St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-16

Press was in his Office, but escaped in some
miraculous manner. The building was
leveled to the ground. His family was
saved.
Dennis Millane's saloon building was
total wreck. His wife was found
underneath the roof lying in bed, and was
rescued. A little boy five years old had his
arm broken and was otherwise bruised.
w. II. Belts feed store was total wreck.
His loss will be $500.
Mr.. Westerly's building, used as a feed
store. was leveled.
Capt. Thomas Van Enten's building, in
process of construction, was total wreck.
The loss will be $4,000.
Fred Hart's brick residence was torn in
pieces and two bricks can hardly be found
clinging together. 1t was swept away.
Loss $4,000.
BLOWN OUT OF SIGHT.
Fl. Brown g. Bros. general store build
ing and stock are out of sight. Not q
trace of anything that resembles them or
any part of them can be found. His loss
is So, 500. The family were there, but ran
out and are uninjured.
Ex-senator Mayo's store and dwelling
are also entirely carried away. There is
not trace of them. 1t is supposed that
they were picked up and whirled to bits
and scattered by miracle. The entire
family in the house escaped with a few
bruises.
In C. G.. Woods warehouse near the
tracks lay fifteen of the dead yesterday
afternoon. The building is unfinished
within.
Morris Davis hotel was damaged $500.
Some of the roof was taken off. His saloon
was total wreck. and his stock in the lat
ter was blown out of sight. His total loss
4 be $4,000.
Inc Eagle brewery, owned by Yochem
q Bergs malt house was totally de-
stroyed, and the brewery somewhat dam
aged The loss will be about $4,000.
THE COURTHOUSE DISAPPEARS.
Ihe Sauk Rapids courthouse was en-
tirely demolished. 1t was frame build
ing and nothing has been seen of it since
the cloud appeared except the vaults. 1t
was torn apart and scattered in the darkness.
The books of several of the officers are
saved. The vaults have not yet been ex-
amined. The courthouse was worth
IS, 600, and it is not yet known how many
papers were saved.
The Central hotel was also wiped out of
existence. No one knows where it went
to. 1t was gone when the cloud passed.
1t was worth 1000. The Benton county
Dank, brick building, was torn down. A
portion of the walls are standing. 1t looks
as II the building had gradually crumbled
down. Loss, S4. 900. Mr.. Hunnewell, the
cashier OF the bank. by presence of mind,
saved his life. He ran from the building.
The depot has the appearance of being
crushed to the earth. The roof, broken in
some places, lies on pile of broken tim
bers, while other timbers are sticking
through it. 1t was about 400 hundred feet
long and one story high. 1t looks now
like pile of slabs rooted with red clap
boards. 1t was probably worth 81, 900.
HAVOC AMONG LUMBER.
The lumber yards of Senator Buchanan
and his partner, Coates, were also passed
over. The lumber was lifted up and car
ried no one knows whittier. There were
200, 600 feet. The residences of E. Cross,
S. P. Carpenter, A. w. Lake, Joseph
Campbell, mayor of the city, D. Z.
KnOwlton and S. n. Wright, the county
treasurer, were all destroyed.
The school house was leveled, and the
bell, weighing some hundreds, was carried
500 feet.
The Episcopal church, frame building,
was leveled to the ground. 1t was worth
81, 600. Not three timbers can be found
together.
Senator Buckman's residence is gone. It
was near large windmill some distance
northeast of the depot. The building is
totally destroyed.
1t is estimated that $50 buildings have
been destroyed. One church, the Metho-
DIST IS all that is left of the churches of the
city. A druggist has been missing since
the disaster. 1t was reported that his
body had been found three miles away, but
there is nothing to confirm this. Every
thing is confusion