
GEORGE DAME, shoulder crushed.
MRS. DIR. jerks was just outside her
house. She was fouad III an hour after the
storm some rods away and unconscious among
some timber. Her recovery is doubtful.
TWO MORE KILLED.
On Senator Buckman's farm. some two miles
from Sank Rapids, two men were killed, and
set Of buildings belonging to the senator
we're wholly demolished. One Of the
men was in field some distance
from any building. He was thrown to the
ground and rolled headlong until he was dead,
his bones being badly crushed. The other man
WAS William Ulmcr, who lived with his family
in Senator Buckman's house. With his wife
and two or three children, he went to the cellar
when he cav the cloud coming. He left his
family and went above to get some valuable pro-
perty, and never returned, for the storm struck
the house, scatte ring it to the winds, and Mr.
Timer was found some reds away dead. HE
family In the cellar were uninjured.