River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-22
AT SAUK RAPIDS.

The scene at Sauk Rapids was duplication Of
that in St. Cloud only worse The storm was
more severe than in ST. Cloud and the casualties
greater. telegram from that point on the
evening Of the l4th says:
A cyclone struck this city at o'clock this
| afternoon, and in just six minutes the town was
in ruins. Not single business house is left
standing on the main street, and many resden-
ces are demolished. The wind came from the
southwest and swept everything before it for
width Of about four blocks. The storm cloud
was as black as night, with a 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 postofilce,
flour mill and large machine shops were all con-
verted into kindling wood in less time than it
takes to tell. What vas the center Of the town
g now covered with all sorts Of debris, timbers,
doors, pieces Of furniture, etc, but only the
City hotel remains intact. The Northern Pa
cifc depot was literally blown away, and large
number Of freight cars overturned npon the
tracks.
At the present time twenty-five dead bodies
have been recovered from the rims and a 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 sad one, the living being not only deprived
of their friends but OF all their earthly possess
ions at the same time. The total loss Of proper
ty is not less than $500, 900, without a dollar Of
cyclone insurance. The town is ruined. The
living are earring for the wounded as well pos
sibe, 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 at Sank Rapids
LIST OF KILLED.
SILAS WARNER, 20 years.
MRS. MATTE FINCK, 80 years.
CARL f. FINCK, years.
JOHN II. FINCK, years.
AUGUST L. FINCK, years.
OTILLA FINCK, II years.
A. II. LAKE, 3s years.
A. Z. SHUEBER, 2S years.
JOHN RENARD, % years.
GREGG LINDLEY, IS years,
MAURICE ST. CYR, years
OLLIE CARPENTER, years.
- BARSENT, 20 years.
SAMUEL SORENSoN, 30 years
MRS DARRE, 20 years.
ERNEST 0. ALBRIGHT, % years
LOUIS LANDRE, 10 years.
~. LANDRE, IS years.
MRS. PAPENFUsE and two children aged
and years.
CLARA and LILLE BERG, aged Il and II
years.
CAPT. ABNER ST. CYR, ~ years.
WILLIE BARTNICK, 70 years.
Two wELM children, aged and Z years
MRS. SAMUEL FLETCHER, % years.
LIST OF WOUNDED.
Three RUSSELL children, internal injuries.
E. A. HALBERT, ST. Paul, fracture of skull
and arms.
MRS. JOHN ARNITH and three children bad
ly hurt.
FRANK NOTION. injured about head.
JUDGE BEAUPRE, injured about the head.
FRED BALINSKI, scalp wound.
MR.. and MRS. S. y. WRIGHT, scalp wounds.
MRS. DIR. JENCKs, internal injuries
THEODORE BERG, jaw broken.
MRS. b. X. NOTION, foot badly injured.
MRS. TRUSKENSKI, 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 found ia an hour after the
storm some rods away ana unconscious among
some timber. Her recovery is doubtful.
TWO MORE BILLED.
On Senator Buckman's farm, some two miles
from Sank Rapids, two men were killed, and
a set of buildings belonging to the senator
were wholly demolished. one OF the
men was in a field some distance
from any building. He was thrown to the
ground and rolled headloug until be was dead
his bones being badly crushed. The other man
was William Timer, who lived with his family
in Senator Buckmans house. With his wife
and two or three children, be went 10 the cellar
when he saw the cloud coming. lie left his
family and wen We to get some valuable pro-
perty, and never returned, for the storm struck
the house, scattering it to the winds. and MIR. I
Timer found some rods away dead. His /
family in the cellar were ugiuiuTed.